{"id":2822,"date":"2014-03-07T12:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T12:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:26:07","slug":"creating-consistent-backups-with-vss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/creating-consistent-backups-with-vss","title":{"rendered":"Creating consistent backups with VSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you create and administer backups, you will have heard the term VSS. You may even know that VSS runs in the background while a backup takes place. Knowing that is usually enough but if you\u2019re customizing your backups or encountering VSS problems it helps to know more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/tour_creating_consistent_backups_with_vss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/vss.png\" alt=\"vss\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/vss.png 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/vss-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We have created an online resource to provide a detailed overview of what VSS does, how it works and why it is important for backups.<\/p>\n<p>This resource can be found here:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/support\/en\/references\/volume-shadow-copy.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Creating consistent backups with VSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our online VSS tour will help you understand the following VSS functions and features.<\/p>\n<h3>Application-consistent backups<\/h3>\n<p>Backup jobs can take a long time and data in server applications like Exchange, SQL and Hyper-V is always changing. This is a problem because when you restore application and database data, it has to be consistent \u2013 all of the data needs to be as it was at a specific point in time. Our online resource explains how VSS works to create application-consistent backups.<\/p>\n<h3>The VSS subsystems<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">VSS stands for Volume Shadow Copy Service (or snapshot service). It is a Microsoft technology that runs as a service on Microsoft operating systems but other subsystems play key roles in the process. Our online resource looks at how these subsystems work together to create and maintain VSS snapshots.<\/p>\n<h3>How image backups use VSS<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">BackupAssist File Protection, File Archiving and System Protection backups all use VSS to create consistent backups of data and applications, while the data and applications are in use.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">System Protection backups also use VSS to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create <em>fast<\/em> incremental image backups<\/li>\n<li>Maintain&nbsp;<em>multiple<\/em> restore points for an image backup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our online VSS resource looks at how System Protection backups use VSS, and what you need to know to ensure your backups make the most of the Volume Shadow Copy Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you create and administer backups, you will have heard the term VSS. You may even know that VSS runs in the background while a backup takes place. 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