Reboot the machine and repair the installation
VSS
With the Enabled VSS support option Acronis True Image Echo errors out with the "Unable to create volume snapshot" error message when trying to backup a hard disk drive with EISA diagnostic partition
This has been fixed
Download and run the script on the host machine to fix the issue
Instructions on how to enable Microsoft native VSS instead of the default Acronis VSS in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
As a workaround, disable the VSS support in Acronis True Image Echo
Make sure the backup is run under administrator or that you back up without using VSS
Installation of Acronis Product fails with SnapVssProvider Error in MSI log. This article provides information on how to find, identify and resolve typical errors in MSI logs of Acronis software.
Compatibility issue of Acronis True Image with NTBackup
How to create backup with these applications
Change the databases to Simple Recovery Mode
This article lists possible causes and solutions
You either have 1) Windows Server 2008 R2, or 2) Windows Small Business Server 2011, or 3) EFI system partition, or 4) EISA service partition
Activate Acronis VSS provider or turn off VSS entirely
Instructions on how to enable Microsoft native VSS instead of the default Acronis VSS in Acronis Backup
You are running a single-pass backup of SQL instances that fails with the error. To fix this issue, re-register the VSS service
Acronis Backup Advanced 11.5 for Hyper-V: Agentless Backup of VMs on SMB 3.0 Shares Is Not Supported
Hyper-V VMs on SMB3.0 shares backup is not supported
As a workaround, use Microsoft VSS instead of Acronis VSS
Unlock the partition using diskpart
Symptoms
Backup with activated Volume Shadow Copy fails with the following error similar:
The backup has failed because 'VSS Writer' has failed during snapshot creation.
This error can be produced by different VSS writers, see some examples below:
All conditions must be true:
- Act! software and Microsoft SQL Server are installed
- Acronis True Image does not create a backup. If you click the red exclamation mark at the center of the backup screen, the following error message is displayed:
- Entire PC and disk/partition backups: Unable to create volume snapshot
- File and folder backup: Failed to backup file or folder
- The last modified log file at C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Logs\ti_demon contains the following text: VSS writer 'SqlServerWriter' with class ID 'A65FAA63-5EA8-4EBC-9DBD-A0C4DB26912A' has failed to process the snapshot
- You use Acronis Backup 12.5 or Acronis Cyber Cloud
- You run a backup of a Microsoft SQL database
- Backup fails with the following error:
Problems detected that may cause a VSS snapshot failure. Trailing spaces in the path. To remove the trailing spaces, run the T-SQL command: ALTER DATABASE MODIFY FILE
Backup on Windows XP fails with error "Failed to create volume snapshot" if MS SQL Server is installed.
The “File Server VSS Agent Service” role service must be enabled on the file server hosting SMB3.0 share.
This article applies to:
Recovery of MS Exchange database/storage group fails if committed transaction log is missing in the backup
Turn on the MS Exchange VSS Writer to fix the issue
Backup fails with:
The backup has failed because 'VSS Writer' has timed out during snapshot creation
OR
Windows error: (0x800423F2) VSS writer 'System Writer' with class ID 'E8132975-6F93-4464-A53E-1050253AE220' has timed out. This may be caused by too intensive I/O on the machine at the backup start time. Try to re-schedule the backup to some different time. To troubleshoot VSS issues, download and run Acronis VSS Doctor available at https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/vss-diagnostic-free-tool/
Acronis VSS provider is used to initiate creation of VSS snapshot, but MS VSS service is actually used
The reason is that the backup was created with disabled VSS support
While using the VSS backup option to back up complex applications, you may encounter issues with creating volume snapshot/shadow copy. This article provides instructions on how to troubleshoot and resolve such issues.