Hello,

I have this issue after installing hotfix 941125 which resolves an issue
where VS2K5R2SP1 hangs when you configure the virtual machines to
automatically start.

Marc


"Becker" <Becker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69582D78-B463-47B0-827A-3BB45C1FD7FF@microsoft.com...
> We are running virtual server R2 SP1 with a windows 2003 ent R2 host and a
> guest of the same. We have been using a script to do the backups using
> VSS
> writers and it worked a few times but now it is barfing with this:
>
> The VSS writer for Virtual Server failed during the PrepareBackup phase,
> since the backup of virtual machine HOOSIER12 failed. Retry the operation.
>
> We have found only one other person similar with this issue, but no
> resolve
> from what we found, anyone seen this before?
>
> The only thing that has changed really is we loaded Exchange SP2 and
> promoted this virtual machine to a domain controller.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>