Re: [BackupPC-users] In-Use Files

[dan <dan...@gm...>]

WindowsXP can do shadow copies but it does not have the powershell or
whatever the heck it is called and so the tools are not there by default.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Les Mikesell <le...@fu...> wrote:

> Paul Mantz wrote:
> >
> > The BackupPCd agent that's mentioned in the limitations page hasn't been
> > actively developed for a while, and is incomplete.  Currently, BackupPC
> > runs with clientless configuration with no support for Volume Shadow
> > Services.  Adding an interface to another program would require adding
> > an Xfer object, but this is probably not the optimal solution to the
> > problem.
>
> I thought someone posted a while back that they were using
> $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} with cygwin/ssh to send the command to make a
> shadow copy that they subsequently back up, but I think it requires win
> 2003 server and I've forgotten the details.
>
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