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 […]

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 […]

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 […]