Automated System Recovery (ASR) Backup cannot access system state or cluster quorum

When you run the Automated System Recovery (ASR) Wizard in the Windows Backup program, the backup may be unsuccessful and you may notice the following error logged in the backup progress report:

This issue can occur if you try to back up the Local Quorum resource in a single-node Windows Server 2003 cluster.

The Windows Server 2003 Backup utility does not currently support the backing up of the Local Quorum cluster.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Windows Backup cannot back up and restore the cluster database (ClusDB) because there is no quorum log.

By default, local quorum clusters do not have quorums because the ClusDB does not need to be synchronized between multiple cluster nodes. Because they do not have a quorum, there is no quorum log and Windows Backup cannot back up or restore the ClusDB.

For additional information about Automated System Recovery, visit the following Microsoft Web site: