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- Unable to Back Up Disk X: Due to Invalid Partition Table
Unable to back up disk X: due to invalid partition table
| KB ID: | 2148 |
| Product: | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.0.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | 6.3.3 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2016-08-10 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-19 |
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Challenge
The backup job fails with the following error:
Unable to back up disk X: due to invalid partition table
Cause
The error is caused by a volume type with no partition table and is not supported by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.
In Windows Disk Management, the volume looks like a common MBR single partition. The Virtual Disk service, which Veeam Endpoint Backup uses to detect disks, generates the following messages that are then forwarded to the Veeam log. (log location: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Endpoint\Backup_Job_*Machine name*\ Job.Backup_Job_Machine_name.Backup.log).
Info Layout: MBR, disk signature: 1 Info Partition 0, type 04 (FAT16), offset 0
The MBR partition table occupies sector 1 of the disk, so Partition 0 can start no earlier than sector 2. One sector equals 512 bytes for regular disks and 4096 bytes for 4K native hard disk drives. Meaning the offset of Partition 0 must be greater than 512 or 4096.
Solution
- Copy all data from the affected volume to another drive, because the workaround implies complete deletion of the volume in question.
- Open disk management > right click on the volume in question> delete volume.
- Then create a new volume and copy all the files back to it.
- After that you should be able to run the backup job successfully.
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