I have a Win2008 cluster that is one of my main file shares. And sometimes 
files are not backed up because they are in use (most likely left open by 
a user). I thought that VSS (which can not be disabled for Win2008 
clients) allowed for backing up open files, by taking a snapshot (whether 
open or not), and then NW does its backup from that snapshot.

There used to be an open file manager addon that took care of that for NW, 
IIRC (it's been a long time). What should I be doing to make sure I get 
these files backed up?

(as an aside, VSS is a real pain. I will get notifications like "VSS 
Backup or Restore is not in the correct state for the operation, or the 
writer is not in the correct state..". And if I do absolutely nothing... 
the next night it will run fine. I don't touch anything, I don't reset 
anything, I don't restart anything. It just magically Goes Away ...)

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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