At a high-level, VSS works the same way as LVN snapshots. At an executional level, it's completely different. You do not need a separate partition; you just need enough free space on the volume.
Timothy J. Massey Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2012, at 2:27 PM, "Kenneth Porter" <sh...@sewingwitch.com> wrote: > --On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:02 PM -0500 Les Mikesell > <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there a way to make a volume shadow snapshot and exclude the > > snapshot location? > > That sounds interesting. Most of my clients are XP SP3. None were > partitioned with extra space for a VSS like one would need for a Linux VSS. > Can you do a VSS on NTFS without a dedicated partition to hold it? > > (As I understand it, the extra partition is just a tiny space to hold > filesystem edits while the filesystem is locked, and only has to be big > enough to hold any filesystem changes for the lifetime of the VSS.) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
