An Error Occurred While Trying To Communicate with VSS Writer (code 2411)

Situation

A backup plan terminates with the following error: VSS error. An error occurred while trying to communicate with VSS writer

Solution

1. Open registry editor (in the command prompt, type Regedit).
2. Navigate to Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet ->Services ->VSS.
3. Right-click on Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services ->VSS, then select Permisssions...
4. In the Permissions dialog box, click Advanced.
5. Take ownership on the selected key as well as subkey: click change link near Owner caption, select current interactively logged in user e.g. Administrator, select Replace owner on sub-containers and objects checkbox, then click Apply/OK.
6. Navigate to Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services -> VSS -> Settings key.
7. Delete MaxXmlDocumentSizeMB value.
8. Export key Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services ->VSS to .reg file.
9. Delete Computer -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services -> VSS key entirely.
10. Import previously created .reg file.
11. Restart Volume shadow copy service.
12. Run the backup plan again.