{"id":66,"date":"2009-03-09T21:02:38","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:25:17","slug":"block-level-backup-imaging-on-server-2008-vista-how-to-see-past-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandbox.backupassist.com\/blog\/block-level-backup-imaging-on-server-2008-vista-how-to-see-past-versions","title":{"rendered":"Block level backup (imaging on Server 2008 \/ Vista): How to see past versions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all,<\/p>\n<p>A few people have asked us why they can only see the last backup when checking the files on their backup destination after running an imaging job.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is that past versions are stored as shadow copies on the backup device. So you&#8217;ll only ever see the latest backup on the disk (under the WindowsImageBackup directory).<\/p>\n<p>To see what shadow copies are on the disk, you can type in the following command:<\/p>\n<p><code>vssadmin list shadows \/For=X:<\/code> (where X is the drive letter of your backup device)<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get results like these:<\/p>\n<p><code>vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool<br \/>\n(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code>Contents of shadow copy set ID: {d521fbbf-2c63-463d-b67c-da860b876df2}<br \/>\nContained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 2\/19\/2009 5:01:41 PM<br \/>\nShadow Copy ID: {d913f1d4-bd20-42e5-af34-d73affd216f3}<br \/>\nOriginal Volume: (G:)\\\\?\\Volume{5bcc2078-f20b-11dd-b0f1-0022155a15ad}\\<br \/>\nShadow Copy Volume: \\\\?\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy15<br \/>\nOriginating Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nService Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nProvider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'<br \/>\nType: DataVolumeRollback<br \/>\nAttributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential<\/p>\n<p>Contents of shadow copy set ID: {e7f9e5b1-dcd2-4bc6-9d6b-135f88ea9151}<br \/>\nContained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 2\/19\/2009 11:59:05 PM<br \/>\nShadow Copy ID: {4b1e9883-58e2-4254-858b-dcd8963390e9}<br \/>\nOriginal Volume: (G:)\\\\?\\Volume{5bcc2078-f20b-11dd-b0f1-0022155a15ad}\\<br \/>\nShadow Copy Volume: \\\\?\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy16<br \/>\nOriginating Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nService Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nProvider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'<br \/>\nType: DataVolumeRollback<br \/>\nAttributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential<\/p>\n<p>Contents of shadow copy set ID: {42dcd8dd-5d30-4872-9515-4beb6b0c66b1}<br \/>\nContained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 2\/20\/2009 5:42:30 PM<br \/>\nShadow Copy ID: {91099482-bbf3-4fcb-8d32-fca28030beed}<br \/>\nOriginal Volume: (G:)\\\\?\\Volume{5bcc2078-f20b-11dd-b0f1-0022155a15ad}\\<br \/>\nShadow Copy Volume: \\\\?\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy17<br \/>\nOriginating Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nService Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nProvider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'<br \/>\nType: DataVolumeRollback<br \/>\nAttributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential<\/p>\n<p><\/code><code>Contents of shadow copy set ID: {529739fb-490f-40b5-8259-a18c075e74e3}<br \/>\nContained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 2\/20\/2009 11:58:06 PM<br \/>\nShadow Copy ID: {bbcecdae-72d8-4842-996f-cb52c9d62f6f}<br \/>\nOriginal Volume: (G:)\\\\?\\Volume{5bcc2078-f20b-11dd-b0f1-0022155a15ad}\\<br \/>\nShadow Copy Volume: \\\\?\\GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy18<br \/>\nOriginating Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nService Machine: Techteam3<br \/>\nProvider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'<br \/>\nType: DataVolumeRollback<br \/>\nAttributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Note that in the BackupAssist Report, at the end (in the Media Usage section) you can see what past versions are available on the disk. We provide that list so you can see your possible restore points. If you want to find the list of restore points manually, you can also use the command <code>wbadmin get versions<\/code> to list the versions available.<\/p>\n<p>Hope that answers a few questions out there!<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Linus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, A few people have asked us why they can only see the last backup when checking the files on their backup destination after running an imaging job. The answer is that past versions are stored as shadow copies on the backup device. 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He founded BackupAssist in 2002 \u2014 making him one of the longest-standing voices in Windows backup and data protection \u2014 and has spent the decades since talking to IT administrators around the world about what actually goes wrong, and why. His interest in data loss isn't abstract. Early in his career, he was working at the Monash University help desk when a student came in with a floppy disk that wouldn't read. They tried everything. None of their drives could read it either. The disk held her entire PhD dissertation \u2014 years of work \u2014 and it was the only copy. She broke down in tears. There was nothing he could do. Five years later, he wrote the first version of BackupAssist. Linus holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and has held Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and Sun Certified Java Programmer credentials. More recently, he has completed digital forensics and cyber-security courses through the Black Hat Conference. He has spoken on information security and cryptography at Infosecurity Europe, addressed politicians and policymakers at Australian Parliament House, presented to SMB IT administrators at the IT Pro Experts Conference, and served as a guest lecturer to Cyber Security master's students at the University of Melbourne. On this blog, Linus writes about backup strategy and the technical side of cyber-resilience \u2014 drawing on 24 years of product development and direct conversation with the IT professionals BackupAssist is built for. 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