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Shane:

--- Quote ---In my vss log I can't see the number of shadow copies handled by Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider, because I'm using Symantec SymSnap VSS Provider (installed by Norton Ghost).
Maybe it could be useful to report this information also in cases like this.
--- End quote ---

It reports it on its own, they will have a number after the shadow copy, like this in his "Current definition: B: = \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy70"
You see the 70 at the end.

My program auto deletes the shadow copy that it makes. When your numbers grow like that you have something else on the system making shadow copies but not cleaning them up.

Tomas_Sweden,

for your system the program is the shadow copy is taking longer than 60 sec to make the shadow copy. This was a change I made from the old versions.

Try running the commands in Windows to delete all those shadow copies and see how the reg backup does for you then :wink:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/166102-shadow-copies-delete.html

Shane

Tomas_Sweden:
I dont know if I want to delete the shadow copies I might need them!
If it works then I have to delete shadow copies now and then, does not feel so smooth!

Maybe there is somebody like me, having lots of shadows copies?

Or do you mean that I should only delete old shadow copies?

What is the disadvantage of having it as before, then the shadow copy didn't close at 60 sec?

Tomas

Shane:
You do not need or want old shadow copies. They would be out dated files anyways.

Most programs when done with a shadow copy is suppose to get rid of it after. You have something on your system that isnt doing that.

A shadow copy simply takes a copy of the current data of files. This way a program can read and backup a file that is normally in use.

Obviously after a while these shadow copys become out data as the data has changed, so there is no reason to have them.

Shane

Tomas_Sweden:

--- Quote from: Shane on September 23, 2012, 03:41:59 pm ---Most programs when done with a shadow copy is suppose to get rid of it after. You have something on your system that isnt doing that.

--- End quote ---
Thanks for the info!

Ok I have deleted all the shadows copies and system image copies and there is none now, but then I do a backup in RB I see this in log_Vss:
Current definition: B: = \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy25.
I interpret it as there are 25 shadow copies?
But I have none then I look in system restore, how does that work?

But so far, so good, with making backup now!  :smiley:

Tomas

Shane:
Odd it still shows 25 on there, but as you can see the VSS is no longer taking longer than 60 sec and so the program isnt using the fall back method. :-)

Shane

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