V-79-10000-11235 - VSS Snapshot error. Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) cannot communicate
I am getting the V-79-10000-11235 VSS snapshot error. When I go to the event logs in the server I see the following:
Event ID 12347 source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An internal inconsistency was detected in trying to contact shadow copy service writers. The Registry Writer failed to respond to a query from VSS. Check to see that the Event Service and Volume Shadow Copy Service are operating properly, and please check the Application event log for any other events.
Operation:
Gathering Writer Data
Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
Execution Context: Requestor
Current State: GatherWriterMetadata
Event ID 8193 source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IVssAsync::QueryStatus. hr = 0x80042318, An error was detected in the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). The problem occurred while trying to contact VSS writers.
Verify that the Event System service and the VSS service are running and check for associated errors in the event logs.
Operation:
BackupComplete Event
Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
Current State: BackupComplete
Event ID 8193 source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IMultiInterfaceEventControl::GetSubscriptions. hr = 0x800706ba, The RPC server is unavailable.
Event ID 12291 source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error on creating/using the COM+ Writers publisher interface: BackupShutdown [0x80042302, A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error.
Check the Application event log for more information.
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Event ID 12347 source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An internal inconsistency was detected in trying to contact shadow copy service writers. The Registry Writer failed to respond to a query from VSS. Check to see that the Event Service and Volume Shadow Copy Service are operating properly, and please check the Application event log for any other events.
Operation:
Gathering Writer Data
Executing Asynchronous Operation
Context:
Execution Context: Requestor
Current State: GatherWriterMetadata
Did the following:
1. Ran "vssadmin list writers" and got the following:
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Writer name: 'Task Scheduler Writer'
Writer Id: {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124}
Writer Instance Id: {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'
Writer Id: {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06}
Writer Instance Id: {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Performance Counters Writer'
Writer Id: {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2}
Writer Instance Id: {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {e9700fa9-f980-4566-b310-6b991dba74b1}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {76f74057-1b8d-41d3-993e-e463d97ac6e7}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {cd42921e-0504-424a-aae3-7acc07c58437}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {d864e0e8-4f25-4abe-b212-59eb14145bd8}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
2. Checked the " HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList" registry subtree for .bak entries and found none.
Thanks for looking.
