using windows shadow copy for folders, files

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Published on 2010-04-26T12:37:15Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 12:43 UTC
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it seems only R2 versions of W2k3 and W2k8 support folder, file level VSS backup. In regular Windows server editions only volumes could be backed up. is there any links or doc to confirm this behavior?

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