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VSS Writers

VSS Writers

VSS Writers

Issues with Volume Shadow copies and other backup and Volume related issues can be caused by failed VSS writers

Use cmd command:

  • vssadmin list writers

This will list all VSS writers on the system and display if they are in a failed state.

Follow this list to restart the services for any that have failed:

{
!VSS Writer
!Service Name
!Service Display Name
-
ASR Writer
VSS
Volume Shadow Copy
-
BITS Writer
BITS
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
-
COM+ REGDB Writer
VSS
Volume Shadow Copy
-
DFS Replication service writer
DFSR
DFS Replication
-
DHCP Jet Writer
DHCPServer
DHCP Server
-
FRS Writer
NtFrs
File Replication
-
FSRM writer
srmsvc
File Server Resource Manager
-
IIS Config Writer
AppHostSvc
Application Host Helper Service
-
IIS Metabase Writer
IISADMIN
IIS Admin Service
-
Microsoft Exchange Writer
MSExchangeIS
Microsoft Exchange Information Store
-
Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer
vmms
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management
-
NTDS
NTDS
Active Directory Domain Services
-
OSearch VSS Writer
OSearch
Office SharePoint Server Search
-
OSearch14 VSS Writer
OSearch14
SharePoint Server Search 14
-
Registry Writer
VSS
Volume Shadow Copy
-
Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
VSS
Volume Shadow Copy
-
SPSearch VSS Writer
SPSearch
Windows SharePoint Services Search
-
SPSearch4 VSS Writer
SPSearch4
SharePoint Foundation Search V4
-
SqlServerWriter
SQLWriter
SQL Server VSS Writer
-
System Writer
CryptSvc
Cryptographic Services
-
TermServLicensing
TermServLicensing
Remote Desktop Licensing
-
WINS Jet Writer
WINS
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
-
WMI Writer
Winmgmt
Windows Management Instrumentatio
-
MSMQ Writer (MSMQ)
MSMQ
Message Queuing
-
MSSearch Service Writer
WSearch
Windows Search
-
NPS VSS Writer
EventSystem
COM+ Event System
-
NTDS
NTDS
Active Directory Domain Services
}