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| | Finding shadow copy and restore point snapshots How do I get a list of all the shadow copy and restore point snapshots on the system, and also a sum of the sizes thereof? |
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| | Re: Finding shadow copy and restore point snapshots Shadow copies used for restore points are listed in the System Restore wizard as restore points (uncheck the check box to show older restore points). [Note--I don't have this checkbox in my particular build. You might have it though.] This wizard is launched from System in Control Panel, System Protection tab, then click System Restore. However, shadow copies created by someone else (say 3rd-party backup apps) are not listed there. They can be listed via the vssadmin command line tool. To view this list, type "vssadmin list shadows" in an elevated command window. The size of the diff area files per snapshot is not available via any tool that I know of. Shadow copies depend on one another, so the size of one shadow copy is not really relevant. You can view the total size of the diff area using vssadmin. To do this, type "vssadmin list ShadowStorage" in an elevated command window. -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Want to learn more about Windows Server file and storage technologies? Visit our team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx. "Roof Fiddler" <fiddler@roof.com> wrote in message news:eL8AAye2GHA.4484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > How do I get a list of all the shadow copy and restore point snapshots on > the system, and also a sum of the sizes thereof? > |
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