VSS Commands and Writers
Aus den beiden Tabellen geht schon mal hervor, welche VSS Writers und Kommandos für welches System zur Verfügung stehen. VSS wird auch für die Erstellung von Snapshots eingesetzt. Auch Drittanbieter greifen auf VSS zu, um Wiederherstellungspunkte und Backups durchzuführen. Das gleich gilt auch für diverse Programme zur Datensynchronisierung.
VSS Overview
| VSS Writer | Service Name | Service Display Name |
|---|---|---|
| ASR Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy |
| BITS Writer | BITS | Background Intelligent Transfer Service |
| COM+ REGDB Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy |
| DFS Replication service writer | DFSR | DFS Replication |
| DHCP Jet Writer | DHCPServer | DHCP Server |
| FRS Writer | NtFrs | File Replication |
| FSRM writer | srmsvc | File Server Resource Manager |
| IIS Config Writer | AppHostSvc | Application Host Helper Service |
| IIS Metabase Writer | IISADMIN | IIS Admin Service |
| Microsoft Exchange Writer | MSExchangeIS | Microsoft Exchange Information Store |
| Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer | vmms | Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management |
| NTDS | NTDS | Active Directory Domain Services |
| OSearch VSS Writer | OSearch | Office SharePoint Server Search |
| OSearch14 VSS Writer | OSearch14 | SharePoint Server Search 14 |
| Registry Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy |
| Shadow Copy Optimization Writer | VSS | Volume Shadow Copy |
| SPSearch VSS Writer | SPSearch | Windows SharePoint Services Search |
| SPSearch4 VSS Writer | SPSearch4 | SharePoint Foundation Search V4 |
| SqlServerWriter | SQLWriter | SQL Server VSS Writer |
| System Writer | CryptSvc | Cryptographic Services |
| TermServLicensing | TermServLicensing | Remote Desktop Licensing |
| WINS Jet Writer | WINS | Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) |
| WMI Writer | Winmgmt | Windows Management Instrumentation |
| Commands | Description | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Vssadmin add shadowstorage | Adds a volume shadow copy storage association. | Server only |
| Vssadmin create shadow | Creates a new volume shadow copy. | Server only |
| Vssadmin delete shadows | Deletes volume shadow copies. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin delete shadowstorage | Deletes volume shadow copy storage associations. | Server only |
| Vssadmin list providers | Lists registered volume shadow copy providers. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin list shadows | Lists existing volume shadow copies. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin list shadowstorage | Lists all shadow copy storage associations on the system. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin list volumes | Lists volumes that are eligible for shadow copies. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin list writers | Lists all subscribed volume shadow copy writers on the system. | Client and Server |
| Vssadmin resize shadowstorage | Resizes the maximum size for a shadow copy storage association. | Client and Server |