How to backup Virtual Machines in Hyper V? Windows Server Backup doesnt work for me.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:29:18 Z

Hi to all, previously I had a post under Windows Server Backup with the following errors, but it seems to be a problem with the Hyper V. Any suggestions about how to backup the vhd's???

1)
Event 1000, Aplication Error
Faulting application vmwp.exe, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e02830, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x00000000, exception code 0x00000000, fault offset 0x0000000000000000, process id 0x13a0, application start time 0x01c9f78d31270387.

2)
Event 12, PlugPlayManager
The device 'Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device' (SCSI\Disk&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_Disk\2&2af8ae15&0&000000) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.

The device 'Storage miniport driver' (VMBUS\{1d1b6e94-c662-47cb-96b1-f448592ba696}\1&3189fc23&0&{1d1b6e94-c662-47cb-96b1-f448592ba696}) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.

3)
Event 521, Backup
Backup started at '6/29/2009 1:00:15 AM' failed as Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup volumes with following error code '2155348001'. Please rerun backup once issue is resolved.

4)
Event 12293, VSS
5)
Event 12305, VSS

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}. Routine details PostFinalCommitSnapshots({d12f3fa5-3a89-478e-a050-ca0268eae70a}, 2) [hr = 0x80042308].

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Volume/disk not connected or not found. Error context: CreateFileW(\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy31,0xc0000000,0x00000003,...).

Failed to revert to VSS snapshot on the virtual hard disk '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy32\Virtual Machines\virtualmachinename\Snapshots\C3D93048-F75D-437C-A73A-1D34158CB3E3\chs-mail data disk_7070492D-ACF0-47D0-BD35-03486AD057F0.avhd' of the virtual machine 'virtualmachinename'. (Virtual machine ID C3D93048-F75D-437C-A73A-1D34158CB3E3)

6)
Event 10103, Hyper-V-VMMS

How to backup Virtual Machines in Hyper V? Windows Server Backup doesnt work for me.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:09:26 Z

I find out that the backup failed because I had a WinXP guest in the VMM. It seems its not possible to run VSS with WinXP OS. With 2k3 guests its ok, it runs perfectly.

How to backup Virtual Machines in Hyper V? Windows Server Backup doesnt work for me.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:53:01 Z

If you are looking for a more enterprise grade backup solution for Hyper-V, I'd take a look at Hyper-V enabled backup products, like Microsoft Data Protection Manager. Backup Exec also has a supported plug-in.

Nathan Lasnoski
http://nathanlasnoski.spaces.live.com

How to backup Virtual Machines in Hyper V? Windows Server Backup doesnt work for me.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:57 Z

Hi,

You’re right, Windows XP VM doesn’t support VSS online backup.

When backing up Hyper-V Host, please first enable Windows Server Backup support for the Hyper-V VSS Writer. Please refer to the following article.

http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/archive/2008/08/20/how-to-enable-windows-server-backup-support-for-the-hyper-v-vss-writer.aspx

Please note the limitations and expected behavior.

After that, try to save or turn off Windows XP VM when backing up. If you would like to back up XP VMs, please run backup software in VM instead.

Thanks.

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