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Guide. CIFS clients then use Windows Explorer to access the shadow

copies.

To enable a CIFS client to use shadow copies, you will need to install the

Shadow Copies of Shared Folders client pack on the CIFS client

workstation. The client pack is provided in the Windows 2003

distribution and can be installed from the following location, where C is

the drive where Windows 2003 is installed:

C:\windows\system32\clients\twclient\x86\twcli32.msi

NOTE: If the CIFS client workstation is running a different version of the

Windows operating system, contact Microsoft to obtain the client

pack.

The client pack adds a “Previous Version” tab to the Windows Explorer

Properties window for the virtual CIFS share. This tab lists the shadow

copies, or previous versions, of the filesystem that are currently available.

Users can select the appropriate version, view the contents, and copy or

restore the needed files.

For more information, see the “Setup for Clients” section of the Microsoft

document “Introduction to Shadow Copies of Shared Folders.” (The

“Setup for Servers” section does not apply to PSFS filesystems.) This

document is available at the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/scr.mspx