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noblevarghese
Sep 05, 2017Copper Contributor
Azure backup fails with error Microsoft Azure Backup failed to access the shadow copy
Hi, We are trying to backup our On Premise W2K12 R2 file server drives to Azure using Azure Recovery Services. But the backup fails with below error. Microsoft Azure Backup failed to access t...
Anthony Clendenen
Sep 08, 2017Copper Contributor
How large is the backup? It will create the scratch directory locally on the C drive by default, which requires 10-15% of the total backup size.
You may be out of space on the volume where the scratch directory is located.