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So, I still suspect SentinelOne was to blame for this even though S1 support state not. I uninstalled SentinelOne, deleted all shadow copies, ran a chkdsk /f and rebooted. After the reboot the space was all back.
System Volume Information folder, single large file.
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Austin Tovey
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The System Volume Information folder on this server is massive and have a single 89 GB file in it. How can I find out what this file is for and how to purge it please?
It;s not VSS related as I have deleted all shadows and this file still stays, also the VSS limit is set to 20GB. There is no Windows backup configured either.
It's a domain controller and a physical server.
I've tried this too.
http://woshub.com/how-to-clean-up-system-volume-information-folder/
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Austin Tovey 101 Reputation points
2021-04-12T21:10:15.067+00:00 So, I still suspect SentinelOne was to blame for this even though S1 support state not. I uninstalled SentinelOne, deleted all shadow copies, ran a chkdsk /f and rebooted. After the reboot the space was all back.
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Anonymous2021-04-07T14:36:36.39+00:00 Something here may help.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/647d350f-f3a0-487d-b885-f2eaa3f029f0/windows-2008-r2-system-volume-information-too-large--please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--
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Austin Tovey 101 Reputation points
2021-04-07T20:31:06.71+00:00 Thanks, but I did state that this server doesn't have Windows backup configured. You suggestion is for servers with Windows Backup saving system state,
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2021-04-07T20:35:35.66+00:00 Sounds good, you can also start a case here with product support.
https://support.serviceshub.microsoft.com/supportforbusiness--please don't forget to
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Austin Tovey 101 Reputation points
2021-04-08T11:21:30.717+00:00 We don't have any support from Microsoft, that's why we have turned to community based support for help.