Volume Shadow Copy Location

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit... Is it possible to specify a different location
for the Volume Shadow Copies? I would like to locate them on a different
physical drive for space, performance, and safety reasons.

 

'Controlling Shadow Copies in Vista (and Windows 7!) - Solutions by PC
Magazine' (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342534,00.asp)


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is it as easy as:

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=F: /for=C: /maxsize=150GB

 

No, it isn't that simple...

The result of

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=F: /for=C: /maxsize=150GB

is:

Error: The specified volume shadow copy storage association was not found.

Apparently this utility can only resize an existing shadow storage
association, not change the location of it...

Any other ideas?

 

The shadowstorage belongs on the volume it serves. You cannot relocat
it. If you want the extra security, I suggest you go int
Imaging/ghosting. Here is a short explanation ( 'Ghosting approaches
summary because of popular demand « How-To Geek Forums
(http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topi...-summary-because-of-popular-demand?replies=69
). And here you find an additional list of free imaging programs ( '
Freeware Acronis True Image & Norton Ghost Alternatives
(http://www.winvistaclub.com/d75.html) )

 

Well, perhaps not "belongs" in the sense of being necessary or appropriate.
Server editions of Windows have the ability to relocate shadow copies. And
the vssadmin utility itself seems to have some vestige of handling shadow
copies on a different volume (it at least accounts for the the idea of "on"
and "for" as being separate volumes). I guess they have been
neutered/dumbed-down for Windows 7.

 

Using a separate drive for storing shadow copies is only supported i
WS2003 and WS2008, but not by Vista or Win7

 

Running Windows 7 Pro x64, the error message in the event log (Event 25, volsnap) says:

"The shadow copies of volume C: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time. Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not being shadow copied."

So why would Windows 7 suggest I use a different shadow copy storage volume if using a different volume is not supported?