Enabling And Creating Shadow Copies; Viewing A List Of Shadow Copies - HP StoreEasy 1000 Storage Administrator's Manual

Figure 36 Shadow copies stored on a separate volume
The main advantage to storing shadow copies on a separate volume is ease of management and
performance. Shadow copies on a source volume must be continually monitored and can consume
space designated for file sharing. Setting the limit too high takes up valuable storage space. Setting
the limit too low can cause shadow copies to be purged too soon, or not created at all. By storing
shadow copies on a separate volume space, limits can generally be set higher, or set to No Limit.
See the online help for instructions on altering the cache file location.
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Enabling and creating shadow copies

Enabling shadow copies on a volume automatically results in several actions:
Creates a shadow copy of the selected volume.
Sets the maximum storage space for the shadow copies.
Schedules shadow copies to be made at 7 a.m. and 12 noon on weekdays.
NOTE: Creating a shadow copy only makes one copy of the volume; it does not create a schedule.
NOTE: After the first shadow copy is created, it cannot be relocated. Relocate the cache file by
altering the cache file location under Properties prior to enabling shadow copy. See
shadow copy properties (page

Viewing a list of shadow copies

To view a list of shadow copies on a volume:
1. Access Disk Management.
2. Select the volume or logical drive, then right-click on it.
3. Select Properties.
4. Select Shadow Copies tab.
If the data on the separate volume L: is lost, the shadow copies cannot be recovered.
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