Windows Server 2012 R2 Backup problem

I'm unable to backup a client PC It repeatedly says there is insufficient space but the Volume is 3Tb with only about 150Gb used for Server folders. Looking at other reports one solution is to add a further volume but I have no more space and it's
why I bought a 3Tb HDD. A fix for that was promised in 2012. Can someone please point me to it? The 3 individual volumes on the client computer all have ample space on them for Shadow copy. WHS 2011 didn't have this problem. Thank
you

Do you have a copy of the backup log?
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Hello everybody
I have the following problem:
Server with two NICS, one (IP 172.30.8.X) it's configure with a default gateway (172.30.8.1), the other one (IP 172.30.32.X) doesn't have a default gateway and has a static route to reach another network (172.15.28.X)
Everything was worning fine, no reboots, no updates installed; suddenly the specified route for the second NIC is not working. When we try to reach the 172.15.28.X network, it goes thorugh the default gateway. Please your help.
We tried deleting the route and re-add it again, but doesn't work; also verified the TCP/IP configuration on all NICs everything it's ok.
Here's an output of the configured routes on the server:
C:\Windows\system32>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
12...9c b6 54 88 49 a8 ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #54
13...9c b6 54 88 49 ac ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #55
15...02 78 b2 0e 8f c0 ......Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
17...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.30.8.1 172.30.8.107 266
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.4.217 261
169.254.4.217 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.4.217 261
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.4.217 261
172.15.28.0 255.255.254.0 172.30.32.1 172.30.8.107 11
172.30.8.0 255.255.254.0 On-link 172.30.8.107 266
172.30.8.107 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.8.107 266
172.30.9.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.8.107 266
172.30.32.0 255.255.254.0 On-link 172.30.32.20 266
172.30.32.20 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.32.20 266
172.30.33.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.32.20 266
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.4.217 261
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 172.30.8.107 266
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 172.30.32.20 266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.4.217 261
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.8.107 266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 172.30.32.20 266
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.30.8.1 Default
172.15.28.0 255.255.254.0 172.30.32.1 1
===========================================================================
Below is the output of a tracert:
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.15.28.20
Tracing route to 172.15.28.20 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.30.8.1
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.16.80.1
3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.11.17.193
Any idea is welcome, thanks in advance.
Regards. Cristian V.

Hello Eve
Sorry for the delay, we opened a PSS case.
So far, the problems seems to be a misconfiguration on one of the devices.
This is the last output, as soon as we identify the issue and the problem, I'll let you know:
On server UIOMATRP-EXMB01 the route was added succesfully:
route add 172.30.32.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.15.28.1
C:\Windows\system32>route add 172.30.32.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.15.28.1
OK!
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.30.32.21
Tracing route to 172.30.32.21 over a maximum of 30 hops
1     5 ms     2 ms     2 ms 172.15.28.1
2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms 10.6.1.3
3     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms 10.5.1.3
4     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms 10.21.17.65
5     3 ms     5 ms     9 ms 10.201.21.22
6     9 ms     9 ms     8 ms 10.201.111.97
7     9 ms    19 ms     8 ms 10.11.17.193
8     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms 172.16.80.3
9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
11     *     ^C
C:\Windows\system32>route delete 172.30.32.0
OK!
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.30.32.21
Tracing route to 172.30.32.21 over a maximum of 30 hops
1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms 172.15.4.1
2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms ^C
route add 172.30.32.0 mask 255.255.255.0 172.15.28.1 -p
OK!
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.30.32.21
Tracing route to 172.30.32.21 over a maximum of 30 hops
1     4 ms     2 ms     1 ms 172.15.28.1
2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms 10.6.1.3
3     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms 10.5.1.3
4     1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms 10.21.17.65
5     5 ms     4 ms     9 ms 10.201.21.22
6     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms 10.116.41.197
7     9 ms   207 ms     9 ms 10.116.41.198
8     9 ms     8 ms     9 ms 10.11.17.194
9     9 ms     *       10 ms 172.16.80.3
10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
11     *
===========================================================================
Interface List
17...9c b6 54 93 fd d8 ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #76
16...9c b6 54 93 fd dc ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #77
15...02 fa 66 6d 81 b1 ......Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
12...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
13...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
18...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0       172.15.4.1      172.15.5.38    266
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
      169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0         On-link     169.254.1.233    261
    169.254.1.233 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.1.233    261
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.1.233    261
       172.15.4.0    255.255.254.0         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
      172.15.5.38 255.255.255.255         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
     172.15.5.255 255.255.255.255         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
      172.15.28.0    255.255.254.0         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
     172.15.28.20 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
    172.15.29.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
      172.30.32.0    255.255.255.0      172.15.28.1     172.15.28.20     11
---------------------------à route successfully applied
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     169.254.1.233    261
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.1.233    261
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255        On-link       172.15.5.38    266
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address          Netmask Gateway Address Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0       172.15.4.1 Default
      172.30.32.0    255.255.255.0      172.15.28.1       1
===========================================================================
IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
1    306 ::1/128                  On-link
14   1010 2002::/16                On-link
14    266 2002:ac0f:526::ac0f:526/128
                                    On-link
14    266 2002:ac0f:1c14::ac0f:1c14/128
                                    On-link
15    261 fe80::/64                On-link
15    261 fe80::7439:c10d:c470:c569/128
                                    On-link
1    306 ff00::/8                 On-link
15    261 ff00::/8                 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
--- ARP
Interface: 169.254.1.233 --- 0xf
Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
169.254.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
Interface: 172.15.5.38 --- 0x10
Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
172.15.4.1            00-08-e3-ff-fd-90     dynamic ---------------à
default gateway
172.15.4.41           00-50-56-88-50-71     dynamic
  172.15.4.42           ac-16-2d-78-0c-5c     dynamic
  172.15.4.52           00-08-02-b0-49-17     dynamic
  172.15.4.55           00-50-56-bd-72-f0     dynamic
  172.15.4.56           00-50-56-ab-00-16     dynamic
  172.15.5.33           00-50-56-88-11-4a     dynamic
  172.15.5.34           00-50-56-88-6d-14     dynamic
  172.15.5.35           fc-15-b4-1c-05-20     dynamic
  172.15.5.36           fc-15-b4-1c-34-a4     dynamic
  172.15.5.39           f0-92-1c-02-c8-5c     dynamic
  172.15.5.41           fc-15-b4-1c-69-64     dynamic
  172.15.5.255          ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  225.0.0.1             01-00-5e-00-00-01     static
Interface: 172.15.28.20 --- 0x11
Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
172.15.28.1           00-08-e3-ff-fd-90     dynamic
  172.15.28.21          f0-92-1c-02-c8-58     dynamic
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  225.0.0.1             01-00-5e-00-00-01     static
Before, there was an error on routes applied on server UIOMATRP-EXMB01:
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0       172.15.4.1      172.15.5.38    266
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
      169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0         On-link      169.254.1.11    261
     169.254.1.11 255.255.255.255         On-link      169.254.1.11    261
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      169.254.1.11    261
       172.15.4.0    255.255.254.0         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
      172.15.5.38 255.255.255.255         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
     172.15.5.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.5.38    266
      172.15.28.0    255.255.254.0         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
     172.15.28.20 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
    172.15.29.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
      172.30.32.0    255.255.254.0      172.15.28.1      172.15.5.38     11 -------------------Error
      172.30.32.0    255.255.254.0      172.15.28.1     172.15.28.20     11
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0        On-link      169.254.1.11    261
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      169.254.1.11    261
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.15.28.20    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link       172.15.5.38    266
EOOn the second server
GYESITEA-EXMB02, the network is not reachable:
C:\Windows\system32>route add 172.15.28.20 mask 255.255.255.255 172.30.32.1 if 13 -----à the
route was forced with the nic index 13 to the IP address 172.15.28.20
OK!
C:\Windows\system32>route print
===========================================================================
interface List
13...9c b6 54 93 fd 7c ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #59
12...9c b6 54 93 fd 78 ......HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter #58
16...02 ce fe 26 83 9f ......Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
15...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
17...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0       172.30.8.1     172.30.8.108    266
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
        127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
      169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0         On-link     169.254.3.180    261
    169.254.3.180 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.3.180    261
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.3.180    261
     172.15.28.20 255.255.255.255      172.30.32.1     172.30.32.21     11 --------------route forced and applied
       172.30.8.0    255.255.254.0         On-link      172.30.8.108    266
     172.30.8.108 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.8.108    266
     172.30.9.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.8.108    266
      172.30.32.0    255.255.254.0         On-link      172.30.32.21    266
     172.30.32.21 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.32.21    266
    172.30.33.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.32.21    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1
306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link     169.254.3.180    261
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      172.30.8.108    266
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      172.30.32.21    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link     169.254.3.180    261
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.8.108    266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255         On-link      172.30.32.21    266
===========================================================================
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.15.28.20
Tracing route to 172.15.28.20 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 General failure.
Trace complete.
C:\Windows\system32>tracert 172.15.28.20
Tracing route to 172.15.28.20 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 GYESITEA-EXMB02.xxxxxxxxxx [172.30.32.21] reports: Destination host
unreachable.
Trace complete.
Regards. Cristian V.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Backup Issue

Dear Sir/Madam
Everyday I schedule the backup but backup is not successful.The event error code is below .Kindly help the system state backup is also not successfull.
Pls help
Regards
Preet Singh
9650011067

Solution 1) Permanently disable WINRE so a snapshot is not attempted on the recovery partition when Windows image backup (BMR) is taken.
a) open an administrative command prompt.
b) Run: reagentc /disable
c) BMR backups will now succeed. To enable WINRE again run: reagentc /enable
this happens on a gen2 vm because the image file is larger than a gen1 image.

Windows Server 2012 - Hyper-V - Cluster Sharded Storage - VHDX unexpectedly gets copied to System Volume Information by "System", Virtual Machines stops respondig

We have a problem with one of our deployments of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V with a 2 node cluster connected to a iSCSI SAN.
Our setup:
Hosts - Both run Windows Server 2012 Standard and are clustered.
HP ProLiant G7, 24 GB RAM. This is the primary host and normaly all VMs run on this host.
HP ProLiant G5, 20 GB RAM. This is the secondary host that and is intended to be used in case of failure of the primary host.
We have no antivirus on the hosts and the scheduled ShadowCopy (previous version of files) is switched off.
iSCSI SAN:
QNAP NAS TS-869 Pro, 8 INTEL SSDSA2CW160G3 160 GB i a RAID 5 with a Host Spare. 2 Teamed NIC.
Switch:
DLINK DGS-1210-16 - Both the network cards of the Hosts that are dedicated to the Storage and the Storage itself are connected to the same switch and nothing else is connected to this switch.
Virtual Machines:
3 Windows Server 2012 Standard - 1 DC, 1 FileServer, 1 Application Server.
1 Windows Server 2008 Standard Exchange Server.
All VMs are using dynamic disks (as recommended by Microsoft).
Updates
We have applied the most resent updates to the Hosts, VMs and iSCSI SAN about 3 weeks ago with no change in our problem and we continually update the setup.
Normal operation:
Normally this setup works just fine and we see no real difference in speed in startup, file copy and processing speed in LoB applications of this setup compared to a single host with two 10000 RPM Disks. Normal network speed is 10-200 Mbit, but occasionally
we see speeds up to 400 Mbit/s of combined read/write for instance during file repair.
Our Problem:
Our problem is that for some reason a random VHDX gets copied to System Volume Information by "System" of the Clusterd Shared Storage (i.e. C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\System Volume Information).
All VMs stops responding or responds very slowly during this copy process and you can for instance not send CTRL-ALT-DEL to a VM in the Hyper-V console, or for instance start task manager when already logged in.
This happens at random and not every day and different VHDX files from different VMs gets copied each time. Some time it happens during daytime wich causes a lot of problems, especially when a 200 GB file gets copied (which take a lot of time).
What it is not:
We thought that this was connected to the backup, but the backup had finished 3 hours before the last time this happended and the backup never uses any of the files in System Volume Information so it is not the backup.
An observation:
When this happend today I switched on ShadowCopy (previous files) and set it to only to use 320 MB of storage and then the Copy Process stopped and the virtual Machines started responding again. This could be unrelated since there is no way to see
how much of the VHDX that is left to be copied, so it might have been finished at the same time as I enabled ShadowCopy (previos files).
Our question:
Why is a VHDX copied to System Volume Information when scheduled ShadowCopy (previous version of files) is switched off? As far as I know, nothing should be copied to this folder when this functionis switched off?
List of VSS Writers:
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
   Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
   Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
   Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
   Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
   Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
   Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {7848396d-00b1-47cd-8ba9-769b7ce402d2}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}
   Writer Instance Id: {8b6c534a-18dd-4fff-b14e-1d4aebd1db74}
   State: [5] Waiting for completion
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Cluster Shared Volume VSS Writer'
   Writer Id: {1072ae1c-e5a7-4ea1-9e4a-6f7964656570}
   Writer Instance Id: {d46c6a69-8b4a-4307-afcf-ca3611c7f680}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
   Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Writer Instance Id: {fc530484-71db-48c3-af5f-ef398070373e}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {3792e26e-c0d0-4901-b799-2e8d9ffe2085}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {6ea65f92-e3fd-4a23-9e5f-b23de43bc756}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {71dc7876-2089-472c-8fed-4b8862037528}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
   Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
   Writer Instance Id: {cb0c7fd8-1f5c-41bb-b2cc-82fabbdc466e}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Cluster Database'
   Writer Id: {41e12264-35d8-479b-8e5c-9b23d1dad37e}
   Writer Instance Id: {23320f7e-f165-409d-8456-5d7d8fbaefed}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {f23d0208-e569-48b0-ad30-1addb1a044af}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error
Please note:
Please only answer our question and do not offer any general optimization tips that do not directly adress the issue! We want the problem to go away, not to finish a bit faster!

Hallo Lawrence!
Thankyou for youre reply, some comments to help you and others who read this thread:
First of all, we use Windows Server 2012 and the VHDX as I wrote in the headline and in the text in my post. We have not had this problem in similar setups with Windows Server 2008 R2, so the problem seem to be introduced in Windows Server 2012.
These posts that you refer to seem to be outdated and/or do not apply to our configuration:
The post about Dynamic Disks:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee941151(v=WS.10).aspx is only a recommendation for Windows Server 2008 R2 and the VHD format. Dynamic VHDX is indeed recommended by Microsoft when using Windows Server 2012 (please look in the optimization guide
for Windows Server 2012).
Infact, if we use fixed VHDX then we would have a bigger problem since fixed VHDX are generaly larger then Dynamic Disks, i.e. more data would be copied and that would take longer time = the VMs would be unresponsive for a longer time.
The post "What's the deal with the System Volume Information folder"
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/20/55764.aspx is for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 and some things has changed since then. for instance In Windows Server 2012, Shadow Copies cannot be controlled by going to Control panel -> System.
Instead you right-click on a Drive (i.e. a Volume, for instance the C drive/Volume) in Computer and then click "Configure Shadow Copies".
Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup problem
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/0fc53adb-477d-425b-8c99-ad006e132336 - This post is about the Antivirus software trying to scan files used during backup that exists in the System Volume Information folder and we do not
have any antivirus software installed on our hosts as I stated in my post.
Comment that might help us:
So according to “System Volume Information” definition, the operation you mentioned is Volume Shadow Copy. Check event viewer to find Volume Shadow Copy related event logs and post them.
Why?
Furhter investigation suggests that a volume shadow copy is somehow created even though the Schedule for Shadows Copies is turned off for all drives. This happens at random and we have not found any pattern. Yesterday this operation took almost all available
disk space (over 200 GB), but all the disk space was released when I turned on scheduled Shadow Copies for the CSV.
I therefore draw these conclusions:
The CSV Volume has about 600 GB of disk space and since Volume Shadows Copy used 200 GB, or about 33% of the disk space, and the default limit is 10% then I conclude that for some reason the unscheduled Volume Shadow Copy did not have any limit (or ignored
the limit).
When I turned on the Schedule I also change the limit to the minimum amount which is 320 MB and this is probably what released the disk space. That is, the unscheduled Volume Shadow Copy operation was aborted and it adhered to the limit and deleted the
Volume Shadow Copy it had taken.
I have also set the limit for Volume Shadow Copies for all other volumes to 320 MB by using the "Configure Shadow Copies" Window that you open by right clicking on a drive (volume) in Computer and then selecting "Configure Shadow Copies...".
It is important to note that setting a limit for Shadow Copy Storage, and disabaling the Schedule are two different things! It is possible to have unlimited storage for Shadow Copies when the Schedule is disabled, however I do not know if this was the case
Before I enabled Shadow Copies on the CSV since I did not look for this.
I now have defined a limit for Shadow Copy Storage to 320 MB on all drives and then no VHDX should be copied to System Volume Information since they are all larger than 320 MB.
Does this sound about right or am I drawing the wrong conclusions?
Limits for Shadow Copies:
Below we list the limits for our two hosts:
"Primary Host":
C:\>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{e3ad7feb-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (91%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{dc0a177b-ab03-44c2-8ff6-499b29c3d5cc}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{dc0a177b-ab03-44c2-8ff6-499b29c3d5cc}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (0%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (G:)\\?\Volume{f58dc334-17be-11e2-93ee-9c8e991b7c20}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (G:)\\?\Volume{f58dc334-17be-11e2-93ee-9c8e991b7c20}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (3%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{e3ad7fec-178b-11e2-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (0%)
C:\>cd \ClusterStorage\Volume1
Secondary host:
C:\>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{b2951138-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 35,0 MB (10%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{5228437e-9a01-4690-bc40-1df85a0e6736}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 27,3 GB (10%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{b2951139-f01e-11e1-93e8-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 6,80 GB (10%)
C:\>
There is something strange about the limits on the Secondary host!
I have not in any way changed the settings on the Secondary host and as you can see, the Secondary host has a maximum limit of only 35 MB storage on the CSV, but it also shows that this is 10% of the Volume. This is clearly not the case since 10% if 600
GB = 60 GB!
The question is, why does it by default set a too small limit (i.e. < 320 MB) on the CSV and is this the cause of the problem? I.e. is the limit ignored since it is smaller than the smallest amount you can provide using the GUI?
Is the default 35 MB maximum Shadow Copy limit a bug, or is there any logical reason for setting a limit that according to the GUI is too small?

Windows Server Backup scheduled task run successfully but backup do not start (not running) on Windows Server 2012

Hi,
A backup job has been setup on Windows Server 2012 (Platform: Win32NT; ServicePack: ; Version: 6.2.9200.0; VersionString : Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0) via Windows Backup Software UI (Local Backup 1.0).
It is appearing as a scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup" belonging to user 'nt authority\system' in task scheduler.
The problem is that the Backup job never start despite the scheduled task running and completing successfully (when run automatically or manually)!
Would you be able to explain why and assist in resolving that issue?
Here is what we know:
When the backup is run manually via the Windows Backup Software UI, it works fine.
When the backup is run via command line (as set in schedule task) in a cmd command prompt (as local/domain 'administrator' or as 'nt authority\system' which is possible by running command prompt via 'PsExec.exe -i -s cmd'), something like "%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe
start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet", it works fine.
If you manually run the preset scheduled task while logged in as administrator, the task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
Idem if you schedule task is run automatically at scheduled time.
The schedule task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
It is confirmed by running the following in a command prompt as 'nt authority\system':
schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup"
SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup".
Despite success result, the Backup job does not start running...
No errors or warning appears anywhere in Event Logs (Microsoft > Windows > Backup or Task Scheduler) nor in the scheduled task History tab. The schedule task complete successfully but no Backup job is run...
If scheduled task automatically set by Windows Backup software is duplicated (copied) and set manually it runs fine as 'administrator' and as 'nt authority\system' (subject that 'nt authority\system' is added to the 'Backup Operators' AD group).
Here is an export of the current pre-set schedule task, is there any settings that need to be changed to make it works?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
    <Author>MYDOMAIN\SERVER1</Author>
    <SecurityDescriptor>D:AR(A;OICI;GA;;;BA)(A;OICI;GR;;;BO)</SecurityDescriptor>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger id="Trigger 1">
      <StartBoundary>2014-07-14T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet</Arguments>
    </Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Once again, the issue is not to run the backup manually from the command line but to have it run via the scheduled task setup by the Windows Backup software.
By default, the schedule task is to be run as NT Authority\System, and when run under this account, the backup does not start (even though account is member of Backup Operators) and job can manually be run via elevated command prompt. This is not a normal
behavior and constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012.
From my understanding the NT Authority\System account is a built-in account from Windows that should by default be part of the Administrators group (built-in) even though it does not explicitly appears like it in AD by default.
This account shall have by default Administrators rights and Backup Operators rights (via the Administrators group) without being explicitly added to those groups (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms684190%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). By design
it is supposed to be the most powerful account which has unrestricted access to all local system resources. If that is not the case (as it seems) then this would constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012 edition.
As said previously and as you confirmed, currently by default NT Authority\System on Windows 2012 server cannot start backup manually via an elevated command prompt unless it is manually added to Backup Operators (or Administrators) group. But wouldn't that
constitute a bug of Windows Server 2012?
Our server has not yet been restarted since I added NT Authority\System account to the Administrators group explicitly manually so I cannot yet confirmed it would sort the issue. Indeed it is heavily in use so cannot easily be restarted. Will confirm when
done.
We also have an additional problem where after a while of last reboot, part of the Exchange ECP can no longer be properly loaded in the web browser due to compilation error (compilation is done via NT Authority\System account which seems to no longer have
sufficient right to compile .NET code). What is strange is that it works at first and then stop working at some point... I am hopeful that adding NT Authority\System to the Administrators group would sort this issue as well but once again, that shall not be
needed!!!
Could a Windows Server 2012 update introduced some security policy changes or else that prevent NT Authority\System to have full power?

Problems PXE booting Gen 2 Virtual Machines after Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 R2

My Current Setup:
I have two virtual machines set up with Hyper V on my Windows Server 2012 Server.
VM1: Configured to boot from an ISO file and runs Clonezilla server.
VM2: Configured to PXE boot using a legacy network adapter, and with a passthrough 250Gb hard disk.
These two VMs are connected to an external Virtual Switch, which allows physical machines to PXE boot to the Clonezilla server.
For the past few months I have been using this setup for two purposes:
1. To clone physical machines to the Clonezilla virtual server (as a backup).
2. To restore those image to the second VM if I find that need to get access to the files on the original image..
This has worked perfectly, except for the fact that the speed of the legacy network adapter on the second VM (which is required to PXE boot) is very slow. But I know this is because of the limitations in how the legacy adapter works...
Now my problem:
I found out that Gen 2 VMs allow you to PXE boot without having use a legacy network adapter, allowing me to image back to the VM faster. So I upgraded the Server to Server 2012 R2 . I then created the same two virtual machines on the R2 server. I can still
PXE boot the Gen 1 VM to the Clonezilla Server but I cannot get the Gen 2 VMs to PXE boot properly. They get an IP address from the Clonezilla Server but then just stop with the following screen. (note: I have disabled the Secure Boot).
Are Gen 2 VMs unable to pull down images from anything other than a WDS Server?

Hi J,
>>Unfortunately WDS is not a solution for us as it is dependent on the PC being part of a domain
If you would like to make the client not join to the domain, please check the box before “Do not join the client to a domain after an installation.” In addition, make sure not to set the client to the domain in the unattend file and do not prestage
the computer in AD. "
It is quoted from following thread :
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/1026c3a9-0a10-4a58-a48f-5391659a96c8/wds-set-unattend-file-for-workgroup?forum=winserversetup
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Elton Ji
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DPM 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-v backup of Windows Server 2003 R2 - Non-retryable error 0x80070490

Hi,
I have a hyper-v host running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with Hyper-V on it, and on that host I got 5 virtual machines running and of those 5, 4 of those the DPM are able to backup but when DPM tries to backup a server running Windows Server 2003 R2
I get the following errors in the eventlog.
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Date: 2013-11-28 10:46:58
Event ID: 18014
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: HYPERV05.domain.local
Description:
Checkpoint operation for 'SERVER01' was cancelled. (Virtual machine ID 5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS" Guid="{6066F867-7CA1-4418-85FD-36E3F9C0600C}" />
<EventID>18014</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-11-28T09:46:58.365308800Z" />
<EventRecordID>411</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2116" ThreadID="4248" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin</Channel>
<Computer>HYPERV05.domain.local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<UserData>
<VmlEventLog xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Virtualization/Events">
<VmName>SERVER01</VmName>
<VmId>5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859</VmId>
</VmlEventLog>
</UserData>
</Event>
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Date: 2013-11-28 10:46:58
Event ID: 18012
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: HYPERV05.domain.local
Description:
Checkpoint operation for 'SERVER01' failed. (Virtual machine ID 5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS" Guid="{6066F867-7CA1-4418-85FD-36E3F9C0600C}" />
<EventID>18012</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-11-28T09:46:58.365308800Z" />
<EventRecordID>412</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2116" ThreadID="4248" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin</Channel>
<Computer>HYPERV05.domain.local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<UserData>
<VmlEventLog xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Virtualization/Events">
<VmName>SERVER01</VmName>
<VmId>5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859</VmId>
</VmlEventLog>
</UserData>
</Event>
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Date: 2013-11-28 10:46:58
Event ID: 10150
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: HYPERV05.domain.local
Description:
Could not create backup checkpoint for virtual machine 'SERVER01': Element not found. (0x80070490). (Virtual machine ID 5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS" Guid="{6066F867-7CA1-4418-85FD-36E3F9C0600C}" />
<EventID>10150</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-11-28T09:46:58.365308800Z" />
<EventRecordID>413</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2116" ThreadID="4280" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS-Admin</Channel>
<Computer>HYPERV05.domain.local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<UserData>
<VmlEventLog xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Virtualization/Events">
<VmName>SERVER01</VmName>
<VmId>5221623F-C80C-4B92-AD02-F545D118C859</VmId>
<Parameter0>%%2147943568</Parameter0>
<Parameter1>0x80070490</Parameter1>
</VmlEventLog>
</UserData>
</Event>
What I have done to try to troubleshoot this issue is:
Reinstalled DPM - No sucess
Restarted the Hyper-v Host - No sucess
I'm at the point where I am out of ideas and google hasn't given me much.
/Joseph

i have the same error.
"vssadmin list writers" shows last error unknown for all writers
disk space is sufficient
ntbackup of systemdrive and systemstate runs fine.
i installed KB940349 which fixes some vss related issues but the problem is still there.
any ideas?
Thanks.
When you have vssadmin reporting unknown error the only way to reset the vsswriters (as I understand it please correct me if I'm wrong :) ) is to restart the machine. The Fellenator is correct, make use that the vsswriter is working correctly since this
is the main function DPM is using when taking backup. He's also right in saying that it's outside the scope! Create a new thread on your error, then you will get much better responce!
/Joseph

Unscheduled additional backups in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

I have a strange problem since upgrading to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. My server is on a lightly used Home network which I run for two periods totalling 8 hours each day. Whenever the server is re-started it immediately begins a Server Backup;
not a great problem in itself but the 'unscheduled' backups prevent the Scheduled backup from operating and often cannot complete before the next Shut Down controlled by Task Scheduler. I presume that R2 has added an extra trigger for the Backup but I can
only find the trigger for my scheduled once-per-day Backup. Can anyone please point me towards the trigger for these unwanted backups. Thanks in advance. Keith Woolf

Hi,
Please perform a
clean boot to troubleshoot
your issue and check if it caused by other software.
You may collect some backup logs to narrow down this issue. By default, tracing is enabled in Windows Server Backup to preserve logs. These traces will be present in files
under the following directory: %windir%\logs\windowsserverbackup
You can use some tools such as
tracerpt
command to export the .etl file into a .txt file. Please check if you can find waht is the root trigger that triggers this unscheduled backup.
Meanwhile, please check the schedule task for the scheduled backup if it was configured correctly. You can clear up and recreate, then please check if this issue still exists.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

CF11 install problem on WIndows server 2012 R2

We have a new install windows server 2012 R2 with a new install CF11 standard installed on C drive. Everything is 64bit. The CF administrator site and login works fine. cfm files will not serve up in the default directory, but IIS shows htm files fine. CF administrator runs fine.
Web Server Config tool will only show "None" in the IIS Web Site box. The usual CGI, APS, etc have been installed on IIS. In fact IIS and CF11 have been reinstalled. wsconfig.exe manual run shows no errors.
The problem is that any call to a cfm template results in an error (html pages serve fine):
HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.
Detailed Error Information:
Module       IsapiModule
Notification       ExecuteRequestHandler
Handler       cfmHandler
Error Code       0x8007007f
Requested URL       http://localhost:80/default.cfm
Physical Path       C:\inetpub\wwwroot\default.cfm
Can anybody give any suggestions for troubleshooting? No logs seem to show any information that helps.

Fixed the problem......... it is not a CF problem alone but and mostly an IIS problem ....
1) remove IIS completely...... including the inetpub directory..... remove .NET Extensibility from server manager under Application Development if inetpub in use error is present... inetpub has to be deleted.
2) reboot
3) reinstall IIS and enable all the usual stuff, ie, CGI, ISAPI, .NET, ASP , WebSocket Protocol, etc under Application Development
4) restart IIS and CF
5) Set Web Server Config to "All"
60 restart IIS and CF
The trick to completely reinstall IIS and that is only done if you can delete the inetpub folder under root drive.

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