Windows Server Backup failed to backup with error 0x81000101

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Symptom:

Sometimes Windows Server Backup failed to backup the data. The error is:

The shared restore point operation failed with error (0x81000101) The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again.

In the event viewer, found the following error:

The backup operation that started at '‎**** has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348001'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

Cause:

Windows Server Backup is timing out during shadow copy creation since it is taking more than 10 minutes.

Resolution:

- Run regedit.exe and navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionSPP"

- Create a new Registry value of type DWORD with name "CreateTimeout"

- Change value to 12000000(2*10*60*1000 = 20 mins) in decimal

More information:

https://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/09/16/diagnosing-failures-in-windows-server-backup-part-1-vss-spp-errors.aspx

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Its worked!Thanks slot!

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Does this work in Windows 2012 too ? I'm getting backup errors on my new 2012 cluster.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    There's an error in the solution. 12000000 is 200 minutes! You only need 5 x zeros, not 6. i.e. 1200000

    I wouldn't advise using 200 minutes as the timeout because if your server needed that long to take a snapshot then there is a far more serious problem that needs fixing. I'm even concerned in waiting 20 mins but at least that fixes the problem for most people, even though something unhealthy is happening to cause it to take that long.
    Gary.

  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2011
    I have the same problem. Microsoft seems to have some big problems right now with this and cannot seem to fix it.

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2011
    Unless I'm missing something, there's a problem with the math. 20 minutes, expressed in milliseconds is 20601000, but that's 1.2 million not 12 million as posted. Since there's not much (as in anything I can find) documented on this key the obvious question is: is there an error in the suggested value, should be 1200000, or in the formula/units explained?

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2012
    Great, thank you very much.

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2012
    I've been doing Windows backups since NT4 and I have found it unbelievable how f'd up backups can be in Windows 2008. "What were they thinking".

  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2012
    Microsoft has no clue how to write an error message with any real meaning. There are billions of available numbers... how about linking the error message to meaningful resolution pages.

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2013
    Is it working for Windows 2012, having issue with Windows 2012 Hyper V Failover cluster CSV backups using MS DPM 2012SP1

  • Anonymous
    October 07, 2013
    This fixed the problem I was having with MS Data Protection Manager. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 25, 2014
    Running SBS 2011, First had error 0x800423F0 and ran Share Point setup wizard. then had error 0x81000101 and made the new registry entry as above and my server back up is now working. thanks to all concerned

  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2014
    I made this change, and it helped for a while, then the error came back. I changed it to 40 minutes. As far as the question above concerning the math - my log shows the (failed) backup ran for 2 hours. I assume their math is wrong, but what would cause a shadow copy to take so long?

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2014
    Great! Its work!

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    May 07, 2014
    Default is 10min.

  • Anonymous
    September 13, 2014
    J'ai un soucis sur sur PSP , je ne l'ai pas dans Current version ..
    Comment faire ?

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2014
    I have 60 minute time out with Backup Assist instead of 20 and it still fails with the same error ... Any other fixes ?

  • Anonymous
    November 15, 2014
    I've tried 20 mins, 40 mins & 60 mins, without success!
    Windows server SBS2011

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2015
    I assume this is due to time waiting for a quiet point? (Hence the erratic results)

  • Anonymous
    May 12, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2015
    Thank you shari77.
    Uninstaling ASRock Xfast USB and rebooting solved the 0x81000101 problem.