Windows File Level Restore hangs on "Starting restore session"
Challenge
You may find following path with cache file constantly growing:
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\mount_cache{GUID} or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\mount_cache{GUID}.
Cause
Solution
1. Login to guest OS as administrator. Run cmd with elevated privileges. Execute 2 following commands for each logical disk in VM. Example for disk C:
fsutil resource setautoreset true C:\
fsutil resource setavailable C:\
2. Make a new backup point of that VM. verify that File Level Restore starts fine from new backup point
More information
https://msdn.microsoft.com/ru-ru/library/windows/desktop/bb968806(v=vs.85).aspx
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