Writing a volume shadow service writer in C#
Has anyone done this? I have found the AlphaVSS project on Codeplex, but is stops short of providing a way to implement a writer. ...
volume-shadow-service
List of well known VSS Writer GUIDs
Is there a consolidated list of GUIDs for well known VSS writers available somewhere? At least the Microsoft ones like System State, Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint etc. ...
vss intializefor backup fails with return code E_UNEXPECTED
#include "vss.h" #include "vswriter.h" #include <VsBackup.h> #include <stdio.h> #define CHECK_PRINT(result) printf("%s\n",result==S_OK?"S_OK":"error") int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { BSTR xml; LPTSTR errorText; IVssBackupComponents *VssHandle; HRESULT result = CreateVssBackupComponents(&VssHandle); CHECK_PRINT(result); resul...
Using Volume Shadow Copy Service OK for backing up SQL Server Compact?
Would one expect a backup of a SQL Server Compact database file created with Volume Shadow Copy Service expected to be consistent? I know the big SQL Server has a VSS writer to ensure consistency. If a connection is writing out to a SQL Server Compact database could the file be backed up in a inconsistent state? ...
Windows Volume shadow copy error: 2155348129
Developing a VSS writer app: see this error during backup, initiated by windows backup tool, is there defined error codes for 2155348129 from Microsoft? "The backup operation that started at '2010-07-20T02:54:19.354000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being back...
Why do I get "The procedure entry point CreateVssBackupComponentsInternal could not be located in the dynamic link library VSSAPI.DLL."
Hello everybody let me give you the background first: I'm working on a project that is build with vs2005 on a winxp sp3 with the windows sdk 7.0 and most important the hotfix, that is targeted to work from win xp (sp 0) -> windows 7. part of the project is querying the snapshots and play with the a bit. On my development environment eve...
How to list all the modified files in a shadow-volume?
When a Restore Point is created, Windows starts monitoring the volume and any changes are recorded in a proprietory diff file inside System Volume Information folder. Thorough VSS-SDK api, we can expose the volume, but it shows us the whole volume and all the files/folders which have or have-not been modified since snapshot creation, an...
Book on Volume Shadow Copy Service API
I'm having trouble finding books on the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. Can anyone point me to a good book on the subject. I'm looking at the API from the point of view to write a VSS requestor. ...
Volume Shadow Copy in C++
Hi, I'm developing an application which will need to copy files that are locked. I intend on using the Volume Shadow Copy service in Windows XP+ but I'm running into a problem with the implementation. I am currently getting E_ACCESSDENIED when attempting calling CreateVssBackupComponents() which I believe is down to not having backup ...