Okay great, I think this should give me something to work with. I'll try and repro it here.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gerszewski > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:48 PM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Robert Nelson > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows Client, VSS Issues, 2.0.3? > > Bacula backup sitting at 0 bytes. Floppy drive and hard drive did a > seek like a normal VSS startup. > > vssadmin list shadows: > > vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool > (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp. > > No shadow copies present in the system. > > ------- > > When I try to run the vssadmin list writers, it waits for a response. > Like VSS is just hung up. I never do get a response from the vssadmin > list writers unless I kill the FD and the VSS process. > > It is difficult for me to reproduce the "hung at end" scenario. But > I'll certainly get you the output the next time I see it. > > With the failed VSS components...When I check and Bacula hasn't been run > yet on the system, both are listed as stable. I did see another as > failed, and sometimes they return a status: 7, failed. > > I do run some MS backups on this system as well. Hopefully those aren't > causing any conflicts. > > Thanks again. A great community here. > > Mike > > Robert Nelson wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gerszewski > >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:07 PM > >> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Cc: Robert Nelson > >> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows Client, VSS Issues, 2.0.3? > >> > >> Thanks for the quick response. > >> > >> vssadmin list writers: > >> vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line > tool > >> (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp. > >> > >> Writer name: 'MSDEWriter' > >> Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277} > >> Writer Instance Id: {b9048c82-c0b6-42e8-b885-3ddc806474bd} > >> State: [1] Stable > >> > >> Writer name: 'WMI Writer' > >> Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} > >> Writer Instance Id: {a4358c3f-d8b3-4e32-971a-a1aa47f7b0fb} > >> State: [9] Failed > >> > >> Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer' > >> Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366} > >> Writer Instance Id: {38ebb2dd-0122-48e1-915e-23ce2aed2e95} > >> State: [9] Failed > >> > > > > Interesting the above two seemed to have failed their initialization. > > > >> Writer name: 'Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)' > >> Writer Id: {f2436e37-09f5-41af-9b2a-4ca2435dbfd5} > >> Writer Instance Id: {9470d858-515e-47d9-bf71-ba1a26782a69} > >> State: [1] Stable > >> > >> Writer name: 'Microsoft Writer (Service State)' > >> Writer Id: {e38c2e3c-d4fb-4f4d-9550-fcafda8aae9a} > >> Writer Instance Id: {1a9ca255-4ad6-4172-9d04-d433e9958d33} > >> State: [1] Stable > >> > >> -------------- > >> > >> vssadmin list shadows (while backup is running): > >> > >> vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line > tool > >> (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp. > >> > >> > >> Contents of shadow copy set {26035bf3-a48b-4993-afcb-6f48affefd4c} > >> (The shadow copy set contained 1 shadow copies at creation time, 1 > >> shadow copie > >> s exist now) > >> 'MS Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0' shadow copy > >> {d6dc446b-5cae-46bb-a555-d344 > >> c70d65e5} on volume \\?\Volume{d27e6118-47d1-11d9-aa59-806d6172696f}\ > >> > >> ------------------ > > > > That looks good. > > > >> vssadmin list shadows (after backup completes): > >> > >> vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line > tool > >> (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp. > >> > >> No shadow copies present in the system. > >> > >> ----------------- > > > > That looks very good, doesn't seem we have any leftover crud. > > > >> A couple more notes that may or may not make a difference. I am > running > >> SQL Server Express 2005 on this system, and the event logs show the > >> databases freezing and unfreezing during the bacula backups. The log > is > >> telling me the database was successfully backed up, but I am not > backing > >> up anything from my SQL databases (to my knowledge). > >> > > > > That's expected, the system doesn't know what we'll be backing up at the > > time we initiate the shadow. > > > >> Thanks > >> > >> Mike > >> > > > > Can you also post the output from "vssadmin list shadows" when the > backup is > > hung? Meanwhile, I'll check and make sure we release all our interface > > pointers. > > > >> Robert Nelson wrote: > >>> What is the output from the command "vssadmin list writers"? > >>> > >>> Also what is the output from the command "vssadmin list shadows" after > >> the > >>> successful backup but prior to the next backup? > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula- > users- > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gerszewski > >>>> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:27 AM > >>>> To: bacula-users > >>>> Subject: [Bacula-users] Windows Client, VSS Issues, 2.0.3? > >>>> > >>>> Greetings, > >>>> > >>>> I have been evaluating Bacula for the School District I work for as a > >>>> backup option for our Windows 2003 Servers. I like many of the > >> features > >>>> Bacula has compared to other solutions. I have been testing with > 2.0.3 > >>>> with the director on a linux box, a storage daemon on a Windows 2003 > >>>> box, and a file daemon on an XP box. I installed the Linux portion > >> from > >>>> RPMs and the Windows client with the windows installer. > >>>> > >>>> I have it configured to do Disk backups. The first couple of days, > >>>> everything worked OK with small backups without much change (~100 MB > >>>> full, 1-2 MB incremental). Then I switched to a larger amount of > files > >>>> (~28 GB with ~800 MB of change per day). Now the FD seems to hang > up. > >>>> Here are the symptoms: > >>>> > >>>> If I start off a fresh boot, the first backup on this machine will > work > >>>> fine. If I do not reboot the computer, or kill the bacula-fd and > >>>> vssvc.exe processes, the next backup will do one of two things: > >>>> > >>>> 1) Backup all the way to the end, and just hang > >>>> or > >>>> 2) Not start the backup at all and sit at 0 Bytes/files > >>>> > >>>> I can break this cycle by killing the vssvc.exe process (Volume > Shadow > >>>> Copy). Then the backup finishes successfully, and incidentally > >>>> vssvc.exe start again. If it hung at the beginning, it will > generally > >>>> give a warning or error that VSS could not start and the backup will > be > >>>> done without VSS. > >>>> > >>>> One thing that seems odd is that the vssvc.exe process is always > >>>> running, even when there isn't a backup running. When I look at our > >>>> servers that are running the MS backup utility, vssvc.exe is only > >>>> running while a backup is in progress. > >>>> > >>>> For our implementation, I really need to be able to use VSS, so I > have > >>>> not tried it with VSS disabled. > >>>> > >>>> Any assistance would be appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> Mike Gerszewski > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >> -- > >>>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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