Comments on: Enable the Shadow Copy Service on WHS http://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/ Tue, 22 May 2012 02:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: carriehttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-13504 carrie Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:57:42 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-13504 Warning, enabling the Shadow Copy service on WHS can cause data corruption (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956325) . fyi, I use http://www.timetravelerwhs.com/ on my WHS which uses a subversion system instead of shadow copy to get around the data corruption issue. Warning, enabling the Shadow Copy service on WHS can cause data corruption (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956325) . fyi, I use http://www.timetravelerwhs.com/ on my WHS which uses a subversion system instead of shadow copy to get around the data corruption issue.

]]> By: Gordon Curriehttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11876 Gordon Currie Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:40:58 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11876 So, is there currently no way to have the functionality of Previous Versions with WHS PP3? I have 2+ TB of data now and it is cost-prohibitive to backup online.As much as I love Duplication, it doesn't help with human error (whoops, overwrote the folder with an older version)... So, is there currently no way to have the functionality of Previous Versions with WHS PP3? I have 2+ TB of data now and it is cost-prohibitive to backup online.

As much as I love Duplication, it doesn’t help with human error (whoops, overwrote the folder with an older version)…

]]> By: Nigel Joneshttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11875 Nigel Jones Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:53:16 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11875 I definately read there were problems due to the way drive extender worked & interaction with the shadow copy service.I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable enabling this despite it's usefulness. I do however use an online backup service which also does time based snapshots I definately read there were problems due to the way drive extender worked & interaction with the shadow copy service.

I certainly wouldn’t feel comfortable enabling this despite it’s usefulness. I do however use an online backup service which also does time based snapshots

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11874 Andrew Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:06:00 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11874 Gordon: They disabled it because of this issue. Re-enabling it will cause issues, as Derek pointed out. In PP1, MS set it to disabled by default. There have been no updates on the issue since then, so I have no idea if it's been fixed. Gordon: They disabled it because of this issue. Re-enabling it will cause issues, as Derek pointed out. In PP1, MS set it to disabled by default. There have been no updates on the issue since then, so I have no idea if it’s been fixed.

]]> By: Derekhttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11873 Derek Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:41:02 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11873 Has anyone successfully restored something from a shadow copy on their home server? I had this enabled for a while and it looked like it was working great, until I needed to restore a directory. I don't remember the exact error it was throwing but it said something to the effect that it couldn't mount the drive? Has anyone successfully restored something from a shadow copy on their home server? I had this enabled for a while and it looked like it was working great, until I needed to restore a directory. I don’t remember the exact error it was throwing but it said something to the effect that it couldn’t mount the drive?

]]> By: Gordon Curriehttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11872 Gordon Currie Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:02:43 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11872 Andrew: Since I have a MediaSmart server, and HP disabled Previous Versions by disabling Shadow Copy, why is this a bad idea? Andrew: Since I have a MediaSmart server, and HP disabled Previous Versions by disabling Shadow Copy, why is this a bad idea?

]]> By: Jayhttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11871 Jay Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:14:58 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11871 I would like to know if this is a recommended configuration or not. The KB article seems to indicate it applies to the initial release of WHS. If it is one extra layer of protection from accidentally deleting a file, then I want to enable it. But not to the risk of losing any data. I would like to know if this is a recommended configuration or not. The KB article seems to indicate it applies to the initial release of WHS. If it is one extra layer of protection from accidentally deleting a file, then I want to enable it. But not to the risk of losing any data.

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.mswhs.com/2010/02/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/comment-page-1/#comment-11870 Andrew Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:45:04 +0000 http://mswhs.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/enable-the-shadow-copy-service-on-whs/#comment-11870 Bad ideahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/956325 "The Previous Versions functionality for files on Windows Home Server shared folders may not function correctly" Bad idea

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956325
“The Previous Versions functionality for files on Windows Home Server shared folders may not function correctly”

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