[dba-Tech] Curious question

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sat Mar 9 11:22:57 CST 2013


This is getting stranger. I don't have that tab either.
Tabs I do have:
Row 1: Security, Previous Versions, Quota, Customize
Row 2: General, Tools, Hardware, Sharing
Maybe I should put on the soundtrack to Psycho....
A,


On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> It should be under the system protection tab.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:15 PM
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>
> I can't find a shadow copy tab in the properties dialog. Windows 7 sp1.
>
> I'll do some googling.
>
> A.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi Arthur:
> >
> > If you have "shadow copy" turned on for the specific drive then you can
> > backup all files regardless of how they are being used.
> >
> > Explorer > Drive > right-mouse-click > properties > shadow copies tab and
> > it
> > will show you whether your drive's shadow copy is enabled or not. If it
> is
> > enabled then and backup system that used shadow copy technology can
> backup
> > the current drive regardless of the state of the files. The following is
> a
> > free program that uses this in its backup method.
> >
> > http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm
> >
> > HTH
> > Jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
> Fuller
> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 8:15 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: [dba-Tech] Curious question
> >
> > I'm just curious. How do backup programs get access to files that are in
> > use? You might have anything running, a database server, etc. So how do
> > they deal with that?
> >
> > TIA,
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