Guest Chris Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I'm playing vssadmin.exe command on my test server (win2k3). I was able to generate a shadow copy for D:. Is there a way to see the physical shadow copy file, such as Windows Explorer? I only can view it through vssadmin list shadows. thanks in advance.
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Re: vssadmin.exe questions Hello Chris, Extracted from: http://www.petri.co.il/what's_shadow_copy_on_windows_server_2003.htm The files used by Shadow copy will be placed under the C:\System Volume Information folder, where you'll find a large (~100mb) file, called tracking.log, plus 2 files with a name corresponding to a unique GUID (thanks to Yuval Sinai for this information). Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > I'm playing vssadmin.exe command on my test server (win2k3). I was > able to generate a shadow copy for D:. Is there a way to see the > physical shadow copy file, such as Windows Explorer? I only can view > it through vssadmin list shadows. > > thanks in advance. >
Guest Chris Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Re: vssadmin.exe questions Thanks, Meinolf. I found it. But it's not always on C:\system volume information. In my case I ran it aganist D: so it saved under d:\system volume information. The other thing I realized that the two files with unique GUID don't match shadow ID, or volume ID. But I was able to delete it using shadow ID. I guess tracking.log has the reference to each other. "Meinolf Weber" wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Extracted from: > http://www.petri.co.il/what's_shadow_copy_on_windows_server_2003.htm > > The files used by Shadow copy will be placed under the C:\System Volume Information > folder, where you'll find a large (~100mb) file, called tracking.log, plus > 2 files with a name corresponding to a unique GUID (thanks to Yuval Sinai > for this information). > > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers > no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > > > I'm playing vssadmin.exe command on my test server (win2k3). I was > > able to generate a shadow copy for D:. Is there a way to see the > > physical shadow copy file, such as Windows Explorer? I only can view > > it through vssadmin list shadows. > > > > thanks in advance. > > > > >
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