Volume Shadow Copy Service

E702091
Windows technology backup and recovery feature snapshot technology

Volume Shadow Copy Service is a Windows technology that creates point-in-time snapshots of files or volumes, enabling backup and recovery even while data is in use.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Windows Shadow Copy 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows technology ⓘ
backup and recovery feature ⓘ
snapshot technology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shadow Copy NERFINISHED ⓘ
VSS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volume Snapshot Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentOf System Restore infrastructure ⓘ
Windows Server backup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows backup infrastructure ⓘ
configuredVia Disk Management console ⓘ
System Protection settings ⓘ
vssadmin command-line tool ⓘ
dependsOn COM+ Event System NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy Microsoft ⓘ
documentedIn Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows IT Pro documentation ⓘ
enables backup of in-use files ⓘ
backup of open files ⓘ
data recovery ⓘ
online backup ⓘ
previous versions of files ⓘ
exposesInterface .NET wrappers via Windows APIs ⓘ
COM API NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponentType VSS provider ⓘ
VSS requester ⓘ
VSS writer ⓘ
hasLimitation number of snapshots per volume is limited ⓘ
snapshots consume disk space ⓘ
hasSecurityAspect snapshots inherit NTFS permissions ⓘ
interactsWith applications with VSS writers ⓘ
backup applications ⓘ
file system ⓘ
storage providers ⓘ
introducedIn Windows Server 2003 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windows XP NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatingSystem Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
runsAs Windows service ⓘ
serviceName VSS NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports application-consistent snapshots ⓘ
crash-consistent snapshots ⓘ
file-level snapshots ⓘ
point-in-time snapshots ⓘ
volume-level snapshots ⓘ
supportsFileSystem NTFS NERFINISHED ⓘ
ReFS NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsScenario live database backup ⓘ
system state backup ⓘ
virtual machine backup ⓘ
usedFor bare-metal recovery support ⓘ
disaster recovery ⓘ
file restore ⓘ
system backup ⓘ
uses copy-on-write mechanism ⓘ
redirect-on-write mechanism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

System Restore → usesTechnology → Volume Shadow Copy Service ⓘ
Windows Server 2003 → feature → Volume Shadow Copy Service ⓘ
Enterprise → includesFeature → Volume Shadow Copy Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows Vista Enterprise
this entity surface form: Windows Shadow Copy
File History → uses → Volume Shadow Copy Service ⓘ