Robert, Microsoft defines system state as being "a collection of several key operating system elements and their files". Microsoft does not support restoring a subset of system state. TSM has been implemented to follow Microsoft guidelines in this regard. Thus if a system state file cannot be found, it is not possible to make a good system state backup, and therefore the system state backup stops.
Does the file named in the ANS5279E message, vnetinst.dll, exist? If not, that is why the system state backup stopped. You need to start with an investigation of why this file does not exist, yet the Windows system files writer seems to think it exists. This might be a question for Microsoft. If the file exists, but the backup continues to think it does not exist, then please open a PMR with IBM TSM support. 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 09/29/2009 02:47:17 AM: > [image removed] > > systemstate error > > Robert Ouzen Ouzen > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 09/29/2009 02:48 AM > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi to all > > > > During backup of systemstate on a server windows 2008 with TSM > client version 6.1.0.2 ( Tsm server version 5.5.1.0 ) I got this error: > > > > 09/25/2009 00:15:18 ANS5279E Error processing '\\mossql01\c$\Windows > \System32\vnetinst.dll': file not found. > > 09/25/2009 00:15:21 ANS1999E Incremental processing of 'MOSSQL01 > \SystemState\NULL\System State\SystemState' stopped. > > > > Tried some research without any success , need help …. > > > > Regards Robert > >