What does HRESULT 0x8004232E (VSS_E_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT) mean?

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A timeout occurred while preparing a cluster shared volume for backup.

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VSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_LOCAL	VSS_E_NOT_SUPPORTED

VSS_E_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT

VSS_E_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT VSS timed out while preparing a Cluster Shared Volume for backup. The CSV coordinator, cluster health, storage path, or writer state may be delaying preparation.

What to check

Check the cluster and CSV events on the coordinator node and the node that runs the backup request.
Confirm that the CSV is online and not in an unexpected redirected, maintenance, or failover state.
Check VSS writer state and storage latency before retrying the cluster backup.

vssadmin list writers

Get-ClusterSharedVolume

Microsoft: Cluster Shared Volumes overview

Microsoft: Failover clustering overview

Microsoft: vssadmin list writers

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