We have always had huge problems if not redirecting the snapshots to a different volume when it's a busy volume (ie, user home and/or profile folders on the volume). At some point we end up getting the "volume too busy", "I'm deleting all of your snapshots" type of events in the logs, and then all snapshots are just gone from that point forward.
We have two file servers left that don't have drives for redirecting the backups, and even with the last VSS rollup installed (<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349/en-us>), I've still seen this behavior at times. WS03 R2 SP2 +hotfixes on these systems, but it's been ongoing for us since WS03 gold. On the flipside, we used to see this on pretty much all volumes. Now, if it's a much less busy volume, I don't tend to see this anymore. -Bonnie From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2003 vss How many in practice actually redirect vss's storage to a different volume? Do you find VSS to be unreliable without? Thanks, jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
