Experience Win 2003 shared "restore" technology

In previous Windows file server resource sharing, when a client accidentally deleted or overwritten a shared file, the administrator had to rebuild the shared file so that the shared resource could be restored. In Windows Server 2003, this all changed completely with the appearance of the "shadow copying of shared folders" function.

Volume Shadow Copy is essentially a technology that replicates existing shared resources. After using the shadow copy function, the server will copy the properties of the shared folder automatically (or manually) at a specified time and continuously on time (the default is two days for a shadow copy operation).

After the client deletes, changes, overwrites, etc. the shared resources in the server, if you want to restore the original shared resources, you can call these shared resources on the server to use  shadow copy&rdquo The "version" generated after the function is restored.

First, the shadow copy function is enabled and set

To use the shadow copy function of the shared folder, first enable the disk on the NTFS partition in the file server. Copy & rdquo; function. The client must also install the Windows Server 2003 "previous version of the client" program to be able to use the above functions.

1. Enable the shadow copy function

Right click on any disk using the NTFS partition in the "My Computer" window, and select "Properties" from the pop-up menu. . In the "Properties" window, in the "Shadow Copy" tab settings interface, select the disk to use the Volume Shadow Copy function and click the "Enable" button, wait a moment, the disk's "shadow" The copy & rdquo; function will be activated.

By default, <;shadow copy> is automatically created twice a day, so after enabling the disk shadow copy function, you should click the “Create Now” button to volume the current shared resource. The creation of a shadow copy.

2.Setting up the client

Because the shadow copy function requires the client to install the "previous version of the client" program, the server should install the program twcli32.msi Sharing or copying is provided to the client for installation. The client selects this file and right clicks, and selects “Install> in the pop-up menu to install the program.

Tip: "Previous versions of the client" program can only be installed on Windows XP or newer systems.

Second, the restoration of shared resources

First delete the "twcli32.msi" file in the “x86” directory in the client's "Network Neighborhood" Then select the “x86” directory in the "Network Neighborhood" and right click and select “Properties> in the pop-up menu.

In the “Properties” window, a “Previous Version” tab will appear. After entering the tab setting interface, you can find the “Folder Version” list in the window. There are one or more versions to choose from (see figure).

After selecting a version and clicking the “View” button, if you see a file that needs to be restored in the pop-up window, you can click the “Restore” button. A list called “Previous Version” will pop up later, and when prompted by clicking the “Yes” button, the system will start the restore operation of the shared file.

Because the restore operation is actually done in the server, the restore process is very fast. When you see the prompt box on the client screen popping up "The file has been successfully restored to the previous version", you can press F5 to refresh “My Network Places", and can appear after refreshing “x86” In the directory, find the "twcli32.msi" file that has just been deleted and has been successfully restored.

<quo;The previous version” means that when the user changes the shared file, the "backup file" created by the shadow copy function will become the old one. The new one is the recreated “backup file”. This original “backup file" is the so-called "previous version".

After editing: Through the introduction of this article, we can see that as a new feature, the "shadow copying of shared folders" function can be fully and reasonably utilized in the LAN, then the network The burden of administrator-related maintenance work will be greatly reduced.