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Backup with VSS Fails by VSS-00011 When Oracle Home User Is Virtual Account (Doc ID 2792741.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Backup with VSS fails by VSS-00011 when Oracle Home User is Virtual Account.

Event Viewer (application log)

VSS-00011: Connection to database instance <Instance> failed.  

Cause : The user account in which the Oracle VSS Writer Service is running  does not have the DBA privileges to log in to the Oracle instance.  

Action : Run the Oracle VSS Writer Service in a user account that can connect to the Oracle instance with DBA privileges.  

Additional info:

Oracle VSS writer version 12.1.0.0.0 Beta
Error at line : 4223
Failure on Identify event
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