Incremental backups with BESR (Backup Exec System Recovery) fail intermittently ('Error EBAB0013: A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly.').

Article:TECH135001  |  Created: 2010-01-18  |  Updated: 2012-09-19  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH135001
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Article Type
Technical Solution


Subject

Problem



Incremental backups fail intermittently. Full backups are always successful.


Error



Error E0BB0083: Unable to create incremental recovery point.
Error EBAB0013: A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly. CHECK failed, BitmapInternal::RunListBase<unsigned long>::RunListBase: d:\ComponentReleases\Base_Main\ws\Base/Dev/Bitmap/RunListBase.inl(158): mRunListCount < maxRuns. 0xE0BB0083 (Backup Exec System Recovery)


Cause



A VSS snapshot, created using the Symantec VSS provider, of the drive to be backup was not cleared before the scheduled BESR incremental is to take place. This can occur if another VSS aware backup software use the Symantec VSS provider to create its snapshot of the drive then using the Microsoft VSS provider.


Solution



The following temporary workarounds are available:

  1. Manually re-run failed incremental job (in many cases, the manual job will be successful)
  2. Run full backups only (Independent backup)

Solution:

This issue is resolved with BESR 2010 SP3 (9.0.3) which is available via LiveUpdate, FileConnect (https://fileconnect.symantec.com/) or http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH161444.


Supplemental Materials

SourceETrack
Value2001626
Description

A test that safeguards the integrity of ... RunListBase.inl(158).


SourceError Code
ValueEC8F040B
Description

Cannot create incremental recovery point of..


SourceError Code
ValueE0BB0083
Description

Unable to create incremental recovery point.


SourceError Code
ValueEBAB0013
Description

A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly.


SourceUMI
ValueV-281-3215-6071
Description

Cannot create incremental recovery point of..


Legacy ID



357732


Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH135001


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