Independent backups intermittently fail ('A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly. POSTCONDITION failed..').

Article:TECH164523  |  Created: 2011-07-13  |  Updated: 2012-08-29  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH164523
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Article Type
Technical Solution


Environment

Subject

Problem



Independent backups using Symantec System Recovery 2011 intermittently fail when targetted to external USB drive.


Error



High Priority Error: Error EC8F17B7: Cannot create recovery points for job: Monday.
Error EBAB0013: A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly. POSTCONDITION failed, CopyLegacyBootManager::GetDestinationRegion: .\CopyLegacyBootManager.cpp(190): pRegion. 0xEBAB0013 (Symantec System Recovery)


Environment



Windows 2008 Small Business Server


Solution



This issue is fixed in Service Pack 5 (9.0.5) for Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) 2010. SP5 is available via LiveUpdate or here:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH193127.

This issue is also fixed in Service Pack 3 (10.0.3) for Symantec System Recovery (SSR) 2011. SP3 is available via LiveUpdate or here:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH195461.


Supplemental Materials

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Description

Independent backups intermittently fail with 'A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly. POSTCONDITION failed..'.


SourceError Code
ValueEC8F17B7
Description

Cannot create recovery points for job


SourceError Code
ValueEBAB0013
Description

A test that safeguards the integrity of the program failed unexpectedly


SourceUMI
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Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH164523


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