Volume Shadow VSS, control data in days

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Girish J Bhatia

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I know that in VSS I can specifically control how much size of previous data
want to keep but I need to control it through numbers Which means I want to
keep only 5 days backups and then flush it.

If this can be done using a Scheduler to flush it in 5 days, I would like to
know the commands on how to Flush the VSS.

Incase I would like to move the VSS data to a remote location or Archive it,
any solutions?

Any info would be great!

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Girish J Bhatia
MOSS Certified, SharePoint Certified, MCSE2003, MCDBA, CCNA, CCNP, CCSA
 
Re: Volume Shadow VSS, control data in days



> I know that in VSS I can specifically control how much size of previous
data
> want to keep but I need to control it through numbers Which means I want
to
> keep only 5 days backups and then flush it.
>
> If this can be done using a Scheduler to flush it in 5 days, I would like
to
> know the commands on how to Flush the VSS.
>
> Incase I would like to move the VSS data to a remote location or Archive
it,
> any solutions?
>
> Any info would be great!
>
> --

sure, you can control the maximum number of copies of VSS, example if you
like to limit set to 20:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

2. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Settings

3. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

4. Type MaxShadowCopies, and then press ENTER.

5. Double-click MaxShadowCopies, type 20 in the Value data box, and then
click OK.

6. Exit Registry Editor.

7. Restart the computer.


HTH,
Edwin.
 
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