WSE 2012: Free space is low in server backup

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Quartz-1

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Why am I getting this message?

My server is running WSE 2012, plain, NOT R2, and I'm getting the above message. The server backup drive is a 8 TB USB 3 drive and has 4.6 TB free. My main data partition has 2.6 TB which rarely changes - the only real change being the workstation backup.

I've checked Technet and Google, and I'm obviously not putting in the right search terms.

So why am I getting this message?
 
What does running vssadmin list shadowstorage show? My guess is that you're close the allotted shadow copy space.
 
Maybe I'm not giving it enough time, but if I issue any VSSADMIN task other than help, it just sits there until I press Ctrl-C.
 
I tried again and got:

Code: 
C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp.

Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{207a9bc1-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e6963}\)\\?\Volume{207
a9bc1-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (\\?\Volume{207a9bc1-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e6963}
\)\\?\Volume{207a9bc1-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e6963}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 512 KB (0%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 32.0 MB (9%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 35.0 MB (10%)

Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{1dc34eb2-38ed-414a-95e2-6ba9a590d82c}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (E:)\\?\Volume{1dc34eb2-38ed-414a-95e2-6ba9a590d8
2c}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 71.1 GB (1%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 71.5 GB (1%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 559 GB (10%)

Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (\\?\Volume{42ea1512-6499-486c-9f9b-c4ff844f0ce4}\)\\?\Volume{42e
a1512-6499-486c-9f9b-c4ff844f0ce4}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (\\?\Volume{42ea1512-6499-486c-9f9b-c4ff844f0ce4}
\)\\?\Volume{42ea1512-6499-486c-9f9b-c4ff844f0ce4}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.13 TB (29%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.13 TB (29%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: UNBOUNDED (230543724%)

Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{207a9bc2-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e6963}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{207a9bc2-43c8-11e6-93ee-806e6f6e69
63}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 21.7 GB (2%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 24.3 GB (2%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 205 GB (19%)

Shadow Copy Storage association
   For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{70959dd8-fda5-11e5-93f4-3464a99a554d}\
   Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{70959dd8-fda5-11e5-93f4-3464a99a55
4d}\
   Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 24.6 GB (2%)
   Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 27.5 GB (2%)
   Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 102 GB (10%)


I'm wondering if there's a 2TB issue?
 
Are you using MBR instead of GPT? The maximum size of an MBR disk is 2TB.
 
It was set up by Windows Server backup. It's listed as a Basic Disk in Disk Manager. The 2 TB limit is only for boot drives.
 
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