Windows Backup

  • Hyper-V,  SBS,  Windows Backup

    MMC cannot open the file

    May 27, 2016 /

    MMC cannot open the file Today I had a problem with a server running Windows 2008 R2 and HyperV. We were unable to get into the HyperV manager and had  an error “MMC cannot open the file C:\Windows\system32\virtmgmt.msc”. In order to resolve this, I simply renamed the file virtmgmt to virtmgmt.old in the folder :

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  • General IT,  Support,  Windows Backup

    Windows 2012 Backup error 0x8004231F

    April 8, 2016 /

    I recently had a server that had Windows Backup failing with the error (0x8004231F) “There is not enough disk space to create the volume shadow copy on the storage location” All the hard drives appeared to have plenty of space and the backup drives were new and also had plenty of space. I deceided to try and run the backup from the command line and while this also errored it gave a bit more detail Error code 0x8004231f

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