Vssadmin Tool' title='Vssadmin Tool' />Run vssadmin to inspect a Volume Shadow Copy Service configuration. The Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS is the key to ensuring application consistency on Windows systems. The VSS is essentially a framework between the operating system and an application and a means to quiet the application, which is usually to perform a backup. For most Microsoft applications, such as Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange, a Volume Shadow Copy writer is in place to interact with the VSS. The vssadmin tool is a command line utility to interact with the VSS. The vssadmin utility is essentially a window into all aspects of the VSS for the running system this includes current shadow copy backups, installed shadow copy writers, and providers. The provider can be either the built in Microsoft Windows provider or at a lower level such as at a drive array. HP storage products and most other mainstream storage products feature a VSS provider from the array level. You should inspect the current VSS configuration on a Windows server by running the vssadmin tool. A number of commands can be used to inspect the configuration. As a general rule, stick to the list commands to inspect the configuration on a Windows server with a minimal configuration. Figure A shows vssadmin being run in a command prompt. Vssadmin Tool' title='Vssadmin Tool' />Figure AClick the image to enlarge. The Java Jar File Could Not Be Launched Minecraft. By looking at the configuration of each server, it may give visibility to areas of the system that dont appear in the programs or system tray. VSS components are a different part of Windows and dont have the persistence in other areas like traditional software components. The main thing to look for is any stale components that are not in use anymore, and seek their removal from the local VSS configuration. What type of housecleaning have you done in the VSS consoleThe system writer fails because permissions to files in the windirwinsxsfilemaps or windirwinsxstempPendingRenames directories are incorrect. Home Operating Systems Windows How to Change and Limit System Restore Storage Space Usage Size in Windows with VSSAdmin. I have relicensed Xdelta version 3. Apache Public License version 2.