I am attempting to do system state backup in my Test environment. I am running Hyper-V on a standalone "sandbox" server. I have configured a semi-duplicate environment.
We are updating the schema soon, and I would like to do a System State restore for practice and I haven't actually had to do one in about 10 years.
I am running 2008R2 DC as a VM in my Hyper-V environment. It has a C: and E: volume, VSS is enabled on e: and set to Unlimited. I set my set "BackupLocation=e:\adbackups" and attempt to run wbadmin.exe start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:"E:" (with quotes or without it still fails.
My error from command is Error - Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error (0x800423f4) which appears to be a generic error. In the Backup Event Viewer it shows as Event ID 9, another generic error.
I am running as Domain Admin, and I checked that I have Backup Operator rights. Volume Shadow Copy service is running.