Technote (troubleshooting)
Problem(Abstract)
Volumes on a FastBack Client are unavailable for backup
Symptom
The problematic volume is displayed in the Storage Pool as "unallocated"
Cause
A partition on the disk ends at a sector number that is higher than the number of the sector's on the disk
Diagnosing the problem
The following error is printed in the FastBack Server log:
FBSS7554E We have found a problem with MBR on disk (0x12345678).
Volumes on this disk can not be protected.
The following errors are printed in the FastBack Server Technician Log:
I4.GENERAL : VM_parseX86MBR:We found invalid MBR in Disk 10050 Sector 0 (MBR entry 0 partition ended in sector number bigger then size of disk)
E14.VM_IF : We have found a problem with MBR on disk (0x12345678). Volumes on this disk can not be protected
Resolving the problem
Copy the volume to another disk and use that disk instead of the original one
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