Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Dave — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:46:01 GMT

I had this also on about 30 servers, each shipped without the OS. I researched and found the steps and posted them at the link. To date I have only 3 servers left and everything is good with the backups. You'll also notice that it really isn't the ability not to backup it's an issue with the VSS writers attempting to be found on this 2GB FAT partition which aren't there. We found that by deselecting the System State that the backups would run successfully. Our backup solution is Commvault 8.0

www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm

Hope this helps.

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Allan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:57:21 GMT

Thanks Rit! I was about to install Server 2008 R2 RC and came up on the 70Mb partition (which I'm assuming is dell diagnostics and what not) but then saw the 2Gb FAT32 partition and was stumped. Now I know I can wipe it clean (we'll at least that's what I'm about to do...)

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

TH — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:35:18 GMT

I have experienced the same issue and discovered that if you re-configure/configure the backup using the Windows Server Backup console instead of the SBS console the backup configuration works fine.

I would suspect that the issue is that the SBS console widget cannot handle the FAT32 partition but the Windows Server Backup console can (also more configuration options are available).

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Alan Feldman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:27:27 GMT

Wish I would of found this before I ordered that 1TB USB drive. Thanks Dell!

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

RB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:23:55 GMT

Aaaahhh! Thanks Nick! Exactly what I was looking for... Nothing like "Cannot Configure Backup Schedule on SBS 2008" to ruin a perfectly smooth new server setup... ;)

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Rit — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:53 GMT

This 2gb FAT32 partition is actually only present from the factory on Poweredge Servers that were ordered with no OS. The partition breakdown on the "no OS" configured server is:

partition 1: ~70mb Dell Utility Partition (type 0xDE)

partition 2: 2gb Fat32

During installation of SBS2008 at the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, you can see the pre-configured 2 gb partition. (NOTE: the actual ~71mb utility partition is not present on this screen; this is because the installer will not display partitions of type 0xDE.) You will want to delete the 2gb partition by clicking on "Drive options" from this screen.

This partition layout is only present on servers shipped with no OS pre-installed.

I hope this helps.

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Jay Grady — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:24:24 GMT

I've got the same issue as Tim, Dell 2GB partion that's rocking the boat for native backup. Anyone tackled this yet? It does contain data, and it's labelled 'Boot'. Got a sneaking suspision I'll be rebuilding a server if I mess with it

I'll post this on Experts Exchange under ' Cannot Configure Backup Schedule on SBS 2008' if anyone needs to track it.

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Tim Sullivan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:23:54 GMT

Any idea what the 2GB partition is on the Dell server? We just ran into this as well and during setup it established itself as the boot partition. I would like to get rid of it but don't think I can.

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Rocky Dezelle — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:01:38 GMT

Looks like SBS backup Wiz does not like the FAT32 drive as a SOURCE so fails creating the schedule.

re: Cannot Configure Backup Schedule - another reason.....

Bert De Ridder — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:17:56 GMT

Brilliant!! This post made my day; same cause here... :-)

Thx, Nick

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