Go to the URL in my sig (which you should have bookmarked) and try a search. The VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT is a good place to start. :-)
Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/i...@ibmus Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 09/21/2009 08:12:06 AM: > [image removed] > > Server systemstate restore > > Tim Brown > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 09/21/2009 08:11 AM > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Error during restore of Windows systemstate > Any ideas what causes this. > > We are in the process of restoring a server, the C: drive was restored first > then an attempt was made to restore the system state. We also have copy of the > systemstate produced via NTBACKUP. > > 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. > TSM function name : VssRequestor::initializeForRestore > TSM function : InitializeForRestore() from file '\\modi\c$ > \adsm.sys\vss_staging\MODI\10.1.10.8\20090830203047\TSM_Backup.xml' > returned VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT > TSM return code : 4341 > TSM file : vssreq.cpp (5391) > 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS5250E An unexpected error was encountered. > TSM function name : vssInitRestSpec > TSM function : InitializeVss() returned '4341' > TSM return code : 4341 > TSM file : vssrest.cpp (723) > 09/21/2009 07:59:00 ANS1949E Microsoft volume shadow copy snapshot > initialization failed. > > Tim Brown > Systems Specialist - Project Leader > Central Hudson Gas & Electric > 284 South Ave > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > Email: tbr...@cenhud.com <mailto:tbr...@cenhud.com> > Phone: 845-486-5643 > Fax: 845-486-5921 > Cell: 845-235-4255 > > > This message contains confidential information and is only for the > intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the > sender immediately by replying to this note and deleting all copies > and attachments. Thank you.