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Old 10-01-2008   #1 (permalink)
Jacob Sampson


 
 

How to troubleshoot win32_shadowstorage

I have 4 file servers that I run this against. All of them are Windows 2003
(not R2) all of them come back perfect except for one. I dont get and error
it just comes back as though there is 0 used space. But I look at it's
shadow copy within Windows and it does have space being used and if I type
the following:
$shadowstorage = gwmi win32_shadowstorage -computername $mycomputer
$shadowstorage

It displays the shdowstorage info and does show an amount for usedspace.
Same as all my other servers. For some reason this server is not returning
the value I expect. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?

Thanks
Jacob


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Old 10-01-2008   #2 (permalink)
Brandon Shell [MVP]


 
 

Re: How to troubleshoot win32_shadowstorage

I have seen cases where the MOF gets corrupt.

Review this doc to see if this helps.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms799801.aspx

Brandon Shell
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JS> I have 4 file servers that I run this against. All of them are
JS> Windows 2003
JS> (not R2) all of them come back perfect except for one. I dont get
JS> and error
JS> it just comes back as though there is 0 used space. But I look at
JS> it's
JS> shadow copy within Windows and it does have space being used and if
JS> I type
JS> the following:
JS> $shadowstorage = gwmi win32_shadowstorage -computername
JS> $mycomputer
JS> $shadowstorage
JS> It displays the shdowstorage info and does show an amount for
JS> usedspace. Same as all my other servers. For some reason this
JS> server is not returning the value I expect. Any thoughts on how to
JS> troubleshoot this?
JS>
JS> Thanks
JS> Jacob


My System SpecsSystem Spec
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