We just stated noticing that we are getting these 2 errors in the
Application log on one of our 2008 R2 servers. We have found suggestions
that apply to Server 2003 but we have not found anything for Server
2008 R2. We have tried rebooting the server and
still have the same issue. When we run "vssadmin list writers" it hangs
and does not complete. When we try to create a new shadow copy we get a
message saying "Another Shadow copy creation is in progress. Wait a few
minutes and try again." If we wait a few
minutes and try again we get the same message. We found a suggestion
saying to re-register some DLL files but we would not like to do that.
We have also looked at this ->
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956136. but that does not apply to R2.
All updates
are installed on the server. Also, the hard drive has around 280 GB of
free space.
Has anyone seen this issue on Server 2008 R2? Does anyone have a fix for it?
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 4/3/2012 9:08:27 AM
Event ID: 12305
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Server
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Volume/disk not connected or not
found. Error context:
CreateFileW(\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy26,0x00000000,0x00000003,...).
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 4/3/2012 9:07:32 AM
Event ID: 7001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Server
Description:
VssAdmin: Unable to create a shadow copy: Another shadow-copy creation
is in progress, so the current shadow copy cannot be created. There are
a number of common scenarios causing this problem: * If
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders is set up, ensure that no two volumes
have schedules that lie within five minutes of each
other.
* If automatic backup of any form is scheduled, ensure that the backup
schedule does not overlap with the schedule used for Shadow
Copies of Shared Folders. Generally, retrying
the operation after a few minutes or changing the schedule of an
automatic task should fix this problem.
Command-line: 'vssadmin create shadow /For=E:'.