Windows SharePoint Services and the Volume Shadow Copy Service

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This section contains overview information and step-by-step, how-to procedures for backing up and restoring Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 data using the Windows SharePoint Services interface with the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS).

In this section

Overview of Windows SharePoint Services and the Volume Shadow Copy Service

Windows SharePoint Services VSS Writer

VSS Requestors and Windows SharePoint Services

Creating a VSS Requestor for Use with Windows SharePoint Services

Using a VSS Requestor with Windows SharePoint Services

See Also

Other Resources

How Volume Shadow Copy Service Works

Starting and Configuring the WSS Writer Service

Volume Shadow Copy Service Technical Reference