W2K3: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

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I have two file servers which are both running Volume Shadow Copy. One is
W2k3 Std and the other is W2k3 Storage. If I bring up the Previous Versions
tab on a properties window on my XP client, the W2k3 Std shares come right
up, showing me previous backups. The W2k3 Storage one takes nearly 10
minutes to display. Sometimes explorer even crashes on the client.

Here are some of the particulars:

W2k3 Std SP2
Shadow Copy on D:, 69 shares, 2621 MB out of 54723 MB, Schedule is 10 AM and
2 PM M-F. Shadow copies only exist from 5/5/08 to today (5 currently).

W2k3 Storage
Shadow Copy on E:, 2 shares, 32236 MB out of 67904 MB, Schedule is 9 AM and
3 PM M-F. Shadow copies exist from 4/1/08 to today (~56 or so currently).

I'm thinking that it's the sheer number of Shadow Copies which is causing
the client to work so slowly on the Storage box, but I'm puzzled as to why
the first server seems to be purging them off early and the second seems to
keep them around so long.
 
Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

I figured out why the first server listed only shows 5 shadow copies. There
is a scheduled defrag task that runs on Saturdays. According to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312067 defrag will delete the shadow
copies.

At this point I still don't have an answer as to why it takes so long to
bring up Previous Versions on the other server.


"Dvord Direwood" <dvord@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have two file servers which are both running Volume Shadow Copy. One is
>W2k3 Std and the other is W2k3 Storage. If I bring up the Previous
>Versions tab on a properties window on my XP client, the W2k3 Std shares
>come right up, showing me previous backups. The W2k3 Storage one takes
>nearly 10 minutes to display. Sometimes explorer even crashes on the
>client.
>
> Here are some of the particulars:
>
> W2k3 Std SP2
> Shadow Copy on D:, 69 shares, 2621 MB out of 54723 MB, Schedule is 10 AM
> and 2 PM M-F. Shadow copies only exist from 5/5/08 to today (5
> currently).
>
> W2k3 Storage
> Shadow Copy on E:, 2 shares, 32236 MB out of 67904 MB, Schedule is 9 AM
> and 3 PM M-F. Shadow copies exist from 4/1/08 to today (~56 or so
> currently).
>
> I'm thinking that it's the sheer number of Shadow Copies which is causing
> the client to work so slowly on the Storage box, but I'm puzzled as to why
> the first server seems to be purging them off early and the second seems
> to keep them around so long.
>
 
Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

*BUMP*



"Dvord Direwood" <dvord@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eU3XvEHsIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I figured out why the first server listed only shows 5 shadow copies.
>There is a scheduled defrag task that runs on Saturdays. According to
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312067 defrag will delete the shadow
>copies.
>
> At this point I still don't have an answer as to why it takes so long to
> bring up Previous Versions on the other server.
>
>
> "Dvord Direwood" <dvord@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OklSwsGsIHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have two file servers which are both running Volume Shadow Copy. One is
>>W2k3 Std and the other is W2k3 Storage. If I bring up the Previous
>>Versions tab on a properties window on my XP client, the W2k3 Std shares
>>come right up, showing me previous backups. The W2k3 Storage one takes
>>nearly 10 minutes to display. Sometimes explorer even crashes on the
>>client.
>>
>> Here are some of the particulars:
>>
>> W2k3 Std SP2
>> Shadow Copy on D:, 69 shares, 2621 MB out of 54723 MB, Schedule is 10 AM
>> and 2 PM M-F. Shadow copies only exist from 5/5/08 to today (5
>> currently).
>>
>> W2k3 Storage
>> Shadow Copy on E:, 2 shares, 32236 MB out of 67904 MB, Schedule is 9 AM
>> and 3 PM M-F. Shadow copies exist from 4/1/08 to today (~56 or so
>> currently).
>>
>> I'm thinking that it's the sheer number of Shadow Copies which is causing
>> the client to work so slowly on the Storage box, but I'm puzzled as to
>> why the first server seems to be purging them off early and the second
>> seems to keep them around so long.
>>
>
>
 
Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

Re: Volume Shadow Copy Slow Client

Last bump. **BUMP**


"Dvord Direwood" <dvord@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eU3XvEHsIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I figured out why the first server listed only shows 5 shadow copies.
>There is a scheduled defrag task that runs on Saturdays. According to
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312067 defrag will delete the shadow
>copies.
>
> At this point I still don't have an answer as to why it takes so long to
> bring up Previous Versions on the other server.
>
>
> "Dvord Direwood" <dvord@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OklSwsGsIHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have two file servers which are both running Volume Shadow Copy. One is
>>W2k3 Std and the other is W2k3 Storage. If I bring up the Previous
>>Versions tab on a properties window on my XP client, the W2k3 Std shares
>>come right up, showing me previous backups. The W2k3 Storage one takes
>>nearly 10 minutes to display. Sometimes explorer even crashes on the
>>client.
>>
>> Here are some of the particulars:
>>
>> W2k3 Std SP2
>> Shadow Copy on D:, 69 shares, 2621 MB out of 54723 MB, Schedule is 10 AM
>> and 2 PM M-F. Shadow copies only exist from 5/5/08 to today (5
>> currently).
>>
>> W2k3 Storage
>> Shadow Copy on E:, 2 shares, 32236 MB out of 67904 MB, Schedule is 9 AM
>> and 3 PM M-F. Shadow copies exist from 4/1/08 to today (~56 or so
>> currently).
>>
>> I'm thinking that it's the sheer number of Shadow Copies which is causing
>> the client to work so slowly on the Storage box, but I'm puzzled as to
>> why the first server seems to be purging them off early and the second
>> seems to keep them around so long.
>>
>
>
 
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