if there is no oem26.inf fake one. create a blank text file with that name and it will work.
http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/vss-snapshot-warning-file-oem0inf-not-present-snapshot ----------------- Who'd you rather be, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:42, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > I am seeing this, during a backup of a Win 2008 Enterprise server, using > EMC Networker: > > > --- Unsuccessful Save Sets --- > > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ savegrp: suppressed 1 lines of output. > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Get file attributes > returned error 2 for VSS file > \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy8\windows\inf\oem26.inf > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving file path > C:\windows\inf\oem26.inf that is associated with Shadow Copy path > \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy8\windows\inf\oem26.inf. > The system cannot find the file specified. > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Failed to save > FileGroup files, writer = System Writer > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving writer > System Writer > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - ERROR: Aborting backup > of saveset VSS SYSTEM FILESET: because of the error with writer System > Writer. > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ System Writer - Error saving > * dctrdev017:VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ 7162:save: save of VSS SYSTEM > FILESET:\ to admnman004.wrk.ads.pha.phila.gov failed > > > There is no "oem26.inf" that I can find anywhere. And I haven't been > able to find out how to tell VSS to forget about that file. The only VSS > commands I find have to do with listing the VSS writers, never any > "Reset writers" or anything useful. :-) The only forum and mailing list > posts talk about installing the VSS Rollup .. which is for Win2003, not > Win 2008. > > Can somebody maybe point me somewhere so I can resolve this? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
