I have a server 2012 machine that is having VSS isssues.
I have shadow copies successfully enabled on volumes C:, and E:, but D: will not allow me to enable it, or reconfigure it.
Event log is logging EventID 12290 over a dozen times a minute:
Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: GetDiskFreeSpaceEx() for \\?\Volume{f0a99496-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\ failed with 0x00000005. hr = 0x00000000, The operation completed successfully.
Context:
Volume Name: D:\
Shadow Copies is currently disabled on Volume D.
When I try to enable it, I get "Failed to create a shadow copy of volume D:\ Error 0x8004231f:Insufficient storage available to create either the shadow copy storage file or other shadow copy data."
When I click settings on it, the storage area dropdown only contains volume C, volume E, and the GUID of the recovery partition. Volume D is missing as an option.
I set it to volume E, and set the use limit to 320MB and click OK and I get: "The specified storage area association was not found. The settings dialog is closing."
vssadmin list shadowstorage results in:
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{f0a99496-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{f0a99496-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 0 bytes (0%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 95.0 GB (9%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{f0a99495-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{f0a99495-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 12.3 GB (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 14.8 GB (0%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 50.0 GB (2%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{f0a99494-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{f0a99494-86a6-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.30 MB (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 320 MB (0%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 4.00 GB (10%)
Everything looks ok... but when I try:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=D: /On=D: /MaxSize=10% I get "Error: The specified volume shadow copy storage association is not found."
I'm completely stuck. I can't enable it or reconfigure it volume D.