New article published in Microsoft Support. It should be available soon. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve put together. Hope it helps some people out there!
Error when performing online P2V. Stops at 40 percent every time.
Job result in SCVMM Admin Console Error (13243) The snapshot creation failed because the VSS writer {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} on source machine xxx did not respond within the expected time interval. (Internal error code: 0x809933BB)
Recommended action: Ensure that VSS writer is functioning properly and then try the operation again. 4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f is the Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
Event in Application Event Log on Source machine Log Name: Application Source: VSS Date: 2/15/2010 6:19:11 PM Event ID: 8193 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: ServerName.Domain.com Description: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid. hr = 0x80070539.
Operation: OnIdentify event Gathering Writer Data
Context: Execution Context: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer Writer Class Id: {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} Writer Name: Shadow Copy Optimization Writer Writer Instance ID: {d19e5030-d027-4b0d-b783-02d87be808f4}
Note SID is a placeholder for the security identifier (SID) of the user account that is experiencing the problem. The SID.bak subkey should contain a ProfileImagePath registry entry that points to the original profile folder of the user account that is experiencing the problem.
The writer name string for this writer is "Shadow Copy Optimization Writer".
The writer ID for the shadow copy optimization writer is 4DC3BDD4-AB48-4D07-ADB0-3BEE2926FD7F.
In-Box VSS Writers http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968827(VS.85).aspx