Configuring Volume Shadow Copies in Windows Server 2012 R2 Core

Hello,
I have a File Server under Windows Server 2012 R2 Core under a Lab Environment, I am trying to configure the Volume Shadow Copy on it, I tried to remote to its Disk Management via Computer Management but couldn't find the configuration for it.
Any Ideas?
For God, and Country.

Hi Sheen Lim,
As far as I know we can use cmdlets to manage the volume shadow copy in server core but can not use the server manager remotely. You can refer the following third party article
to enable the VSS.
Configure Shadow Copies on Server Core
http://blogs.msmvps.com/ad/blog/2008/08/12/configure-shadow-copies-on-server-core/
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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First of all, we use Windows Server 2012 and the VHDX as I wrote in the headline and in the text in my post. We have not had this problem in similar setups with Windows Server 2008 R2, so the problem seem to be introduced in Windows Server 2012.
These posts that you refer to seem to be outdated and/or do not apply to our configuration:
The post about Dynamic Disks:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee941151(v=WS.10).aspx is only a recommendation for Windows Server 2008 R2 and the VHD format. Dynamic VHDX is indeed recommended by Microsoft when using Windows Server 2012 (please look in the optimization guide
for Windows Server 2012).
Infact, if we use fixed VHDX then we would have a bigger problem since fixed VHDX are generaly larger then Dynamic Disks, i.e. more data would be copied and that would take longer time = the VMs would be unresponsive for a longer time.
The post "What's the deal with the System Volume Information folder"
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/20/55764.aspx is for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 and some things has changed since then. for instance In Windows Server 2012, Shadow Copies cannot be controlled by going to Control panel -> System.
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have any antivirus software installed on our hosts as I stated in my post.
Comment that might help us:
So according to “System Volume Information” definition, the operation you mentioned is Volume Shadow Copy. Check event viewer to find Volume Shadow Copy related event logs and post them.
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C:\>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
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Shadow Copy Storage association
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Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
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   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (0%)
C:\>cd \ClusterStorage\Volume1
Secondary host:
C:\>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
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   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
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Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
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   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
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Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
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   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 6,80 GB (10%)
C:\>
There is something strange about the limits on the Secondary host!
I have not in any way changed the settings on the Secondary host and as you can see, the Secondary host has a maximum limit of only 35 MB storage on the CSV, but it also shows that this is 10% of the Volume. This is clearly not the case since 10% if 600
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Have a nice day to all!
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The installation works, but when I'm about to do the postsetup (Register Server Wizard) I get an unhandeld exception and cannot continue.
The error reads:
Creating an instance of the COM Component with CLSID {DC1C5A9C-E88A-4DDE-A5A1-60F82A20AEF7} from the IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80040111 ClassFactory cannot supply requested class (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040111 (CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE))

I am getting the same error, Hyper-V Server 2012R2
Full error
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040111): Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {DC1C5A9C-E88A-4DDE-A5A1-60F82A20AEF7} from the IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80040111 ClassFactory cannot supply requested class
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040111 (CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE)).
   at System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog.CreateVistaDialog()
   at System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.RunDialogVista(IntPtr hWndOwner)
   at System.Windows.Forms.CommonDialog.ShowDialog(IWin32Window owner)
   at Microsoft.Internal.CloudBackup.UI.Wizards.Activation.VaultCredentialBrowsePage.vaultCredentialBrowseButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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PostSetup
    Assembly Version: 1.0.523.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.8692.0
    CodeBase:
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20Azure%20Recovery%20Services%20Agent/bin/PostSetup.exe
TraceWrapper
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    CodeBase:
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20Azure%20Recovery%20Services%20Agent/bin/TraceWrapper.DLL
CBEngineServiceProxy
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CBWizFx
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    CodeBase:
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CBClientCommon
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    CodeBase:
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System.ServiceModel
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    CodeBase:
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    CodeBase:
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CloudUtils
    Assembly Version: 1.0.523.0
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    CodeBase:
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    CodeBase:
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    CodeBase:
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    CodeBase:
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CBCommonControls
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    CodeBase:
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CBUIErrorHandling
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    CodeBase:
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Shadow copies tab is missing from ReFS on Windows Server 2012

We're currently designing a new infrastructure based around Windows Server 2012 so I'm currently investigating all the new technologies, including whether we should format the file server drive in ReFS format - and what problems we might encounter. I'm aware
that it's not a good choice for SQL due to lack of sparse files but for a plain-vanilla file system, it might be a good thing to use.
However, we currently use scheduled Shadow Copies to allow users to recover accidentally deleted/corrupt files during the day before the nightly backup kicks in. In my lab environment, I've just created two drives. One formatted as NFTS and the other formatted
as ReFS.
When I look at the properties of the NTFS drive, Shadow Copies tab is there:
Including the F: drive - the ReFS drive.
However, when I bring up the properties of the F: drive, the Shadow Copies tab is missing:
So to configure shadow copies on ReFS drive, you have to select an NTFS drive and then select the ReFS volume.
A little bizarre?
Cheers, Rob.

Hi Rob.
What if you:
start Computer Mangement.
Open System Tools
Right Click Shared Folders
Select All Tasks -> Configure Shadow Copies
Do you see/can configure both disk available there?
Via cmd can you list the volumes that vss knows about using:
vssadmin list volumes
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Oscar Virot

Shadow copies issues with Windows Server 2012 R2, deduplication and defragmentation

Hello,
I have a virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 with a data volume with deduplication and shadow copies enabled.
During this weekend some Windows process deleted all the shadow copies and I don't know what process has caused this issue.
After taking a look at Internet forums it seems that could be related to defragmentation process and cluster size but if I review the logs it seems that shadow copies deletion is during some deduplication optimization process (Background Optimization, WeeklyGarbageCollection
and WeeklyScrubbing) and 1 hour after defragmentation.
The related events are a lot of volsnap 33 and finishing with volsnap 36.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Hi Ricard,
Above all, here is a long discussion about a "losing all volume shadow copy" issue:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/204e8cce-cd1f-4ca2-852e-a5f09a77c04c/volsnap-event-id-25-and-loss-of-previous-backups?forum=windowsbackup
As it mentioned, it could be caused by disk I/O. When you have high input/output traffic on the original volume, the shadow copy storage area cannot grow fast enough to hold all the copy-on-write changes. This causes deletion of all the shadow copies on the
original volume.
Deduplication will cause a high disk I/O for sure so it could be the cause of this issue.
Here are some suggestions for this issue:
a. Put the shadow copy storage on another volume, even if the volume is located on the same hard disk.
b. Make sure that the volume that causes the issue is not the same volume that contains the paging file. If it contains paging file, consider putting the paging file on another volume.
c. Make sure that the volume is not used as the shadow copy storage for any other volume.
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0x8056530b error enabling disk deduplication on Windows Server 2012 R2 Volume - any ideas why or how to fix?

I'm getting the following error when trying to enable disk de-duplication on a volume on my Windows 2012 R2 file server. The error is:
"There was an error updating Data Deduplication on volume: MSFT_DedupVolume.Volume='\\?\Volume{8dfc4322-9997-11e3-93f5-005056a84b9b}\' - HRESULT 0x8056530b, The specified volume type is not supported. Deduplication is supported on fixed, write-enabled
NTFS data volumes and CSV backed by NTFS data volumes."
The volume in question is a 1TB VMFS volume mounted to the virtual machine that is the Windows file server. I could find no info anywhere that references this error as it relates to a standard mounted volume or VMware or VMFS.
Any ideas on what could be the problem or how to fix it? I could find nothing in the log files other than an entry which is basically a repeat of the error above.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- ADEHART
P.S. This is a volume that was previously mounted on an older Windows 2003 server. Not sure if that may make a difference.

have you compared this issue to the ones that are successful and compared what is different?
Have you made sure of the following:
Servers
See the following list for server requirements for deduplication:
• Server hardware should meet the minimum requirements for running Windows Server 2012. The deduplication feature was designed to support minimal configurations such as a single processor system with 4 GB of RAM and one SATA hard disk drive.
• If you plan to support deduplication on multiple volumes on the same server, you need to plan an appropriately size for the system to ensure that it can process the data. The general rule is that the server needs 1 CPU-core and 350 MB of free memory to run a deduplication job on a single volume, and that job can process about 100 GB per hour or around 2 TB per day. Deduplication scales with additional CPU core processors and available memory to enable parallel processing of multiple volumes.
For example: If you have a server with 16 CPU core processors and 16 GB of memory, deduplication uses 25% of the system memory in the default Background Processing mode, and in this case, that would be 4 GB. If you divide by 350 MB, you can calculate that the server could process about 11 volumes at a time. If you add 8 GB of memory, the system could process 17 volumes at a time. If you set an optimization job to run in Throughput mode, the system will use up to 50% of the system’s memory for the optimization job.
• Data Deduplication supports up to 90 volumes at a time; however, deduplication can simultaneously process one volume per physical CPU core processor plus one. Hyper-threading does not impact this because only physical core processors can be used to process a volume. A system with 16 CPU core processors and 90 volumes will process 17 volumes at a time until all 90 volumes are done, if there is sufficient memory.
• Virtual server instances should follow the same guidance as physical hardware regarding server resources.
Volumes
Volumes that are candidates for deduplication must conform to the following requirements:
• Must not be a system or boot volume. Deduplication is not supported on operating system volumes.
• Can be partitioned as a master boot record (MBR) or a GUID Partition Table (GPT), and must be formatted using the NTFS file system.
• Can reside on shared storage, such as storage that uses a Fibre Channel or an SAS array, or when an iSCSI SAN and Windows Failover Clustering is fully supported.
• Do not rely on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs). You can access data if a deduplication-enabled volume is converted to a CSV, but you cannot continue to process files for deduplication.
• Do not rely on the Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS).
• Can’t be larger than 64 TB in size.
• Must be exposed to the operating system as non-removable drives. Remotely-mapped drives are not supported.
Note
Files with extended attributes, encrypted files, files smaller than 32 KB, and reparse point files are not processed by deduplication.

Windows Server 2012 Windows Backup failed with following error code '0x8078006B' (Windows Backup failed to create the shared protection point on the source volumes.).

The Volume Shadow Copy service initially was running under the context of System, so we thought that ‘System’ doesn’t have permissions to access network shares.
When the Volume Shadow Copy service was running under the context of System, this was the error logged:
“failed with following error code '0x8078014B' (There was a failure in creating a directory on the backup storage location.).”
Which is likely due to not having permissions to write to the network location.
This is a scheduled backup trying to write to a network location, so we changes the service to run under the context of an account that does have permissions to write to the network share.
  Then the error changed to this:
“failed with following error code '0x8078006B' (Windows Backup failed to create the shared protection point on the source volumes.).”
HRESULT 0x8078006b
DetailedHRESULT 0x8004230f
ErrorMessage %%2155348075
BackupState 12
VolumesInfo <VolumeInfo><VolumeInfoItem Name="C:" OriginalAccessPath="C:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0"
BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="1" HasSystemState="0" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="0" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0"
TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="1604" BackupTypeDetermined="0" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /><VolumeInfoItem Name="D:" OriginalAccessPath="D:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228"
DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="0" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="1" HasSystemState="0" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0"
FullBackupReason="0" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="68" BackupTypeDetermined="0" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0"
/></VolumeInfo>
We aren’t really seeing anything that gives any hint on what the issue is.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

We are trying to back up folders/files from 2 local drives (C: & D:), both of which have only 10% space used, and 100 GB free.
We are attempting to back the files up to a Remote Shared File (and there is 100+ GB free space out there).
  If we try another network location, we receive the exact same error.
This is Windows Server 2012, not running Hyper-V and is a physical server not a VM.
Thank you for the link.
Looking in:
Event Viewer / Application and Service Logs / Microsoft / Windows / Backup / Operational
But it doesn’t seem to give any more details:
Log Name:
Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Source:
Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:
7/8/2013 8:00:12 PM
Event ID:
5
Task Category: None
Level:
Error
Keywords:
User:
SYSTEM
Computer:
servername.edu
Description:
The backup operation that started at '‎2013‎-‎07‎-‎09T02:00:06.273000000Z' has failed with following error code '0x8078006B' (Windows Backup failed to create the shared protection point on the source volumes.).
Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />
<EventID>5</EventID>
<Version>3</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-07-09T02:00:12.872602100Z" />
<EventRecordID>30</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="3028" ThreadID="3996" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Backup</Channel>
<Computer>servername.edu</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BackupTemplateID">{A421E864-A115-4288-8D12-F4878CF8A248}</Data>
<Data Name="HRESULT">0x8078006b</Data>
<Data Name="DetailedHRESULT">0x8004230f</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348075</Data>
<Data Name="BackupState">12</Data>
<Data Name="BackupTime">2013-07-09T02:00:06.273000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="BackupTarget">\\servername\BACKUP</Data>
<Data Name="NumOfVolumes">2</Data>
<Data Name="VolumesInfo"><VolumeInfo><VolumeInfoItem Name="C:" OriginalAccessPath="C:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="1" HasSystemState="0"
IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="0" DataTransferred="0" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="1604" BackupTypeDetermined="0" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /><VolumeInfoItem
Name="D:" OriginalAccessPath="D:" State="15" HResult="-2139619228" DetailedHResult="0" PreviousState="0" IsCritical="0" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="0" HasFiles="1" HasSystemState="0" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="0" DataTransferred="0"
NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="0" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="68" BackupTypeDetermined="0" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /></VolumeInfo></Data>
<Data Name="SourceSnapStartTime">2013-07-09T02:00:06.289250300Z</Data>
<Data Name="SourceSnapEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="PrepareBackupStartTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="PrepareBackupEndTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="BackupWriteStartTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="BackupWriteEndTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="TargetSnapStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="TargetSnapEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="DVDFormatStartTime"><TimesList></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="DVDFormatEndTime"><TimesList></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="MediaVerifyStartTime"><TimesList></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="MediaVerifyEndTime"><TimesList></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="BackupPreviousState">2</Data>
<Data Name="ComponentStatus"><ComponentStatus></ComponentStatus></Data>
<Data Name="ComponentInfo"><ComponentInfo></ComponentInfo></Data>
<Data Name="SSBEnumerateStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SSBEnumerateEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SSBVhdCreationStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SSBVhdCreationEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SSBBackupStartTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SSBBackupEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SystemStateBackup"><SystemState IsPresent="0" HResult="0" DetailedHResult="0" /></Data>
<Data Name="BMR"><BMR IsPresent="0" HResult="0" DetailedHResult="0" /></Data>
<Data Name="VssFullBackup">false</Data>
<Data Name="UserInputBMR">false</Data>
<Data Name="UserInputSSB">false</Data>
<Data Name="BackupSuccessLogPath">
</Data>
<Data Name="BackupFailureLogPath">
</Data>
<Data Name="EnumerateBackupStartTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="EnumerateBackupEndTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="PruneBackupStartTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="PruneBackupEndTime"><TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList></Data>
<Data Name="BackupFlags">0x9</Data>
<Data Name="ComponentInfoSummary"><ComponentInfoSummary ComponentInfoArrayPresent="1" TotalComponents="0" SucceededComponents="0" /></Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Configure Hyper V Failover Cluster on Window Server 2012 R2

I have 3 node cluster of hyper v and configured csv all machine working fine but after run backup machines get paused, so i have removed backup agent, during starting one virtual machine csv volume get un accessible and all machine pertain to that csv get
offline. subjected are the errors.
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume2' ('Volume2') is no longer accessible from this cluster node because of error '(1460)'. Please troubleshoot this node's connectivity to the storage device and network connectivity.
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume2' ('Volume2') has entered a paused state because of '(c0000015)'. All I/O will temporarily be queued until a path to the volume is reestablished.
after troubleshooting i found a patch for the related issue but its not working for window server 2012 R2,
Windows8-RT-KB2838669-x64: its not running so kindly assist how to get this fix.
Talha Faraz Malik

Hi TFMalik,
"To avoid CSV failovers, you may have to make additional changes to the computer after you install the hotfix. For example, you may be experiencing the issue described in the "Symptoms" section because of the lack of hardware support
for Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX). This causes delays when the operating system queries for hardware support during I/O requests.
In this situation, disable ODX by changing the FilterSupportedFeaturesMode value for the storage device that does not support ODX to
1 "
For details please refer to the link below :
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813630?wa=wsignin1.0
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Remote Desktop Configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2

Hi, I wanted to see if anyone knows how to access the console that was known before as Terminal Services Configuration.
I've been having trouble with some servers that have 2 or more NICs and sometimes the RDP protocol won't listen on the right IP and I can't connect until I disable the other NICs.
Usually in 2008 R2 I would just go on this console and define the specific IP Address in which the RDP Protocol should be listening to, but know I can't find this console anywhere on 2012 R2.
Any ideas on how I can get there or change this setting on Windows Server 2012 R2?
Thanks
Eduardo Rojas

Hi,
Based on my research, please try the following on your Windows Server 2012 R2.
1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following registry key (path may wrap):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3. Under this key are one or more keys for the globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) corresponding to the installed LAN connections. Each of these GUID keys has a Connection subkey. Open each
of the GUID\Connection keys and look for the Name value. Choose the connection you want Terminal Services to use.
4. When you have found the GUID\Connection key that contains the Name setting that matches the name of your LAN connection, write down or otherwise note the GUID value.
5. Then navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\lanatable. Using the GUID you noted in step 5 select subkey. Note it's LanaId.
6. Navigate to the following value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\LanAdapter. Change it's data to the value you noted in step 6. If you want RDP to listen on all LAN
adapters enter value of 0.
Note: Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you
modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, please refer to
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support

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