ANS1780E
writer-name failed to initialize and subscribe to VSS.

Explanation

IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager encountered an error while creating writer-name under control of the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). Examine the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager error log and Applications Event Log for additional information about this error.

System action

Processing ends.

User response

Try the operation again. If the error persists, examine the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager error log and Windows event log for information related to this error.

Restart the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), and try the operation again.

In some cases, it is necessary to restart the machine to clear the VSS error state.