My client computers have not been able to successfully backup for weeks, so I decided to look into it today.
I forced the Cleanup task in Task Scheduler to run but it failed after a while, so I ran the same command in cmd.exe
Here is the output:
C:\Users\Administrator>"C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\RunTask.exe" /asm:"C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\BackupServerProvider.dll" /class:Microsoft.Wi
ndowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerManager /method:DoCleanup /task:"Cleanup"
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBa
ckup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerProviderException: Exception of type 'Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerProvider
Exception' was thrown. at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerManager.CallSyncOperation(Action`1 operation)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerManager.StartCleanup()
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.ObjectModel.PCBackupServerManager.DoCleanup()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAt
tributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes
, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisib
ilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.Program._invokeMethod(Type classType, MethodInfo mi)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.ProviderFramework.Program.Main(String[] args)
I hope this helps. Thanks.