Windows 2012 VSS Error 12289 on 63TB+ volume

Last Updated: 2/24/16

IF you are getting volume shadow copy service (VSS) error 12289 and the volume is over 63TB, then you have hit the limit of supported volume size for use with VSS.

according to microsoft: the VSS volume size limit is 64 TB minus 8 GB (70,360,154,226,688 bytes).

This means the following functions will not work on your volume:

- FSRM

- Data deduplication (dedup)

- chkdsk

-NT backup or other backup solutions that use the Windows VSS writer

Sources:

[says VSS limit is 64TB] Usability limit for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/

[says VSS limit is 64TB - 8 GB] Error message when you try to enable the Volume Shadow Copy Service for a shared folder on a Windows Server 2003-based or Windows Server 2008-based computer: "STOP: 0x0000007E"
https://support.microsoft.com/

Other useful articles:

Sizing Volumes for Data Deduplication in Windows Server | Server Storage at Microsoft
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2014/12/04/sizing-volumes-for-data-deduplication-in-windows-server/

Windows Server 2016 Data Deduplication Scales and Performs Better - Working Hard In IT
https://blog.workinghardinit.work/2015/09/15/windows-server-2016-data-deduplication-scales-and-performs-better/

Error message detail:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{d20ef4c5-042b-481f-9890-500d68bxxyy} - 0000000000000148,0x0053c008,00000084323E1090,0,00000084323E20A0,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
.
Operation:
Processing EndPrepareSnapshots
Context:
Execution Context: System Provider

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