WBadmin

[WBadminUser]

I am trying to use the wbadmin command but am receiving this.

 

 

 

 

 

PS C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:z: -allCritical -quiet

 

wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool

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Retrieving volume information...

This will back up System Reserved (350.00 MB),(C:) to z:.

The backup operation to Z: is starting.

Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...

Creating a backup of volume System Reserved (350.00 MB), copied (37%).

The backup of volume System Reserved (350.00 MB) completed successfully.

Creating a backup of volume (C:), copied (0%).

The backup of volume (C:) completed successfully.

Summary of the backup operation:

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The backup operation stopped before completing.

The backup operation stopped before completing.

Detailed error: ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has 

occurred: (0x80042306)

The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System and Application event logs for more information.

 

 

Log of files successfully backed up:

C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsBackup\Backup-05-07-2014_19-46-50.log

 

Windows Backup failed to create the shadow copy on the storage location.

ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has 

occurred: (0x80042306)

The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System and Application event logs for more information.

 

 

 

 

I can backup just fine to other drives that are not the pool. Thoughts on why this is happening?

 

 

[Christopher (Drashna)]

The last bit is the key here:

Windows Backup failed to create the shadow copy on the storage location.
ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has 
occurred: (0x80042306)
The shadow copy provider had an error. Check the System and Application event logs for more information

The Windows Server Backup feature requires VSS support on the destination, as well as the sources to be able to work properly. And since we unfortunately are not able to support VSS at this time, the backup will fail.