Oddly we ran into something very similar last week. Check for the existence of patch KB940349. This is a VSS patch that changes the format of the XML that VSS uses. The target OS will need it installed if the source did.
Andy Huebner -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:12 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Server systemstate restore 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. This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
