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We will see in the below demostration How we can delete the Windows Server Backup Copies and these are
the exact steps which you can follow Lets Explore
Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context. Try removing them with the
backup application which created them.
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VSSadmin is now replaced by the Diskshadow in windows server 2008 Operating System (this is an inbuilt
utility in OS) and if you want to remove the backup copies or old corrupted shadows you can use the
command as follows
Open command prompt

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Type List Shadows all

It will list all the shadows on the server and we can see the number of shadows at this moment is 36
Type command Delete Shadows Oldest E:

So if we list again we will get the new numbers of shadows

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Very helpful for those who has been migrated 2k3 to Win2k8 ..........

Joy Banerjee

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Thanks Man - Keep reading check our latest post as well

Rafiqul

Sure!!!!!!

Joy Banerjee

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DiskShadow is there in Win2k8 not in 2k3 ...

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