Re: Automated System Recovery: Catastrophic failure!??

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:59:57 -0700

What this is saying is that shadow copy service failed to
initialize for the backup. Shadow copy normally will cuase
redirection to temporary "shadowing" files so that no files
will have to be skipped because they are in use. In your
backup this did not happen. Whether this means that your
backup is worthless depends on what was skipped, What
you posted only shows temp files, but it is likely that critical
registry files may also have been skipped.

Check in your services and make sure that you have not
disabled the Volume Shadow Copy service. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Trond Ruud" <troruud@tiscali.no> wrote in message
news:uQZAWgB6DHA.3360@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Several attempts at generating an Automated System Recovery set all show a
> "Catastrophic failure" message in the log file (I have copied the first
log
> file messages, below)
> Does anyone know what the reason for the failure message might be, and if
it
> means that the generated Recovery set, is useless?
> Trond Ruud,
> Norway
> -------------------
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: File
> Media name: "Automated_System_Recovery-set.bkf created 31/1/2004 at 16:57"
>
>
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:Catastrophic failure
>
>
> Reverting to non-shadow copy backup mode.
> Backup of "C: WinXP"
> Backup set #1 on media #1
> Backup description: ""
> Media name: "Automated_System_Recovery-set.bkf created 31/1/2004 at 16:57"
>
> Backup Type: Copy
>
> Backup started on 31/1/2004 at 16:57.
> Warning: Unable to open "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local
> Settings\Temp\Perflib_Perfdata_714.dat" - skipped.
> Reason: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
> another process.
>
>
> Warning: Unable to open "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local
> Settings\Temp\~DF999C.tmp" - skipped.
> Reason: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
> another process.
>
>

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