I don't think either statement is true.

VSS appears to be disabled for all volumes and the default space reserved in 
10% on my servers.

Note: this all depends on what you mean by "enabled" and "disabled". I'm 
referring to automatic VSS copies being taken two or three times a day.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS reference for VSS

Can someone point me to a MS reference that talks about VSS in Windows Server 
2008? Specifically I'd like to see a MS reference that states the following in 
regards to sizing for VSS:


"The default value is 15 percent of the total drive space or 30 percent of the 
available free space, whichever is smaller."

I know it's referenced in the following link on MSDN, but  it's not specific to 
2008 and doesn't mention if VSS is enabled by default, which I know it is.

        http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378955(VS.85).aspx

Very surprised I haven't been able to find this in any of the 2008 
documentation.

Thank you,


Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
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