I am experiencing a couple of errors using the Windows 2003 Server Backup Utility.
Scenario:
1. I installed Farstone Drive Clone, used it a couple of weeks and didn’t convince me of it’s service so I uninstalled it.
2. After that I am trying to do a normal backup using the backup utility that Microsoft Provides, I had no success with it.
3. First I had an error of VSS which there was a hotfic that apparently solved the issue.
4. After that when I try to do a backup, even of small size, it comes up with the following error:
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: “Server01 Backup.bkf created 8/6/2008 at 5:11 PM”
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Timeout before function completed
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0xffffffff.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff
Aborting Backup.
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The operation did not successfully complete.
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Please help me solve this problem. Other people have had this problem after uninstalling backup software, it looks like it installs it’s own VSS and doesn’t restore it’s original VSS.