Windows 10 - How to enable Previous Versions using Shadow copies
Posted: 26 Jun 2021, 11:29
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How to enable Previous Versions using Shadow copies
In essence you'll create a task to be executed once or maybe twice a day (tipically ad 7am and 12am) with the following command
and the following parameters
Setting ShadowCopy storage size
You can use the command Vssadmin list shadowstorage in order to check what are the current settings about the maximum space allocated for the shadows copies.
You can modify these settings (i.e. the maximuym space for shadow copies) with the following command
Example (setting shadow copy for volume C: to be stored on disk C: and to have a max size of 6% of the volume:
https://pureinfotech.com/enable-previou ... indows-10/
https://techpress.net/volume-shadow-cop ... w-command/
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE AUTHORS OF THE ORIGINAL ARTICLES
How to enable Previous Versions using Shadow copies
In essence you'll create a task to be executed once or maybe twice a day (tipically ad 7am and 12am) with the following command
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shadowcopy call create Volume=C:\Setting ShadowCopy storage size
You can use the command Vssadmin list shadowstorage in order to check what are the current settings about the maximum space allocated for the shadows copies.
You can modify these settings (i.e. the maximuym space for shadow copies) with the following command
Example (setting shadow copy for volume C: to be stored on disk C: and to have a max size of 6% of the volume:
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vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=6%