Application-Aware Image Processing failure with SQL 2012 SP2 case-sensitive collation database

Job using Application-Aware Image Processing fails during VSS processing with: Unfreeze error: Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data. A VSS crit...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-SU-2014:0404-1)

"Samba was updated to 4.1.6, fixing bugs and security issues : - Password lockout not enforced for SAMR password changes, this allowed brute forcing of passwords; CVE-2013-4496; bnc849224. - smbcacls can remove a file or directory ACL by mistake; CVE-2013-6442; bnc855866. Also the following bugs...

Cisco IOS XE VSS / BDF Traffic DoS (CSCug41049 / CSCue61890)

The remote Cisco device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its packet driver code when handling Virtual Switching Systems VSS or Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD traffic. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this to cause a device reload. Note that this issue...

Exchange Logs Not Being Truncated

Challenge This KB provides troubleshooting advice for investigating an apparent Exchange log truncation issue. Cause Exchange truncation may not occur for the following reasons: The Backup Job is not configured to trigger truncation. The VSS operation occurring during the job is not notifying the...

Hardware provider is missing in Veeam Backup and Replication user interface

Challenge Backups using a specific hardware provider do not work, and the provider is missing from the user interface. Cause During a Hyper-V host rescan, available VSS providers are enumerated via a VSS API query. Then, all VSS volumes for which those providers can be used are retrieved. In some...

Cisco IOS Software远程拒绝服务漏洞

Bugtraq ID:66515 CVE ID:CVE-2014-2131 Cisco IOS是多数思科系统路由器和网络交换机上使用的互联网络操作系统。 攻击者可以发送特殊的Virtual Switching Systems VSS或Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD报文给受影响设备，可导致拒绝服务攻击。 0 Cisco IOS 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复漏洞，请下载使用： http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2131...

Cisco IOS Software High Priority Queue Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the packet driver code of Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected device, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to how the packet driver code handles packets that belong to protocols...

CVE-2014-2131

The packet driver in Cisco IOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device reload via a series of 1 Virtual Switching Systems VSS or 2 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD packets, aka Bug IDs CSCug41049 and CSCue61890...

Code injection

The packet driver in Cisco IOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device reload via a series of 1 Virtual Switching Systems VSS or 2 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD packets, aka Bug IDs CSCug41049 and CSCue61890...

CVE-2014-2131

Summary of the vulnerability (CVE-2014-2131). The Cisco IOS packet driver has a DoS flaw triggered by handling certain VSS/BFD traffic, enabling an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device reload. The root cause is in the packet driver code that processes high-priority-queue protocols...

Hyper-V Guest processing skipped (check guest OS VSS state and integration components version)

Challenge Guest VMs will fail to engage VSS when Application-Aware Processing is enabled, generating the error: Error Guest processing skipped check guest OS VSS state and integration components version System.Exception Solution Most Common Solution At the time this article was written in 2014,...

Hyper-V backup job fails to create shadow copy with default shadow storage limit

Challenge Backup or replication of a Hyper-V VM fails. In the Windows event logs on the Hyper-V host server, there is an error with ID 8193 from source VSS: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine Cannot find anymore diff area candidates for volume...

Hyper-V VSS snapshot import delay

Challenge If you backup your VMs using Dell Equallogic hardware VSS provider in some cases datavhd/vhdx that we read from VSS snapshot could be inconsistent Cause During Hyper-V backup, we execute VSS API call DoSnapshotSet, as soon as it completes, we execute ImportSnapshot VSS API call, without...

Persistent Payload in Windows Volume Shadow Copy

This module will attempt to create a persistent payload in a new volume shadow copy. This is based on the VSSOwn Script originally posted by Tim Tomes and Mark Baggett. This module has been tested successfully on Windows 7. In order to achieve persistence through the RUNKEY option, the user shoul...

[Nishang v0.3.0] The PowerShell for Penetration Testing released (introducing Powerpreter)

Nishang is a framework and collection of scripts and payloads which enables usage of PowerShell for offensive security and post exploitation during Penetraion Tests. The scripts are written on the basis of requirement by the author during real Penetration Tests. Powerpreter is a powershell module...

0x80042327 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212505

Challenge You receive the following error on backup or replication processes during VSS guest processing: 0x80042327 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212505 Solution 0x80042327 translates to the VSS error "VSSEREBOOTREQUIRED". This error is reflecting that the system is pending reboot due to an...

Transient and Non-transient Errors When Using Guest Processing

Challenge You receive errors on backup or replication processes during VSS guest processing. Solution 0x800423F3 This error translates to the VSS error "VSSEWRITERERRORRETRYABLE" or "The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried, the error might not reoccur." This err...

Insufficient Storage for VSS Error "0x8004231F or Error: VSSControl: -2147467259"

Challenge The following error occurs during a task that utilizes the Microsoft VSS subsystem: VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Operation: Shadow copies commit. Code:...

0x80042317 or Error: VSSControl: -2147212521

Challenge A task fails with the following error: Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: -2147212521 Backup job failed. Discovery phase failed. Cannot add volumes to the snapshot set. Cannot add a volume to the snapshot set. Volume name:...

How to Collect Guest Processing Log Files

Purpose This article documents how to locate and gather guest-level log files associated with Application-Aware Processing or VM Guest OS File Indexing that occurs with Veeam Backup & Replication VM backup jobs. While investigating issues related to Guest Processing, additional logs must be...