Troubleshooting
Symptom A backup fails with the error "Timed out waiting for VSS operation to complete". Backup failed: Timed out waiting for VSS operation to ...
Symptom A backup fails with the error "The specified volume is nested too deeply to participate in the VSS operation. (0x8004232c)". Cause T...
If you encounter unusual errors (e.g. "Writer Infrastructure failed" or "Could not determine if VSS snapshots supported") and repeat fai...
Symptom A backup fails with the error "VSS snapshot creation failed (0x80042306; provider veto)". Cause The VSS error "provider veto&q...
Symptom A backup fails with the following error: ERROR : 19:04:24 Backup failed: VSS snapshot creation failed.
See FAQ https://bit.ly/2KQA9WI (0x8004230...
Symptom When running a backup, you may encounter the error "Unknown VSS or COM error". Message: 10:05:06 Starting VSS snapshot
Error: 10:05:07 ...
Symptom When a backup completes, you may encounter a Windows event log similar to the following: Volume shadow copy service error: Unexpected error on...
Symptom Thie following warning message is seen when a file is in use and therefore being handled by VSS (since VSS creates the GLOBALROOT snapshot path): ...
Symptom The following error message is seen when a file is in use and therefore being handled by VSS. Warning: 21:47:05 Failed to read security descripto...
Symptom The backup or restore logs will display an error message "GC overhead limit exceeded" when restoring or backing up using the ESE Agent: ...