Getting backup error on missing VHD

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I had a very old VHD on my server (2012) that was taking up a lot of room so I deleted it. Now, on every beckup, I get the following error:


Writer Failures
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
Instance Id: {2C09BE3B-6FB3-45B7-B03A-EDECD9F1F719}
Writer Name: Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer
Writer State: 5
Failure Result: 80042336
Application Result: 80004005
Application Message: (null)
Component: 8B8939DE-1E8D-481D-854D-1EC449CEF8DF
Logical Path: (null)
Component Result: 800423F3
Component Message: Failed to fix-up absolute VHD paths in configuration of virtual machine 'Server 2008 R2': The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002). (Virtual machine ID 8B8939DE-1E8D-481D-854D-1EC449CEF8DF)

'Server 2008 R2': Attachment 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\Server 2008 R2.vhdx' not found. Error: 'The system cannot find the file specified.' (0x80070002). (Virtual machine ID 8B8939DE-1E8D-481D-854D-1EC449CEF8DF)
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\\8B8939DE-1E8D-481D-854D-1EC449CEF8DF.xml Recursive: 0
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\8B8939DE-1E8D-481D-854D-1EC449CEF8DF\* Recursive: 1
File Spec: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\\Server 2008 R2.vhdx Recursive: 0
Component: DEDA4830-8766-41A6-9FFD-4325A521411C
Logical Path: (null)
Component Result: 800423F3
Component Message: Failed to fix-up absolute VHD paths in configuration of virtual machine '<serverName>': The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002). (Virtual machine ID DEDA4830-8766-41A6-9FFD-4325A521411C)

'<serverName>': Attachment 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\<serverName>_2C2F8D7A-58BC-4BFE-A4EF-644F00C97E5F.avhdx' not found. Error: 'The system cannot find the file specified.' (0x80070002). (Virtual machine ID DEDA4830-8766-41A6-9FFD-4325A521411C)
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\\DEDA4830-8766-41A6-9FFD-4325A521411C.xml Recursive: 0
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\DEDA4830-8766-41A6-9FFD-4325A521411C\* Recursive: 1
File Spec: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\\<serverName>_2C2F8D7A-58BC-4BFE-A4EF-644F00C97E5F.avhdx Recursive: 0
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Snapshots\\80C7EC6F-4258-4292-A9D5-7CF6789F5D71.xml Recursive: 0
File Spec: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Snapshots\80C7EC6F-4258-4292-A9D5-7CF6789F5D71\* Recursive: 1
File Spec: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\\<serverName>.vhdx Recursive: 0


I'm not sure what is generating this. The backup appears to go fine otherwise, and this is the only error



This is the error:




I am not using any Hyper V stuff, this is a simple file/print server. I did fool with it years ago, but never really implemented anything.






Jim Θ¿Θ¬

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