"DoSnapshotSet failed" error

[morrison.lin...@gmail.com]

Am hoping that someone can help me troubleshoot why I am getting the above error when doing a full copy of wildcard matched files from one local HDD directory to another. Below is the command run, and the verbose=4 level output:

H:\>HoboCopy.exe /full /verbosity=4 c:\temp h:\video fla*
HoboCopy (c) 2006 Wangdera Corporation. hobo...@wangdera.com

Calling CoInitialize
Starting a full copy from c:\temp to h:\video
Calling CreateVssBackupComponents
Calling InitializeForBackup
Calling GatherWriterMetadata
Waiting for writer metadata
Calling QueryStatus for GatherWriterMetadata
Calling GetWriterMetadataCount
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 0 named Microsoft Writer (Service State)
Writer has 3 components
Component 0 is named Content Indexing Service, has a path of (null), and is not
selectable for backup. 0 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
Component 1 is named Config Directory, has a path of (null), and is not selectab
le for backup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path %SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\ServiceState\ConfigDirectory\*
Component 2 is named Event Logs, has a path of (null), and is not selectable for
 backup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path %SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\ServiceState\EventLogs\*
Component 0 has name Content Indexing Service, path , is not selectable for back
up, and has parent (no parent)
Component 1 has name Config Directory, path , is not selectable for backup, and
has parent (no parent)
Component 2 has name Event Logs, path , is not selectable for backup, and has pa
rent (no parent)
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 1 named MSDEWriter
Writer has 0 components
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 2 named Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)
Writer has 2 components
Component 0 is named COM+ Registration Database, has a path of (null), and is no
t selectable for backup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path %SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\ComRegistrationDa
tabase\*
Component 1 is named Registry, has a path of (null), and is not selectable for b
ackup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path %SystemRoot%\Repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\Registry\*
Component 0 has name COM+ Registration Database, path , is not selectable for ba
ckup, and has parent (no parent)
Component 1 has name Registry, path , is not selectable for backup, and has pare
nt (no parent)
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 3 named WMI Writer
Writer has 1 components
Component 0 is named WMI, has a path of (null), and is not selectable for backup
. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path E:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Repository\*.*
Component 0 has name WMI, path , is not selectable for backup, and has parent (n
o parent)
Calling StartSnapshotSet
Calling GetVolumePathName
Calling AddToSnapshotSet
Adding components to snapshot set for writer Microsoft Writer (Service State)
Adding component Content Indexing Service () from writer Microsoft Writer (Servi
ce State)
Adding component Config Directory () from writer Microsoft Writer (Service State
)
Adding component Event Logs () from writer Microsoft Writer (Service State)
Adding components to snapshot set for writer MSDEWriter
Adding components to snapshot set for writer Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)
Adding component COM+ Registration Database () from writer Microsoft Writer (Boo
table State)
Adding component Registry () from writer Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)
Adding components to snapshot set for writer WMI Writer
Adding component WMI () from writer WMI Writer
Calling SetBackupState
Calling PrepareForBackup
Calling DoSnapshotSet
DoSnapshotSet failed.

[Craig Andera]

Sorry you're having trouble. A few things to try:

1) Does it fail if you use different directories? Like from
C:\temp\src to C:\temp\dest. We want to establish whether it's just
totally broken or broken in this case.
2) Has it worked for you on this machine in the past?
3) What is H:? A network drive? A subst'd drive?
4) Have you tried with ShadowSpawn [1] and robocopy instead?
5) What are the answers to the questions in the FAQ? [2]

[1] https://github.com/candera/shadowspawn
[2] https://github.com/candera/hobocopy/wiki

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