:-) Its not a matter of liking or disliking, but rather a matter of lowest common denominator. I prefer to use the most simple/basic solutions unless greater complexity is absolutely required.
-- Espi On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > You really don't like PS, do you? J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:14 PM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: delete vss shadow copy in XP? > > > > If it helps anyone, this is a bit of script I made and use to delete all > but the most-recent shadow copy on a system: > > 1. VSSADMIN List Shadows|FIND /I "Shadow Copy > ID">%TEMP%\SHADOW_LIST.txt > 2. FOR /F "tokens=2 delims={}" %%I IN (%TEMP%\SHADOW_LIST.txt) DO SET > LAST_SHADOW=%%I > 3. FOR /F "tokens=2 delims={}" %%I IN (%TEMP%\SHADOW_LIST.txt) DO IF > "%%I" NEQ "%LAST_SHADOW%" VSSADMIN Delete Shadows /Shadow={%%I} /Quiet > > > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Charles Sullivan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Is it possible you really do need more space for the shadow copies? If > so, is there enough room on the drive for more? > > > > Vssadmin list shadowstorage > > Vssadmin resize shadowstorage > > > > On a Windows 7 machine I have next to me, only one shadow was listed, but > "list shadowstorage" showed almost all of the space taken. > > > > Check the switches for the "resize" command and see what might be > appropriate for your drive and amount of free space. > > > > Charlie Sullivan > > Sr. Windows Systems Administrator > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Tran > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2014 11:22 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] delete vss shadow copy in XP? > > > > 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 > > > > >
