We'll vssadmin delete shadows is not a valid command.... The delete option apparently isn't even available.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 9:36 AM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] delete vss shadow copy in XP? Are you using the following syntax? VSSADMIN Delete Shadows /Shadow={%ShadowCopyID%} /Quiet -- Espi On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I have a XP SP3 machine that is virtualized and needs to be backed up. When veeam runs to backup, it throws an error about the maximum number of vss snapshots have been reached. When I do a vssadmin list shadows, it only shows one entry. When I try a vssadmin delete command, it gives me the error of incorrect usage. After doing research, I cannot find anything on how to delete that shadow copy in XP. Does anyone have any experience with this? TIA Jimmy
