Thanks a bunch. That was it. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:47 AM Marc Lanteigne <marclantei...@ca.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike, > > If that is your entire option file, you have systemstate included in your > backup by default. And the systemstate backup will always use VSS as per > Microsoft's design. > > The " SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS NONE" option just stops to use VSS for filesystem > backups, not for systemstate. > > > - > Thanks, > Marc... > > Marc Lanteigne > Spectrum Protect Specialist AVP / SRT > IBM Systems, Spectrum Protect / Plus > +1-506-460-9074 <- New phone number > marclantei...@ca.ibm.com > Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 15:30 Eastern > > IBM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Hizny <mhi...@binghamton.edu> > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 10:41 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ADSM-L] snapshot error > > Hi, > > We are trying to run a normal backup on a windows 2016 server. We are not > using snapshots, yet every time the scheduler starts a backup, it fails by > trying to start a snapshot. Has anyone seen this and is there a way to > disable the VSS snapshot attempt? > > *Here is the error:* > > 02/25/2021 20:36:07 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. > IBM Spectrum Protect function name : StartSnapshotSet() > IBM Spectrum Protect function : 'StartSnapshotSet() failed with > error VSS_E_SNAPSHOT_SET_IN_PROGRESS. 0X80042316' > IBM Spectrum Protect return code : -2147212522 > IBM Spectrum Protect file : ..\..\common\winnt\asrutil.cpp > (1928) > > > *Here is the opt file where we have VSS disabled:* > > NODENAME XXXXXXX > TCPSERVERADDRESS xxx.xx.xxxxx.xxx > EXCLUDE.BACKUP "*:\microsoft uam volume\...\*" > EXCLUDE.ARCHIVE "*:\...\system32\Perflib*.dat" > > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS NONE > SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE NONE > PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE > > Thanks, > Mike > -- > -- Michael Hizny Director of Enterprise Systems and Applications Binghamton University 607-777-4739 (voice) 607-777-4009 (fax) mhi...@binghamton.edu
