Error: ACO5400E The Virtual Device Interface is not registered with the Common Object Model

Problem – Unable to perform backup by using TDP For SQL Server tool on windows 2008\ R2 standard edition for SQL Server.

Error: ACO5400E The Virtual Device Interface is not registered with the Common Object Model.

Solution :

Volume Shadow Copy Service(VSS) is a set of Component Object Model (COM) application programming interfaces (APIs) that provides standardized interfaces, enabling third-party backup and restoration software to centrally manage the backup and restore operations on a variety of applications. VSS also implements a framework that enables volume backups to be performed while applications on a system continue to write to the volumes.

1.       Start “Volume Shadow Copy” services on server.

2.       Check SQL Server VSS Writer is up and running fine, else please start.

3.       If  SQL Server 2000 is installed on windows 2008 or R2, Install  SqlWriter.msi(can be found from any SQL 2008 or 2008R2 software) which creates SQL VSS writer services,

          VSS writer service which is much more required on windows 2008 or R2.For third party backup tools.

Sqlwriter.msi Can be found in \1033_ENU_LP\x64\Setup\x64(similar path for 32 bit) for 2008R2 and CD1 or servers\Setup folder for 2005