backup in progress error even after previous backup successful

[Guest Shailesh Birari]

Hello,

I am trying to write a test hardware provider. I changed the vshadow

tool to call the hardware provider using its

GUID. My snapshot completes fine and the xml file also gets generated

for transportable snapshot. The setup is

something like this. Exchange SG1 logs on F: and mailbox of G:. I give

command "vshadow.exe -t=test.xml F: G:". When the snapshot is fired, I

see following event logs at the end, indicating me that the backup was

complete.

 

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Event Type: Information

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Event ID: 9612

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:28:49 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Exchange VSS Snapshot has thawed the storage groups successfully.

 

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Event Type: Information

Event Source: ESE

Event Category: ShadowCopy

Event ID: 225

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:28:49 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Information Store (2908) First Storage Group: No log files can be

truncated.

 

For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

 

 

Event Type: Information

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Event ID: 9616

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:28:49 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Exchange VSS Snapshot has truncated the logs successfully.

 

For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

 

 

Event Type: Information

Event Source: ESE

Event Category: ShadowCopy

Event ID: 2006

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:28:49 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Information Store (2908) Shadow copy 6 ended.

 

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This shows that the snapshot has ended. However If I run the same

command again, I receive the following messages.

 

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Event Type: Information

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Event ID: 9604

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:29:11 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Exchange VSS Snapshot metadata document has been collected.

 

For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.

 

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Event ID: 9607

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:29:18 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Error code -2147467259 when preparing for backup.

 

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Data:

0000: 42 61 63 6b 75 70 20 69 Backup i

0008: 6e 20 70 72 6f 67 72 65 n progre

0010: 73 73 2e 00 ss..

 

Event Type: Information

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer

Event ID: 9614

Date: 7/16/2007

Time: 9:29:18 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BRCDIND-R3-105

Description:

Exchange VSS Snapshot has aborted snapshot successfully.

 

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Searching on the msdn (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910250/en-us)

indicates me that both events 9648 and 9616 should get logged in to

completion of snapshot. However, as seen about in my first snapshot

only 9616 is what gets logged. What could be the reason that I do not

see 9648 event getting logged.

 

If I wait for some time, 8-10 minutes, I see the 9648 event

automatically getting logged in the event viewer. This could probably

be due to some timeout of the first snapshot after which exchange

itself assumes snapshot completion and logs 9648.

The problem is any snapshot fired during this 8-10 minutes, fails.

 

Did Any one come across such problem with the vshadow tool, I am using

windows 2003 SP2, VSS SDK 7.2 and Exchange server 2003. I see some one

posting similar problem here at the following link: however, there is

no response.

http://www.webservertalk.com/archive284-2006-5-1519322.html

 

Also is there any way of clearing the backup in progress flag for

exchange other than restarting the information store service? Any help

in this regard would be great.

 

Thanks,

Shailesh Birari