Michael Stowe wrote at about 14:05:52 -0500 on Monday, September 7, 2009:
 > It's not necessary, so I don't bother.
 > 
 > (The Volume Shadow Copy Service notifies the SQL Server writer to quiesce
 > its data stores, so I/O is stopped during shadow copy creation.  It's
 > automatic.)
 > 
 > > Do you stop the DB momentarily while making the shadow to make the files
 > consistent?
 > >
 > > --
 > >    Les Mikesell
 > >     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
 > 

Just be careful...
First, you need to turn on the SQL Server VSS Service -- it is *not*
enabled by default.

 Second, this only works with MS SQL Server and does not work with
other sql databases like MySQL.

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