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MikeInPoulsbo
Level 4
8 years ago

Can't backup a partition - insufficient space for VSS snapshot

I ran my first full disk backup today using Veritas SR 16 and the software did not backup the WINRETOOLS partition.  The error was  "Incremental recovery points are disabled because the *:\WINRETOOLS volume does not have sufficient storage space to perform a VSS snapshot"

I did not run into this problem with SR 2103 R2.

The error message suggested to create free storage space on the *:\(WINRETOOLS) volume.

Does this mean I have to grow the partition?

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Windows 10
  • MikeInPoulsbo's avatar
    MikeInPoulsbo
    8 years ago

    I received information on TenForums that resolved all my issues.  Thanks for the help here.

     

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    criley
    Moderator
    8 years ago

    VSS requires a certain amount of free space otherwise it will fail.

    NOTE: Another possible cause is that the volume does not have enough free space to create a VSS snapshot. As per Microsoft, if the volume is less than 500MB in size, VSS requires 32MB of free space. If the volume is 500MB or greater, VSS requires 320MB of free space.

    Taken from http://www.veritas.com/docs/000017563

    • MikeInPoulsbo's avatar
      MikeInPoulsbo
      Level 4
      8 years ago

      I understand there is not enough room.  Where is this "room"?  In the partition itself?  How do I fix it?