Veeam Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data.
Backup job failed Occasionally one of our Veeam backup jobs will fail and most of the time it is due to shadow copy or VSS writer issue which a simple reboot will resolve, this solution has become our default answer to a failed backup with an error mentioning the words “shadow copy” or “VSS”. One of our SQL servers had a failed backup last night and gave us the error “Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer’s data”, here is the full error message: ...