You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2.
A network technician installs a new disk on Server1 and creates a new volume. The
properties of the new volume are shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)
You need to ensure that you can restore files on volume D by using the Previous Versions tab.
What should you do first?
A.
Install the File Server Resource Manager role service.
B.
Convert the disk to a dynamic disk.
C.
Run the convert.exe command.
D.
Format volume D.
Explanation:
Shadow Copies for Shared Folders is activated at the volume level. A Shadow copy is
essentially a copy of the disk at a specific moment in time, and this has to be set up do that
you can have a Previous Version that can be used to restore files. However, prior to any
action taken to set up shadow copies, you need to format the disk first since it is mentioned
that it is a NEW volume that was created.
Format D:
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I was answering some questions and this one came across me, I found out that the right answer is (D), but why can anyone explains that.
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Unformatted disk doesn’t have security tab, so disk is formatted. But no other answer is right for me. ????
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I believe the correct answer is not in the options. I would say next step would be to enable the Shadow copy for volume D from the Shared Folders tasks: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771893.aspx
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before using “previous visions tab”, you must format the volume to “NTFS”.
but this volume had formatted to “ReFS”,
so format it to NTFS, then you can user shadow copy and previous visions tab.
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Yhawx how do you know that this volume is NTFS? And dbKarblo this volume has the Security tab so what are you talking about?
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@Thabo this volume is ReFS since you cannot see the Quota option on the tab. Thats why you first need to format the volume and set it to NTFS to enable shadow copy.
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screenshots for ntfs and refs disks here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/55d1eadd-f87c-4ba8-9c24-28b945082e60/shadow-copies-tab-is-missing-from-refs-on-windows-server-2012?forum=winserverfiles
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It does not matter NTFS or Refs.
Even Shadow Copies tab missing, you can steal use it.
Right click on C drive, “configure shadow copies” should be a context option.
Just tested it in my lab, it works perfectly
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@Vazovskiy kindly test it first on your Lab so that you can ensure that we can all pass the exam. You cannot enable Shadow Copy on a volume that has ReFS File System. Just sharing base on my test lab.
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It’s VERY VERY tricky question.
You CAN enable Shadow Copy on ReFS volume and you CAN use it. BUT (if shadow copy is enabled on refs) you canNOT restore by using the Previous Versions tab (but you have another tool to restore shadow copies on this refs volume).
How to enable and USE shadow copy on ReFS:
Shared folders (local) context menu > All tasks > Configure shadow copies > select ReFS volume and use Settings button (for settings and schedule shadows copies) OR use buttons Create New, Delete New or Reverts … for manual management of shadow copies on ReFS volume. Everything (inc revert snapshots) works as expected if you’re using this tools !!!
Incorrect work of Previous Version tab of ReFS volume properties:
If you have already shadow copies on Refs they appear in Previous Version tab of ReFS volume properties. If you select any of them and click button Restore …, the message The folder has been successfully restored to the previous version BUT nothing is changed (the volume content is not restored to selected snapshot !!!). Although the buttons Open and Copy work fine.
And answer is:
there is no quota tab in the pic, but there is security tab, thus there is ReFS volume (FAT,FAT32 haven’t got a security tab, NTFS has a quota tab). ReFS previous versions tab has beforementioned incorrect behavior (you canNOT restore snapshot using this tab). Therefore right answer is “only NTFS volume can restore snapshots through previous versions tab”
you can’t convert.exe ReFS to NTFS, you can only format it using NTFS file system. Correct answer is D.
I don’t know what the heck is. Unfortunately somebody might think that MS exams test your knowledge of MS programmers’ bugs …
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I’ve missed something
After
How to enable and USE shadow copy on ReFS:
must be
Start fsmgmt.msc (Shared folders MMC)
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correct myself
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee923636(v=ws.10).aspx
“the shadow copy storage area must be on an NTFS volume. The volume to be shadow copied does not need to be an NTFS volume, but at least one volume mounted on the system must be an NTFS volume.”
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So to be 100% sure certainly better format.
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From the properties windows screenshot, you can know how the volume is formatted:
– FAT/FAT32 has 6 tabs, and doesn’t have the Security Tab obviously
– NTFS has 9 tabs
– ReFS has 7 tabs, missing the Shadow Copies tab and the Quota tab from NTFS.
So screenshot is from an ReFS drive and needs to be reformatted to NTFS to use Shadow Copies+Previous Versions.
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Format D drive to NTFS.
You cannot configure shadow copies on other file systems
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I am not too sure of this question. The property of this D:Drive shows that the disk if formatted in NTFS. I can see the Previous Versions tab where VSS can be configured via Disk Property, enable disk property –> previous version –> enable.
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