Tag: shadow copy

[Solved] -> Missing Previous Versions Tab on Windows Server 2003 Explorer Properties Box

So you think your missing the Previous Versions Tab when you open windows explorer, right mouse click and select properties on a Windows 2003 server. The reason for this is that Windows Server Explore only supports the Shadow Copy “Revert” feature when connecting to a local drive using Windows Explorer.   To get the “Previous Versions Tab” you should access the the drive as a UNC path in Windows Explorer. The   “Previous Versions Client” is not installed under that properties feature so it does not show up until you browse using a UNC path. See examples below.

Accessing VSS using Explorer and local drive path

 

When you use a UNC path in explorer it provides the Previous Versions client into the properties box for you to be able to mount and restore files as needed.

VSS access via UNC Path in Explorer

 

So access the files using \\servername\Share    or  \\servername\D$\folder  to see the “Previous Versions Tab“.

 

[Kaseya Scripts] Repair VSS Writers on Windows Servers Agent Procedure

Are you having VSS issues?  Need a script to launch when either errors are reported or as a point and shoot script to repair VSS writer issues? Well Cubert has created a new VSS script that is fairly simple in nature but gets the job done nicely. This Kasey Agent Procedure was written for Kaseya 6+ RMM and has 2 parts.

Part 1: Is the VSS-RESET.bat  batch file that does the actual work by shutting down the services and re-registering the dlls used by the different VSS Writers. Afterwards it outputs a  file to the temp directory with a printout of the VSS writer list cmd.

Part 2: Is the Kaseya Agent procedure that copies the batch file to the system and executes it. It then waits a few minutes for everything to complete and then grabs the report file generated by the batch file and places it on the “GetFile” tab under your [Agent data] menu item inside of LiveConnect.

You can review the report file to see if you are still generating errors after the repairs are preformed.

Download Agent Procedure here -> VSS-RESET

I hope this helps someone out there is Kaseya land!

Cubert.