Editing Shadow Copy (section)

===Windows XP and Server 2003===
''Volume Snapshot Service'' was first added to Microsoft Windows in [[Windows XP]]. It can only create temporary snapshots, used for accessing stable on-disk version of files that are opened for editing (and therefore locked). This version of VSS is used by [[NTBackup]].

The creation of persistent snapshots (which remain available across reboots until specifically deleted) has been added in [[Windows Server 2003]], allowing up to 512 snapshots to exist simultaneously for the same volume. In Windows Server 2003, VSS is used to create incremental periodic snapshots of data of changed files over time. A maximum of 64 snapshots are stored on the server and are accessible to clients over the network. This feature is known as ''Shadow Copies for Shared Folders'' and is designed for a [[client–server model]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Shadow Copy Client Download|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb405951.aspx|website=[[Microsoft TechNet|TechNet]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> Its client component is included with Windows XP SP2 or later, and is available for installation on [[Windows 2000]] SP3 or later, as well as Windows XP RTM or SP1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2004/12/17/323742.aspx |title=Tips for deploying Shadow {{sic|copies|nolink=yes}} for Shared Folders |date=17 December 2004 |access-date=21 April 2009 |last=Oltean |first=Adi |work=Antimail |publisher=[[Microsoft]] }}</ref>

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| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Command (computing)|Command]]
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Windows XP<ref name="msdn article">{{cite web |title=Windows XP - Volume Shadow Copy Service |url= http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb968832(v=vs.85).aspx |work=[[MSDN]] |publisher= [[Microsoft]] |access-date= 31 May 2013}}</ref> and later include a command line utility called <code>vssadmin</code> that can list, create or delete volume shadow copies and list installed shadow copy writers and providers.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754968.aspx  |title = Vssadmin  |work = Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 documentations. [[Microsoft TechNet|TechNet Library]] |at = Windows Server Commands, References, and Tools  |publisher = Microsoft |date = 28 September 2007 |access-date = 27 March 2012}}</ref>