Enabling Shadow Copies for Shared Volumes
Enabling shadow copies on a volume can be very simple. Administrators have more options when it comes to recovering lost or deleted data and, in many cases, can entirely avoid restoring data to disk from a backup tape device or tape library. In addition, select users can be given the necessary rights to restore files that they’ve accidentally deleted.
The VSS is already installed and is automatically available on NTFS-formatted volumes. For best backup performance it is recommended to enable shadow copies on all volumes and reserve at least 10% of free space of that volume for shadow copies.
To enable and configure shadow copies, follow these steps:
1. Log on to the Windows Server 2012 system with an ...
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