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Open File Backup hangs - VSS errors


RandyStevens

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When I try to execute an open file backup, Retrospect hangs at the "preparing for backup" stage. The only way to clear the hang is to use the Windows Task Manager to kill the "retrospect.exe" process (or reboot). Simply cancelling the backup will not work.

 

System: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

Retrospect: Professional Version 7.6.126 with Driver and HotFix 7.6.2.101

 

When the hang occurs, there are 4 event messages posted from VSS listed in the Windows Event Log. All of these are posted with the same timestamp:

 

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Log Name: Application

Source: VSS

Date: 3/30/2009 5:44:30 AM

Event ID: 12292

Task Category: None

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: Randy08

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044} [0x8007007e].

 

Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

 

Context:

Provider ID: {262b716e-bb23-41b5-aaef-e2c15e767167}

Class ID: {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044}

Snapshot Context: 0

Execution Context: Coordinator

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Log Name: Application

Source: VSS

Date: 3/30/2009 5:44:30 AM

Event ID: 13

Task Category: None

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: Randy08

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service information: The COM Server with CLSID {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044} and name SW_PROV cannot be started. [0x8007007e]

 

Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

 

Context:

Provider ID: {262b716e-bb23-41b5-aaef-e2c15e767167}

Class ID: {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044}

Snapshot Context: 0

Execution Context: Coordinator

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[color:red]

Log Name: Application

Source: VSS

Date: 3/30/2009 5:44:30 AM

Event ID: 12292

Task Category: None

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: Randy08

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044} [0x8007007e].

 

Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

List interfaces for all providers supporting this context

Check If Volume Is Supported by Provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

 

Context:

Provider ID: {262b716e-bb23-41b5-aaef-e2c15e767167}

Class ID: {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044}

Snapshot Context: 0

Snapshot Context: 0

Execution Context: Coordinator

Provider ID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

Volume Name: \\?\Volume{7526c4bc-0b10-11dd-9d06-806e6f6e6963}\

Execution Context: Coordinator

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[color:brown]

Log Name: Application

Source: VSS

Date: 3/30/2009 5:44:30 AM

Event ID: 13

Task Category: None

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: Randy08

Description:

Volume Shadow Copy Service information: The COM Server with CLSID {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044} and name SW_PROV cannot be started. [0x8007007e]

 

Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

List interfaces for all providers supporting this context

Check If Volume Is Supported by Provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

 

Context:

Provider ID: {262b716e-bb23-41b5-aaef-e2c15e767167}

Class ID: {790f2886-9889-4c99-8ef5-531add05d044}

Snapshot Context: 0

Snapshot Context: 0

Execution Context: Coordinator

Provider ID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

Volume Name: \\?\Volume{7526c4bc-0b10-11dd-9d06-806e6f6e6963}\

Execution Context: Coordinator

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I've tried uninstalling and re-installing Retrospect, but it does not help.

 

As a workaround, I have disabled Open File Backup. This allows the backup to run, but there are many files that are missed during the backup.

 

I would like to get this working. Any help would be appreciated.

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The errors are coming from WIndows and not Retrospect. Reinstalling Retrospect will not fix a Windows VSS error.

 

Retrospect is hanging because it is waiting for a reply from the VSS service which isn't coming.

 

I don't know what those errors mean, you can check with Microsoft or try to google the Event ID's listed in the Event Logs above.

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I believe I discovered the problem and the solution!

 

I had installed Norton Ghost 14.0 on my computer so I could get backups for my Vista x64 computer. (OK, I hated it, but at the time Retrospect 7.5 did not support Vista x64.) When Retrospect 7.6 came out I started using both Retrospect and Ghost in parallel for awhile. Eventually, I uninstalled Ghost from the system. However, the uninstall program left substantial remains in the Windows Registry. Apparently the "Symantec Software VSS Provider" was still hanging around as a VSS service even though the underlying software was removed. The VSS Events that were generated when I attempted an open file backup were being generated from the Symantec VSS Provider, not the Microsoft VSS provider that came with Vista.

 

Here is what I did to get the open file backkups working again:

1. Stop "Symantec SymSnap VSS Provider" service, if it is running. Configure it so its startup is Disabled.

2. Using regedit, delete all registry keys containing the following strings:

Symantec Software VSS Provider

262b716e-bb23-41b5-aaef-e2c15e767167

Norton Ghost

3. Reboot the computer

 

After rebooting, I opened a command windows and typed "vssadmin list providers". The Symantec VSS provider was no longer listed -- just the Microsoft one was there.

 

I tried the open backup and it worked. There were no errors posted in the Event log. In addition, a "vssadmin list shadows" showed that 5 shadow copies were created to support the backup -- these all used the Microsoft VSS provider.

 

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