Re: Shadow Copy Doesn't seem to do much
From: Johan Arwidmark (johan.please_respond_to_forum.arwidmark_at_lutteman.se)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:36:02 +0100
You need to access all files through the share or a mapped network
drive. Eg not local d:\ on the server.
If you want to add files to the local d: drive on the server you'll
have to access it through \\server\d$
regards
Johan Arwidmark
Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:48:04 -0500, "boe" <boe_d@hotmail.nospam.com>
wrote:
>I'm not sure what I haven't configured properly but I could use some help in
>figuring it out. I enabled shadow copy service on one of the volumes of my
>server. I set that up on Tuesday of last week. I scheduled it for nightly
>copy service with unlimited space. I set up my clients on the new server
>yesterday. I installed the shadow copy client on one of the workstations.
>I copied a file off the server to the temp directory on the client
>workstation to play it safe. I copied a new file with the same name up to
>that location on the server. I right clicked on the file on the server and
>under previous version it showed nothing. I tried deleting the file and
>doing the same for the folder. No luck. The client basically has full
>rights to this directory.
>
>I'm sure there are plenty of things I don't understand about shadow copy
>service but most of the stuff I found on MS' web page just state what the
>purpose of it is - to retrieve previous versions or accidentally deleted
>files. I couldn't find much that stated much of the technical
>configurations or limitations.
>
>If you can guess what I'md doing wrong, I would appreciate it. I'll be
>happy to give more details if you can let me know what specifics I should
>detail.
>
>Thanks
>
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