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The VSS application stops responding when you perform a backup operation on a server that is running a SQL Server 2005 failover cluster
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SYMPTOMS
A server is running a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 failover
cluster. When you use a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) application to perform
a backup operation on the server, the VSS application stops responding. Additionally,
when
this problem occurs, the following event is logged in the event log:
Event Type: Error
Event
Source: VSS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6013
Date:
Date
Time:
Time
User: N/A
Computer:
ComputerName
Description:
Sqllib error:
OLEDB Error encountered calling IDBInitialize::Initialize. hr = 0x80004005.
SQLSTATE: 08001, Native Error: 17
Error state: 1, Severity: 16
Source:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
Error message:
[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access
denied.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the SQLWriter service is not
started. Therefore, the VSS application uses the SQL Server Desktop Engine
(MSDE) writer.
However, the MSDE writer generates an error when the MSDE writer processes
SQL Server 2005 cluster configurations.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, start the SQLWriter service. To do
this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run,
type Services.msc, and then click
OK.
- In the Services Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) snap-in, right-click SQL Server VSS Writer, and
then click Start.
STATUS
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
When you start the SQLWriter service the first time, the
SQLWriter service
configures
itself to start automatically.
The SQLWriter
service is required if
a VSS application performs a backup operation on a server that is running a SQL
Server 2005 failover cluster. After you install the release version of SQL
Server 2005, or after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1), the SQLWriter service is
not configured to start automatically. After you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the SQLWriter service is configured to
start automatically.
Description of the MSDE writer and of the SQLWriter service
The MSDE writer is included in the VSS framework in Windows XP and
in Windows Server 2003. The VSS service uses the MSDE writer to back up the Microsoft SQL Server 2000
databases. The VSS service uses the SQLWriter
service to back up the SQL Server 2005 databases or the SQL Server 2000 databases.
REFERENCES
For more information about the SQLWriter service, visit the
following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
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