System Writer missing: svchost.exe process crashed
Issue System Writer missing Applies to Windows Sever Operating System on physical and virtual machine Symptoms In “vssadmin list writers” output, System Writer is missing VSS backup failed with error “Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An internal inconsistency was detected in trying to contact shadow copy service writers“ Multiple Service terminated unexpectedly (svchost.exe process crashed) […]
Cluster Disk failed with error code:’0x3e3′
Issue Cluster Disk failed with error: Cluster resource ‘Cluster Disk xx’ of type ‘Physical Disk’ in clustered role ‘Available Storage’ failed. The error code was ‘0x3e3’ (‘The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.’). Symptom A Cluster Shared Volume fails to come online on any node in […]
System State Backup failed, error: 156
Issue Failed to take System State backup with error message “The backup operation that started has failed with following error code ‘2155347997’” Observation System State backup fails with error: “The backup operation that started has failed with following error code ‘2155347997’” System State backup initiated from Backup Server, failed immediately with error message “Status 156 […]
Access Denied: Microsoft Link-Layer Discovery Protocol
Issue VSS Backup failed with error code: 513; ‘Unable to back up image of binary Microsoft Link-Layer Discovery Protocol. System Error: Access is denied’ Applies to Windows Server Operating system on physical server and virtual machine Observation Checkpoint failed for Hyper-v VMs with error “Production Checkpoint cannot be created” Checked “vssadmin list writers” output, VSS […]
Evolution of Hyper-v Backup
Summary: In this article we will learn about gradual evolution of Hyper-v Backup in Windows Server Operating System Applies to Windows Sever Operating System evolution Hyper-V uses VSS to backup and restore VMs. If the Backup integration services are installed in the guest OS, a VSS requester is installed that will allow VSS writers in […]
VSS Writers missing : ‘C:\Windows\inf’ corrupt
Issue System Writer missing Symptoms System State backup fails with error ” The Volume Shadow Copy service entered the stopped state“ In “vssadmin list writers” output, System Writer missing Error in System Logs Log Name: System Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7036 Task Category: None Level: Information Keywords: Classic Description: The Volume Shadow Copy […]
Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid
Issue System State backup failed with error: ‘Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid‘ Observation System State backup failed with error: Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid(S-1-5-21-11xxxxxxxx-176xxxxxxxx-72xxxxxxxx-190xxxx.bak). hr = 0x80070539 In Windows Registry at location: ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList‘, there are multiple backup User Profile. Eg: S-1-5-21-11xxxxxxxx-176xxxxxxxx-72xxxxxxxx-190xxxx.bak Error in Application logs: Log Name: Application Source: VSS Event ID: 8193 Level: […]
VSS Writer Missing: XML document is too long
Issue System State backup failed with error message: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine XML document is too long. hr = 0x80070018, The program issued a command but the command length is incorrect. Symptoms In “vssadmin list writers“, System Writer is missing Following errors are logged in Application logs for Source: VSS […]
List of VSS Writer and corresponding Service Name
VSS Writers and Corresponding Service Table VSS Writer Service Name Service Display Name ADAM $instanceName Writer ADAM_$instanceName $instanceName ASR Writer VSS Volume Shadow Copy BITS Writer BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service Certificate Authority CertSvc Active Directory Certificate Services COM+ REGDB Writer VSS Volume Shadow Copy DFS Replication service writer DFSR DFS Replication DHCP Jet Writer DHCPServer […]
VSS Architecture Simplified
Summary: In this article we will learn about “How Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)co–ordinates with Writers and Provider to create consistent shadow copy of volume“ Prerequisite Applies to Windows Operating System on physical servers and virtual machines Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)co–ordinates with Writers and Provider to create consistent shadow copy of volume Requester sends […]