What is Volume Shadow Copy Service-based backup?-a tech explanation

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Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA Volume Shadow Copy Service-based backup (VSS-based backup) is a Windows service that captures and creates snapshots called shadow copies. By Brien Posey and John Hilliard VSS, also known as Volume Snapshot Service, operates at the block level of the file system and enables virtual server backup in Microsoft environments. In addition to the service itself, Windows VSS has three major components: VSS writer: Each VSS-aware application

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