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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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Windows Server 2003: Backup Failed

I am having trouble backing up my server. I back up to an external hard drive, and up until now, I haven't had any problems with it. But today my backup failed. Here is the report from the backup log: Backup Status Operation: Backup Active…
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Exchange 2010 backup fails with VSS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT

A week ago a backup of our Exchange 2010 server was interrupted by a Windows Update restart (due to the nag screen popping up right over another application, d'oh!). Since then, the backup utility (Ahsay OBM) fails to backup the database with…
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Shadow copy issues within Virtuozzo container with Server 2003 and Server 2008

I am currently renting a VPS from a service provider in the UK. They supply Parallels Virtuozzo VPS. My particular issue is that I cannot use "Shadow Copies" at all on this virtual machine/container. Which in turn means I cannot use Open-File backup…
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Volume Shadow Copy and auditing restores

Is it possible to determine whether a restore has been carried out on a file or folder from a Volume Shadow Copy snapshot?
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Trying to backup system state on server 2003 sp2, getting "Faulting application vssvc.exe - system state backup failed" in applciation log

Trying to backup system state on Windows Server 2003 (SP2), getting "Faulting application vssvc.exe - system state backup failed" in application log. Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. "MSDEWriter" has reported an error 0x800423f2. This is…
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Oracle VSS Writer vs. RMAN

I am unable to find any literature to evaluate which solution to use when backing up my Oracle 11g DB. The attempt is to perform online backups by enabling ARCHIVELOG mode. Edit: I have gone through individual documentation for RMAN and VSS Writer.…
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DFS-R + Volume Shadow Services - Run VSS at all locations or one?

I have 4 servers, one at each office location, each sharing read/write copies of 1.5TB of data. Changes are replicated 24/7 between all 4 servers via DFS-R. All servers run Windows 2008 R2. I'm interested in implementing VSS (Volume Shadow…
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How can I create and mount a shadow copy from a batch file on Windows 7?

I would like to be able snapshot the system volume, mount that shadow copy, then run my own hand-rolled copy on it all from a batch file. How can I do this on Windows 7?
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How can I restore a SQL Server database file from a shadow copy?

We run a Windows Small Business Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005 Express on it. The server is configured to do a daily backup of system state and all files. Today I need to restore a single database from the back-up, but the back-up is corrupt. I…
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VSS Information: Where do I find it?

I'm currently taking care of backups for about 100 clients, and I'm really getting hammered with VSS issues. I've tried many different things, re-regsitering the VSS Dlls, reboots, patches, etc. What I want to know: Where can I find some…
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Backup VSS Issues

I've got this server, and we've been having VSS issues for quite awhile. We've tried every form of re-registering the VSS drivers we can think of. NTbackup won't run a system state backup vssadmin list writers doesn't list anything. We're getting…
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VSS vs DPM 2007

what is the diff between Volume shadow copy and data protection manager 2007? http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/overview.aspx are they both offering same services? sorry for sounding stupid, but i am confused between…
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Windows 2016 VSS - Can 2 Volumes share same physical disk 'storage area'

I have a 2016 server with 2 volumes C and M and would like to set up VSS to a SEPARATE dedicated disk. Is it possible to point both volumes (C & M) VSS configurations to use this SAME dedicated disk for VSS and share them as the storage area? I will…
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PST backup with Volume Shadow Copy Service

I was asked to implement the task of backing up 35 PST files ranging from 800Mb to 2000Mb. Windows XP and Windows 2000 workstations are assigned to the users and we have a Windows 2000 domain controller we use to back up files on 3x 500Gb external…
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automating sql express backup via VSS backup

I need to set up on my server automated daily SQL db backups (sql express, so no maintenance plans). To keep things simple I'm gonna use a backup solution (JungleDisk) that uses VSS to back up the DB file. SQL fully supports VSS and on requests…
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