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VSS Result Codes

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The success and failure codes the Volume Shadow Copy Service and its writers return during a snapshot. Backup software usually surfaces the number and nothing else, so the constant name is the fastest way to tell a writer timeout from a provider fault.

This table decodes 81 codes.

SparkLogs decodes these codes on every event that carries one, regardless of feed. The Windows Application event log feed reads these codes while curating an event.

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Codes are listed in numeric order. Name is the constant Windows publishes for the code.

Codes 0x00042309 to 0x80042417

CodeName
0x00042309VSS_S_ASYNC_PENDING
0x0004230aVSS_S_ASYNC_FINISHED
0x0004230bVSS_S_ASYNC_CANCELLED
0x00042321VSS_S_SOME_SNAPSHOTS_NOT_IMPORTED
0x80042301VSS_E_BAD_STATE
0x80042302VSS_E_UNEXPECTED
0x80042303VSS_E_PROVIDER_ALREADY_REGISTERED
0x80042304VSS_E_PROVIDER_NOT_REGISTERED
0x80042306VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO
0x80042307VSS_E_PROVIDER_IN_USE
0x80042308VSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND
0x8004230cVSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_SUPPORTED
0x8004230dVSS_E_OBJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS
0x8004230eVSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_PROVIDER
0x8004230fVSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR
0x80042310VSS_E_CORRUPT_XML_DOCUMENT
0x80042311VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT
0x80042312VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_VOLUMES_REACHED
0x80042313VSS_E_FLUSH_WRITES_TIMEOUT
0x80042314VSS_E_HOLD_WRITES_TIMEOUT
0x80042315VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_WRITER_ERROR
0x80042316VSS_E_SNAPSHOT_SET_IN_PROGRESS
0x80042317VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SNAPSHOTS_REACHED
0x80042318VSS_E_WRITER_INFRASTRUCTURE
0x80042319VSS_E_WRITER_NOT_RESPONDING
0x8004231aVSS_E_WRITER_ALREADY_SUBSCRIBED
0x8004231bVSS_E_UNSUPPORTED_CONTEXT
0x8004231dVSS_E_VOLUME_IN_USE
0x8004231eVSS_E_MAXIMUM_DIFFAREA_ASSOCIATIONS_REACHED
0x8004231fVSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
0x80042320VSS_E_NO_SNAPSHOTS_IMPORTED
0x80042321VSS_E_SOME_SNAPSHOTS_NOT_IMPORTED
0x80042322VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_REMOTE_MACHINES_REACHED
0x80042323VSS_E_REMOTE_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE
0x80042324VSS_E_REMOTE_SERVER_UNSUPPORTED
0x80042325VSS_E_REVERT_IN_PROGRESS
0x80042326VSS_E_REVERT_VOLUME_LOST
0x80042327VSS_E_REBOOT_REQUIRED
0x80042328VSS_E_TRANSACTION_FREEZE_TIMEOUT
0x80042329VSS_E_TRANSACTION_THAW_TIMEOUT
0x8004232aVSS_E_UNSELECTED_VOLUME
0x8004232bVSS_E_SNAPSHOT_NOT_IN_SET
0x8004232cVSS_E_NESTED_VOLUME_LIMIT
0x8004232dVSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_LOCAL
0x8004232eVSS_E_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT
0x8004232fVSS_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
0x80042336VSS_E_WRITERERROR_PARTIAL_FAILURE
0x800423f0VSS_E_WRITERERROR_INCONSISTENTSNAPSHOT
0x800423f1VSS_E_WRITERERROR_OUTOFRESOURCES
0x800423f2VSS_E_WRITERERROR_TIMEOUT
0x800423f3VSS_E_WRITERERROR_RETRYABLE
0x800423f4VSS_E_WRITERERROR_NONRETRYABLE
0x800423f5VSS_E_WRITERERROR_RECOVERY_FAILED
0x800423f6VSS_E_BREAK_REVERT_ID_FAILED
0x800423f7VSS_E_LEGACY_PROVIDER
0x800423f8VSS_E_MISSING_DISK
0x800423f9VSS_E_MISSING_HIDDEN_VOLUME
0x800423faVSS_E_MISSING_VOLUME
0x800423fbVSS_E_AUTORECOVERY_FAILED
0x800423fcVSS_E_DYNAMIC_DISK_ERROR
0x800423fdVSS_E_NONTRANSPORTABLE_BCD
0x800423feVSS_E_CANNOT_REVERT_DISKID
0x800423ffVSS_E_RESYNC_IN_PROGRESS
0x80042400VSS_E_CLUSTER_ERROR
0x80042401VSS_E_ASRERROR_DISK_ASSIGNMENT_FAILED
0x80042402VSS_E_ASRERROR_DISK_RECREATION_FAILED
0x80042403VSS_E_ASRERROR_NO_ARCPATH
0x80042404VSS_E_ASRERROR_MISSING_DYNDISK
0x80042405VSS_E_ASRERROR_SHARED_CRIDISK
0x80042406VSS_E_ASRERROR_DATADISK_RDISK0
0x80042407VSS_E_ASRERROR_RDISK0_TOOSMALL
0x80042408VSS_E_ASRERROR_CRITICAL_DISKS_TOO_SMALL
0x80042409VSS_E_WRITER_STATUS_NOT_AVAILABLE
0x8004240aVSS_E_ASRERROR_DYNAMIC_VHD_NOT_SUPPORTED
0x80042411VSS_E_CRITICAL_VOLUME_ON_INVALID_DISK
0x80042412VSS_E_ASRERROR_RDISK_FOR_SYSTEM_DISK_NOT_FOUND
0x80042413VSS_E_ASRERROR_NO_PHYSICAL_DISK_AVAILABLE
0x80042414VSS_E_ASRERROR_FIXED_PHYSICAL_DISK_AVAILABLE_AFTER_DISK_EXCLUSION
0x80042415VSS_E_ASRERROR_CRITICAL_DISK_CANNOT_BE_EXCLUDED
0x80042416VSS_E_ASRERROR_SYSTEM_PARTITION_HIDDEN
0x80042417VSS_E_FSS_TIMEOUT

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