
If Microsoft Exchange Writer status is not stable, Restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service or restart Exchange Server and check the writer state again before re-starting the backup job. If you are running this command on Microsoft Exchange Server, you will see in addition to the other vss writers. you may see different vss writers depending upon application server you are running this command e.g. Figure 1: Configuring Shadow Copies through Computer Management. Run the Command vssadmin list writers and make sure that all the VSS writers are in stable state. Option 1: Open Computer Management, expand System Tools, and right click on Shared Folders and then expand All Tasks - the only menu option presented is Configure Shadow Copies. Client and Server Source:MicrosoftĪlso Read: Add an Active Directory user to the Local Administrators Group using Group Policy (GPO) Ensure that the VSS writers are in Stable State Client and Server Vssadmin resize shadowstorage Resizes the maximum size for a shadow copy storage association. Client and Server Vssadmin list writers Lists all subscribed volume shadow copy writers on the system. Client and Server Vssadmin list volumes Lists volumes that are eligible for shadow copies. Client and Server Vssadmin list shadowstorage Lists all shadow copy storage associations on the system. Restart IIS and in the properties of each service, change the Home Directory local path. Client and Server Vssadmin list shadows Lists existing volume shadow copies. To do this, stop all the web services and then copy (do not move) the entire InetPub folder off the root of C to the new location (or pick and choose and move only the webs/services you want to). Server only Vssadmin list providers Lists registered volume shadow copy providers. For more information, see the Move the volume shadow copy storage area to a different volume section.

Client and Server Vssadmin delete shadowstorage Deletes volume shadow copy storage associations. If the volume shadow copy storage space that is currently being used is almost as large as the maximum, consider moving the volume shadow copy storage area to a different, dedicated volume to improve performance.
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We observed that Windows Volume Shadow copy service is enabled in SQL server and it is utilizing high amount of sql server disk space, where we are storing content database. Server only Vssadmin delete shadows Deletes volume shadow copies. 1 we are supporting SharePoint 2013 on premises servers ans using SQL server log shipping configuration for Disaster recovery. Server only Vssadmin create shadow Creates a new volume shadow copy. Command Description Availability Vssadmin add shadowstorage Adds a volume shadow copy storage association.
