As mention, now and then the VSS writers for VM’s will go haywire, causing backups to fail and the converter to not finish.
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To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
1.Click Start, click Run, type Regedit, and then click OK.
2.Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EventSystem\{26c409cc-ae86-11d1-b616-00805fc79216}\Subscriptions
3.On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the subkey.
4.Exit Registry Editor.
5.Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
6.Right-click the following services one at a time. For each service, click Restart:
COM+ Event System
COM+ System Application
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider
Volume Shadow Copy
7.Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
8. At the command prompt, type vssadmin list writers, and then press ENTER.
9.If the VSS writers are now listed, close the Command Prompt window. You do not have to complete the remaining steps.
If the VSS writers are not listed, type the following commands at the command prompt. Press ENTER after each command.?cd /d %windir%\system32
net stop vss
net stop swprv
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
vssvc /register
regsvr32 /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 es.dll
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 msxml4.dll
regsvr32 msxml6.dll
Note The last two command may not run successfully.
10. At the command prompt, enter
vssadmin list providers
vssadmin list writers
11.Confirm that the VSS writers are now listed. sample are shown below
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>vssadmin list providers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.Provider name: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Provider type: System
Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Version: 1.0.0.7
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.-Writer name: 'System Writer'
Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Instance Id: {a7ab6df2-8ec3-4af6-b85c-2720101125cd}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error+Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277}
Writer Instance Id: {706b5f2f-acf8-4ca3-bd19-0d3944470455}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error+Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
Writer Instance Id: {40d12f58-1899-480e-8ded-b86aa712897d}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error+Writer name: 'Event Log Writer'
Writer Id: {eee8c692-67ed-4250-8d86-390603070d00}
Writer Instance Id: {aa8285e9-fbdf-4814-a30c-fb9072da4ad9}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error=Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {fc777263-7ce8-490d-8aa3-2ca6a4af8f72}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error+Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
Writer Instance Id: {25cae1bb-968f-4c5a-86ee-d1d111f2fadd}
State: [1] Stable
Last error: No error