I am evaluating DISKSHADOW utility to take MSSQL database snapshots. I use the below
set context persistent
set option rollbackrecover txfrecover
set verbose on
begin backup
add volume d: alias dbshadow
create
I can see that a snapshot is created. But I want to understand on what drive the snapshot is located. I need this to size the drive accordingly. With vssadmin I know this as we use addshadowstorage command. But with diskshadow I have no idea. I read through https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772172.aspx and https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966520.aspx#EEAA and googled, but I did not get much info. Any help is much appreciated. I am using the software provider from Microsoft
* ProviderID: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Type: [1] VSS_PROV_SYSTEM
Name: Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0
Version: 1.0.0.7
CLSID: {65ee1dba-8ff4-4a58-ac1c-3470ee2f376a}
Thanks