Volume Shadow Copy Problem

This has been plaguing me for the past couple of days. I have a 2k3
server with VSS setup on it. It is currently shadow copying the data
every hour from a RAID 5 array drive marked d: to a mirrored drive
marked e: on the same box.


I installed the Shadow copy client services on a Windows 2000 SP4
machine to test if VSS was working on the server. I am trying to
accesss VSS from the client machine using a network drive mapping to
the shadow copy volume on the server. The previous versions tab is
there, but no matter how much I delete no previous version ever show
up. I am copying every hour and I have deleted and changed the files
and nothing ever shows up. Anyone seen this before. I have looked
into the VSS patch, but it warns on installing unless it is addressing
your specific issue.


Here is some information from the event logs of the
Application:


Source: ESENT
server.svchost (1020) The database engine 5.02.3790.0000 started.


Source: ESENT
svchost (1020) The database engine stopped.


System:


Service Control Manager
The Volume Shadow Copy service entered the stopped state.


I have been told that the starting and stopping is normal operation for
VSS, when it performs the operations, but this happens during various
time frames.


Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks,

"shauncarter1" wrote:

> This has been plaguing me for the past couple of days. I have a 2k3
> server with VSS setup on it. It is currently shadow copying the data
> every hour from a RAID 5 array drive marked d: to a mirrored drive
> marked e: on the same box.
>
>
> I installed the Shadow copy client services on a Windows 2000 SP4
> machine to test if VSS was working on the server. I am trying to
> accesss VSS from the client machine using a network drive mapping to
> the shadow copy volume on the server. The previous versions tab is
> there, but no matter how much I delete no previous version ever show
> up. I am copying every hour and I have deleted and changed the files
> and nothing ever shows up. Anyone seen this before. I have looked
> into the VSS patch, but it warns on installing unless it is addressing
> your specific issue.
>
>
> Here is some information from the event logs of the
> Application:
>
>
> Source: ESENT
> server.svchost (1020) The database engine 5.02.3790.0000 started.
>
>
> Source: ESENT
> svchost (1020) The database engine stopped.
>
>
> System:
>
>
> Service Control Manager
> The Volume Shadow Copy service entered the stopped state.
>
>
> I have been told that the starting and stopping is normal operation for
> VSS, when it performs the operations, but this happens during various
> time frames.
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>

Installing the Shadow Copy Client on the server did the trick.
>

"shauncarter1" wrote:

> This has been plaguing me for the past couple of days. I have a 2k3
> server with VSS setup on it. It is currently shadow copying the data
> every hour from a RAID 5 array drive marked d: to a mirrored drive
> marked e: on the same box.
>
>
> I installed the Shadow copy client services on a Windows 2000 SP4
> machine to test if VSS was working on the server. I am trying to
> accesss VSS from the client machine using a network drive mapping to
> the shadow copy volume on the server. The previous versions tab is
> there, but no matter how much I delete no previous version ever show
> up. I am copying every hour and I have deleted and changed the files
> and nothing ever shows up. Anyone seen this before. I have looked
> into the VSS patch, but it warns on installing unless it is addressing
> your specific issue.
>
>
> Here is some information from the event logs of the
> Application:
>
>
> Source: ESENT
> server.svchost (1020) The database engine 5.02.3790.0000 started.
>
>
> Source: ESENT
> svchost (1020) The database engine stopped.
>
>
> System:
>
>
> Service Control Manager
> The Volume Shadow Copy service entered the stopped state.
>
>
> I have been told that the starting and stopping is normal operation for
> VSS, when it performs the operations, but this happens during various
> time frames.
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>

Installing the Shadow Copy Client on the server did the trick.
>