Severe Backup Issue!

I am employing Vista Business SP2 along with the Symantec System Recovery Software Application. My problem is the Microsoft Shadow Copy Service continually changes it status from "Manual" to "Disabled" an causing me to loose out
on automatic backups because I have to continually go into Services and and reset this service so that I can perform a backup. I have worked with Symantec on this issue for over a month now and they don't believe that their product is causing this issue. When
I was using the integrated Microsoft backup software I experienced no issues like this at all. I have error mesages and the explanation for them. I know how to fix this issue even though it is just temporary. What I need to know is "What is
causing this issue to present itself so that I can facilitate a permanent fix for it". I have never seen an inert object able to change itself from operational to disabled for no apperant reason. There has to be a cause for this. I need to know that cause.
If you could please assist I would be much appreciative and you will have saved a phone call to Microsoft Support. Thanks in advance! Paul Wiekierak

I wonder if there is a third party application that is conflicting with SSR? Check the Windows Event Logs for events that occur prior to the Microsoft
Shadow Copy Service becoming disabled.
Lenora Moss Technical Support Engineer, SMB Partner Support, Symantec Corporation www.symantec.com

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Severe performance issues in production database

Hi Experts,
we have configured RMAN in our production database recently using some 3 party tool COMMVAULT.
Problem is just 47 GB database taking around 6 hrs of time to complted the bakcup job. Please let me know what could be the reason.
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HP PhotoSmart 7510 suddenly has severe connectivity issues

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Multi Select Choice on af:query has severe performance issue

Multi-select choice used with af:query through a view criteria is causing severe performance issue on deselection of "All" checkbox, if the data in the list is around 550 rows. The same component works absolutely fine when used in a form layout.
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***: This is a customer environment issue, and customer is eager to have multi-select in this case. Appreciate any help!

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2008 R2: OS(systemState/C: Drive) backup issues with VSS - 0x80042316 & 0x81080101 & 0x80080005 & 2155348001

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
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e8c910f7-f0dd-4613-beae-b98894fb6f23/windows-server-2008-std-backup-fails-constantly-with-error-code-2155348001?forum=windowsbackup
Here are details of the issues....
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.
To get to the registry key, open Regedit (Start > Run > Regedit) and browse to:
"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]

I am running on OSX 10.10.1 and have a 2009 imac intel and I am having severe latency issues. I am not familiar with macs as this is my home computer used by other family members. Any help on how to troubleshoot why such latency issues?

I am running on OSX 10.10.1 and have a 2009 imac intel and I am having severe latency issues. I am not familiar with macs as this is my home computer used by other family members. Any help on how to troubleshoot why such latency issues?

When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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Severe banding issue in shadow areas

Short Version: Having severe banding issues in shadow areas in Lightroom. Need to know how/what to set my color profile to to fix this issue. Lengthier description and images below.
I have read several posts here in the Lightroom forums about others who are experiencing the same type of banding issues, but I haven't seen any definitive answers on how to solve the problem.
I was able to take a couple screenshots of the issue that I am seeing. The image looks very different in Photoshop, Lightroom, Windows Photo Gallery, and also rendered in IE7. Screenshots of the image in Lightroom and the image in Photoshop are posted below at a 100% crop of the affected area. The first image is how it appears in Lightroom and the second image is how it appears in Photoshop.
From what I have read elsewhere the problem has to do with how Lightroom uses color profiles. I do not have much experience with color profiles, so I'd like to get everyone's recommendation on what color profile I should be using, and maybe a link to some information on setting color profiles and how to fix this issue. The image looks so much different in Lightroom than it does elsewhere, that I can't see myself being able to trust Lightroom to process my images.
Some info on my setup. Shoot RAW with Canon Rebel XT. Use a Dell with Pentium D running Windows Vista. Monitor is a Dell 2007FP, and currently I am using the Dell 2007FP color profile as far as I can tell.
Screenshot of image with banding in Lightroom
Screenshot of image as displayed in Photoshop

Don, Bob!
I think it is quite obvious that the Eric's problem is not banding per se (and the related cure by fiddling with black setting), but rather about the mismatch between how the file looks in LR's Develop 100% view and how the same file (or an exported file) looks in Photoshop.
Eric!
I am afraid there is no definite answer to this problem. Indeed there are a number of Windows users that have reported this problem. A very exhaustive and inconclusive thread is this:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bc3578d
The bottom line so far seems to be this:
LR on Windows uses Windows ICM to generate how the image looks on the screen, while PS uses Adobe own engine to generate this. Somehow this set-up appears not to work reliably with LR - the on-screen image in LR 100% develop differs from the same file's appearance in PS or other color managed applications. The mystery here is that other applications that seem to use Windows ICM still manage to show image correctly, but not LR. But anyway, the Windows ICM appears to be the culprit here.
The amount of difference people see depends on the complexity of the monitor profile used. LUT based Version 4.0 profiles will be affected worst - not only shadow detail, but the overall tonality and colors may be off. The best match is achieved with simple matrix based version 2.0 profiles - on my machine the mismatch occurs only in deep shadows were I see banding/splotchiness in LR and only under certain Develop settings.
(Incidentallly, on Windows XP (and older) machines one should ALWAYS use ver 2.0 profiles, as Windows ICM does not support ver 4.0 profiles. I also think that Windows ICM cannot handle LUT based profiles correctly. My own experiments showed that using LUT based monitor profile resulted in mismatch between PS CS2 and other applications (like Canon DPP), not only LR. BTW - as you are using generic monitor profile, I can almost bet that it is a matrix ver 2.0 profile (good thing).)
I am curious about the Vista thing though. I had certain hopes that this image appearance problem in LR would be eliminated on Vista, as it uses the Microsoft's new Windows Color System which incororates an updated ICM that now supports ver 4.0 profiles and reportedly has many bugs of the previous ICM fixed. However, if your report is true and the image mismatch is not due to some other factors, then it seems that Vista does not solve this.

Oracle Apps Database severe Performance Issue

Hi Gurus,
This is regarding a severe performance issue running in our Production E-Business Suite Instance.
its an R12.1.3 setup installed with 11.2.0.1 Database. All the servers are Solaris Sparc 64 (Solaris 10)
Let me brief you about the instance first:
2 Node Application
- Main Application Server hosting web/forms/concurrent/admin servers
- iSupplier server hosting web services (placed in DMZ, used by external suppliers via Internet)
1 Node Database Server
Database Server Specs
Memory: 144G phys mem 20G total swap
- CPUs (8Px4cores, 2Px2cores)
- I/O - fiber channel hard disk (hitachi SAN Storage) - 7 DATA_TOPs (7 drives with RAID 5) - current DB size 1.6 TB
- at peak load, around 1000 concurrent forms session and 2000 web sessions.
We have been facing some serious performance issues and we raised an SR with Oracle Support.
The Support analyzed a bunch of AWR Reports we provided them and they asked us to increase the DB_CACHE from its current usage of 27G to 40G
So, we changed SGA_TARGET from 35G to 50G and PGA was increased from 35G to 40G as v$pgastat was also suggesting some lack of memory.
We made these changes last night.
Today morning we observed the following:
1. after start of office hours, we checked in the home page of EM DB Console that ADDM was showing reduced impact due to lack of SGA memory which seemed to be a good sign. Earlier it was around 25% which was now at 12%.
However, negative aspects were:
1. lot of swapping was reported by the System Administrators on the DB Server
2. High CPU Usage
3. EM DB Console showed a lot of "Concurrency Wait Class" events ...throughout the day lot of blocking sessions were reported which were making other sessions to wait.
in the AWR Report, following foreground reports were listed:
Top 5 Timed Foreground Events
Event
Waits
Time(s)
Avg wait (ms)
% DB time
Wait Class
DB CPU
132,577
61.46
library cache lock
3,539
40,683
11496
18.86
Concurrency
library cache: mutex X
4,014,083
21,011
5
9.74
Concurrency
db file sequential read
4,138,014
20,767
5
9.63
User I/O
latch free
381,916
5,897
15
2.73
Other
This is showing "library cache lock" events as the main culprit apart from the usual suspect, the CPU.
I am attaching the AWR Report. Please let me know if i should revert back the memory changes or is there anything else i could do.
Please help us resolving it because the performance is going worst.
Regards,
Muneer.

Pl do not post duplicates - Oracle Apps Database severe Performance Issue
For all critical production issues, pl work with Support thru SRs - using the forums to troubleshoot production issues is not wise

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

Severe Security Issue with Sharing Permissions and Windows

I recently discovered a severe Security issue with the windows sharing an permission settings:
I have two users, an admin user and a parental controlled user. On my mac mini, i have a external harddrive connected. On the harddrive, i have three folders, Itunes, Iphoto (Package) and a Temp Folder. I want to share the Harddrive RW for the admin, but only R for the parental user. But the Temp folder should be accessible for RW for the parental as well.
1. I set the Drive checkbox "ignore ownership" off.
2. I set the permissions of the drive to admin RW, parental R and Everyone to "no access"
3. I apply to enclosed Items
4. I set the permission of the Temp folder to admin RW, parental RW and Everyone to "no access"
5. I apply to enclosed Items
6. I go to "File Sharing" in the Preferences and activate SMB sharing for both users
7. I delete all previous shares
8. I add the Disk and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental R, Everyone "no access"
9. I add the Temp folder and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental RW, Everyone "no access" - Funny, there is a new Group called "Temp" created which has custom access on both sharepoints
10. I connect to the mac over a Windows machine (NTLM auth set appropriatly). Now I try to create a folder on the root of the Disk share, I get a denied message.
BUT WHEN I GO INTO A SUBFOLDER (eg. ITUNES or IPHOTO), WHICH HAS ALSO JUST "R" PERMISSION FOR THE PARENTAL USER, I AM ABLE TO RW, DELETE AND DO EVERYTHING!!!
TO RECAPITULATE: THE SHARING PERMISSIONS ARE "R", AND THE FILE PERMISSIONS IN THE RESPECTIVE FOLDERS FOR THE RESPECTIVE USER ARE ALSO JUST "R". BUT THE USER CAN DO EVERYTHING IN THE SUBFOLDERS!!!

I recently discovered a severe Security issue with the windows sharing an permission settings:
I have two users, an admin user and a parental controlled user. On my mac mini, i have a external harddrive connected. On the harddrive, i have three folders, Itunes, Iphoto (Package) and a Temp Folder. I want to share the Harddrive RW for the admin, but only R for the parental user. But the Temp folder should be accessible for RW for the parental as well.
1. I set the Drive checkbox "ignore ownership" off.
2. I set the permissions of the drive to admin RW, parental R and Everyone to "no access"
3. I apply to enclosed Items
4. I set the permission of the Temp folder to admin RW, parental RW and Everyone to "no access"
5. I apply to enclosed Items
6. I go to "File Sharing" in the Preferences and activate SMB sharing for both users
7. I delete all previous shares
8. I add the Disk and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental R, Everyone "no access"
9. I add the Temp folder and use the proposed permissions which are admin RW, parental RW, Everyone "no access" - Funny, there is a new Group called "Temp" created which has custom access on both sharepoints
10. I connect to the mac over a Windows machine (NTLM auth set appropriatly). Now I try to create a folder on the root of the Disk share, I get a denied message.
BUT WHEN I GO INTO A SUBFOLDER (eg. ITUNES or IPHOTO), WHICH HAS ALSO JUST "R" PERMISSION FOR THE PARENTAL USER, I AM ABLE TO RW, DELETE AND DO EVERYTHING!!!
TO RECAPITULATE: THE SHARING PERMISSIONS ARE "R", AND THE FILE PERMISSIONS IN THE RESPECTIVE FOLDERS FOR THE RESPECTIVE USER ARE ALSO JUST "R". BUT THE USER CAN DO EVERYTHING IN THE SUBFOLDERS!!!

Several unrelated issues

I have several unrelated issues.
1) My computer recently started failing to startup. It flashes an image of a globe, and then an image of a finder folder alternated with a questionmark, and then, if I'm lucky, proceeds to normal start up. What is going on? How can I fix this?
2) My computer has started making noise when it is not doing very much. It makes the noise as if it is busy/overloaded, but it does it even when only one page in safari is open (no other applications are opened).
3) My computer has been very slow since my installation of VirusBarrier x4. It usually operates at normal speeds, but sometimes (even when virus barrier is not running) it moves slowly and loads pages in safari at an extremely low pace. Also, when sending files/folders through iChat, the transfer is rapid, but when receiving files/folders, it is excruciatingly slow and often fails. Is there any way that I can clear some memory? I definitely have plenty of memory left as this computer was purchased this past summer.
4) My battery is having trouble charging/staying charged. I have heard that re-calibrating may help, but so far it has proved unsuccessful. The battery often jumps from being very charged to less charged to very charged again without being plugged in nor used very much.
Is anyone having similar issues? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hello,
Below are some answers/suggestions to help fix your issues:
1)
Question:
My computer recently started failing to startup. It flashes an image of a globe, and then an image of a finder folder alternated with a questionmark, and then, if I'm lucky, proceeds to normal start up. What is going on? How can I fix this?
Answer:
When you start up your PowerBook and see the image of a globe, that means that your Startup Disk is set to "Network Startup" in System Preferences. To stop this from happening, simply open System Preferences and click Startup Disk, then select "Mac OS X, 10.4.5 on Macintosh HD" and restart. The system folder icon with a flashing ? means that the computer is trying to start up, but cannot (When you change the start up disk, the system folder icon with a flashing ? will no longer be seen).
2)
Question:
My computer has started making noise when it is not doing very much. It makes the noise as if it is busy/overloaded, but it does it even when only one page in safari is open (no other applications are opened).
Answer:
Well, it is hard to figure this one out because I would need to know what kind of noise you were hearing (Humming, whine, click, buzz, etc.). If you have a disk in the drive, that could be causing a noise when it is read. Also, do you hear the noise when you are using battery power or connected to the power adapter?
3)
Question:
My computer has been very slow since my installation of VirusBarrier x4. It usually operates at normal speeds, but sometimes (even when virus barrier is not running) it moves slowly and loads pages in safari at an extremely low pace. Also, when sending files/folders through iChat, the transfer is rapid, but when receiving files/folders, it is excruciatingly slow and often fails. Is there any way that I can clear some memory? I definitely have plenty of memory left as this computer was purchased this past summer.
Answer:
The first thing you can do is trash all of the system caches (Macintosh HD > Library > Caches) and restart. The next thing you can try is to trash all of the caches in your home (Home Folder > Library > Caches), then log out and back in. If both of those do not work, then I would uninstall Virus Barrier x4 and see if that increases speed. If you do uninstall and it makes a difference, then that is what is causing the issue. If it remains the same, state so in your reply.
4)
Question:
My battery is having trouble charging/staying charged. I have heard that re-calibrating may help, but so far it has proved unsuccessful. The battery often jumps from being very charged to less charged to very charged again without being plugged in nor used very much.
Answer:
First of all, have you properly installed Battery Update 1.1? Next, the battery will last longer on a charge if you turn things off such as AirPort and/or Bluetooth. They both use a good portion of the battery when they are in use. Also, try configuring your Energy Saver (System Preferences) differently and see if it helps. Also, the battery will not last forever and I am not sure how much use your PowerBook gets, but but it will eventually need to be replaced.
I am actually not having any of the above issues, but I hope that you get them all fixed. I wish you the best of luck and if you have any questions about anything above, I would be glad to reply back with an answer.
-Jason

HT1766 Is it possible to have/make several Backups of iDevice (some history, but not the last one only)?

There are two types of Backups that I can make for iDevice (for a example for iPhone - backup to iCloud or/and to the local PC/Mac.
Both are the current Backup, so my question is - Is it possible to save a several Backups of an exact iDevice, for example of iPhone (some history, but not the last one only)?

ITunes keeps 1 backup file only.
Icloud keeps 3 backup files.

ITunes 10.5 very slow syncing with idevices not a backup issue

I have the latest itunes 10.5.2 installed on my 32 bit Windows 7 pc. Ever since i upgraded my ipod 4 and iphone 4 to ios 5 it syncs very slowly with itunes (1 song aka 5 mb every 2 min and takes like 7 min to start syncing). i have tried restoring my phone and ipod with a new profile, making my ipod or iphone backup to icloud so that kills the long backup issue, reinstallled windows and just have itunes, reinstall itunes and wipeout the appledrivers then reinstall. The devices sync fine when i use a mac that isnt mine. i also have tried outher windows pcs with no luck. im out of ideas and im tired of wating 4 hrs just for a audiobook or a movie to sync.

Yeah seriously, I have my first gen iPhone and never had a issue with it. Blackberry always had a horrible desktop manager for the PC for YEARS and I always had to debug the issues myself for clients. Unfortunately for a lot of my clients the Blackberry is a better device for business, just horrible desktop software.
Eventually I'll push my client to move over to hosted exchange server, But for right now before making that push, I need to resolve this issue with the Blackberry sync. I would hate for all the work and conversion over to the Mac to be wasted over a simple issue that possibly can be resolved by a simple setting I'm over looking.
It's also a possibility the extremely slow syncing can be caused by years of unorganized entering of contacts, but trying to sort out over 2000 contacts would be near impossible for a person with a busy schedule.

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