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 save workstation backup images to the...
View ArticleGetting 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 set to try VSS...
View ArticleWindows 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). I’ve already registered the Hyper-V...
View ArticleVSS 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 other drives. I right-clicked on a drive in...
View ArticleDelete 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: “VssAdmin: Unable to create a...
View ArticleNTFS 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: Ntfs Event...
View ArticleWindows 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). ...
View ArticleVSS 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 ...
View ArticleDelete 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: ...
View ArticleNTFS 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: ...
View ArticleSqlServerWriter 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 ...
View ArticleNetwork 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 ...
View ArticleRecurring 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: Log Name: ApplicationSource: VSSDate: 10/29/2019...
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