Functionality Removed From Windows Server 2003
The Windows Server 2003 release of VSS no longer supports the following:
Writers cannot specify new file restore destinations (new target locations) at restore operations.
Remounting an exposed shadow copy as a writable volume is no longer supported. The IVssBackupComponents::RemountReadWrite method is no longer available.
Writers cannot specify explicitly included files (using IVssCreateWriterMetadata::AddIncludeFiles). Files can be added to a component only as part of a file set by using IVssCreateWriterMetadata::AddFilesToFileGroup, IVssCreateWriterMetadata::AddDatabaseFiles, or IVssCreateWriterMetadata::AddDatabaseLogFiles.
Files can still be explicitly excluded from a component by using IVssCreateWriterMetadata::AddExcludeFiles.
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