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I am trying to modify our backup process to create the backup without shutting down source control services. I discovered that ntbackup is initiating a shadow copy snapshot before each backup and using that image for the entire backup, but what happens when files are open or being changed/deleted during the short time that the shadow copy is being created?
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I am trying to modify our backup process to create the backup without shutting down source control services. I discovered that ntbackup is initiating a shadow copy snapshot before each backup and using that image for the entire backup, but what happens when files are open or being changed/deleted during the short time that the shadow copy is being created?

What happens if files are open or being changed/deleted during shadow copy image creation?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).