Zoltan, We do succesfully do system state backups on Windows 2003 R2 and 2008 R2 servers. Why we do it? Simple: disaster recovery.
Do we occasionally get problems? Yes, we do, and I do recall having an issue with a disappeared System Writer as well. I cannot recall exactly how I fixed it, it might have been something to do with COM+. If you want me to, I can have a look tomorrow, see if I can find documentation on that issue. Cheers, Rick On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > A question about backing up systemstate, which seems to give us numerous > headaches. > > Do you backup systemsstate on your Windows servers and WHY? > > My Windows folks constantly contact me about errors backup up and getting > failures related to the systemstate files/process or VSS. > > For example, today's headache is a 2008 box failing with *"System Writers > 'system writer' do not exist * and yes, doing a "vssadmin list writers" > does not list "system writers". They have been fighting this since > November, with no solution to fixing this problem. All hits/suggested > solutions from Google searches have been tried, to no avail. I don't thing > the server owners are willing to do a complete rebuild. > > The simple solution would be to NOT backups systemstate. For a simple > 2008 server, what do we lose by not backing up systemstate? > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >
