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Configuring Shadow Copies in Windows Server 2012 R2
Configuring Shadow Copies in Windows Server 2012 R2
Shadow copies provide the capability to recover files and folders based on snapshots of storage drives.
After a snapshot is taken, you can view and potentially restore previous versions of files and folders
from that snapshot.
A shadow copy does not make a complete copy of all files for each snapshot.
Instead, after a snapshot is taken, Windows Server 2012 R2 tracks changes to the drive. A specific
amount of disk space is allocated for tracking the changed disk blocks. When you access a previous
version of a file, some of the content might be in the current version of the file, and some might be in the
snapshot.
On this post this time, lets go through a very simple step how you can implement & configure shadow
copies in Windows Server 2012 R2…
1- For this Shadow Copies demo, i will be using my F: drive which located in my OSI-SVR01 server…
Switch back to the Shadow Copies interface. It should be opened on the Shadow Copies tab and
then click Create Now…
10 – under Shadow copies of selected volume notice that you should have new date & time for shadow
copies…
11 – to simulate the shadow copies function, lets delete the profile.txt file…
12 – In File Explorer, right-click the IT Consultant folder, and then click Properties…
13 – In the IT Consultant Properties dialog box, click the Previous Versions tab…
then click the most recent folder version for IT Consultant, and then click Open…
14 – Confirm that Profile.txt is in the folder, right-click Profile.txt, and then click Copy…
15 – lastly, in the other File Explorer window, right-click the IT Consultant folder, and then click Paste…