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Karl_Green1
Level 2
13 years ago

Protecting Volume Shadow Copies

Can Backup Exec protect the shadow copies created by Windows that allow you to see different versions of files that are on a file share? I would imagine that a backup using System Recovery would re...
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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    13 years ago

    Backup the shadows copy component (BE 2010 and earlier) or the system state (BE 2012).  This will backup your multiple copies.  You then restore the shadows copy component or the system to get them back.

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Karl_Green1
Level 2
13 years ago

FAO 'backup-exec' user: thanks for your reply but I'm interested in how to backup the snapshots created by Windows Shadow Copy... it's fine that there's no longer a branch in the job definition called "Shadow Copy Components" but how do I protect and restore the VSS snapshots?