Dinesh When I have seen problems with backups of ASR before, it has coincided with the Logical Disk Manager service being stuck in a state of 'Stopping'. In this case, the problem backing up the ASR information will generally be accompanied by DCOM time-out errors in the system event log.
With the Logical Disk Manager service in this state, there may also be repeating PlugPlayManager time-out errors in the System Event Log. Killing the dmadmin.exe process will generally cure the problem. You can verify this by performing a DSMC BACKUP ASR. Microsoft KB article #924390 describes a scenario in which this may occur. Regards Neil Schofield Yorkshire Water Services Ltd. ----------------------------------------- Is your home protected from frost this winter? Visit http://www.yorkshirewater.com/frost for advice on how you can avoid frost damage to water pipes. YORKSHIRE WATER - WINNER OF THE UTILITY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2004, 2005 AND 2006 The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm Yorkshire Water Services Limited Registered Office Western House Halifax Road Bradford BD6 2SZ Registered in England and Wales No 2366682