I have a Server 2008 R2 fully patched that I inherited.
Tried to run Symantec System Recovery 2013r2.
I get failed snapshot and here is a list of the writers that failed:
C:\Users\Administrator>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Waiting for responses.
These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared.
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: 'ASR Writer'
Writer Id: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
Writer Instance Id: {8834b135-ff2d-4de2-9a6b-4c1cfd06a1a0}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {a133833c-3c75-4a47-803b-bcfa4765c2fc}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'FSRM Writer'
Writer Id: {12ce4370-5bb7-4c58-a76a-e5d5097e3674}
Writer Instance Id: {9f0aadfb-5650-43ff-82f9-ce2ce7fdbd41}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {614d66b7-0b4e-4bd5-97fe-6d5f0db6b40b}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {1a059586-74c6-44ef-a1d4-e5fa4b59bec9}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer'
Writer Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f}
Writer Instance Id: {b1649346-fa73-4a89-9a55-aa47e96869c2}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'DFS Replication service writer'
Writer Id: {2707761b-2324-473d-88eb-eb007a359533}
Writer Instance Id: {a732be08-52d6-40d3-a8c1-315fd901e7f7}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'MSSearch Service Writer'
Writer Id: {cd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2}
Writer Instance Id: {341cc554-c83f-43d9-9b76-5c98f3704f1e}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
Writer Instance Id: {773a2aa3-ddb0-45fc-80f0-d787a409aa5b}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
Writer Instance Id: {5bb194ce-e15d-4095-bd94-61ec7c6b6284}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error
Writer name: 'IIS Config Writer'
Writer Id: {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6}
Writer Instance Id: {91cbe666-f1d1-4793-8c8f-e53617c73d8e}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {dd7087f2-42a3-4c56-9b7a-04c48382735b}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Writer name: 'NTDS'
Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
Writer Instance Id: {7aa71b89-225e-414f-ab67-fd4bb2ab6087}
State: [7] Failed
Last error: Timed out
Any ideas?