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[V7] ISSUE: The specified backup storage location has the shadow copy storage on another volume (0x80780038) (MS Windows System backup)

Article ID: 5312
Reviewed: 2018-03-02

Product Version:
AhsayACB / AhsayOBM: 7.3.0.0 to 7.x
OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10

ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]

Problem Description

When performing a MS Windows System backup, the following error message is displayed on the backup client interface, or in the backup report:

No. Type Timestamp Log
* ... ... ...
* info ... [MS Windows System Backup] "The operation ended before completion."
* info ... [MS Windows System Backup] "The specified backup storage location has the shadow copy
storage on another volume. (0x80780038)"
* erro YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss [ ... ] "[Error]"
* ... ... ...

Cause

The error message suggests that Windows fails to write a system image file to the temporary location of the system backup.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, perform the following steps:

Keywords

vss, system, state, ad, image, 0x80780038, bare, metal, bare-metal, baremetal