Has anyone received this error when trying to capture an image "Capture failed: cannot capture/append image cannot create a file when that file already exists"?
i have been able to capture multiple images before with no issues. i am not sure if it's an issue with my image or the SDA. there is an article about this on the Quest site, but it keeps telling me that i need permissions to see the article even though i am logged in with our companies quest account and we have an active license.
quest article: https://support.quest.com/kb/4294531/error-during-replication-job-cannot-create-a-file-when-that-file-already-exists
update: 11/09/22 3:03PM.
i was able to access the logs file from the SDA\petemp folder. i am still not entirely sure why this error is coming up. There is no file with the same name in the "SDA\petemp\captures" or in the "SDA\peinst" directory the where the SDA is putting the .wim file.
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] Klonewin - Start [Build: Sep 21 2021 15:38:27]
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Capture: True
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Deploy: False
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Direct to/from server: True
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...ImageName: 1025
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...ImageType: wim
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...LocalDir: C:\
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...TempDir:
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] Capturing directly to server: tempDir=T:\captures\1025
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] Capture Image - Start
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Original Capture Location: [C:\]
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Drive Size=487756, Space Needed=66872, Available=420884
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Creating temp dir: T:\captures\1025
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Capture Directory: C:\
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Image File: T:\captures\1025\C.wim
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Temp Directory: T:\captures\1025
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Compression Type: 1
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Verification: 0
2022-11-09 16:07:13-0800 [info] ...Capturing...
2022-11-09 16:09:09-0800 [info] Number of files applied/captured: 0
2022-11-09 16:26:35-0800 [error] Capture Image Error: C [err = 59]
2022-11-09 16:28:29-0800 [error] ...Cannot capture/append image: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
2022-11-09 16:28:31-0800 [info] Klonewin - Done, exit code: -1
update: 11/06/2022 at 5:10pm
i reached out to Quest and they provided the article i had mentioned, but it has to do with "Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition". i'll provide an update if i find a solution.
Answers (3)
Sorry, just to update. We upgrade our SDA version and then i was able to upload the image.
I think Ifigured out what was going on. I am not 100%, but so far the issueseems to have disappeared when i follow the procedure below.
We have multipleimages, Bulk, Loaner, and Developer images that i create using the samemachine. Normally when i would get this error I would just drop mygold image back on the machine and try again. That process would a take along time and sometimes i would get the same error.
So now, when I go to drop mygold image back on the machine i open up a command prompt from the recoverymenu in the KBE environment, run DISKPART, select the disk (normally disk 0),and run the clean command on the disk. this seems to have resolved the"Cannot capture/append image: Cannot create a file when thatfile already exists." issue for me.
Maybe aftercreating an image, sysprepping, and uploading it to the SDA if Kace createsanother hidden partitions on the machine's local drive and temporarily storesthe Wim file before uploading it to the SDA? I could not find anything onthe SDA settings or in the \\SDA\peinstor petemp directories with the name of the image that I was uploading.
Hello josed558, about this issue.
What version is your SDA running? / 9.0.146 recommended.
Are you capturing the image from a virtual machine? / This is a best practice.
Are you using kace tool to sysprep before attempting to capture the image? / these instructions will help if followed carefully https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/4232511/how-to-system-image-sysprep-capture-and-deploy
Is this a clean image, or did you run Windows update on it? / it is recommended to avoid upgrading the Windows image, instead, deploy the latest Windows build you need, customize the image and capture it.
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Hi, Sorry. We were using version 9.2.107. No, we've always used a machine to build the image. i have not figured out to build the image using a VM. we don't have access to vSphere to build a VM. i did try using the windows Hyper-V manager and i was able to build the image, but i could not get it to boot into the kace KBE boot iso or PXE. i have to check with our system admin if we can enable PXE on our network.
the issue stopped once i cleaned the drive of the computer i was using to make the image though. - josed558 1 week ago