Hi Robert, When TSM performs system state backup, it asks the operating system (via VSS) for the list of files that are part of system state. TSM then attempts to back these files up. If the file cannot be found, then the system state backup will stop (as you have seen). Therefore it would seem that on the system where the system state backup runs correctly, vnetinst.dll is not considered by Windows to be a part of system state. But on the system where system state backup stops, Windows thinks that file is part of system state. vnetinst.dll is a part of VMware, I think.
As for the size of system state: Starting with Windows Vista, the number of system state files (and thus the size of system state) has grown more than 10 X's the size of Windows 2003 system state. The 600 MB system state size you mention sounds like a fit for Windows 2003. At a minimum, I would expect Windows 2008 system state to include at least 30,000 or 40,000 files and be about 7 GB or more in size. The increase in system state backup size is not attributed to a change from TSM client 5.5 to 6.1. 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 2009-09-30 05:34:45: > [image removed] > > Re: systemstate error > > Robert Ouzen Ouzen > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 2009-09-30 05:35 > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Andy > > I checked it and the file vnetinst.dll did not exist on the server > , I have another server with the same configuration (Windows 2008 > and Tsm client 6.1.0.2) the systemstate backup is running correctly > and there too the file vnetinst.dll did not exist !!! > > On the server with the error I erased old backup of systemstate and > made a new fresh backup systemstate and got the same error !!! By > the way the backup of systemstate with TSM client 6.1.0.2 is much > bigger then old TSM version (old one around 600MB and now aroud 11GB > ????) I opened a PMR at IBM > > Regards Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On > Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:42 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] systemstate error > > 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 > > > >
