Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The domain contains a
member server named Server1. Server1 runs Windows Server 2012 R2 and has the File and Storage
Services server role installed.
On Server1, you create a share named Documents.
You need to ensure that users can recover files that they accidently delete from Documents.
What should you do?
A.
Enable shadow copies by using Computer Management.
B.
Create a storage pool that contains a two-way mirrored volume by using Server Manager.
C.
Modify the Startup type of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) by using the Services console.
D.
Create a recovery partition by using Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK).
Explanation:
If you enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on a volume using the default values, a task will be
scheduled to create shadow copies at 7:00 A.M of next business day. The default storage area will be
on the same volume, and its size will be 10 percent of the available space. You can only enable
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on a per-volume basis–that is, you cannot select specific shared
folders and files on a volume to be copied or not copied.
To enable and configure Shadow Copies of Shared Folders:
1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.
2. In the console tree, right-click Shared Folders, click All Tasks, and then click Configure Shadow
Copies.
3. In Select a volume, click the volume that you want to enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders for,
and then click Enable.
4. You will see an alert that Windows will create a shadow copy now with the current settings and
that the settings might not be appropriate for servers with high I/O loads. Click Yes if you want to
continue or No if you want to select a different volume or settings.
5. To make changes to the default schedule and storage area, click Settings.
Shadow copies – a feature that provides point-in-time copies of files stored on file shares on file
servers. Shadow Copies of Shared Folders allows users to view and access shadow copies, which are
shared files and folders as they existed at different points of time in the past. By accessing previous
versions of files and folders, users can compare versions of a file while working and recover files that
were accidentally deleted or overwritten.
References: Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2, Chapter 7: Hyper-V
virtualization, Lesson 1: Deploying and configuring Hyper-V- hosts, p. 302