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Ameer Deen
Asked: 2013-11-19 06:41:32 +0800 CST

Using Volume Shadow Copy to Identify Updated Files

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I have folders in my server with over 60GBs of data across ~160,000+ files. The files in this folder change regularly. I need to be able to make a backup copy of the files in this folder at a given point in time. Later, after updates have been made, I need to be able to only copy the updated/new files within these folders.

Is is possible to use the Volume Snapshot Service to identify modified files in a drive/folder ?

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  1. I would doubt it, only because it runs on a schedule, not continuously checking files. What if a file gets updated 10x and then deleted in between the VSS schedule? I don't think VSS would know about it.

    But for copying updated/new files, you can use multiple tools such as robocopy (which only grabs the new/changed files anyway), or do an incremental or differential backup with a backup utility.

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