Hi Bart,
I ended up fixing the problem. I had to manually start the "SQL Server VSS
Writer" service, which was set to Automatic. After that I was able to run a
backup and even after a system reboot the backups now run without having to
manually go in and start that service.
DW
[quoted text, click to view] "Bart Bekkema" wrote:
> Hello DW,
>
> I Just posted a similar problem under the subject:
> MSDE2000a (MSSQLServer) & VSS
> in the same newsgroup.
> When i find a solution, i will let you know.
>
> Greetings, Bart Bekkema
>
> "dw" schreef:
>
> > I recently installed SQL Server 2005 Express on a Windows 2003 server that
> > had SQL Server 2000 installed on it. As it only requires a tiny database,
> > the intent was to copy the tables from the SQL 2000 default instance to the
> > SQL Express 2005 named (sqlexpress) instance.
> >
> > I backed up the Windows 2003 Server to a file before doing the install and
> > recently tried to back up to another file after installing SQL Express 2005.
> > NT Backup churns for a while trying to create shadow copies and eventually
> > times out with an event ID 6013 in the event log. The log that pops up after
> > the backup failure states that there was a timeout with the volume shadow
> > copy creation.
> >
> > I've tried installing the Update 2 patch for VSS issues, but to no avail.
> >
> > I also notice that the SQL VSS Writer is not started. Starting it does not
> > solve the problem. And that VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS comes back empty.
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
> > Thanks. DW
> > --
> > "If Pro is the opposite of Con, does that mean that Congress is the opposite
> > of Progress?"
