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Shadow Copy

Shadow Copy (also known as Volume Snapshot Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service. A software VSS provider service is also…

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Developer
Microsoft
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Other names
Volume Snapshot Service · Previous Versions · Shadow Copies for Shared Folders · VSS
Service name
VSS

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Shadow Copy

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples37
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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Shadow Copy

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related to Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 · 16
Shadow Copy → Backup, In, Microsoft, Previous Versions, Prior, R2, Restore, Shadow Copies, Shared Folders, System Restore, The System Protection, VSS, Windows, Windows Explorer, Windows Server, Windows Vista
related to Windows 10 · 8
Shadow Copy → Current, File History, Previous Versions, System Protection, System Restore, Volume Shadow, Volume Shadow Copy, Windows
related to Samba Server · 5
Shadow Copy → Linux, LVM-backed, Samba, Shadow Copy Service, ZFS
Other names · 4
Shadow Copy → Previous Versions, Shadow Copies for Shared Folders, Volume Snapshot Service, VSS
Developer · 1
Shadow Copy → Microsoft
Operating system · 1
Shadow Copy → Microsoft Windows
Service name · 1
Shadow Copy → VSS
is a · 1
Shadow Copy → Volume Shadow Copy service

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windows shadow volume copies copy service snapshot system snapshots create server versions vss files restore previous file backup also vista

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shadow CopyDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Shadow CopyOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Shadow CopyOther namesVolume Snapshot Service1.00infobox
Shadow CopyOther namesPrevious Versions1.00infobox
Shadow CopyOther namesShadow Copies for Shared Folders1.00infobox
Shadow CopyOther namesVSS1.00infobox
Shadow CopyService nameVSS1.00infobox
Shadow Copyis aVolume Shadow Copy service0.90text
Shadow Copyrelated to Samba ServerSamba0.60section
Shadow Copyrelated to Samba ServerLinux0.60section
Shadow Copyrelated to Samba ServerShadow Copy Service0.60section
Shadow Copyrelated to Samba ServerLVM-backed0.60section

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