The Microsoft Exchange Replication Service VSS writer initialization failed
Topic Last Modified: 2007-11-16
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) monitors the Windows Application log on computers that are running Exchange Server 2007 and generates this alert when the event or events specified in the following Details table are logged.
To learn more about this event, do one or more of the following:
Review the description of the event that includes the variables specific to your environment. From the MOM Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab.
Review all events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this MOM alert. From the MOM Operator Console, click the Events tab, and then double-click the event in the list for which you want to review the event description.
Details
Product Name |
Exchange |
Product Version |
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007) |
Event ID |
2017 |
Event Source |
MSExchangeRepl |
Alert Type |
Critical Error |
MOM Rule Path |
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Mailbox/Continuous Replication |
MOM Rule Name |
The Microsoft Exchange Replication Service VSS writer initialization failed. |
Explanation
This Error event indicates that the writer of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) of the Microsoft® Exchange Replication service did not initialize. The VSS writer is initialized during Microsoft Exchange Replication service startup. This writer enables the replication service to take VSS-based backups of replica copies in the cluster continuous replication (CCR) and local continuous replication (LCR) environments. This failure will not result in a failure of the replication service. Because of this error, VSS backups of the replica copies will not be made.
User Action
To resolve the error, stop and start the Microsoft Exchange Replication service from the Services snap-in to initialize the VSS writer.
For More Information
To search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles based on criteria that generated this alert, visit the Search the Support Knowledge Base (KB) Web site.
To review Exchange 2007 event message articles that may not be represented by Exchange 2007 MOM alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.
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