When I try to do a backup of of a VM (just the VM, nothing else selected) on my Windows Server 2012 R2 machine, I get the following error:
I have yet to find an answer to this issue.
Log Name: Application
Source: SPP
Event ID: 16387
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: BitVault
Description:
Writer Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer experienced some error during snapshot creation. More info: .
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="SPP" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">16387</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<EventRecordID>2746</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer><removed></Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried, the error may not reoccur. (0x800423F3)</Data>
<Data>Unspecified error (0x80004005)</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
this is the VSS event log I get
A VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f3, The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error may not reoccur.
. Changes that the writer made to the writer components while handling the event will not be available to the requester. Check the event log for related events from the application hosting the VSS writer.
Operation:
PrepareForSnapshot Event
Context:
Execution Context: Writer
Writer Class Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}
Writer Name: Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer
Writer Instance ID: {4736e32f-5954-4b83-9ca5-37c560f308d5}
Command Line: C:\Windows\system32\vmms.exe
Process ID: 3556
PS C:\Users\Administrator> vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.
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: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {2ff32bb9-b4dd-4959-bfa9-7ea79b4567ba}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {4b7e63c6-ecb1-47f2-b317-e665b5de8c8c}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {66841cd4-6ded-4f4b-8f17-fd23f8ddc3de}
Writer Instance Id: {4736e32f-5954-4b83-9ca5-37c560f308d5}
State: [8] Failed
Last error: Retryable error
Writer name: 'Dedup Writer'
Writer Id: {41db4dbf-6046-470e-8ad5-d5081dfb1b70}
Writer Instance Id: {5ac93c0a-dc01-4564-bac9-23051e2783a7}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {a24b7ea7-e48b-44eb-9521-585648b7951b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {b9b0674c-119c-4345-870d-fadc0e7beda4}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {30a6302b-d5c8-4b9a-a0b7-61049e1c4767}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {74ee0321-a546-4f94-a624-c715f2290db4}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VMIntegrationService -VMName <removed>
VMName Name Enabled PrimaryStatusDescription SecondaryStatusDescription
------ ---- ------- ------------------------ --------------------------
House Time Synchronization True OK
House Heartbeat True OK OK
House Key-Value Pair Exchange True OK
House Shutdown True OK
House VSS True No Contact
House Guest Service Interface False OK