Volume Shadow VSS, control data in days

[Guest Girish J Bhatia]

I know that in VSS I can specifically control how much size of previous data

want to keep but I need to control it through numbers Which means I want to

keep only 5 days backups and then flush it.

 

If this can be done using a Scheduler to flush it in 5 days, I would like to

know the commands on how to Flush the VSS.

 

Incase I would like to move the VSS data to a remote location or Archive it,

any solutions?

 

Any info would be great!

 

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Girish J Bhatia

MOSS Certified, SharePoint Certified, MCSE2003, MCDBA, CCNA, CCNP, CCSA

[Guest Edwin vMierlo [MVP]]

Re: Volume Shadow VSS, control data in days

 

 

> I know that in VSS I can specifically control how much size of previous

data

> want to keep but I need to control it through numbers Which means I want

to

> keep only 5 days backups and then flush it.

>

> If this can be done using a Scheduler to flush it in 5 days, I would like

to

> know the commands on how to Flush the VSS.

>

> Incase I would like to move the VSS data to a remote location or Archive

it,

> any solutions?

>

> Any info would be great!

>

> --

 

sure, you can control the maximum number of copies of VSS, example if you

like to limit set to 20:

 

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

 

2. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Settings

 

3. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

 

4. Type MaxShadowCopies, and then press ENTER.

 

5. Double-click MaxShadowCopies, type 20 in the Value data box, and then

click OK.

 

6. Exit Registry Editor.

 

7. Restart the computer.

 

 

HTH,

Edwin.