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Article ID

2045

Product Version

AhsayOBM: 8.1 and above

Operating System

Windows

Symptom

No. Type Timestamp Log
info
* info ... [Start] Backing up database...
erro
* erro YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss Cannot start shadow copy, reason = The writer operation failed because of an error that might recur if another shadow copy is created. (VSS_E_WRITERERROR_NONRETRYABLE)

Further checking on the SQL Server, the SQL VSS writer 'SqlServerWriter' is in a failed state:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter'
    Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a}
    Writer Instance Id: {dae4567b-db13-43f6-aa28-21a7aface255}
    State: [8] Failed
    Last error: Non-retryable error
...

At the same time the following errors appear in Windows Application Event log:

Log Name: Application
Source: SQLWRITER
Date: DD/MM/YYYY h:mm:ss
Event ID: 24582
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer_name
Description:
Sqllib error: Failed to create VDS object. hr = 0x80770005.
Log Name: Application
Source: SQLVDI
Date: DD/MM/YYYY h:mm:ss
Event ID: 1
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Computer_name
Description:
SQLVDI: Loc=IdentifySQLServer. Desc=Initialize. ErrorCode=(1332)No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.
. Process=5728. Thread=70504. Client. Instance=ACT7. VD=.

Cause

The error is caused by Windows SQL VSS writer conflict with ACT! software.

Resolution

To resolve the issue:

  1. Open the Sql Server Configuration Manager from the Windows Start menu.

  2. Click the SQL Server Services item in the left pane.

    step2

  3. In the right pane, right click on the SQL Server (ACT7), and select Properties

  4. Change Log on as a setting from:

    Built-in account: Local System

    to

    Built-in account: Local Service

    step4