Path shadow copy

Question

Hi,
where do I create a shadow copy, where are they stored? In which path can I find them?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Refer the link below to create shadow copy.
https://www.ubackup.com/windows-server/shadow-copy-server-2012-5740.html

Ask for how to view shadow copy, refer to the following link:
http://wiki.r1soft.com/display/kb3/How+to+view+a+Microsoft+VSS+snapshot+in+Windows+File+Explorer

Note: there are third-party links and we do not have any guarantees on these websites. And Microsoft does not make any guarantees about the content.

Best regards,
Sylvia

Answer 2

Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful.

if yes, you may mark useful reply as answer, if not, welcome to feedback.

Best regards,
Sylvia

Answer 3

We traditionally set one data drive and one VSS drive relationship.
However, given our workload in Azure and the VM size has certain limit on the data disks, can we point multiple volumes into one VSS dedicate volume? Is this acceptable best practice by Microsoft?
In addition, how many data drives can pointing to the VSS drive without affecting the performance, assuming Azure standard HDD is used?
Example. Let say I have 4 data drives (f: g: h: i), each cap with 25 GB for the 100 GB VSS drive or it does not matter.

Also, my understanding is that there are max of 64 shadow copies.
If I have a 4 hours repeatable interval within the 12 hours windows, I assume that I will have about 16 days (64 / 4) worth of shadowcopy versions give and take depending on the size of data change. Can someone confirm this is correct?

Thanks
John