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Veeam | kb2060
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows job displays warning: Partition exceeds disk layout
Last update date:
8/20/2021
Affected products:
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Affected releases:
ALL
Fixed releases:
No fixed releases provided.
Description:
Challenge
A Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job displays the following warning:
Cause
These messages occur when Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows detects an incorrectly allocated partition on a disk.
Solution
To correct the allocation issue, use the Windows OS built-in shrink tool to shrink the specified partition on the specified disk. Open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc). Using the disk number and partition number values in the warning, identify which partition needs to be shrunk. In most cases, it's the last partition on the disk.Example: Warning Partition 2 exceeds disk 0 layout by 97923072 bytes
