Setting up of Windows backup failing

I've added a 2TB USB drive (Western Digital MyBook) to a new 2012 Essentials server to allow Server Backup to perform a secondary (non-cloud) backup. The setup routine is failing during (or immediately after) formatting with the message "The system
cannot find the file specified". Sometimes, when I try to repeat the process, I get an error in a snap-in of the MMC (blbmmc.dll). Where should I be looking to troubleshoot this please?

Hello Milos
Thank you for replying. Looking at this more closely, the error occurs when the summary status of the Backup Schedule Wizard changes from "Formatting" to "Modifying existing schedule", which would suggest the wizard can't find the existing
config.
I can't find any error codes because this error is not being reported in Event Viewer. I have no other backup configured.
Best - Anthony

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Windows 7: Windows Backup failed 0x81000031

Windows backup ran, and my once-pristine and empty backup drive now has something filling its space, so I assume some files were successfully backed up. Thing is, the Action Center icon has the red x on it and it comes up with one issue: Check, your backup (Important). Clicking this issue produces the following dialog:
Windows Backup: Troubleshooting Options
Check your backup
Windows Backup failed while determining libraries location of one of the users included in the backup.
Details: BitLocker Drive Encryption cannot be used because critical BitLocker system files are missing or corrupted. Use Windows Startup Repair to restore these files to your computer.
Options:
*Try to run backup again
*Change backup settings
Error code: 0x81000031
Thing is, I'm using home premium. I don't see bitlocker as an option and I'm not terribly enthused about having to repair bitlocker when I can't use it to begin with. (Primarily, because I use Windows 7 Home Premium. Even if I used a version which supported bit locker, I'd never use it to begin with - I lack a TPM chip which means that anybody who has physical access to my machine could compromise my security regardless of bitlocker, it'd just take slightly longer for them if bitlocker were present.)
I'm digressing, the point is I don't use bitlocker and I don't know how not having bitlocker prevents Windows 7 from copying files from one drive to another and making a note in a logfile that the files were backed up. I realize I simplify the method of backing files up but it doesn't get much more complex than copying them to a separate location and timestamping them.
tl;dr: Windows Backup produced error code 0x81000031 because bitlocker drive encryption cannot be used. I don't want to use bit locker drive encryption I just want to back my files up to an external drive. Suggestions? Preferably ones that don't make me run Windows Startup Repair.

Well 4 years later same problem simple fix, did every thing else as suggested by microsoft sys repair start up repair etc etc and just removing the drive that was included in library fixed the issue i have spent hours on
now have to reinstall all that sys restore removed...SO EVERYBODY do what Sneha said first..
Clicked "Start", then "Computer".
Right clicked on the "Library" I wanted to modify, and selected "properties".
Immediately saw that my DVD drive was an included folder in the library.
Clicked on the drive in the list, and the Remove Button became active.
Clicked on "Remove" and it removed the drive from the list.
Clicked on "Incude Folder" and added in my real backup folder location (not required, I just want a libray connection to
it).
Clicked on "Ok". thanks ath1234 for the process..Cheers

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).
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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>
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<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>
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<Data Name="SSBVhdCreationEndTime">1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z</Data>
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<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">
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<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>
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<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>
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Windows backup fails

We are trying to backup server 2008, hyper v host, with 2 vms. Windows backup fails: the system writer is not found in the backup.
Event log error:
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date: 11/22/2014 9:10:26 PM
Event ID: 521
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: VM01
Description:
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details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
Nothing we seem to try fixes this any idea's would be appreciated

Hi David,
The problem can occur due to the following reasons:
Not enough space inside the virtual machine's VHD.
The Integration services installed is not installed.
The OS is unable to auto-mount the snapshotted VHDs during the backup process.
Also have a look at the following link and see if the symptom matches your problem:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2011/08/01/windows-server-backup-failed-to-backup-with-error-0x81000101.aspx
Regards
Markus

Error 8004230f and 2155348075 "Windows Backup failed to create the shared protection point on the source volumes."

Hello,
When I try to run a system state backup with this command: wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:<drive letter>
I get the error
"Failed to create the shared protection point on the source volumes.
ERROR - Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error (0x8004230f)
The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation."
I'm not sure how to fix this. I'm logged into the machine as an Administrator.
Windows Server Enterprise 2008 SP2 64-bit
Any suggestions??

After I re-registered the dll, I'm still getting the same error in the command window. The DLL registers successfully and the "MS Software Shadow Copy Provider" starts fine.
Two errors in the Event Viewer:
1.)
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          1/21/2014 10:11:25 AM
Event ID:      521
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      mfacs-server-7.gs.umt.edu
Description:
Backup started at '1/21/2014 5:11:11 PM' failed as Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup volumes with following error code '2155348075'. Please rerun backup once 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>521</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-01-21T17:11:25.287Z" />
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    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="4964" ThreadID="3528" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>mfacs-server-7.gs.umt.edu</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data Name="BackupTime">2014-01-21T17:11:11.920Z</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorCode">2155348075</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348075</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
2.)
Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Date:          1/21/2014 10:11:24 AM
Event ID:      12293
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mfacs-server-7.gs.umt.edu
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}. Routine details EndPrepareSnapshots({40d86592-3a48-4d38-afab-0e4a7b8bb8f1}) [hr = 0x8000ffff].
Operation:
   Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
   Current State: DoSnapshotSet
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="VSS" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">12293</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-01-21T17:11:24.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>11409</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>mfacs-server-7.gs.umt.edu</Computer>
    <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data>{b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}</Data>
    <Data>EndPrepareSnapshots({40d86592-3a48-4d38-afab-0e4a7b8bb8f1})</Data>
    <Data>0x8000ffff</Data>
    <Data>
Operation:
   Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
   Current State: DoSnapshotSet</Data>
    <Binary>2D20436F64653A20434F52534E50534330303030313630392D2043616C6C3A20434F52534E50534330303030313539302D205049443A202030303030323732302D205449443A202030303030343139322D20434D443A2020433A5C57696E646F77735C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D20202020202D205369643A2020532D312D352D3138</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
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C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {f3c10044-4938-4d49-9f2d-789c571a6428}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
   Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
   Writer Instance Id: {aaa19109-d447-40ec-b71e-2a8fbaed55ad}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {f64b2bfa-fd68-4729-bebb-7e281b144fc5}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'DPM Writer'
   Writer Id: {0074a271-4f24-43e0-9ec7-28a44189cb80}
   Writer Instance Id: {38646851-4a56-4499-b90c-181a839cae95}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {7ae6130c-b116-44a9-87a4-4b8bee461131}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {62a5b392-a50f-4703-8c23-acb5590efcd1}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {1615a920-5ec9-43d0-b6ff-a5b767430623}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {f22b72f6-940b-42c9-a824-80858e6f5f5c}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {4c603239-dd36-4343-aba7-73858e574e39}
   State: [7] Failed
   Last error: No error
C:\Windows\system32>
Thanks!

SBS 2008 Standard - Windows Backup fails first time after every reboot

Backup runs successfully every night.
Once server is rebooted first backup fails, then subsequent backups succeed OK.
So much so that we run the backup manually and let it error (pretty much straight away) then let it run again successfully at 10pm.
Backs up to external hard drive on rotation.
I think it's a VSS issue - has anyone else had this? What did you do to resolve?
Thanks,
J.

Hi,
According to the Event ID 521, please refer to the following article. you will get detailed explains.
Event ID 521 — Backup Operations
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734453(v=WS.10).aspx
Based on all error messages that you provided, it seems that backup issue caused by sqlwriter.exe. So, please
temporarily disable SQL Server related services and then check if this issue can be solved. It will help us to confirm if this issue was related to SQL Server.
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Since I installed Yosemite, Time Machine is not doing any backup. It just keep coming with the following message in a window: "Backup Failed. Time Machine could´t back up to "....... Time Capsule". What can I do start backing up again?

Time Machine not working since Yosemite was installed.

I had this issue too and went through all the great suggestion found on this site, but finally was able to resolve it after looking at the system.log to see the reason it was failing. By using terminal and entering:
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Well, I thought I should share this with others that may have run into the same issue so they can save time. Hope it helps!

Windows Backup fails to complete and System shows 29 Restore Points all titled "System Image restore point" but none will work.

Problems both seemed to appear about the same time and may be related.
Had backups on an external drive prior to the problem and appeared to be working. I have since cleaned the external drive in an attempt to start a new backup series but it continues to stop and report backup has failed.
The System restore was working fine and one day it had changed all the existing Restore Points to "System Image restore point"
but still showed all the different dates. In the System Properties window it indicates that there are 0 bytes in "current usages",
which I assume they are all empty but I can't create any new ones. I get Error code 0x80042308.
I have tried the Clean Boot with no results. I use MS Security Essentials for virus protection.
I have no other symptoms or problems on the PC.
About ready for a Recovery and start all over.
George M1

Hi,
Your first step should be to run chkdsk /r /f on all the drives in that computer. Shadow copy errors are often caused by disk problems (usually minor) which chkdsk will find and correct.
Also, this issue can be caused that VSS dlls are corrupted.
Re-install the VSS dlls by following these steps:
a. Using command prompt, CD to the WINDOWS\system32 directory
b. Stop the Volume Shadow Copy service by executing the command "net stop vss"
c. Register the following DLLs and services by executing these commands:
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc /Register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 es.dll
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 msxml4.dll
Hope these could be helpful.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Windows 7 slow to boot after setting up windows backup to additional drive.

I have an issue with windows taking forever to boot after setting up Windows backup.
PC Setup:
2 Samsung SSD Mirrored for Hardware raid on (MOBO OS/Programs)
2 Seagate 4TB Mirrored for Hardware raid (Data storage)
1 Seagate 4tb HD used solely for Windows backup. (Have also tried with multiple other drives with same outcome.)
If I have all drives connected without setting up the Windows Backup, system will boot up in 37 seconds. As soon as I enable the backup to the additional drive, it kills the boot time. Brings boot time to over 2.5 mins. Brand new PC, clean
installation, no antivirus or any other software that could be slowing it down. If drive is just in PC as an extra drive there seems to be no issue, just as soon as I enable the Windows Backup to additional drive. Never noticed this issue on any other
PC

Log booting process (set it in F8 menu).
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Milos

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I'm trying to back up my Windows 7 laptop to my Mac Mini over SMB.
Normal non-backup file operations work okay, from the desktop: I can create folders, drag files, delete files, etc.
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The ACLs look like this (the directory Windows Backup creates is called 'MEGALITH'. I tried creating a parent directory (called 'Megalith') with inherited ACLs, but to no avail:
sarsen:Megalith root# ls -le .
total 0
drwx------+ 2 windowsbackupuser staff 68 Jan 8 12:49 MEGALITH
0: user:root inherited allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,re adextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_i nherit
1: group:admin inherited allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,re adextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_i nherit
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Even with these ACLs, I cannot chown the MEGALITH directory. Nor can I edit its ACLs in the Server window.
My SMB config is:
sarsen$ defaults read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.serve r
    AclsEnabled = 1;
    AllowGuestAccess = 0;
    AllowNTLM2Auth = 1;
    DOSCodePage = 437;
    EnabledServices =     (
        disk
    LocalKerberosRealm = "LKDC:SHA1.C5D430A59786EE0CC0515EEF37A77A538C6D612A";
    NetBIOSName = sarsen;
    ServerDescription = sarsen;
    Workgroup = WORKGROUP;
    "wins server" =     (
And the error log says:
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request: init request
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request: init return domain: SARSEN server: SARSEN
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request: uid=0
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request: od failed with 2 proto=ntlmv1-with-v2-session
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request: user=SARSEN\\windowsbackupuser
Jan 8 12:49:27 sarsen.nerdgod.com digest-service[711]: digest-request kdc: ok user=SARSEN\\windowsbackupuser proto=ntlmv1 flags: NEG_KEYEX, ENC_128, NEG_VERSION, NEG_TARGET_INFO, NEG_NTLM2, NEG_ALWAYS_SIGN, NEG_NTLM, NEG_SIGN, NEG_TARGET, NEG_UNICODE

For interoperability with Windows clients, this is absolutely 100% bad behavior:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
Note Unlike the Read-only attribute for a file, the Read-only attribute for a folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows components and accessories, and other programs. For example, you can delete, rename, and change a folder with the Read-only attribute by using Windows Explorer.
The Read-only and System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to determine whether the folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that has its view customized by Windows (for example, My Documents, Favorites, Fonts, Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you customized by using the Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box. As a result, Windows Explorer does not allow you to view or change the Read-only or System attributes of folders. When a folder has the Read-Only attribute set it causes Explorer to request the Desktop.ini of that folder to see if any special folder settings need to be set. It has been seen where if a network share that has a large amount of folders set to Read-only, it can cause Explorer to take longer then what is expected to render the contents of that share while it waits on the retrieval of the Desktop.ini files. The slower the network connectivity to the share the longer this process can take to the point where Explorer may timeout waiting for the data and render nothing or appear to hang.
Note In some previous versions of Windows, you can change the Read-only attribute for folders by using the Properties dialog box for the folder, but no versions of Windows permit you to change the System attribute by using Windows Explorer.

System State Backup fail. Writer name: 'NTDS' : State: [11] Failed : Last error: Non-retryable error

Hello!!! Everybody,
I have Win Server 2008 R2 contain Domain controller (No Hyper-V). I have to take "SYSTEM STATE DATA BACKUP". I have ran following command on this Server.
c:\>wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:d:
but backup was not successful & I got following error in command prompt.
" A VOLUME SHADOW COPY SERVICE OPERATION HAS OCCURRED : <0X800423f4>. THE WRITER EXPERIENCED A NON-TRANSIENT ERROR. IF THE BACKUP PROCESS IS RETRIED,THE ERROR IS LIKELY TO REOCCUR."
I also ran following command to know exact problem.
c:\>vssadmin list writers
I got following error
Writer name: 'NTDS'
   Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
   Writer Instance Id: {21c57902-5037-467b-b9a3-72ed41c9723e}
   State: [11] Failed
   Last error: Non-retryable error
I also checked Event Viewer & got following 3 noserror.
(1) Event ID : 8229, Source : VSS
A VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f4, The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is retried, the error is likely reoccur.
Process ID : 608
(2) Event Id : 412, Source : ESENT. Task Category: Logging/Recovery
lsass (636) Unable to read the header of log file "\\?\Globalroot\device\harddiskvolumeshadowcopy2\Windows\NTDS\edb.log".Error:546
(3)Event Id : 521 Source : Backup
The backup operation that started at '‎2014-‎05-‎13T01:44:31.444000000Z' 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 '2155348129'. Please review
the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
I have also restart the server but problem is not resolved. I have no SQL in my Server.
I also re-register the VSS components with the help of following website.
Website Link : https://kb.acronis.com/content/45776
You are requested please solve my problem on very urgent basis.

You can refer below link for your issue
http://waynestorey.com/blog/2012/01/18/windows-backup-fails-with-event-id-521-error-code-2155348129/
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X201s Windows Backup woes

I set up the Windows Backup, but when I attempt to backup, I get a message that the backup did not complete successfully. A message appears that states: "Windows backup encountered a problem while determining additional locations of one of the users included in the backup. Details: the parameter is incorrect." "Error Code: 0x8100038"
The options given are to retry and to change backup settings; I have done both to no avail. I am backing up to a Samsung G2 portable drive. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? The help files are not illuminating. Thanks.

Welcome to the forums!
Microsoft has a resolution for this.But only use this method if you are comfortable on working with the registry.
1. Login as the user
2. Run -> regedit.exe
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sofware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
4. Observe the value of Appdata and LocalAppdata.
If it has an empty value or a value of the type %Appdata%, this is the culprit.
If so, the workaround is the following:
    a. Open a command prompt
    b. Type set Appdata / LocalAppdata depending on which registry entry has the wrong value. If Appdata is wrong, type set Appdata and if Local Appdata is wrong, type set LocalAppdata.
    c. Copy the value after the = sign. Example if the output is: APPDATA=C:\Users\John\Appdata\Roaming, copy the value C:\Users\John\Appdata\Roaming
    d. Paste the value in the wrong registry value. Either replace the %<<<>>>% value or fill the empty value.
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SBS2008 - Windows Server backup fails

Hello,
I am trying to run "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:G:"
this runs through the normal things and then after it says "Found <XXXXXX> files" i get this error:
I have done a chkdsk on the backup drive and i'm going to do a check disk on the other disks tonight.
i check the logs mentioned above and they're completely empty.
In addition, the event logs state:
Backup started at '27/03/2014 11:51:18' failed with following error code '2155348165' ( There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set. ). Please rerun backup once issue is resolved.

If its a Western Digital Ext Drive try this link. I had the same issue
with a WD 2.5 TB drive and this solved my problem
http://direct.cmoullas.net/windows-backup-error-0x8078002a-2-5tb-3tb-wd-drives/
Mark
3/27/2014 9:01 AM, kieferschild wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to run "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:G:"
>
> this runs through the normal things and then after it says "Found
> <XXXXXX> files" i get this error:
>
> I have done a chkdsk on the backup drive and i'm going to do a check
> disk on the other disks tonight.
>
> i check the logs mentioned above and they're completely empty.
>
> In addition, the event logs state:
>
> *Backup started at '27/03/2014 11:51:18' failed with following error
> code '2155348165' ( There was a failure in preparing the backup image of
> one of the volumes in the backup set. ). Please rerun backup once issue
> is resolved.*
>
> -----
>
http://social.Technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbusinessserver/thread/2540c68c-b51c-494a-80de-877ea80e64aa#2540c68c-b51c-494a-80de-877ea80e64aa
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>

Windows 2012 System State Backup Fails

We have a Windows 2012 Domain Controller VM that we would like to backup the System State using DPM. Agent has been installed and the Windows Backup has been added.
When the backup runs in DPM, the job fails. Here is the error code:
DPM cannot create a backup because Windows Server Backup (WSB) on the protected computer encountered an error (WSB Event ID: 517, WSB Error Code: 0x12363C0). (ID 30229 Details: Internal error code: 0x80990ED0)
When we try and create the backup using Windows Backup, the following error is in the log file:
following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
We have tried attaching a separate drive and backup to a shared location. Both fail.
We have tried backup of just a few files on the DC instead of the System State, this fails as well.
All VSS Writers show as Stable with no errors
Server has the latest updates
Server has been rebooted, same issue
VM is Windows 2012 on a Windows 2008 R2 clustered host and is using Dynamic Disks (not fixed disks).
Anyone have any thoughts on what could be going on?

Hi,
If any of the following are true, you will not be able to backup a system state to that volume.
• Make sure that the target volume has no shadow copy before the backup starts.
• If a system state backup is stored on a source volume, backup settings should be configured for full backups. By default, settings are configured for full backups.
• Periodically check that no other user or program maintains a shadow copy on the target volume.
• Do not keep volume level backups and system state backups in the same location.
• The volume used to store the system state backup needs twice the amount of free space as the size of the system state backup until the backup completes
Meanwhile please check if it is caused that you are backing up to a critical drive. Try modify the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wbengine\SystemStateBackup\
Set the value of this entry as follows:
Name: AllowSSBToAnyVolume
Data type: DWORD
Value data: 1
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Window System Image Backup Fails to Back Up EFS System Partition

I am trying to use WBADMIN to take a complete system image of my system with the following command:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:[NETWORK SHARE] -include:C: -allcritical
WBADMIN is able to create shadow copies of all the volumes on my system, but when it begins to create a backup of the EFI System Volume, it fails immediately:
The backup operation to [NETWORK SHARE] is starting.
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a backup of volume SYSTEM(EFI System Partition) (300.00 MB), copied (0%).
Summary of the backup operation:
The backup operation stopped before completing.
The backup operation stopped before completing.
Detailed error: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.
Log of files successfully backed up:
C:\WINDOWS\Logs\WindowsBackup\Backup-01-02-2014_18-45-09.log
Log of files for which backup failed:
C:\WINDOWS\Logs\WindowsBackup\Backup_Error-01-02-2014_18-45-09.log
There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.
The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.
The system is encrypted with Bitlocker, and does not have a TPM. I am also running Carbonite, but I have disabled it and the results are the same.
No data is actually written to the log files either, which is strange. The GUI System Image Backup utility also provides virtually the same error. Any thoughts?

Hi,
Try to test in WinRE to see what the result is.
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

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