Volume Shadow Copy Service
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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.
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Can a Shadow Copy of SQL 2000 databases files be used as a restore?
I have a SQL 2000 SP2 instance (version 8.00.760) that is on a drive that gets regular shadow copies.
Can a shadow copy be used to restore the database?
It seems possible to stop the SQL service, ...
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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 ...
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VSS error 521 when attempting backup
I have backupassist and I attempt to run a backup, with VSS service running. However, I get this error in Windows Event Log:
The backup operation that started at '2010-04-30T01:51:15.601000000Z' ...
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Report Builder 2.0 under Visual SourceSafe
I'm looking for a way to put my reports built with Report Builder 2.0 under version/source control in Visual SourceSafe. Are there any plugins for Report Builder 2.0 (or maybe 3.0)?
Thanks,
gligoran
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VSS error 12293 after system disk clone (Win2003)
After cloning a windows 2003 installation from a single drive onto two mirrored drives using Acronis Disk Director, VSS no longer works, filing events 12293 and 7001 when trying to use backup tools, ...
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SQL Server Database Backups using VSS versus native SQL Server
We are currently considering using Dell's EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) to backup our SQL Server databases. However, I am extremely skeptical of this, as ASM/ME uses ...
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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 ...
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Backing up my data causes my server to crash using Symantec Backup Exec 12, or How I Came to Loathe Irony
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media ...
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Command line backup of running Hyper-V images using Volume Shadow Copies (VSS) and Diskshadow.exe
I need to backup running Hyper-V virtual machines with minimal downtime via a command prompt. Backups should be stored on another local disk or remote share.
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Recover overwritten file
I accidentally overwrite my file with another file. It was happened when take the latest version from Visual Source Safe(VSS). Can I recover my old file?
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NetBackup with VSS and Instant Recovery - Failing to delete old snapshots
We are attempting to implement Microsoft VSS for snap-shotting in our NetBackup 6.5.3.1 environment. The clients are both 32 & 64 bit Windows 2003 Server.
Snapshot parameters are:
Instant ...
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Schedule kill of port connections
We use VSS in our company, but have numerous cases were we can't backup the databases as users have locked them.
Is there a way to schedule a kill of all connetions to the source safe service. Or any ...
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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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What is VSS and what is it used for?
I'm pretty sure when SysAdmins talk about VSS they aren't talking about Visual Source Safe...
