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Error creating volume snapshot(s): VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SNAPSHOTS_REACHED / Error: Snapshot were found, but they were outside of your allowed content. Try removing them with the backup application which created them. (4042257)
Error creating volume snapshot(s): VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SNAPSHOTS_REACHED / Error: Snapshot were found, but they were outside of your allowed content. Try removing them with the backup application which created them.
Description
Backup job would fail with "Error creating volume snapshot(s): VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SNAPSHOTS_REACHED"
"vssadmin list shadows" would display several snapshots, however when trying to delete them with "vssadmin delete shadows /all" the following error would come up:
Error: Snapshot were found, but they were outside of your allowed content. Try removing them with the backup application which created them.
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