Volume Shadow Service (VSS), also called Volume Shadow Copy refers to a volume shapshot service built in to Microsoft Windows Operating Systems from XP or greater. Questions concerning the API should use this tag; you may also consider tagging your question Windows and the language of your choice.
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Need Volume Shadow Copy API to freeze Exchange Writers
I have implement my own application (probably using Volume Shadow Copy) for backing up the Exchange 2010 server.
I have found following schema: Backup Sequence Diagram
But I cannot find any functions for directly freeze/thawn the Exchnage Writers.
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How to backup using backup API's in c++
I am writing an application that used to backup some specified file, therefore using the backup API calls i.e CreateFile BackupRead and WriteFile API's.
getting errors Access violation reading location.
I have attached code below.
#include…
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Copy files from VSS
I am working on a windows VSS application, I want some help regarding it.
After creating snapshot, how can I copy the files or files' blocks(sectors), preferably files' blocks, from volume snapshot using C/C++. Can someone guide me on this or can…
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Volume backup using VSS in vc++
Can anyone suggest me how to do volume backup?
below is my code. Creating shapshot of C: drive and tryinh to backed up and using CopyFile to backup file by file. Is their any way to backup valume?
cout<<"=============Begin…
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running vssadmin from a program
I'm trying to run the following command from a c++ program:
system("vssadmin list writers > tmp.txt ");
I'm getting this output:
"vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft…
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What options are there for accessing volume shadow copy service snapshot files in a program?
I am creating a VSS snapshot in a program using C++ and the VSS API. According to here you can use the FindFirstFile/FindNextFile functions or create a symbolic link to the volume and go through the link to access the files in a VSS snapshot. Are…
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c# dll import entry point with colons / scope
Looking to dll import from vssapi.dll,
Looking at the GetSnapshotDeviceName function, and DLL export viewer gives me:
protected: long __cdecl CVssWriter::GetSnapshotDeviceName(unsigned short const * __ptr64,unsigned short const * __ptr64 *…
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