Error:
The job failed with the following error: A failure occurred querying the Writer status. Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Failed during prepare snapshot operation (8).
Solution:
if any Writer is not normal/stable state, restart the server. after restart all writers should be stable.
then run the backup, it should be ok.
The job failed with the following error: A failure occurred querying the Writer status. Writer Name: Exchange Server, Writer ID: {76FE1AC4-15F7-4BCD-987E-8E1ACB462FB7}, Last error: The VSS Writer failed, but the operation can be retried (0x800423f3), State: Failed during prepare snapshot operation (8).
Solution:
First check the VSS
provider/writer status that are running on your server.
1. Click Start > Run and type CMD, and then click OK.
2. type vssadmin list providers, then press ENTER.
3. it will show the VSS providers. like Microsoft exchange writer, wmi writer etc.
1. Click Start > Run and type CMD, and then click OK.
2. type vssadmin list providers, then press ENTER.
3. it will show the VSS providers. like Microsoft exchange writer, wmi writer etc.
Now run the following command to show their status.
4. Type
vssadmin list writers, and then press
ENTER.
5. Confirm that all the VSS writers are showing:
5. Confirm that all the VSS writers are showing:
- State: [1] Stable
- No error
then run the backup, it should be ok.
