When I run it in powershell it shows blank again. When I run it in Elevated Command Prompt I get: Waiting for responses. These may be delayed if a shadow copy is being prepared. Error: Internal error.
Ok I ran sfc and it says it did not find any integrity violations. I cannot restart it till later tonight because it is an active server. It is Server 2008 R2 Standard. This also has nothing to do with TSM Backup as i am not using that software. I cannot do backups with any software because of the error: Error while initializing VSS writers. When I run "vssadmin list providers" i get only "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0" Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} Version: 1.0.0.7 When I try to start the "COM+ Event System" it states that the service "Started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use"
Its ok thanks for the effort. Anyone else have any ideas as this is urgent as I cannot backup those VHDs and this is at my business and these virtual machines host databases for our clients.
Sometimes re-registering VSS core components can fix errors. Copy the following commands to Notepad and save the file with a ‘.bat’ extension. Run the .bat file by opening a command prompt and entering the .bat file name. cd /d %windir%\system32 net stop vss net stop swprv regsvr32 /s ole32.dll regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll regsvr32 /s vss_ps.dll vssvc /register regsvr32 /s /i swprv.dll regsvr32 /s /i eventcls.dll regsvr32 /s es.dll regsvr32 /s stdprov.dll regsvr32 /s vssui.dll regsvr32 /s msxml.dll regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll regsvr32 /s msxml4.dll vssvc /register net start swprv net start vss