Diskshadow; the replacement for Vssadmin
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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2015 12:51PM PST
DiskShadow.exe is a tool that exposes the functionality offered by the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). By default, DiskShadow uses an interactive command interpreter similar to that of DiskPart.
DiskShadow applies to the following operating systems:
Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 and above.
VSSAdmin Documentation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754968.aspx
Some of the most command commands to issue with Diskshadow.exe:
> vssadmin list shadows
{List of the shadows will be provided}
> diskshadow
DISKSHADOW> delete shadows all
{The process will ask you if you would like to delete all shadows}
DISKSHADOW> Y
{Message will advise how many shadows were deleted}
DISKSHADOW> exit
> vssadmin list shadows
{no shadows should be returned}
Article # 1 - Diskshadow, VSSAdmin’s best friend:
http://danblee.com/diskshadow-vssadmins-best-friend/
Article # 2 - Backup performance on systems with Orphaned VSS shadow copies: