How to Fix SQL Error: 18210, Severity: 16, Error 3041
When backing up a VM that runs SQL Server inside you may run into the following issue.
The VM backup fails and the Event Viewer on the host reports a VSS writer inside the VM failed.
Upon inspection of the VM’s Event Viewer and SQL Server’s logs you find:
Error: 18210, Severity: 16 and Error 3041 "Access Denied"
It turns out the SQL backup, which is triggered by the VM backup, cannot proceed because the local system user (the default for the SQL Server VSS Writer) doesn’t have access to certain resources.
Switching to a local administrator account resolves the issue.
To do that, open “Services” via the Control Panel, open the properties of SQL Server VSS Writer, switch to the Log On tab and change the user to a local admin user. Then restart the service and run the backup again.
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