Windows 10: Shadow Copy lag issues

I am having some issues with shadow copy taking up a lot of disk time and causing lag. Lag spikes are occurring approx every 30 seconds to a minute.

In the resource monitor, under System, I currently have approximately 100+ (approx 3.5 pages) \device\hardiskvolumeshadocopy instances running. (Hard to count exactly as they keep changing.)


Total CPU usage is ~15%; Memory usage is 40%; Disk usage fluctuates between 10% and 60% (up to Total: 16 GB/sec) at idle. (I know a comp is never truly at idle, but the only active windows up right now are this Chrome window, Task manager, Resource Monitor and the PowerShell.)


Each shadowcopy instance/file is grouped in sets of seven:

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\$Mft

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\$Secure:SDS

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\$Extend\$Reparse:$R:$Index_Allocation

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\$Secure:$SII:$Index_Allocation

harddiskvolumeshadowcopyxxxxx\System Volume Information


My Shadow Copy Storage association is

For volume: (C\\?\Volume{95564550-02d1-4593-afdb-8ac81a1584c2}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C\\?\Volume{95564550-02d1-4593-afdb-8ac81a1584c2}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.68 GB (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.77 GB (1%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 22.3 GB (10%)


I am running Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit. The hard drive is a SSD.

Any other data you need?


A couple of days ago, I resized to the current 10% max space and created a restore point. Originally I thought the lag was a conflict between VSS and Carbonite (it appeared that the two were in a continuous Do loop with each other). I limited the Carbonite back-up to only running in the middle of the night and to not do a continuous back-up.
It fixed the issue for about a day.

Going back in today, the huge number of shadowcopy instances is back. In addition, the manual restore point I created a couple of days ago is gone. There are no other restore points.
Regarding the potential conflict with Carbonite: the Carbontie files that were present originally in Resource Monitor are not there today.


I would like to keep shadowcopy running but it makes some applications extremely difficult to use due to the lag.

How do I stop the constant read/write to disk? Better yet: how do I stop the frequent lag spikes?

:)

 

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered.

Hi,

Thank you for getting back with a reply.

I suggest you to start the Volume shadow copy service and check. Follow these steps:

a. Click Start and type services.msc in the search box.

b. Search for the Volume shadow copy service and make sure the start- up type is automatic.

i. Right click on the service

ii. If the service is stopped, then Start the service

iii. Select Properties

iv. And in the Start-up type select Automatic.

c. Click Ok.

Keep us posted on Windows related queries and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

Windows 10 Backup fails, error 0x81000019, shadow copy could not be created

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the methods below and check if it helps.

Method 1

I suggest you to make sure “Volume shadow copy Service” is enabled.

Follow these steps:

• 
  Press “Windows key + R” from the keyboard.
  
• 
  Type “services.msc” without quotes in the “Run” Window and hit Enter.
  
• 
  Locate “Volume shadow copy" service.
  
• 
  Right click on it and select “Start” option.
  
• 
  Close the “Services” Window.
  
• 
  Check if the issue persists.
  

Method 2

Place the computer in Clean Boot and then try to perform Backup.

You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us

Note: After clean boot troubleshooting steps, refer to the section "How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot" in the provided link to return your computer
to Normal startup mode.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

VSS (Shadow Copy)

We are using Windows 10 1703 with shadow copy enabled. For some reason on my own PC I am able to right click on a folder and see "Previous Versions" however for everyone else the list is empty. I can see the Volume Shadow Copy service does start up and run
however still do not see any folders in previous versions. Has anyone come across this before? We are not blocking or hiding the list.

On one of the computers the event log shows:

General

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine QueryFullProcessImageNameW. hr = 0x80070006, The handle is invalid.

Operation:

Executing Asynchronous Operation

Context:

Current State: DoSnapshotSet

Details


- System

- Provider

[ Name] VSS

- EventID 8193

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2017-10-17T20:53:33.139996900Z

EventRecordID 8018

Channel Application

Computer

Security

- EventData

QueryFullProcessImageNameW

0x80070006, The handle is invalid.

Operation: Executing Asynchronous Operation Context: Current State: DoSnapshotSet

2D20436F64653A20534543534543524330303030303537392D2043616C6C3A20534543534543524330303030303536332D205049443A202030303031343637322D205449443A202030303031343432382D20434D443A2020433A5C57494E444F57535C73797374656D33325C76737376632E6578652020202D20557365723A204E616D653A204E5420415554484F524954595C53595354454D2C205349443A532D312D352D313820

On other computers there are no errors but the previous versions list is still empty on those.