Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Globally disabling VSS

Use the nsradmin program to disable VSS for all clients running on Windows operating system.

1. Log in as root or as Windows Administrator on the NetWorker server.
2. Create an input text file. For example, create a file that is named disable-vss-nt.txt and type the following into the file:
3. Create a text file that is named disable-vss.txt , and then type the following into the file:

   show name; client OS type; Save operations
   print type: NSR client; client OS type: "Windows NT Server on Intel"
   update Save operations: "VSS\:*=off"
   print

4. Run the nsradmin command and specify the input file.
   Type the following command at the command prompt:

   nsradmin -i <path>\disable-vss.txt

   Where <path> is the directory location of the input file.