A backup or a restore operation of Exchange 2003 storage groups fails with event IDs 9609 and 9611 when you use Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service

When you use a third-party backup program and the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) component to back up or to restore selected storage groups on your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 computer, the operation may be unsuccessful. In this scenario, the following events are logged to the application event log:

Source: MSExchangeIS
Type: Error
Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Event ID: 9609
Description:
Error code 0x3ee when preparing for Snapshot.

Source: MSExchangeIS
Type: Error
Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Event ID: 9611
Description:
Error code 0x8004010f when freezing the Storage groups.

This problem may occur if all the following conditions are true when the Volume Shadow Copy Service requestor in the third-party backup program uses Volume Shadow Copy Service to back up or to restore selected Exchange 2003 storage groups:

• You use volume mount points for Exchange 2003 data storage.
• The volume that you try to back up has multiple globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) in the mount-manager database.
• The volume mount point refers to a GUID that is not the first GUID for the volume in the mount-manager database.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Windows Server 2003, 32-bit editions

Windows Server 2003, 64-bit editions

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For additional information about using Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service to back up and restore Exchange 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about volume mount point support in Exchange 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: