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you can enable shadow copies for those drive as it will be 2nd copy of your backup.. i hope you are already backing up server with inbuild windows backup tool.<br />
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but make sure both schedule should be different . they should not get conflict with each other.. or your backup will get failed or you may not get consistent backups.
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you can enable shadow copies for those drive as it will be 2nd copy of your backup.. i hope you are already backing up server with inbuild windows backup tool.

but make sure both schedule should be different . they should not get conflict with each other.. or your backup will get failed or you may not get consistent backups.

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I have an SBS 2011 server with three partitions, C: (OS), D: (Data/WSUS) and E: (Exchange). &nbsp;As of right now I do not have VSS (Shadow Copies) enabled on either of these drives. &nbsp;Should this be enabled on all three for best practice, or is it better to leave it disabled? &nbsp;I have read that for Windows Server Backup to run properly VSS should be enabled on all drives that are being backed up, which in my case is all three. &nbsp;Is this accurate? &nbsp;<br />
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Any information is helpful.<br />
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Thanks
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I have an SBS 2011 server with three partitions, C: (OS), D: (Data/WSUS) and E: (Exchange).  As of right now I do not have VSS (Shadow Copies) enabled on either of these drives.  Should this be enabled on all three for best practice, or is it better to leave it disabled?  I have read that for Windows Server Backup to run properly VSS should be enabled on all drives that are being backed up, which in my case is all three.  Is this accurate?  

Any information is helpful.

Thanks

VSS on SBS 2011 Drives

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.