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Problem 

This error is shown when a VSS provider blocks (or vetoes) the creation of a snapshot and can be due to:
 

  • Shadow Storage space on the source drive is insufficient or not configured, 
  • Installed software has installed Installing software which installs its own VSS provider,
  • Existing VSS provider component has become corrupted.Below are the solutions:

 

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To see the amount of storage space allocated and used for Volume Shadow Copies run this command from a command prompt with elevated privileges
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titleSolution - Increase shadow Storage Space
Reregister the VSS components
  1. From the main menu, select Other Tasks > Fix VSS Problems

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  2. The Fix VSS Problems dialog is shown, click OK to reregister the VSS components.

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titleIncrease Shadow Storage

Additionally, increasing the size of shadow storage on the drive that's being imaged may be required.

 

  1. Open a command prompt with elevated privileges

  2. Type the following command:

    vssadmin resize shadowstorage
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    Vssadmin list shadowstorage

    To allocate more storage (e.g. 50GB) run this command:

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    vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=Cc: /On=Cc: /MaxSizeMaxsize=50GB

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titleSolution - Enable shadow copies on volume
  1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to This PC
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    Right click any of the Disks that you wish to image and select Configure shadow copies...
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    Replace 'C:' with the correct drive. You can use more or less than 10%, but 10% is a good default. 

 


 

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