VSS CreateTimeout and the Persistence of a Typo
I’ve got a recurring VSS warning 8229 on a Server 2016 machine: “A VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f2, The writer’s timeout expired between the Freeze and …
Recurring VSS 8193 and VSS 8228 errors
After migrating a Windows 10 desktop to a new domain, it was throwing multiple VSS errors every day during the Veeam backup:
Network Backup Causes VSS Error 8194
After setting up a new Windows 10 desktop in an Essentials 2012R2 domain, every day when the Essentials backup runs, backing up the machine across the network, I see this …
SqlServerWriter VSS 8229 error 0x800423f4
I recently installed XProtect Essential+ 2017 R3 on a Windows 7 x64 Pro machine. XProtect installed SQL 2014. The machine is backed up daily by a Server 2012 R2 Essentials …
NTFS 55 Errors on VolumeShadowCopy
A Windows 7 x64 workstation logged the following error at least once a day, apparently whenever a Volume Shadow Copy was requested, e.g. for a backup: Log Name: System Source: …
Delete Orphaned VSS Task
I recently removed a volume from my SBS 2008 server, but I forgot to turn off shadow copies beforehand. Now I’m getting VSS EventID 7001 in the Application event log: …
VSS Errors While Formatting Drive
In Server 2008 R2, I started a full (not quick) format on an external USB drive. While that was running, I wanted to check the shadow copy setup on some …
Windows Server Backup: VSS Failure Backing Up Guest VM
I’m setting up Windows Server Backup on a Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2008 R2). I want to do an online backup of the guest virtual machine (Windows Server 2003 R2). …
Getting Past VSS Error 80042316 from DriveImage XML
I’m using Runtime Software’s free DriveImage XML to back up several XP machines over a network to Windows 2003 server. Scheduled tasks run DriveImage XML in command-line mode and are …
Seagate FreeAgent Pro eSATA and Bad Block Errors
Background I was looking for an external hard drive for a Windows 2003 Server. The drive will be used mostly for backups. My long-range plan is to be able to …