Backup failes with unknown error (0x800423f0) on sbs2008

[cat_millenium]

This is what I get in the Backup Properties:
A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation failed.
Unknown error (0x800423f0).

U:\>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {3966148d-6c8a-4df7-9de8-3c825162ddfa}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {091bc172-b127-4b7b-8e30-76921a5ba2fc}
State: [8] Failed
Last error: Inconsistent shadow copy

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {f7c70b29-6aec-4565-a76a-d34c9a79a34f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
Writer Instance Id: {cac6152d-941d-424c-a7a0-f427a3d69c36}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FSRM Writer'
Writer Id: {12ce4370-5bb7-4c58-a76a-e5d5097e3674}
Writer Instance Id: {3a2adb4c-c7bd-4d36-a3f4-941f93071470}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {22a258c3-7e16-4b3e-9596-fb59df07aa94}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
Writer Instance Id: {d3672ac8-9c2d-4019-92a9-5254162cc45e}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Certificate Authority'
Writer Id: {6f5b15b5-da24-4d88-b737-63063e3a1f86}
Writer Instance Id: {92abfe2c-c285-4657-ae1f-5e551ae2ff52}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NPS VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {35e81631-13e1-48db-97fc-d5bc721bb18a}
Writer Instance Id: {bc86819c-8122-48cb-a7c8-1b37730f746d}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {d4043509-ca91-4a40-aff7-9732b558064b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {0d684602-a0b5-422e-9fbf-383b26ceba61}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SharePoint Services Writer'
Writer Id: {c2f52614-5e53-4858-a589-38eeb25c6184}
Writer Instance Id: {26c8c0a0-244d-4a2c-aa26-12588d84d333}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'TS Gateway Writer'
Writer Id: {368753ec-572e-4fc7-b4b9-ccd9bdc624cb}
Writer Instance Id: {c46f8b3d-9cdb-4d3b-b9ab-b0397ee9944c}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {83c26617-e9b1-4e66-ad1f-d22a30bafd29}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {5d580cf0-f48a-435d-bfda-269e9e3ee878}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SPSearch VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {57af97e4-4a76-4ace-a756-d11e8f0294c7}
Writer Instance Id: {2052058d-ab05-4cc9-8b55-9c86d516ac31}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {6cd6ce45-7a22-4467-b5b0-20e1985f1b67}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {668cd33e-f300-4a9a-9299-0d53ff649872}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NTDS'
Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
Writer Instance Id: {81f59b67-ec22-4816-a541-3bdfc717ffac}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Any Ideas?
I have one disk with everything on it and one disk used only for backups.

[Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]]

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"cat_millenium" <***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EC92503A-F77A-43D5-A861-***@microsoft.com...
This is what I get in the Backup Properties:
A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation failed.
Unknown error (0x800423f0).

U:\>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {3966148d-6c8a-4df7-9de8-3c825162ddfa}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
Writer Instance Id: {091bc172-b127-4b7b-8e30-76921a5ba2fc}
State: [8] Failed
Last error: Inconsistent shadow copy

Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {f7c70b29-6aec-4565-a76a-d34c9a79a34f}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FRS Writer'
Writer Id: {d76f5a28-3092-4589-ba48-2958fb88ce29}
Writer Instance Id: {cac6152d-941d-424c-a7a0-f427a3d69c36}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'FSRM Writer'
Writer Id: {12ce4370-5bb7-4c58-a76a-e5d5097e3674}
Writer Instance Id: {3a2adb4c-c7bd-4d36-a3f4-941f93071470}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {22a258c3-7e16-4b3e-9596-fb59df07aa94}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
Writer Instance Id: {d3672ac8-9c2d-4019-92a9-5254162cc45e}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Certificate Authority'
Writer Id: {6f5b15b5-da24-4d88-b737-63063e3a1f86}
Writer Instance Id: {92abfe2c-c285-4657-ae1f-5e551ae2ff52}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NPS VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {35e81631-13e1-48db-97fc-d5bc721bb18a}
Writer Instance Id: {bc86819c-8122-48cb-a7c8-1b37730f746d}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {d4043509-ca91-4a40-aff7-9732b558064b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {0d684602-a0b5-422e-9fbf-383b26ceba61}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SharePoint Services Writer'
Writer Id: {c2f52614-5e53-4858-a589-38eeb25c6184}
Writer Instance Id: {26c8c0a0-244d-4a2c-aa26-12588d84d333}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'TS Gateway Writer'
Writer Id: {368753ec-572e-4fc7-b4b9-ccd9bdc624cb}
Writer Instance Id: {c46f8b3d-9cdb-4d3b-b9ab-b0397ee9944c}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {83c26617-e9b1-4e66-ad1f-d22a30bafd29}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {5d580cf0-f48a-435d-bfda-269e9e3ee878}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'SPSearch VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {57af97e4-4a76-4ace-a756-d11e8f0294c7}
Writer Instance Id: {2052058d-ab05-4cc9-8b55-9c86d516ac31}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {6cd6ce45-7a22-4467-b5b0-20e1985f1b67}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {668cd33e-f300-4a9a-9299-0d53ff649872}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Writer name: 'NTDS'
Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
Writer Instance Id: {81f59b67-ec22-4816-a541-3bdfc717ffac}
State: [5] Waiting for completion
Last error: No error

Any Ideas?
I have one disk with everything on it and one disk used only for backups.