Monday, April 27, 2015

8193 Volume Shadow Copy Service error - Access is denied

Log Name:      Application
Source:        VSS
Event ID:      8193
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      servername
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine RegOpenKeyExW(-2147483646,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Diag,...).  hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.
Operation:
   Initializing Writer
Context:
   Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Name: System Writer
   Writer Instance ID: {3e927ae5-5139-42ad-bd99-6e467a3941eb}


This was occurring on my DHCP servers.  Apparently permissions to a key are removed when the DHCP role is installed.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2298620