i did not suggest to kill any service.
from what i have read, that google sync app has built-in support to pause syncing,
i find it hard to believe that the app cannot handle pausing gracefully.
or just quit that app using its user interface
imho, you have come to the correct person to discuss VSS.
i manage a bunch of win servers and desktops and run rclone on all of them.
every time i run rclone, my script uses VSS
please see this topic and link to my rclone wiki about VSS.
I want to share how to enable vss for rclone - #6 by asdffdsa