We have Windows server 2008R2 SP1 and Sharepoint 2010 web on it.
It's a real HP Proliant dl360 G7, and we have no 3rd party backup software, hyper-v or MSSQL services on it.
Backup doesn't work.
The error:
The backup operation stopped before completing.
Detailed error: ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has
occurred: (0x800423f3)
The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error may not reoccur.
A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation failed. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" application event logs for more information.
ERROR - A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has
occurred: (0x800423f3)
The writer experienced a transient error. If the backup process is retried,
the error may not reoccur.
There is no vss or spp errors in app or system log with the exception of the failed backup job itself:
The backup operation that started at '2015-03-17T07:42:40.538000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
vssadmin list writers shows the following:
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: {0edb5d85-436b-4760-9356-761993b49b5a}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'SharePoint Services Writer'
Writer Id: {da452614-4858-5e53-a512-38aab25c61ad}
Writer Instance Id: {cc99d951-661c-4e4b-b3ca-1105c5967574}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {abb31773-56e9-492c-be01-9ed5a2cab3b5}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {59b0e1ef-2559-4aae-b939-c6625625ed59}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {13aa0463-dca7-4c47-80c3-2f08b8b006d7}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {94d43bc8-731a-46c5-b5a5-9fc2435746a7}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {e575d46a-464d-4ecb-9133-fab76de67b6a}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'OSearch14 VSS Writer'
Writer Id: {0ff1ce14-0201-0000-0000-000000000000}
Writer Instance Id: {af51423e-51d3-47c1-9933-3ab1a0df276c}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {526c9277-d072-4ee3-b5c7-50f13522a38d}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {5e773ca3-7210-479e-b22a-067ad7e1696d}
State: [9] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Permissions modification like in
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7309.backup-fails-with-error-message-writer-missing-or-failed-or-timed-out-or-waiting-for-completion-in-vssadmin.aspx
did not helped.
Modifications of MinDiffAreaFileSize - did not helped.
