Troubleshooting
Redstor's backups rely on Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for tasks such as change block tracking. When a backup fails as a result ...
Symptom A backup fails with the error 'Could not initialise COM library'. Error: Backup failed: Could not initialise COM library (0x80070583; for...
Symptom An InstantData Full System Recovery fails with the 404 (not found) error "WebLaunch session {x} is invalid or has timed out". Cause ...
Symptom When attempting a Full System Recovery of a Windows system from a local copy, the following error presents after selecting the GUID folder: "...
Symptom A backup fails with the following error: Could not prepare for snapshot creation (VSS writer in an unexpected state): writer error
(not retryabl...
Symptom The backup task for SIMS’s Discover component fails with the following error: ERROR : 22:00:49 [Discover] Database 'servername\sims,DISCOVER...
Symptom A backup completes with the following warning in the ESE logs: WARN : The SQL Server file 'xx\xx\xxx' can be backed up more consistently ...
Symptom A backup fails with the error "VSS snapshot creation failed (0x8004231f; insufficient storage)". Solution To prevent this, you have...
Where VSS settings are not accessible from the GUI, the following commands can be run from an elevated command prompt: To show the current volume shadow...
Symptom
Backups are missed, and nothing happens when you subsequently attempt to launch the ESE agent.
Solution
1. Open Services in Windows and lo...