VOLSNAP ERROR EVENT ID:21

From Microsoft

SYMPTOMS
When you create a shadow copy backup on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, an Error event that is similar to the following is logged in the System log:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: VolSnap
Event ID: 21
Description: The flush and hold operation for volume F:SG2-Log was aborted because of low available system memory.

CAUSE
This problem occurs because the available system memory is low. The low system memory is caused by disk fragmentation.

Note This problem usually occurs only when the /3GB switch is set in the Boot.ini file.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. (SP2)

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As VP of Sales & Marketing, Karen has been helping to break sales records since 1994! That’s 25 years of award-winning sales, helping to build Big Hairy Dog as a leading POS Software and Service provider…worldwide. She has a degree in fine arts (with a minor in business) from the University of Oregon, and with three amazing children and saint of a husband, Karen is still loving life in the Northwest—where she works from home in the Portland, Oregon area.

Her favorite pastime is tailgating at college football games with friends and family. Go Ducks!