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VSS and Storage association in use and can't be deleted
QUESTION:Running SB2003 with VSS running on volume D:\ (with 7934 MB on volume d:\).
Volume C:\ shows that shadow copies are disabled, however, "Used" is showing
10664 MB on D:\.
When I try and disable the Shadow copies on C:\ again I receive error:
"Failed to remove the storage area assaociation for volume C:\. Error
0x8004231d: The specified shadow copy storage association is in use and so
can't be deleted."
ANSWER: Before we go any further, can I assume that you enable the shadow copy on
volume D and you want to free up the space on the volume D.
Based on my research, you can only change the storage volume when there are
no shadow copies present. If you need to change the storage volume for a
volume that has already been enabled, you must first delete all of the
shadow copies on that volume.
By default, the shadow copies will be cleaned when disabling Volume Shadow
Copy on the related volume. As alternative, we can delete it by running
"vssadmin delete shadows" command.
In order to solve this issue, please follow the steps below:
1. Reset the limit for the Volume shadow copy for the volume C to 100
MB, and then the system will delete the files automatically.
2. Disable the volume shadow copy service on the volume C.
In addition, if you have not applied the hotfix below, please apply this
hotfix:
833167 A Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update package is available for
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;833167
More info:
838421 How to configure the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature on a
Windows Server 2003-based server cluster file share
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;838421
I hope the above information helps; if you have any other concerns please
let me know. I am standing by to be of further assistance.
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