VSS: Volume not supported by provider. (C:\ClusterStorage\Volume\)(\\?\volume{GUID}

Modified on: Tue, 17 Dec, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Symptoms

Error: VSS: Volume not supported by provider. (C:\ClusterStorage\Volume\)(\\?\volume{GUID}

Is reported during backup of VM in Hyper-V Cluster

There are multiple VSS Providers in the Hyper-V cluster. Example ONTAP VSS Provider

Run: vssadmin list providers

In each node of the Hyper-V cluster to find out all providers in the systems.

Then run the command to disable the third party providers.

To disable/enable ONTAP provider from a command line window:

Disable: navssprv.exe -r service /u

Enable: navssprv.exe -r service -a user -p password

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