Cannot Uninstall Backup Exec 12.5' title='Cannot Uninstall Backup Exec 12.5' />Exchange vss writers keep failing. I am facing the same exact problem. The environment We have a domain with a SBS 2. DC. SBS 2. 00. 8 server is not updated deliberately with Service pack 2 for 2. We have Backup Exec 1. DC from where i try to take a backup of the SBS server. Table of Contents. Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Version 6. Contents. New and Changed Features. Cisco Software Version 6. My wife and I try to divide our household chores equally She cooks, I do the dishes. She buys groceries, I do the laundry. My easiest chore is setting the table. It. Windows Server 2012 R2 Engineer Systems Administrator and other Tech resumes on DevBistro. Docker for Mac release notes Estimated reading time 54 minutes Here are the main improvements and issues per release, starting with the current release. The output of vssadmin list writers shows the exchnage writer failed. All the other writers are stable. Only the exchnage writer plays up. Writer name Microsoft Exchange WriterWriter Id 7. Backtrack 4 Tutorial Wep Cracker. Writer Instance Id 2. State 9 Failed. Last error Retryable error. Output for vssadmin list providersvssadmin 1. Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command line toolC Copyright 2. Microsoft Corp. Provider name Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1. Provider type System. Provider Id b. 59. Version 1. 0. 0. Once i reboot the SBS 2. But this stable state of the Exchange writer stays only till the backup job is tried again. I have checked the symantec forums and they say that this had been an issue on the MS side with the VSS. This existed in windows 2. KB9. 40. 34. 9. http support. But i dont think this could still be causing the issue as i expect this hotfix to be included in the windows 2. So i did not bother downloading and installing it. Is there any new hotfix for this. Please let me know a way to fix this VSS error. I tried the steps above and the trace file has the following section. TRACING STARTED Process. Id 0x. 2a. 7c, Context. Id 0xa. 3a. 57. 8b0. Current time 0. 90. Command line C Windowssystem. VSS SKU ID 0x. 020. ENTER CVs. Service. Module CVs. Service. Module 0. 03. 96. EXIT CVs. Service. Module CVs. Service. Module hr 0x. 00. ENTER CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Critical. Section CVss. Critical. Section hr 0x. ENTER CVs. Service. Module Win. Main 0. CVs. Service. Module Win. Main Trace VSS command line C Windowssystem. ENTER CVs. Service. Module Start. Dispatcher 0. ENTER CVs. Service. Module Service. Main 0. ENTER CVs. Service. Module Set. Service. Status 0. 03. 96. CVs. Service. Module Set. Service. Status Attempt to change the service status to 20. EXIT CVs. Service. Module Set. Service. Status hr 0x. 00. ENTER CVs. Service. Module On. Initializing 0. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Initialize 0. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Well. Known. Sid 0. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid 0. 03. 96. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid Adding SID S 1 5 3. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local hr 0x. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid Adding SID BUILTINAdministrators0. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid hr 0x. 00. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Well. Known. Sid hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Well. Known. Sid 0. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid 0. 03. 96. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Lab Still Alive Game. Sid Adding SID S 1 5 1. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local hr 0x. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid Adding SID NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM0. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid hr 0x. 00. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Well. Known. Sid hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Well. Known. Sid 0. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid 0. 03. 96. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid Adding SID S 1 5 3. ENTER CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local 0. 03. EXIT CVss. Sid. Collection Verify. Is. Local hr 0x. CVss. Sid. Collection Add. Sid Adding SID BUILTINBackup Operators0. EXIT CXMLDocument Next hr 0x. ENTER Load. Resource. String 0. 03. 98. ENTER CXMLDocument Is. Node. Match 0. ENTER CVss. Auto. String Load. StringHMODULE 0. EXIT CXMLDocument Is. Node. Match hr 0x. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Adding context Writer Class Id 7. FE1. AC4 1. 5F7 4. BCD 9. 87. E 8. E1. ACB4. 62. FB7 20. EXIT CXMLDocument Find. Element hr 0x. EXIT CVss. Function. Tracer Add. Context. Internal hr 0x. ENTER CXMLDocument Find. Attribute 0. 03. ENTER Load. Resource. String 0. EXIT CAuto. Sid operator hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Auto. String Load. StringHMODULE 0. CVss. Deleting. Writer Is. System. Account. SID Returning bool TRUE0. EXIT CVss. Auto. String Load. StringHMODULE hr 0x. EXIT CXMLDocument Is. Node. Match hr 0x. EXIT Load. Resource. String hr 0x. 00. ENTER CXMLDocument Next 0. ENTER CVss. Function. Tracer Add. Context. Internal 0. 03. EXIT CXMLDocument Next hr 0x. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Adding context Writer Name Microsoft Exchange Writer 20. ENTER CXMLDocument Is. Node. Match 0. EXIT CVss. Function. Tracer Add. Context. Internal hr 0x. EXIT CXMLDocument Find. Attribute hr 0x. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Writer. Id 0. 03. 98. 76. ENTER CXMLDocument Find. Attribute 0. 03. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Writer. Name Microsoft Exchange Writer0. EXIT CXMLDocument Find. Attribute hr 0x. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Instance. Id for Writer 2. D5 7. FBE 4. 81. A7 6. 4A2. D8. 2B6. E9. 1 is0. ENTER CXMLDocument Find. Element 0. 03. CVss. Backup. Components Expose. Writer. Metadata Instance. Id for Writer 0. B2. C 7. 75. 3 4. D2. DD5 5. C1. 57. F7. EF8 is0. ENTER CXMLDocument Next 0. ENTER CVss. Auto. String Load. StringHMODULE 0. EXIT CVss. Deleting. Writer Is. System. Account. SID hr 0x. EXIT CVss. Auto. String Load. StringHMODULE hr 0x. ENTER CVss. Registry. Key Close 0. EXIT Load. Resource. String hr 0x. EXIT CVss. Registry. Key Close hr 0x. The HDD on which SBS 2. RAID array. Its on a simple SATA disk. Any replies would be appreciated.