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How to Exclude Files and Folders from Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Backups

I've been using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) to create backups of my files and folders. However, I've encountered a situation : I need to exclude specific files and folders from Microsoft built-in Volume ...
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System Volume Information filling up; ways to alleviate?

On all versions of Windows Server from 2012R2 onward, we are seeing System Volume Information folders, especially on server C: drives but also others, often filling up with hundreds of gigabytes of ...
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Throttle Windows to match local storage, to prevent SVI buildup?

I'm seeing a rather large number of machines lately with System Volume Information folders ranging from large (50G) to huge (350G), on both desktops (Windows 10, various builds) and servers (2012R2, ...
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Shadow Copies not growing to maximum

I have a 2008R2 and 2012 servers that has been in production for quite some time, running smoothly - I have never paid attention to VSS. Various volumes with Shares are setup to capture shadows ...
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Method for setting up Volume Shadow Copies on Server Core

Is there some obvious method I am not finding for how to setup the periodic creation of shadow copies for a given drive on a system running Windows without a GUI? From what I can tell going to the ...
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Windows 2008 R2 - shadow copy management and retention

This has bothered me over the years and I'm dealing with it again now. I've never quite understood the full black magic that is Shadow Copies/VSS. I get it to the extent of what it does and how to ...
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