HP ProLiant Storage Server User Guide (440584-001, February 2007)

Figure 10 Accessing sha dow copies from My Comp uter

Shadow Copies for Shared Folders

Shadow copies are accessed over the network by supported clients and protocols. There are two sets of

supported protocols, SMB and NFS. All other protocols are not suppor ted; this would include HTTP, FTP,

AppleTa

lk, and NetWare Shares. For SMB support, a client-side application denoted as Shadow Copies

for S hared Folders is required. The client-side application is currently only available for Windows XP

and Windows 2000 SP3+.

No addit

ional software is requir ed to enable UNIX users to independently retrieve previous versions

of ﬁles stored on NFS shares.

NOTE:

ShadowCopiesforSharedFolderssupportsretrievalonlyofshadowcopiesofnetworkshares.Itdoes

not supp

ort retrieval of shadow copies of local folders.

NOTE:

Shadow Copies for Shared Folders clients are not available for HTTP, FTP, AppleTalk, or NetWare shares.

Consequently, users of these protocols cannot use Shadow Copies for Shared Folders to independently

retrieve pr e vious versions of their ﬁles. However, administrators can take advantage of Shadow Copies

for Shared Folders to restore ﬁles for these users.

SMB shadow copies

Windows users can independently access previous versions of ﬁles stored on SMB shares by using the

Shadow Copies for Shared Folders client. After the S hadow Copies for S hared Folders client is installed

on the user's computer, the user can access shadow copies for a share by right-clicking on the share to

open i

ts Properties window, clicking the Previous Versions tab, and then selecting the desired shad ow

copy. Users can view, copy, and restor e all available shado w copies.

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