Ransomware attackers specifically target and attempt to destroy backup systems to increase the probability of payment. Hardening your system is critical. Please ensure you have reviewed your platform security using the Security Hardening Checklist
Cohesity

COHESITY Documentation

Explore our documentation to get started, discover products & new features, access troubleshooting guides, register sources, platforms support.

Products
Data Security Alliance
Visit Cohesity.com
Demos
Support
Blogs
Developers
Partner Portals
Cohesity Community
© 2026 Cohesity, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use|
Privacy Policy|
Legal|
  1. Home
  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Enterprise Vault™ Agent Administrator's Guide
  3. Troubleshooting
  4. About NetBackup status-related troubleshooting information
  5. NetBackup status code 156
Veritas NetBackup™ for Enterprise Vault™ Agent Administrator's Guide

NetBackup status code 156

NetBackup status code 156 is displayed when a snapshot fails. The VSS_E_BAD_STATE and VSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE error messages are displayed.

The VSS_E_BAD_STATE message is displayed when the VSS writer is in a bad state, as in if it is not stable. Reset the VSS state to fix this error.

The VSS_E_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE message is displayed when there is insufficient space on the drive to create snapshots. Pre-configure a shadow storage area on a drive to fix this issue.

Feedback

Was this page helpful?
Previous

NetBackup status code 69

Next

About the VSS_E_BAD_STATE snapshot error

Feedback

Was this page helpful?