:: VSS tools to help fix chronic shadowcopy storage allocation issues
:: Remote the "REM" characters to activate the line

:: If you wind up with "cannot create snapshot" error (on full image backup), bounce VSS
REM Net Stop VSS
REM Net Start VSS


:: For situations where the gsplit staging area is on the same volume as the source file
:: being split, the 2 lines below will manage/reserve shadowcopy space we need

:: Set the MaxSize below to match the current shadowcopy/system restore space allocated
REM vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=50GB

:: Set the MaxSize below to be Maxsize above PLUS additional size of split file PLUS growth
REM vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=100GB


::Utility commands below - Do NOT include as part of pre-VSS.bat job.

:: Paste the line below into admin command prompt to schedule weekly job - edit params before using
REM schtasks /create /RU "NT Authority\System" /SC WEEKLY /D SAT /ST 05:00 /TN rb-pre-VSS  /TR "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Remote Backup\pre-VSS.bat"\"  /RL highest

:: Paste the line below into admin command prompt to schedule daily job - edit params before using
REM schtasks /create /RU "NT Authority\System" /SC DAILY /ST 05:00 /TN rb-pre-VSS  /TR "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Remote Backup\pre-VSS.bat"\"  /RL highest