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What format is the data drive and the target drive for shadow copies? NTFS for both is preferable.
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What format is the data drive and the target drive for shadow copies? NTFS for both is preferable.

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the shadow copies are occurring and they do work, but I don't think they are on the H drive backing up the G drive.
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the shadow copies are occurring and they do work, but I don't think they are on the H drive backing up the G drive.

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I am trying to set up shadow copies VSS on a Windows server 2012 R2 machine. I have a drive set up for the VSS's. However, when I go to set up the VSS, it does not give the option &nbsp;for the drive. &nbsp;when I go tothe settings window, it only comes up with the volume being the same drive as the data. How can I set up shadow copies VSS on a Windows server 2012 R2 machine?
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I am trying to set up shadow copies VSS on a Windows server 2012 R2 machine. I have a drive set up for the VSS's. However, when I go to set up the VSS, it does not give the option  for the drive.  when I go tothe settings window, it only comes up with the volume being the same drive as the data. How can I set up shadow copies VSS on a Windows server 2012 R2 machine?

shadow copies of server 2012r2

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.