Take a look at the windows aplication event logs. There is usually more info there.
Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Davis, Adrian Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 8:12 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Help Required Diagnosing ASR Backup Problem I am getting the following messages in "dsmsched.log" when doing a system state backup... Backing up object 'COM+ REGDB Writer' component 'COM+ REGDB' using shadow copy. Backing up object 'Registry Writer' component 'Registry' using shadow copy. Backing up object 'System Writer' component 'System Files' using shadow copy. Backing up object 'Event Log Writer' component 'Event Logs' using shadow copy. Backing up object 'IIS Metabase Writer' component 'IISMETABASE' using shadow copy. Backing up object 'WMI Writer' component 'Windows Managment Instrumentation' using shadow copy. ANS4085I Assigned '3356' objects from previous systemstate backup to the new systemstate backup. Backup of object 'SystemState' component 'System State' finished successfully. ANS1228E Sending of object 'C:' failed ANS1468E Backing up Automated System Recovery (ASR) files failed. No files will be backed up. Successful incremental backup of 'MYSERVER\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' ...The "dsmerror.log" simply shows... ANS1468E Backing up Automated System Recovery (ASR) files failed. No files will be backed up. ...There are no other error messages in either log. Is there a way to get more detailed information concerning this problem? Many Thanks, =Adrian= DISCLAIMER This message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail. Please note that we may monitor and check emails to safeguard the Council network from viruses, hoax messages or other abuse of the Council's systems. To see the full version of this disclaimer please visit the following address: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/AboutThisSite/EmailDisclaimer.htm For advice and assistance about online security and protection from internet threats visit the "Get Safe Online" website at http://www.getsafeonline.org