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الإجابة unable to add usb drives for backups server 2012

  • Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:55 PM
     
     
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    I have been trying to add an additional external usb drive to an existing backup schedule and am unable to. The other drive that is currently in the backup is not plugged in is also usb... and the gui is failing with the error "the system cannot find the path specified".

    this was an issue back in 2k8r2 where if this happened you had to add it from command line however this dose not work as well.

    PS C:\Windows\system32> WBADMIN GET DISKS
    wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
    (C) Copyright 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Disk name: Virtual HD ATA Device
    Disk number: 0
    Disk identifier: {ac5fe721-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
    Total space: 500.00 GB
    Used space : 111.65 GB
    Volumes: <not mounted>[System Reserved],C:[]

    Disk name: Virtual HD ATA Device
    Disk number: 1
    Disk identifier: {4f8e6912-8928-43c5-b763-3e96c4a3d485}
    Total space: 500.00 GB
    Used space : 495.06 GB
    Volumes: E:[Backup 2012_12_21 11:30 DISK_01]

    Disk name: WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    Disk number: 2
    Disk identifier: {0c3fbe2c-1e36-49e2-92ee-bf2127477d9c}
    Total space: 3725.99 GB
    Used space : 128.01 MB
    Volumes: <not mounted>[(no volume label)]

    PS C:\Windows\system32> .\wbadmin.exe enable backup -addtarget:{0c3fbe2c-1e36-49e2-92ee-bf2127477d9c}
    wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
    (C) Copyright 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Storage locations for scheduled backups can be disks, volumes, or remote
    shared folders. Multiple storage locations can be configured for scheduled
    backups, but they must be of the same type. The current schedule uses disk
    for backup storage. Adding a new storage type will remove the disk
    storage locations.
    Do you want to continue?
    [Y] Yes [N] No Y

    ERROR - The specified backup location could not be found or is not a
    supported backup storage location.

    please advice.

     

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  • Tuesday, March 05, 2013 7:03 AM
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    Hi,

    Could you find more information about this issue in backup log? Meanwhile here are 3 threads which related to the same error message, please see if there is any one helpful:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/09462f71-30b0-4095-aab9-b44e83cf6b0c

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-NZ/windowsbackup/thread/6811a779-e820-4079-9589-fc40db033c91

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/ef3fd1c6-4baa-4240-a65f-e474cbf96c61

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  • Tuesday, March 05, 2013 7:46 AM
     
     
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    their is no errors that are readable there is one *.etl file

    I have looked over the other threads listed prior to posting this one the only one that seemed like it would be right is http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/09462f71-30b0-4095-aab9-b44e83cf6b0c however the kb says that i can add it via command line via --addtrarget  this is also failing and the reason i created this thread. I do not have any extra usb ports i can do add to this server so i can not "attach" the other drive.

     
  • Friday, March 08, 2013 8:15 PM
     
     
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    there was no additional information in the etl file. :(. any other ideas?
    • Edited by dw5304 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:17 PM
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  • Monday, March 18, 2013 11:42 AM
     
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    according to Microsoft its a bug and the solution is to recreate the schedule or attach all existing backups to the machine to add another drive.

    "And for your question about this behave, after confirming with our Senior Engineer, it’s a bug in Windows Server 2012 based on reviewing source code.  In Windows Server 2008 R2 it used to work from command line."

    • Edited by Dan Walters Monday, March 25, 2013 4:40 AM answer from microsoft
    • Proposed As Answer by Dan Walters Monday, March 25, 2013 4:40 AM
    • Marked As Answer by dw5304 Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:36 PM
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  • Thursday, April 04, 2013 3:19 PM
     
     
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    Has there been any movement on this problem?  I just ran into it myself on a new Server 2012 Standard installation, and haven't found any solutions on either Microsoft's site or the 'Net.
     
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:37 PM
     
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    Answering my own post--I just went through a paid incident on this issue (presumably now won't require payment by the client).  It is confirmed as a bug, and there will be a Microsoft Update issued on this.  In the meantime, there's a hotfix they provided--"Windows8-RT-KB426957-x64-InstallForTestingPurposesOnly.exe".

    No, they don't know when they'll release the real fix.  Yes, the hotfix will  have to be uninstalled when the real update comes out.

    Yes, the hotfix brands your screen as "Windows Server 2012 Standard/For testing purposes only. Build 9200".  I figure that's a Good Thing(Tm), since it'll remind me to look for the update.

    And it works, at least for adding disks.  The Microsoft Backup GUI works cleanly; the "wbadmin" CLI setup leaves a "funny" string on the disk identifier, but I have no indication that it won't work.  Of course, I now have to go through a full backup cycle.

    • Marked As Answer by dw5304 Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:36 PM
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  • Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:30 PM
     
     
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    one thing i should note dave is the fact old backups will not restore from my testing. I have already sent feedback to them on this.