When the shadow copy creation fails, it throws the VSS Error 0x80042326, The volume being reverted was lost during revert. This is a VSS writer time-out error that ...

The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is an integral component of the Windows Operating System, which can facilitate the creation and management of shadow copies of the system that can be used for ...

Bill: We've just rolled out file servers running Windows Server 2003 and we want to use Volume Shadow Copy to help us with file restores. We want to know if there are any gotchas. Anon: I'm glad to ...

St. Bernard software has been one of my favorite software vendors for many years, ever since it became one of the first to offer the ability to back up open files. You know that problem, users who go ...

It turns out you can build your own backup utility instead of buying one. But you have to be brave. Back in September 2008, I described some of the changes that came with Windows Server 2008, ...

The Play ransomware group has developed two custom tools in .NET, namely Grixba and VSS Copying Tool, which it uses to improve the effectiveness of its cyberattacks. Microsoft says that some ...

In last week's column, I discussed some gotchas to watch out for when deploying the Shadow Copy for Shared Folders feature in Windows Server 2003. I invited readers to send me additional items and I ...

features of its brand new Diskeeper(R) 2008 software is the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) compatibility mode, which leverages the data protection of VSS with the performance and reliability ...

New edition of VMware-specific software offers faster backup and recovery of directories, server states and data, using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VMware Consolidated Backup Virtualization ...

2 drives 1 = 4TB 1 = 500GB (iSCSI from a Dell Compellent) Both drives are in the cluster and failover no problem (C) Copyright 2001-2012 Microsoft Corp. Error: A ...