Volume Shadow Copy service starts and stops every few minutes

[Donald]

I have got some issue with the Volume Shadow copy service on our SBS 2003 R2 server that will usually start and then stop every few minutes all day, since shadow copies are only scheduler for twice a day, so why is this cycling occurs? Also, the microsoft software VS service does the same thing? Any ideas?

[Mr. Boo Bear]

Have you tried to enable the Volume Shadow Copy service's debug tracing features in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008. If not then you can follow the step by step guide given here - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=887013

[Techguru01]

There is a new Volume Shadow Copy Service update is now available that fixes various Volume Shadow Copy Service problems in Windows Server 2003. Follow the link over here - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=913648

[Zachary]

It might be possible that Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) that is running on a Windows Server 2003-based computer may crash when you try to remove imported transportable shadow copies. For more information go to this website - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=911062