Category: Storage

VSS Issues on Windows 2003 Servers


Using VSS backup against the SQL server that is on Windows 2003 servers looks to me is always problematic. Here are some good articles talking about how to troubleshoot. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032 http://sql-blogs.com/2012/01/17/troubleshooting-vss-writer-issues/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2009/04/28/informational-shedding-light-on-vss-vdi-backups-in-sql-server.aspx

TSM 6.3: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


ISSUE TSM for SharePoint backup job failed with error message: (Type) Site Collection (Path) Error message: Build content file error:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. CAUSE DocAve can’t call SharePoint API to discover this user from user information list to backup if the corresponding user is moved from SharePoint site. … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. →

TSM 6.3: (Type) Site Collection (Path) Error message: An error occurred while backup a list. Id:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Url:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


ISSUE TSM for SharePoint backup job completed with exception: (Type) Site Collection (Path)  Error message: An error occurred while backup a list. Id:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Url:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.Object reference not set to an instance of an object. CAUSE DocAve agent does not have full control on user profile service application. SOLUTION REFERENCE https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21567334

TSM 6.3: Install TSM for SharePoint


TSM for SharePoint actually is DocAve which is developed by AvePoint, and used by IBM as a OEM product. There are two components of TSM for SharePoint: Manager and Agent. 1) Login into TSM_SP_Server, and install TSM for SharePoint server (DocAve Manager). Leave the default settings in the Advanced Configuration to use Built-in Database 2) … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install TSM for SharePoint →