Volume Shadow Copy

(Windows platform only.) Enable Volume Shadow Copy defines whether to enable Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for the backup set.

Volume Shadow CopyAction
Enabled Create a snapshot of the data to be backed up for exclusively opened file.
Disabled Do not create a snapshot of the data to be backed up for exclusively opened file.

Error message will be shown for files that are opened during the backup process.

Enabling the Volume Shadow Copy option will allow backup of local files that are exclusively opened during the backup process (e.g. Outlook PST file).

Requirements of the Volume Shadow Copy option:

For more technical information on Volume Shadow Copy, please refer to following page from Microsoft for details:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785914(WS.10).aspx

To enable the shadow copy option:

  1. Slide the switch to right hand side to turn on the "Volume Shadow Copy" option.
  2. Click [Save] to save the settings.