Fully patched Backup Exec 2012 and SBS 2011. Physical machine backing up to a 3TB external hard drive.
I start a full backup and the ASR writer will go to a failed state nearly immediately.
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
There is nothing in the logs apart from an informational message that says
Ran out of time while deleting files.
Operation:
OnPostSnapshot event
PostSnapshot Event
Context:
Execution Context: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Name: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
Writer Instance ID: {c1a966b6-31c2-4dc4-a285-e409016abf34}
I have re-registered the VSS from here: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/vss-fixbat. I have made sure there is enough space on the drives. I have added a drive letter to the OEM Recovery partition and assigned shadow copy space on another drive.
