VSS Catastrophic Failures

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Hi,

Server 2003 R2 x64 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1. KB940349 has been applied
and resolved issues with our JetDB writers.

We're having problems getting VSS to take snapshots for Shadow Copies and
backups. It is now specific to the Exchange VSS Writer.

We had BackupExec 12 installed and couldn't do an Exchange backup without
having catasrophic errors. I have since switched to ArcServe 11.5 SP3 and
the last Exchange backup went successfully. ShadowCopy snapshots however are
still failing.

After a clean reboot of the server, I can manually take a shadow copy
snapshot and it completes successfully. I took one last night before the
backup without issue.

This morning I checked and the 7am scheduled snapshot didn't show up in the
list. I checked the status of the VSS writers, and they're all Online with a
normal status.

The following errors were logged in the App log.
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: VSS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 12289
Date: 4/30/2008
Time: 7:02:32 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error
WaitForMultipleObjects(1,000000000032A2B0,1,120000) == 0x00000102. hr =
0x8000ffff.

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Data:
0000: 2d 20 43 6f 64 65 3a 20 - Code:
0008: 43 4f 52 4c 4f 56 4c 43 CORLOVLC
0010: 30 30 30 30 30 36 39 34 00000694
0018: 2d 20 43 61 6c 6c 3a 20 - Call:
0020: 43 4f 52 4c 4f 56 4c 43 CORLOVLC
0028: 30 30 30 30 30 35 39 39 00000599
0030: 2d 20 50 49 44 3a 20 20 - PID:
0038: 30 30 30 30 37 39 36 30 00007960
0040: 2d 20 54 49 44 3a 20 20 - TID:
0048: 30 30 30 30 36 35 33 36 00006536
0050: 2d 20 43 4d 44 3a 20 20 - CMD:
0058: 43 3a 5c 57 49 4e 44 4f C:\WINDO
0060: 57 53 5c 53 79 73 74 65 WS\Syste
0068: 6d 33 32 5c 76 73 73 76 m32\vssv
0070: 63 2e 65 78 65 20 20 20 c.exe
0078: 2d 20 55 73 65 72 3a 20 - User:
0080: 4e 54 20 41 55 54 48 4f NT AUTHO
0088: 52 49 54 59 5c 53 59 53 RITY\SYS
0090: 54 45 4d 20 20 20 20 20 TEM
0098: 2d 20 53 69 64 3a 20 20 - Sid:
00a0: 53 2d 31 2d 35 2d 31 38 S-1-5-18
00a8: 2d 20 45 72 72 6f 72 3a - Error:
00b0: 57 61 69 74 46 6f 72 4d WaitForM
00b8: 75 6c 74 69 70 6c 65 4f ultipleO
00c0: 62 6a 65 63 74 73 28 31 bjects(1
00c8: 2c 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 ,0000000
00d0: 30 30 30 33 32 41 32 42 00032A2B
00d8: 30 2c 31 2c 31 32 30 30 0,1,1200
00e0: 30 30 29 20 3d 3d 20 30 00) == 0
00e8: 78 30 30 30 30 30 31 30 x0000010
00f0: 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2
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Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MSExchange EdgeSync
Event Category: Topology
Event ID: 1026
Date: 4/30/2008
Time: 7:10:06 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER
Description:
Topology load generated transient exception Active Directory operation
failed on server.hagelaw.local. This error could have been caused by user
input or by the Active Directory server being unavailable. Please retry at a
later time. Additional information: Active directory response: The operation
was aborted because the client side timeout limit was exceeded. .. EdgeSync
must be able to acquire current Exchange topology data from the Active
Directory directory service to properly operate. The Edge Transport server
will attempt to load the topology again.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event Category: General
Event ID: 2604
Date: 4/30/2008
Time: 7:12:07 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER
Description:
Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGY (PID=2500). When updating security for a remote
procedure call (RPC) access for the Exchange Active Directory Topology
service, Exchange could not retrieve the security descriptor for Exchange
server object SERVER - Error code=80040955.
The Exchange Active Directory Topology service will continue with limited
permissions.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchange System Attendant Mailbox
Event Category: General
Event ID: 4001
Date: 4/30/2008
Time: 7:15:35 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER
Description:
A transient failure has occurred. The problem may resolve itself in awhile.
The service will retry in 56 seconds. Diagnostic information:

Active Directory operation failed on server.hagelaw.local. This error could
have been caused by user input or by the Active Directory server being
unavailable. Please retry at a later time. Additional information: Active
directory response: The operation was aborted because the client side timeout
limit was exceeded. .
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADPossibleOperationException: Active
Directory operation failed on server.hagelaw.local. This error could have
been caused by user input or by the Active Directory server being
unavailable. Please retry at a later time. Additional information: Active
directory response: The operation was aborted because the client side timeout
limit was exceeded. . ---> System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapException:
The operation was aborted because the client side timeout limit was exceeded.
at
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.ConstructResponse(Int32
messageId, LdapOperation operation, ResultAll resultType, TimeSpan
requestTimeOut, Boolean exceptionOnTimeOut)
at
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, TimeSpan requestTimeout)
at
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.PooledLdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, LdapOperation ldapOperation)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADSession.Find(ADObjectId rootId,
String optionalBaseDN, ADObjectId readId, QueryScope scope, QueryFilter
filter, SortBy sortBy, Int32 maxResults, IEnumerable`1 properties,
CreateObjectDelegate objectCreator, CreateObjectsDelegate arrayCreator)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADSession.AnalyzeDirectoryError(PooledLdapConnection
connection, DirectoryRequest request, DirectoryException de, Int32
totalRetries, Int32 retriesOnServer)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADSession.Find(ADObjectId rootId,
String optionalBaseDN, ADObjectId readId, QueryScope scope, QueryFilter
filter, SortBy sortBy, Int32 maxResults, IEnumerable`1 properties,
CreateObjectDelegate objectCreator, CreateObjectsDelegate arrayCreator)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADSession.Find(ADObjectId rootId,
QueryScope scope, QueryFilter filter, SortBy sortBy, Int32 maxResults,
IEnumerable`1 properties, CreateObjectDelegate objectCtor,
CreateObjectsDelegate arrayCtor)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADSession.Find[TResult](ADObjectId
rootId, QueryScope scope, QueryFilter filter, SortBy sortBy, Int32
maxResults, IEnumerable`1 properties)
at
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.ADSystemConfigurationSession.Find[TResult](ADObjectId
rootId, QueryScope scope, QueryFilter filter, SortBy sortBy, Int32 maxResults)
at
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.ADSystemConfigurationSession.FindServerByFqdn(String serverFqdn)
at
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.ADSystemConfigurationSession.FindLocalServer()
at Microsoft.Exchange.Servicelets.SystemAttendantMailbox.Servicelet.Work()

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Event Type: Error
Event Source: VSS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 4/30/2008
Time: 7:15:35 AM
User: N/A
Computer: SERVER
Description:
VssAdmin: Unable to create a shadow copy: Catastrophic failure
Command-line: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\vssadmin.exe Create Shadow /AutoRetry=5
/For=\\?\Volume{f2440b14-f04b-11dc-8efa-806e6f6e6963}\'.

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Data:
0000: 2d 20 43 6f 64 65 3a 20 - Code:
0008: 41 44 4d 56 41 44 4d 43 ADMVADMC
0010: 30 30 30 30 30 38 33 37 00000837
0018: 2d 20 43 61 6c 6c 3a 20 - Call:
0020: 41 44 4d 56 41 44 4d 43 ADMVADMC
0028: 30 30 30 30 30 37 36 38 00000768
0030: 2d 20 50 49 44 3a 20 20 - PID:
0038: 30 30 30 30 36 37 31 36 00006716
0040: 2d 20 54 49 44 3a 20 20 - TID:
0048: 30 30 30 30 36 39 38 30 00006980
0050: 2d 20 43 4d 44 3a 20 20 - CMD:
0058: 43 3a 5c 57 49 4e 44 4f C:\WINDO
0060: 57 53 5c 73 79 73 74 65 WS\syste
0068: 6d 33 32 5c 76 73 73 61 m32\vssa
0070: 64 6d 69 6e 2e 65 78 65 dmin.exe
0078: 20 43 72 65 61 74 65 20 Create
0080: 53 68 61 64 6f 77 20 2f Shadow /
0088: 41 75 74 6f 52 65 74 72 AutoRetr
0090: 79 3d 35 20 2f 46 6f 72 y=5 /For
0098: 3d 5c 5c 3f 5c 56 6f 6c =\\?\Vol
00a0: 75 6d 65 7b 66 32 34 34 ume{f244
00a8: 30 62 31 34 2d 66 30 34 0b14-f04
00b0: 62 2d 31 31 64 63 2d 38 b-11dc-8
00b8: 65 66 61 2d 38 30 36 65 efa-806e
00c0: 36 66 36 65 36 39 36 33 6f6e6963
00c8: 7d 5c 20 20 20 20 20 20 }\
00d0: 2d 20 55 73 65 72 3a 20 - User:
00d8: 4e 54 20 41 55 54 48 4f NT AUTHO
00e0: 52 49 54 59 5c 53 59 53 RITY\SYS
00e8: 54 45 4d 20 20 20 20 20 TEM
00f0: 2d 20 53 69 64 3a 20 20 - Sid:
00f8: 53 2d 31 2d 35 2d 31 38 S-1-5-18
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After this string of events, event logs return to normal.

This is the same string of events that are logged after every failed snapshot.

After a failed snapshot, I checked the writer status and they're all normal.
None say failed.

Any ideas on what to do? Thanks.
 
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