Scheduled shadow copy creation tasks do not run on a clustered Windows Server 2008 file server after a failover occurs

Consider the following scenario:

• You configure a file share resource in a Windows Server 2008 cluster.
• You schedule a shadow copy creation task on one node for the file share resource.
• The file share resource fails over to another node.

In this scenario, shadow copies are not created as scheduled.

Note This problem occurs only in clustered file servers that are running Windows Server 2008 and that use shadow copies for shared folders.

This problem occurs because the shadow copy creation task may be initialized to use a local volume GUID instead of a cluster-shared volume GUID.

Download information

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Update for Windows Server 2008
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Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
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Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition
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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.

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Prerequisites

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Restart requirement

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Hotfix replacement information

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File information

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Windows Server 2008, x86-based versions

Windows Server 2008, Itanium-based versions

Windows Server 2008, x64-based versions

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

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