What is a VSS snapshot?
Shadow Copy (also known as Volume Snapshot Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service.
Where are VSS files?
By default, VSS shadow copies are saved onto the drive they are copying. However, you may want to save your VSS shadow copy to a different drive, perhaps one with greater capacity. This article describes how to change the designated drive for VSS shadow copies to another local drive.
How do I access VSS?
Solution
- Open a command window.
- At the command prompt, type vssadmin list providers, and then press ENTER.
- Confirm that Microsoft VSS provider is listed as:
- Type vssadmin list writers at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
- Confirm that all the VSS writers are showing:
How do I list shadow copies?
Lists all shadow copy storage associations on the system. Run the command vssadmin list shadowstorage /? to get more parameters which you can use with this command. For example you can use /for parameter to list all associations for a specified volume.
How do I view VSS logs?
Take the ‘Other Tasks’ > ‘View Windows VSS Events…’ menu option. Use this option to view Windows Events to help resolve backup failures. Windows events are logged by the system and can be used to troubleshoot problems during an image or file and folder backup.
What are Hyper-V checkpoints, snapshots, and VSS?
Hyper-V Snapshots are Now Called Checkpoints. Hyper-V snapshots were called snapshots in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
What is VSS application?
VSS application backups. The Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS is a storage management framework designed for Windows to create point-in-time copies or snapshots of drives while files are in use.
What is Microsoft VSS?
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (Microsoft VSS), is a Microsoft Windows Server feature that takes snapshots of volumes that can be used for restoring logical unit numbers and individual files or for data mining. The snapshots can be taken manually or automatically.
What is VSS IT?
VSS is a technology developed by Microsoft that allows backup applications to safely back up locked and open files. Both the backup application and software application must be VSS-aware in order to utilize VSS to back up open or locked files.