Description of problem: I tried to create a shadow copy of a single disk on a windows VM, using qemu-guest-agent via vshadow tool. This attempt failed with this error (on the windows guest): Error during the last asynchronous operation. - Returned HRESULT = 0x8004230f - Error text: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR - Please re-run VSHADOW.EXE with the /tracing option to get more details Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): is26 Windows server 2008 64bit rhevm-3.3.0-0.37.beta1.el6ev.noarch qemu-ga-win-6.5-4 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. install a windows VM with 3 disks and rhevm-guest-tools with the mentioned qemu-guest-agent version which support vss for windows. 2. install Volume Shadow Copy Service SDK 7.2 on the guest. Check the providers list: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\VSSSDK72\TestApps\vshadow\bin\obj-fre\amd64>vss admin list providers qemu-guest-agent is suppose to be the main provider: vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Provider name: 'QEMU Guest Agent VSS Provider' Provider type: Software Provider Id: {3629d4ed-ee09-4e0e-9a5c-6d8ba2872aef} Version: 0.12.1 Provider name: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0' Provider type: System Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5} Version: 1.0.0.7 3. create a shadow copy using vshadow command on the guest: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\VSSSDK72\TestApps\vshadow\bin\obj-fre\amd64>vsh adow.exe e: Actual results: Shadow copy creation fails on the guest with this error on the event logs: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error calling a routine on a Shadow Copy Provider {3629d4ed-ee09-4e0e-9a5c-6d8ba2872aef}. Routine details GetSnapshotProperties({7f97ecd6-b278-4057-abbf-d67cd1db2334}) [hr = 0x80042308]. Expected results: It should be possible to create a shadow copy of a disk on a windows machine using the qemu-guest-agent as a vss provider. Additional info: Screenshots, event log and engine.log
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1036341 ***
The bug was opened 3 times by mistake, closing it as a DUP of this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036341
Moving to 'test' as this bug was opened by mistake