Windows VSS Writers and Corresponding Service Names

Purpose This article documents VSS Writers and their corresponding Windows services. For more information, reference Microsoft's In-Box VSS Writers article. Solution VSS Writer Name | Service Name | Service Display Name ---|---|--- ASR Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy BITS Writer | BITS |...

VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot collect writers metadata. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Operation: [Gather metadata]. Code: [0x80042318].

Challenge A backup job fails with the following error: VSSControl: -2147467259 Backup job failed. Cannot collect writers metadata. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Operation: Gather metadata. Code: 0x80042318. Copy Cause The Volume Shadow Copy service within the machine being backed u...