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Volume Shadow Copy Service

Shadow Copy (Volume Snapshot Service aka Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS)

It allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots of data, even if it has a lock, on a specific volume at a specific point in time over regular intervals

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restoring files with VShadows does not work

I've been developing a vss-writer based on this microsoft sample. At the beginning I was using BETest.exe to test my app > betest.exe /B /S backup.xml /D C:\BackupDestination /X BetestSample.xml > betest.exe /R /S backup.xml /D C:\BackupDestination…
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WS2012, VSS Backup errors

I have few problems with VSS Full Backup on WS 2012 R2. I have 3 physical servers with few VM's on each. I'm doing Full Backup everyday via Windows Server backup. On each server I have different error. I have here 8 VM's (6 are Online all the time,…
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Veeam Backup failing. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writers data

We have a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 VMWare VM that is failing Veeam backups with the following error: Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: 1 Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's…
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Cisco VSS failure.

We have two 6500s running with VSS. We have a switch with dual uplinks. Each uplink goes to a different 6500. If the VSL between the 6500s goes down then they both become active. This breaks the etherchannel on the switch and it chooses one of…
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How to determine the appropriate VSS hotfixes/updates to apply to a Windows 2003 server?

Yes...I know...Windows 2003 has already EOL'd now. I'm dealing with a remaining one in a large environment and have some issues that I believe are related to VSS according to a KB hotfix article. Instead of applying just that single hotfix, I'd…
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MS Data protection manager restore files from linux vhdx

We are backing up our few linux VM servers (Centos 6.6 with VSS , Online backup) in Hyper-V 2012 R2 with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2012 R2. Its backing with Online method. In Windows VMs inside restore im able to click trough vhdx and its…
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shadow copies of non-shared folders on 2008R2

First, sorry for the bad english. There is something I can't figure out about VSS on Windows Server 2008 R2 : I have been asked to get a previous version of a file, which is located on a non-shared folder. In every snapshot of the file, it has the…
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Can Windows VSS create a snapshot for units smaller than a single volume

Can Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) create a snapshot for units smaller than a single volume (that is, a set of files and directories)? If yes, how can one see (prefferably via UI) for each snapshot of a given volume which files/directories…
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Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine XML document is too long. hr = 0x80070018

I have about 1400 SQL databases on my environment (on 3 different volumes). I've got follow errors during taking VSS snap. Also SQLWriter goes from stable to failed "nonretryable" *Event ID 8193, Source VSS. Volume Shadow Copy Service error:…
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Recovery of Windows DFS partion with shadow copy versioned files when overwritten with older modified date?

I've noticed the following "bug" on a DFS volume with shadow copies: Pretend you have the following folders/files under shadow copy versioning, going back two weeks. MyDirectory+ MyFile - Modified Date 8/1/2009 The current date: 8/30/2009 You have…
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Windows Server 2008, shadow copies

I feel stupid for asking but I was always under the impression there was a way to make shadow copies of a file each time its saved. I have been looking around and can't find anything beyond scheduled times for shadow copies. A new client has a mess…
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hyperv vss writer unexpected error

I am using Mozy Pro to backup our Hyperv servers. I am doing this without any issues on a 2nd server but this box hasn't backed up sucessfully yet. I was told by the support tech at Mozy to type: vssadmin list providers >c:\providers.txt vssadmin…
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TSM Backup Fails with VSS

Since we rebuilt our servers to windows servers 2008 x64 r2 we have perpetual problems with scheduled backup (shadow copy). In the Application event log, the following events are logged on both nodes: The description for Event ID 4112 from source…
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What causes SqlServerWriter to fail when running windows server backup on a server with Sql Express?

Equipment: I have a Dell PowerEdge T410 with 2 E5506 processors, 32GB of Ram and running Windows Server 2008 R2. It hosts: AD DNS DHCP SQL Express for an Accounting Software Package Quickbooks Issue: Starting about a week ago my nightly backups…
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Does a full Windows Server backup also backup "previous versions" created by VSS?

Let's say I have volume C:\ with VSS enabled, and there is some file C:\somefile.txt, which has been around for a while. Today, I remove C:\somefile.txt. Since VSS is enabled it's still contained in yesterday's VSS snapshot. After removing the…
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