Backup ends with "DW9700 - Creation of Application consistent snapshot failed" error

Issue

Backup (or replication) process finishes with "DW9700 - Creation of Application consistent snapshot failed" error message.

Cause

The error “DW9700 - Creation of Application consistent snapshot failed” usually means that during backup (or replication) process the Xopero system tried to create a VSS snapshot with application consistency, but the process didn’t complete successfully.

Resolution

  1. Check whether integration services are enabled in your virtual machine settings (Services > Backup (volume shadow copy) must be checked).

  1. Check if integration services are running on the guest system:

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