Delete Shadow Storage
http://blog.acarter.co.uk/2012/02/server-2008-vss-cannot-remove-snapshot/
I tried to use vssadmin by doing a ‘vssadmin list shadows‘ which sure enough showed me the copy, but when trying to delete it with the ‘vssadmin delete shadows /for=g:‘ , I was returned the error:
Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context.Try removing them with the backup application which created them.The fix? Use the ‘diskshadow‘ command, then ‘delete shadows all‘ – fixed, it can now be moved from the GUI.
In my case:
- Start PowerShell in Admin mode
- vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=G: /On=G: /MaxSize=1%
(reduce number of shadow copies) - diskshadow
- list shadows all
- copy shadowID that you want to delete
(use option ‘edit/mark and edit/copy’) - delete shadows ID {…..}
(paste selected shadow ID using option ‘edit/paste’)
- vssadmin delete shadowstorage /For=G: /On=G:
(get rid of shadow storage for G:)
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