I have a windows 2003 Server with sp2 and exchange 2003. I'm trying to convert it to a vm using the newest converter. It always fails after 2 hours. I did a net start vss and started vss. here are the error messages. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: The I/O writes cannot be held during the shadow copy creation period on volume
?\Volume{e6206472-0e30-11d8-8e64-806d6172696f}\. The volume index in the shadow copy set is 0. Error details: Open[0x00000000], Flush[0x00000000], Release[0x80042314], OnRun[0x00000000].
Source VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: The shadow copy could not be committed - operation timed out. Error context: DeviceIoControl(
?\Volume{e6206472-0e30-11d8-8e64-806d6172696f} - 0000013C,0x0053c010,00035588,0,00036590,4096,[0]).
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Source msexchangeis
Error code 0x50d when preparing for backup.
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Exchange VSS Snapshot metadata document has been collected.
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Exchange VSS Snapshot prepared for Snapshot successfully.
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Exchange VSS Snapshot metadata document has been collected.
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Exchange VSS Snapshot backup has been shutdown successfully.
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Exchange VSS Snapshot backup has been shutdown successfully.
source ese
Information Store (2884) Shadow copy instance 1 aborted.
source vss
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(
?\Volume{d1f8367e-6e54-4e10-8881-c602f682a74f} - 00000120,0x0053c00c,0003B658,0,0003C660,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070057.
id recommend doing a cold conversion of servers with high I/O. Download the bootable converter iso from vmware and boot from it on the exchange server and do it this way.