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Can't create shadow copy in command line

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VSSAdmin only has the create option on Windows Server as shown here. Instead, you will have to make use of a PowerShell script to create the shadow.

powershell.exe -Command (gwmi -list win32_shadowcopy).Create('E:\','ClientAccessible')

Since this just makes use of the Win32_ShadowCopy class in WMI, you can use other methods to create the shadow. This includes the wmic utility.

wmic shadowcopy call create Volume='E:\'