Bill: We've just rolled out file servers running Windows Server 2003 and we want to use Volume Shadow Copy to help us with file restores. We want to know if there are any gotchas. Anon: I'm glad to ...

Some of the most significant new features in .NET focus on simplifying user support. One especially resource-intensive support issue involves individual file restores. How often have you gotten a ...

Keeping backups of your files is extremely important if you're working with data you can't afford to lose, and thankfully, ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is an integral component of the Windows Operating System, which can facilitate the creation and management of shadow copies of the system that can be used for ...

I'm aware of using vssadmin to manipulate the volume shadow copy service, but where the heck did the GUI todo it go? Under Win2k3 it was stashed in the per-drive properties under "Shadow Copies", in ...

This post explains how to fix error code 0x80042313, The shadow copy provider timed out while flushing data to the volume being shadow copied. A few Windows users ...

The Play ransomware group has developed two custom tools in .NET, namely Grixba and VSS Copying Tool, which it uses to improve the effectiveness of its cyberattacks. Microsoft says that some ...

St. Bernard software has been one of my favorite software vendors for many years, ever since it became one of the first to offer the ability to back up open files. You know that problem, users who go ...

Does anyone know if there is a *NIX program that will create a point-in-time snapshot of a volume like Window's Volume Shadow Serivce? I understand that an admin account can copy any file, even if ...