Scheduled Task for the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders Feature May Not Run on a Windows Server 2003 Cluster (828259)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition

SYMPTOMS

On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster, the scheduled tasks for the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature may not run.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs after failover from one node to another node in a cluster if the %systemroot% variable is different on the nodes in the cluster. For example, if the %systemroot% variable on node 1 points to C:\Windows, and if the %systemroot% variable on node 2 points to C:\Winnt, the scheduled task does not run after a failover from node 1 to node 2.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature uses scheduled tasks to create shadow copies on a user-defined schedule. The Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature also supports clusters, and the scheduled tasks will failover from node to node as necessary.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:11/16/2004
Keywords:kbWinServ2003preSP1fix kbwinservsetup kbStorageMgmt kbbug KB828259 kbAudITPRO
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