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VSS_E_WRITERERROR_PARTIAL_FAILURE
VSS_E_WRITERERROR_PARTIAL_FAILURE A VSS writer reported that only part of its component set failed. The backup application must inspect writer-component state to decide whether the intended protected data was affected.
What to check
- Identify the failing writer and component rather than treating the whole VSS stack as broken.
- Determine whether the failed component belongs to the application that the job is intended to protect; a requester can sometimes continue only when the failure is irrelevant to the backup scope.
- Inspect application logs for the component-level cause and validate the resulting backup before relying on it for restore.
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