

When all the components support VSS, you can use them to back up your application data without taking the applications offline. The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), which was introduced in Windows Server® 2003, facilitates the conversation between these components to allow them to work better together.

If the data set is large, it can be difficult to back up all of it at one time.Ĭorrectly performing backup and restore operations requires close coordination between the backup applications, the line-of-business applications that are being backed up, and the storage management hardware and software. This means that some of the data files might be open or they might be in an inconsistent state. The data usually needs to be backed up while the applications that produce the data are still running.

Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7īacking up and restoring critical business data can be very complex due to the following issues:
