Event ID 8 VOLSNAP Errors

Question

I've started seeing the following error occur frequently on my DPM 2010 server. I can't find anything on it via searches. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Joe
Log Name:      System
Source:        volsnap
Date:          2/13/2015 1:39:45 AM
Event ID:      8
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      DPM.internal.com
Description:
The description for Event ID 8 from source volsnap cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
C:\...ter 2012\DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_ee43a2a8-a0bb-4768-9748-f51d53fbe573
The locale specific resource for the desired message is not present
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="volsnap" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="49158">8</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-02-13T07:39:45.312041700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>125704</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>DPM.internal.com</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>C:\...ter 2012\DPM\DPM\Volumes\Replica\SqlServerWriter\vol_ee43a2a8-a0bb-4768-9748-f51d53fbe573</Data>
    <Binary>000000000200300000000000080006C000000000000000000F000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Answer 1

Hi,
I cannot tell from the above event message, but typically a volsnap event 8 is a timeout - which eludes to storage or server performance problem.
VS_FLUSH_AND_HOLD_IRP_TIMEOUT(8)
The flush and hold writes operation on volume %2 timed out while waiting for a release writes command.
This event is logged when 10 seconds have expired waiting for a RELEASE_WRITES IOCTL.  
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