Hate to be an old patoot, did you reboot to see if you could reproduce & have you applied the VSS hotfix for win2k3?
I don't usually have the recurring error on our systems afterwards. On one I did, and also applied the 5.5.1.0 client code too, and haven't had the issue since. thanks! lisa -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Hughes Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:36 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows client failing more VSS request issues Hello all, We have a Windows 2003 client that failing with the following message in the client error.log. Has anyone had this problem with a 5.5.0.2 Windows Client? 'NOGICIANP2\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed with error code: 4353. 08/14/2008 00:16:43 ANS1228E Sending of object 'NOGICIANP2\SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' failed 08/14/2008 00:16:43 ANS5258E An error occurred initializing a VSS request. For more information, see the TSM client error log. 08/14/2008 00:16:43 ANS1375E The snapshot operation failed. 08/14/2008 00:16:43 ANS5258E An error occurred initializing a VSS request. For more information, see the TSM client error log. 08/14/2008 00:16:43 ANS1512E Scheduled event 'MIDNIGHT' failed. Return code = 12. 08/14/2008 10:06:00 ANS1959W Removing previous incomplete group '\System State\0\SystemState' Id:0-836409676 08/14/2008 10:06:00 ANS2054E Operating system error 13: ????????d. 08/14/2008 10:06:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. TSM function name : verifyLocalBackups() TSM function : Unable to lock local repository TSM return code : 101 TSM file : vssback.cpp (6353) 08/14/2008 10:06:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. TSM function name : verifyLocalBackups() TSM function : Verifying Local Backups Failed! TSM return code : 101 TSM file : vssback.cpp (5725) 08/14/2008 10:06:02 VssRequestor::checkWriterStatus: VssRequestor::checkWriterStatus() failed with hr=VSS_E_WRITERERROR_NONRETRYABLE 08/14/2008 10:06:02 ANS5269E The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services writer 'Cluster Service Writer' current state (VSS_WS_STABLE) is not valid for the current operation or cannot be determined. The last error reported is '800423f4'. Also, When I ran a Manual backup of the "System State" and recieved the following Ans5258e - And error occured Initializing a VSS request Ans1375E - The snapshot operation failed TSM Server 5.5.0.3 Aix 5.3 Windows 2003 sp1 Client/TSM Client 5.5.0.2 Thanks for any help, comments, suggestions in advance!