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

KB ID: 1944
Product: Veeam Backup & Replication
Version: All
Published: 2014-10-30
Last Modified: 2020-08-13
Languages: FR
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Challenge

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 critical writer has failed. Writer name: [SqlServerWriter]. Class ID: [{}]. Instance ID: [{}]. Writer's state: [VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT]. Error code: [0x800423f4].]

Cause

This is a known issue documented in this Microsoft KB: http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2987610

Solution

Run this query to see if the issue is present:

SELECT 1 FROM SYS.AVAILABILITY_REPLICAS AS AR INNER JOIN SYS.DATABASES AS D ON DB_ID(N'xxxx') = D.DATABASE_ID AND AR.REPLICA_ID = D.REPLICA_ID INNER JOIN SYS.DM_HADR_AVAILABILITY_REPLICA_STATES ST ON AR.REPLICA_ID = ST.REPLICA_ID AND ST.ROLE = 2

If you receive the following, this confirms the issue.

Invalid object name 'SYS.AVAILABILITY_REPLICAS'.

This issue is resolved by the following Microsoft KB: http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2983175

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