Catalog backup issue

I have just recently been getting the following error when I attempt to back up my catalog to my external hard drive: "Your system is low on disk space, and element organizer cannot perform this operation. Try removing some files to free up disk space."
I am using PSE 8 and have plenty of disk space free as noted: c:--40 GB d: 225GB i:--65.9 GB
From system information I am showing the following as to my catalog and casche size:
catalog size is 26.4 MB
cache size is 203 MB
I am stumped! Any help on solving this problem would be appreciated.
PS. I did remove some backups to no avail. I also tried to save the backup to my d: drive and got the same error.

I FOUND THE PROBLEM!
I had installed Premiere Elements a couple of weeks ago and started a few of "test" files. Apparently, I had forgotten to delete one of several. I just checked the Organizer for "untagged" items and found it. The size of a video file is significant and put me over the limit. Good to know, so when I start editing the video files, I likely will open a new catalog.

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Hi-
Looked thru the thread related to my questions and found nothing that applies yet.
Example:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4e4472b9-8e6f-4fdc-a287-1cc8c0f6de09/windows-2008-r2-backup-fails-with-event-521-error-code-2155348001?forum=windowsbackup
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Backup - OS error - system image:
External disk - USB
Mon - Fri @ 6PM.
Windows SystemState
OS(C:)
Last backup failure...
Start time: 8/11/2014 6:01:32 PM
End time: 8/12/2014 4:51:29 AM
Duration: 10:49:56.4414784
[Critical error WINIMAGE_UNABLE_VSS] Unable to create VSS snapshot
- Additional information: Refer to the log for more details
- Troubleshooting link:
http://kb.backupassist.com/errormap.php?BA2512
The backup operation stopped before completing.
Detailed error: ERROR - The shared restore point operation failed with error (0x81000101)
The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again.
Log of files successfully backed up:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-12-08-2014_04-41-00.log
Log of files for which backup failed:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-12-08-2014_04-41-00.log
NOTE:
The errors logs are not there?
Windows Backup timed-out before the shared protection point was created.
ERROR - The shared restore point operation failed with error (0x81000101)
The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again.
Event Viewer Log:
Sequence of Events...
1.
The Block Level Backup Engine service has successfully started.
2.
Backup operation that started...
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          8/12/2014 4:51:06 AM
Event ID:      521
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
The backup operation that started at '?2014?-?08?-?12T09:41:00.492000000Z' has failed because the
Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed
with following error code '2155348001'.
Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
--> Suggestion are to check Virus scanner or consult DPM forum...
3.
OS Job failed with errors...( Backup Assist is 3rd party backup - wrapper round Wbadmin/Win Backup)
Log Name:      Application
Source:        BackupAssist
Date:          8/12/2014 4:51:51 AM
Event ID:      5634
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
Backup job OS backup failed with errors.
Critical error: Unable to create VSS snapshot
Destination: External disk
Start time: 8/11/2014 6:01:32 PM
End time: 8/12/2014 4:51:29 AM
Duration: 10:49:56.4414784
Destination: External disk
Start time: 8/11/2014 6:01:32 PM
End time: 8/12/2014 4:51:29 AM
Duration: 10:49:56.4414784
4.
Backup Assist reports via Win backup - Snapshot in progress
Log Name:      Application
Source:        BackupAssist
Date:          8/12/2014 4:52:20 AM
Event ID:      5634
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
Backup job Data backup failed with errors.
Ultra critical error: Volume Shadow Copy Error 0x80042316 - snapshot set in progress
Destination: Local directory
Start time: 8/12/2014 4:52:10 AM
End time: 8/12/2014 4:52:12 AM
Duration: 00:00:02.7300000
5.
The Block Level Backup Engine service has stopped.
6.
Later...we tried manually stopping VSS and SWPRV services - only VSS had the issue.
WBengine was not running...
C:\>sc stop swprv
SERVICE_NAME: swprv
        TYPE               : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 3 STOP_PENDING
                                (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\>sc query swprv
SERVICE_NAME: swprv
        TYPE               : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 1 STOPPED
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\>sc query wbengine
SERVICE_NAME: wbengine
        TYPE               : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 1 STOPPED
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\>sc query vss
SERVICE_NAME: vss
        TYPE               : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 3 STOP_PENDING
                                (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0 (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
C:\>sc stop vss
[SC] ControlService FAILED 1061:
The service cannot accept control messages at this time.
Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          8/12/2014 9:20:33 AM
Event ID:      8225
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
The VSS service is shutting down due to shutdown event from the Service Control Manager.
7.
VSS still having issues here...not stopping!
Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          8/12/2014 9:42:33 AM
Event ID:      11
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service information:
The COM Server with CLSID {e579ab5f-1cc4-44b4-bed9-de0991ff0623} and name IVssCoordinatorEx2 cannot be started.
Most likely the CPU is under heavy load. [0x80080005, Server execution failed]
8.
Not sure why this is started again?
Plus a DCOM timeout...
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          8/12/2014 9:31:13 AM
Event ID:      753
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
The Block Level Backup Engine service has successfully started.
Event Xml:
Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date:          8/12/2014 9:31:43 AM
Event ID:      10010
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
The server {E579AB5F-1CC4-44B4-BED9-DE0991FF0623} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.
9.
Lots more errors about VSS...repeating Event ID's 11 and 8193...
Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          8/12/2014 9:42:33 AM
Event ID:      8193
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance.
hr = 0x80080005, Server execution failed
. Operation:
   Instantiating VSS server
10.
Then, finally stopping again...
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          8/12/2014 9:51:13 AM
Event ID:      754
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      mdnfile.Auxiant.local
Description:
The Block Level Backup Engine service has stopped.
11.
And still repeating 11 & 8193 at this point...as we write up this post.
12.
This was suggested by the Backup Assist - software vendor....
A.)
...for 0x81080101:
"ERROR - The shared restore point operation failed with error (0x81000101)
The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try again this operation."
If you receive the above error in your report, we have recently found a registry key which
contains the timeout value set by Microsoft for VSS and found that you can edit this to extend it.
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"HKLM\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\SPP\\CreateTimeout".
Change value to 1200000 (2*10*60*1000 = 20 mins).
The default for the timeout period is 10 mins so hopefully doubling this will give enough time to
complete the snapshot.
If this isn't present, you'll need to manually enter the registry key. It's a DWORD 32-bit key.
--> NOTE: HAve not done this yet.
B.)
And for 0x80080005...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870655/en-gb
Our server does have high CPU load at times...
13.
Another post from technet mentions system volume size - here is our layout below:
A.)
OS/system Disk...
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status         Size     Free     Dyn Gpt
Disk 0    Online          278 GB      0 B    (System Vol = C: Drive - OS w/ Programs and batch jobs)
Disk 1    Online         2791 GB      0 B        *    (Data drive - DFS, rsync,etc. run on D: Drive)
Disk 2    Online         1863 GB      0 B    (USB 2/3.0 - Enclosure w/ SATA disk = 2GB formatted w/ NTFS.)
DISKPART> detail disk
DELL PERC H710P SCSI Disk Device
Disk ID: CA0DEEA5
Type   : RAID
Status : Online
Path   : 1
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0100)#PCI(0000)#RAID(P01T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : Yes
Pagefile Disk : Yes
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : Yes
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
Volume 1         RECOVERY     NTFS   Partition   3072 MB Healthy    System
Volume 2     C   OS           NTFS   Partition    275 GB Healthy    Boot
B.)
Backup disk...
ST320006 41AS USB Device
Disk ID: 801AF48C
Type   : USB
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
Volume 4     F   BACKUPS      NTFS   Partition   1863 GB Healthy
C.)
NOTE:
Also on disk 0(system Disk) - we have a small OEM partition = 39MB and a Recovery Partition = 3GB.
D.)
Issues with WBAdmin now...
C:\>wbadmin get disks
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.
ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has
occurred: (0x80042302)
A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error.
Check the Application event log for more information.
14.
Ran "Check-Disk" -no errors...
C:\>chkdsk
The type of the file system is NTFS.
The volume is in use by another process. Chkdsk
might report errors when no corruption is present.
Volume label is OS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
116224 file records processed.
File verification completed.
654 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
0 EA records processed.
76 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
156676 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
116224 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Security descriptor verification completed.
20227 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
35628352 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
289233919 KB total disk space.
100241492 KB in 85477 files.
     57380 KB in 20228 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
    226627 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
188708420 KB available on disk.
      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
72308479 total allocation units on disk.
47177105 allocation units available on disk.
15.
There are no backup error logs here - only .etl files...
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\
Wbadmin.1.etl = 9:42AM on 8/12
Wbadmin.2.etl = 4:51AM on 8/12
Per windows Win troubleshooting:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692290(WS.10).aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/09/16/diagnosing-failures-in-windows-server-backup-part-1-vss-spp-errors.aspx
--> Related to Windows backup and not VSS?
2155348001 - 0x80780021 - Windows Backup timed-out before the shared protection point was created.
Should we run the "FIXVSS08.BAT" script - restarts services and re-registers DLL's - does this ever help?
Will this server need a reboot since VSS is in a state and we can't even test backups?
Is there a tool we can use to debug VSS or troubleshoot or OS backups further?
MSReport/Diag, VSS debugging, or another way of helping fix our OS(SystemState/C: drive) backup issues?
Any help is greatly appreciated - thx.
-SP
Scot Pichelman

Hi Scot,
Sometimes a third party backup application will change the default VSS provider adding VSS writers which causes Windows Server Backup using an incorrect component in doing backup, that's why I suggest to delete it for a test. Anyway you can reinstall it
after testing.
And as you said a high-load CPU could also be the cause of the issue so you may need to first rule hardware effective out.
If issue still exists, please try the steps below as well:
1. Please check DCOM Server Process Launcher service is started.
2. If not, try to change RPC service to run as SYSTEM account. To do this please modify the following key:
Note: Backup the key before edit incase it cause any issue.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\RpcSs\
Find "ObjectName" and change the value to LocalSystem.
Reboot to see if DCOM back to work and if Windows Server Backup starts working. If not, please provide the result if there is any new error occurs.
If DCOM still not work, please compare the content of the following key with a working server:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Edit if there is any difference and make sure you created a backup of the key before editing.
If you have any feedback on our support, please send to [email protected]

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The DB version is 11.1.0.7.
The "CATALOG START WITH" not only catalog backup set that are not in the RMAN catalog, but also catalog a second copy for files that are already in the catalog.
Files are not a second copy; they are the same file in the same directory.
Having two copies in the catalog, through an error when deleting explicitly the backups.
We have to add the force clause to avoid the error.
RMAN> delete FORCE backup tag 'offsite-1';
The force clause ignores any I/O error.
The delete is part of our scheduled offsite backup script, which returns a false positive error when the force clause is ommited.
I don't want the force clause, in order to be notify if the backup set that are expected to be on disk are no more there, e.g., if someone had deleted files manually at the OS level bypassing rman.
Is there a way to only catalog backup set not in the catalog?
or May be remove the copy #2 entry from the catalog?
Find bellow a test case example:
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List of Backups
===============
Key     TY LV S Device Type Completion Time    #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
13      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
14      B A A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
15      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1       1       NO         OFFSITE-1
RMAN> CATALOG START WITH 'C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite';
searching for all files that match the pattern C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\06OBTJEP_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\07OBTJI3_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\08OBTJI5_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\09OBTJI6_1_1
RMAN> list backup summary TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backups
===============
Key     TY LV S Device Type Completion Time    #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
13      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
14      B A A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
15      B F A DISK        11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1       2       NO         OFFSITE-1
RMAN> DELETE BACKUP TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
24      18      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1   <<--- same file
30      18      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1   <<--- same file
25      19      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
31      19      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
26      20      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
32      20      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
27      21      1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
33      21      1   2   AVAILABLE   DISK        C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
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backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1 RECID=24 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
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deleted backup piece
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backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1 RECID=27 STAMP=821470357
Deleted 6 objects
RMAN-06207: WARNING: 4 objects could not be deleted for DISK channel(s) due
RMAN-06208:          to mismatched status. Use CROSSCHECK command to fix status
RMAN-06210: List of Mismatched objects
RMAN-06211: ==========================
RMAN-06212:   Object Type   Filename/Handle
RMAN-06213: --------------- ---------------------------------------------------
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece    C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1

Hi JM,
Your demo with Oracle 10.2.0.5
At line 36 you answered "No" to "Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)?".
Just repeate your demo and answer Yes.
Even if he might have replied with "YES" then also, the RMAN search for the files which it can recognize as a valid rman backup file. Else it would show the list of files which are not recognized by RMAN as a valid file.
RMAN> catalog start with '/home/oracle/scripts';
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
searching for all files that match the pattern /home/oracle/scripts
List of Files Unknown to the Database
=====================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? yes
cataloging files...
no files cataloged
List of Files Which Where Not Cataloged
=======================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
About the RMAN catalog, it will not catalog the same file twice. It will only catalog the files which are not known to the database.
See this demo. (/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ is the location where all the backup pieces are.)
RMAN> catalog start with '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/';
searching for all files that match the pattern /backup/RMAN/STAGING/
no files found to be unknown to the database
This was the location based test, Another demo showing piece by piece catalogging .
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
1323    1321    1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
RMAN> catalog backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
cataloged backup piece
backup piece handle=/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00 RECID=1324 STAMP=821717283
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status      Device Type Piece Name
1324    1321    1   1   AVAILABLE   DISK        /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
Hope its understandable, if any query please revert.
Happy to Help.
Thanks and Regards,
Prashant

Had PSE 8 installed on PC Windows 7 with a catalog backup on an external drive. Now have a Mac with OS Mavericks. If I install PSE 12 or Lightroom on this Mac can I use the cat. backup from Windows or must I start from scratch

Had pse 8 on a Windows 7 PC with a catalog backup on an external drive. Now have a Mac with OS Mavericks. If install pse 12 or Lightroom on the Mac will I be able to use the old catalog backup or must I start from scratch.

If you made a full catalog backup using the organizer's backup command, and you did it to a removable drive, yes, you can restore it to the mac. A backup made on discs will not work, though.

OK to CTRL-ALT-DEL a stuck catalog backup?

All,
On my Win7 64bit laptop LR 3.2 got stuck during a catalog backup. Exited LR and was reminded it was time for a regular catalog backup. Started backup with a click. a little later the laptop went to sleep (hasn't been a problem before) and when I woke it up there was a green progress bar nearly "done" in a Progress box subtitled "Optimizing Previews catalog". There was no progree for 10 minutes, maybe 20, so I clicked "Cancel" but there was no change in either thebar or anything else except the button I clicked for Cancel changed to say "Cancelling...". During all this the green bar graphic pulses as I guess it is supposed to. I closed everything else. This is a 4Gig machine.
Nothing has changed for a couple of hours.
I see only one process in the process manager that is labeled Lightroom: the whole program.
Think I can nuke it without damage? If it's damaged what is the best way to return the catalog to health?
Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions.
jonathan7007

Yes, happens sometimes to me, too.
Particularly when I have opened and closed LR several times without backing up.
When it gets stuck up, hit the <Enter> key and a dialog will come up saying that the backup could not be completed and if you want to retry or close without backup. Usually the backup works on the second try.
WW

Consolidating catalogs & backups

I gather by reading some of the posts in this forum that should be possible to merge old catalogs, into one new one as to consolidate picture locations into one.
If this is correct can I do the following without problems. I have Version 11 waiting to install. I have reorganized my PC & have some old catalogs,sometimes on different drives,as well as possible some stray pictures on them as well.
I was thinking of installing the new software & create a new catalog from scratch. I could then refer setup to the most recent version 10 catalog & have it import & upgrade it to 11. Once this done I could refer the program to older catalogs, & import them one at a time.
Can one if necessary restore a backup in lieu of a catalogue as well if necessary? If the program can update from these catalogs & backups as well will it create duplicates or just refer to the pictures being in the catalog already?
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Thanks in advance

From what you have written in other posts, I suppose you practically did not use tagging or other organization features like albums or stacks ?
If that is the case, in my opinion, you don't need to bother with old catalogs or backups. Your migration should be able to :
1 - create a new catalog in the PSE11 format from your current main catalog : it's the conversion process which does not change anything to your present older PSE version. No picture files are copied or moved, only a new different catalog is created. You keep both PSE versions and both catalog versions.
2 - import all pictures not included in your present catalog, even if they are on different drives.
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
Yes, of course. With the current catalog active, you use the menu 'get files from files or folders'. You can get files from external drives (USB, CD, DVDs...) You have the choice to do so in PSE11 after the conversion, or before in your previous PSE version.
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Absolutely : do a backup when the catalog is up to date.
You can move pictures to a single drive before or after the above job provided you move your folders from the organizer in folder view. Since the PSE11 interface has been changed a lot, you should be more at ease by doing so before the above conversion process.
The additional advantage of a full backup is that you can restore it easily to another computer or drive. If you choose the option to restore to 'custom' location, stating a master folder, various drives will be copied as new folders in the new drive. In that case, you don't need to move the files from the external drive. The restore puts them on the destination drive, with different drives showing as different folder trees.

Exchange backup issues

Exchange 2010 SP3 rollup4
4 Server DAG all servers running Windows 2008 R2 (VMs on VMware esxi5.1) 4 databases (2 mailbox, 2 online archives)
Last week 2 databases backup stopped truncating the logs, Mailbox 1 and Online Archive 1. (Mailbox 2 and Online Archive 2 seem to be OK and are backing up OK)
On investigation there are a number of errors in the application log:
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchangeRepl
Date:
05/06/2014 21:50:48
Event ID:
2156
Task Category: Service
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
The log copier for database 'Online Archive 1' could not send a log file to server 'EXCHANGESERVER2' because An I/O error occurred while attempting to access file 'L:\Exchange Logs\Online
Archive 1\E05.log' on source server EXCHANGESERVER1. Error: File not found (-1811)
Event Xml:
<Data>An I/O error occurred while attempting to access file 'L:\Exchange Logs\Online Archive 1\E05.log' on source server EXCHANGESERVER1. Error: File not found (-1811)</Data>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchange Search Indexer
Date:
05/06/2014 21:50:48
Event ID:
118
Task Category: General
Level:
Warning
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
Exchange Search Indexer has temporarily disabled indexing of the mailbox database Online Archive 1 (GUID = ee385d93-918f-470e-b57b-a87d7e23ed20) due to an error (Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionMdbOffline:
MapiExceptionMdbOffline: Unable to read events. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1142)
Diagnostic context:
Lid: 33865
Lid: 1494    ---- Remote Context Beg ----
Lid: 44215
Lid: 60049   StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 49469
Lid: 65341   StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 56125
Lid: 47933   StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 32829
Lid: 49213   StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 48573
Lid: 64957   StoreEc: 0x8004010F
Lid: 20057   StoreEc: 0x476
Lid: 1750    ---- Remote Context End ----
Lid: 28777   StoreEc: 0x476
Lid: 20098
Lid: 20585   StoreEc: 0x476
at Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionHelper.ThrowIfError(String message, Int32 hresult, SafeExInterfaceHandle iUnknown, Exception innerException)
at Microsoft.Mapi.MapiEventManager.ReadEvents(Int64 startCounter, Int32 eventCountWanted, Int32 eventCountToCheck, Restriction filter, ReadEventsFlags flags, Boolean includeSid, Int64& endCounter)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Search.RetriableOperations.ReadEvents(ThreadLocalCrawlData unused1, MapiEventManager eventManager, Int64 watermark, Int32 eventCount, Int64& endCounter)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Search.RetriableOperations.DoRetriableMapiOperation[SourceType,ReturnType,Parameter1Type,Parameter2Type,Parameter3Type](ThreadLocalCrawlData crawlData, SourceType source, Parameter1Type parameter1, Parameter2Type parameter2, Parameter3Type&
parameter3, MapiOperationDelegate`5 operationDelegate)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Search.NotificationWatcher.GetMapiEvents(Int32 maxEvents, NotificationQueue notificationQueue, Int64& endCount)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Search.NotificationWatcher.NotificationWatcherThread()), and Operations Manager would never alert it.
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchangeRepl
Date:
05/06/2014 21:50:52
Event ID:
4082
Task Category: Service
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
The replication network manager encountered an error while monitoring events. Error: Microsoft.Exchange.Cluster.Replay.AmClusterApiException: An Active Manager operation failed. Error
An error occurred while attempting a cluster operation. Error: Cluster API '"OpenCluster(Exchangeserver1) failed with 0x6d9. Error: There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper"' failed.. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception:
There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Exchange.Cluster.Replay.NetworkManager.DriveMapRefresh()
at Microsoft.Exchange.Cluster.Replay.NetworkManager.TryDriveMapRefresh()
Event Xml:
Log Name:
Application
Source:
ESE
Date:
05/06/2014 21:51:15
Event ID:
489
Task Category: General
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
msexchangerepl (2448) An attempt to open the file "O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb" for read only access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020):
"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ".
The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).
For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ESE" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">489</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:51:15.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392312</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>msexchangerepl</Data>
<Data>2448</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb</Data>
<Data>-1032 (0xfffffbf8)</Data>
<Data>32 (0x00000020)</Data>
<Data>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. </Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchangeRepl
Date:
05/06/2014 21:51:15
Event ID:
4107
Task Category: Service
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Replication service detected that database 'Online Archive 1' may be mounted on two servers. The copy on server 'EXCHANGESERVER1' will now be dismounted. Please
review the event logs for more information.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchangeRepl" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">4107</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:51:15.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392314</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Online Archive 1</Data>
<Data>EXCHANGESERVER1</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchangeRepl
Date:
       05/06/2014 21:51:15
Event ID:
2070
Task Category: Service
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Replication service encountered an error while inspecting the logs and database for Online Archive 1\EXCHANGESERVER1 on startup. Error: File check failed : File
'O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb' could not be opened.
The file is locked or in use.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchangeRepl" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">2070</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:51:15.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392315</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Online Archive 1\EXCHANGESERVER1</Data>
<Data>File check failed : File 'O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb' could not be opened.
The file is locked or in use.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
ESE
Date:
05/06/2014 21:51:45
Event ID:
489
Task Category: General
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
msexchangerepl (2448) An attempt to open the file "O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb" for read only access failed with system error 32 (0x00000020):
"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. ".
The open file operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).
For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ESE" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">489</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:51:45.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392316</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>msexchangerepl</Data>
<Data>2448</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>O:\Mailbox Databases\Online Archive 1\Online Archive 1.edb</Data>
<Data>-1032 (0xfffffbf8)</Data>
<Data>32 (0x00000020)</Data>
<Data>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. </Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchange Search Indexer
Date:
05/06/2014 21:51:50
Event ID:
108
Task Category: General
Level:
Information
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
Exchange Search Indexer has enabled indexing for the Mailbox Database Online Archive 1 (GUID = ee385d93-918f-470e-b57b-a87d7e23ed20).
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchange Search Indexer" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16388">108</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:51:50.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392320</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Online Archive 1</Data>
<Data>ee385d93-918f-470e-b57b-a87d7e23ed20</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:
Application
Source:
ExchangeStoreDB
Date:
05/06/2014 21:52:00
Event ID:
124
Task Category: Database recovery
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
At '05/06/2014 21:51:15' the Exchange Information Store Database 'Online Archive 1' copy on this server encountered an error. Consult the event log on the server for other "ExchangeStoreDb"
or "msexchangeRepl" events that may identify the specific failure. The Replication Service will automatically attempt to retry.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="ExchangeStoreDB" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">124</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-06-05T20:52:00.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7392327</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Exchangeserver1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Online Archive 1</Data>
<Data>ee385d93-918f-470e-b57b-a87d7e23ed20</Data>
<Data>Replay</Data>
<Data>AlertOnly</Data>
<Data>Online Archive 1</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>05/06/2014 21:51:15</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
These seem to repeat until a log entry:
Log Name:
Application
Source:
MSExchangeIS
Date:
05/06/2014 22:14:38
Event ID:
9617
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
Exchangeserver1
Description:
Exchange VSS Writer (instance ae29b16e-11b9-4f2d-b2eb-a544d0927d87:2) failed with error code -2147221233 when processing the backup completion event.
I thought it was a backup issue but Veeam have investigated and have said it is a VSS timeout issue (I'm not convinced)
Recently I have had to have a new logs drive and extend the size of the mail box drive but since those changes were made backup has run OK until this issues.
Any advice appreciated.

Hi,
Based on my research, when Veeam takes the snapshot to then do a VSS backup it will cause the databases in the DAG to fail over and cause lots of alerts and we can modify the REM for the backup issue:
http://desktopfeedbag.com/2012/02/23/fixed-exchange-2010-sp1sp2-dag-fail-over-with-veeam/
Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please make
sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link.
Thanks,
Angela Shi
TechNet Community Support

Catalog backup can not be performed

The backup of my catalog aborts with an error!
LR says that it could not back up the catalog.
Folder permissions and sufficient disk space is available.
Until a few days, everything was still working.
Even if I create a new catalog I get in the catalog backup, the error message
Who can help?

I have changed the destination to a different folder. Unfortunately, the same problem
Dirk

Catalog backup getting Error resolving host - unknown host name in dataset

I have new install of OSB version 10.3.0.1.0 [Admin, Mediaserver, Client] installed on the same OEL server. My Catalog Backup jobs end up with error " unknown host name in dataset" and the job detail shows only "Error resolving host - unknown host name in dataset" while I can ping the admin host with obtool pingh command. The standard auto created Catalog backup dataset looks like this:
Dataset: OSB-CATALOG-DS
# Dataset for backing up the OSB Catalog on this administrative host
include catalog
I am able to create a separate dataset with the hostname defined and able to backup filesystems on the same host, np . Only the catalog backup from system generated dataset and schedule doesn't run. I appreciate any help or tip to make this catalog backup work. Thanks.

This problem is fixed by just restarting observiced on admin server.

Trouble restoring catalog backup

Hello
Last week my hard drive died on me so I had to replace it and reinstall my operating system (Windows 7) and my programs. I had
trouble finding my old Elements 6 install files so I decided to upgrade to Elements 9. Before the HDD died I did do a catalog
backup of my Elements 6 pictures to an external hard drive. After upgrading to Elements 9 I went to restore my Elements 6 catalog
only to find out I apparently had an original and an incremental catalog. So after restoring the incremental part, Elements 9
asked for the location of the original .tly file. Unfortunately I couldn't locate it so the restore operation was aborted. I have
approximately 4500 pictures that I backed up on the external hard drive and as I had also stored them separate from the Elements
catalog backup I can get them back into Elements 9. However, that means recreating all my tags, categories, subcategories etc all
over again for about 4500 pictures which is something I'd rather avoid.
So does anybody out there have a way I can just restore the incremental catalog backup or use the files created to at least get my tags, categories etc back?
Interestingly enough, there seems to be a lot of duplicate pictures with different file numbers in the Elements backup. The pictures I have stored
independently is the the 4500 number, while the pictures on the external hard drive in the Elements 6 catalog folder amounts to
about 7300. Why would that be? In theory shouldn't they be very close to the same number?
While on the topic of Elements catalog backup, is there really any reason to do an incremental backup? I tried a couple of
experimental Elements catalog backups: the first was an original and the second I added a dozen pictures or so to the catalog and
tried an incremental backup. I chose the same folder for the incremental as I used for the original. I was asked if I would like
to overwrite and I responded yes. I then found the .tly file in the next stage of the process and was then informed that I
couldn't use the same folder for the incremental as the original. Why on earth not? Although I initially I thought Elements 6 was
quite good, I have to admit this whole process has put me off the Elements program quite abit. So if any of you know of a similar
product that does essentially the same thing as Elements I would be very interested to hear about it.
Many thanks in advance

Hi,
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
The pictures I have stored independently is the the 4500 number, while the pictures on the external hard drive in the Elements 6 catalog folder amounts to
about 7300. Why would that be
Some of the extra files should most probably be the breeze.xml files. These are created due to preprocessing of face data. I didn't quite get "duplicate pictures with different file numbers in the Elements backup" ?? . Do you mean they have numbers like -1 , -2 etc attached. If yes, then they exist mostly when you had ediited files present in Organizer. Since these are part of version sets in Organizer so theie count is not shown in Organizer but you see it in your backup.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
So does anybody out there have a way I can just restore the incremental catalog backup or use the files created to at least get my tags, categories etc back?
To restore the catlog, you will need to go to File>Restore catalog from ... , browse for the .tly file and hit restore.
Incremental backup comes into picture when you had taken the backup of catalog before. So next time, you make changes to catalog and wish to take a backup , you have the option for an incremental backup which backs up only the changes done in Organizer since the original backup was taken. Incremental backup builds on the original backup and hence its not allowed to overwrite the original.
Hope this helps. Thanks

Catalog backup hangs at 8% calculating size (Photoshop elements 10)

I am trying to back up my catalog (+30,000 pics and video's ) to an external drive (full back up). The program starts calculating the size and then hangs at 8%.
The catalog was on another computer before and I moved it by making a backup (successfully) and restoring it on the new computer. After adding new files and tags I want to make a back up at the new location (unsuccesfully so far)
I searched the Internet and came across several similar cases, also with earlier versions of elements and this problem still doesn't seem to be solved by Adobe.
Of course I tried all steps mentioned in: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/troubleshoot-catalog-backup-conversion-elemen ts.html without any results. The only step I didn't try was step 4 (Turn off Sync Agent). I could not find it in the menu (Elements 10, Dutch version).
I learned from several posts that the problem might be caused by damaged or not supported files.
But how can I find out which?
It feels a bit scary not to be able to back up and in the future I must be able to move my files to another computer again.
If anybody could help me? Thanks!

MarwanSati your install log appears to be free of errors. I would recommend you post your inquiry about accessing this feature within the Photoshop Elements forum.

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