Michael Stowe wrote at about 14:05:52 -0500 on Monday, September 7, 2009: > It's not necessary, so I don't bother. > > (The Volume Shadow Copy Service notifies the SQL Server writer to quiesce > its data stores, so I/O is stopped during shadow copy creation. It's > automatic.) > > > Do you stop the DB momentarily while making the shadow to make the files > consistent? > > > > -- > > Les Mikesell > > [email protected] >
Just be careful... First, you need to turn on the SQL Server VSS Service -- it is *not* enabled by default. Second, this only works with MS SQL Server and does not work with other sql databases like MySQL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
