Shadow Copies error?

dvdluvver

So far every "move folder to the pool" operation I have done finishes with "Shadow copies cannot be created (enabled?)".  It's an error dialogue, but everything seems to be just fine afterwards.   Should I be worried about this?

Ron

Paaland

Shadow copies are used for two things:

1. Allowing you to go back to a previous version of a file. This works on the physical drives, but is not supported on the pool at this time.

2. By the server backup feature to track what has changes since the last backup. This allows the server backups to be incremental instead of a full backup which takes a lot longer time.

You can check shadow copy status by remote desktoping into your server. Open my computer. Click on a physical harddrive (e.g. C:), right-click for properties and check the "Shadow copies" tab.

You can see the status of shadow copies for all drives in that tab. Enable it on all "normal" drives, but don't mess with any \\?\Vol.... stuff.

dvdluvver

I had a vague understanding of shadow copies, but this definitely helps.    Now that I think about it I can see why it wouldn't work on the pool.

They all seem fine on the physical drives themselves...  Good so far.

Thanks!

Ron

jdpg2

Are you saying that after we move drives to the pool we should go in and manually enable shadow copies on the physical drives that make up the pool?

dbailey75

So far every "move folder to the pool" operation I have done finishes with "Shadow copies cannot be created (enabled?)".  It's an error dialogue, but everything seems to be just fine afterwards.   Should I be worried about this?

Ron

I've
installed the latest M4 build, used the moved folder function, did each folder
in order, and the computer backup folder , which I moved first, moved with out issue, no shadowcopy error, did the same
for the remainder and received the shadow copy error as described by Ron for each folder, I
checked the data on the Pool Drive under my computer, and there was a directory for each share at
the root level on the pool, except for the computer backups, which was one
level in under Server folders, but there were also duplicate shares for the
other folders, i.e. pool drive/Documents, and then pool drive/Server
Folders/Documents, so I deleted the Pool drive/Documents, Pictures, etc. the
folders are now showing as missing on the dashboard, I recreated the folders,
the pre-populated directory for each was pool drive/Server Folders/Documents,
and so, on, after recreating the folder, all is well, and shadow copies was
automatically enabled, no error message reported.

 

Not sure if this help anyone, but figure I'd post it

cocksy_boy

Hey all,

I was wondering if shadow copies for pooled folders is something that might be enabled in the future?

I dont fully understand how it works, but seems like a really easy way to go back to previous states of files without having to search through loads of backups?!!

I've currently got it turned on for all my physical drives, and off on the \\?\Vol... drives - hopefully thats the correct setting to have it on?!

cheers!