New In-Box VSS Writers for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduced a set of in-box VSS writers that are responsible for various Windows features. These writers are in addition to the writers listed in In-Box VSS Writers.
IIS Configuration Writer
Beginning with Windows Vista with SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the IIS configuration writer is responsible for enumerating the IIS configuration files. On versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista with SP1, requesters were required to back up the IIS configuration files.
This writer does not back up the .NET FX machine.config file or the ASP.NET root web.config file because these files are enumerated by the System Writer beginning with Windows Vista with SP1 and Windows Server 2008.
This writer backs up all files that are in the %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\schema and %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config directories, except for files that are enumerated by the System Writer.
The writer ID for the IIS configuration writer is 2A40FD15-DFCA-4aa8-A654-1F8C654603F6.
IIS Metabase Writer
Beginning with Windows Vista with SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the Internet Information Server (IIS) metabase writer is responsible for enumerating the IIS metabase file. On versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista with SP1, requesters were required to back up the IIS metabase file.
The writer ID for the IIS metabase writer is 59B1f0CF-90EF-465F-9609-6CA8B2938366.
NPS VSS Writer
Beginning with Windows Server 2008, the NPS writer is responsible for enumerating the Network Policy Server (NPS) configuration files for servers that have the Network Policy and Access Services role installed.
The writer name string for this writer is "NPS VSS Writer".
The writer ID for the NPS VSS writer is 0x35E81631-13E1-48DB-97FC-D5BC721BB18A.
Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Gateway VSS Writer
Beginning with Windows Server 2008, this writer is responsible for enumerating the Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Gateway files for servers that have Remote Desktop Gateway, a subrole of Remote Desktop Services role, installed.
This writer is an in-box writer for Windows Server operating system versions; it does not ship in Windows Client.
The Remote Desktop Services Gateway depends on several registry keys being backed up and therefore needs to be backed up and restored together with the registry.
The writer name string for this writer is "TS Gateway Writer".
The writer ID for this writer is 368753EC-572E-4FC7-B4B9-CCD9BDC624CB.
Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Licensing VSS Writer
Beginning with Windows Server 2008, this writer is responsible for enumerating the Remote Desktop Services Licensing (RD Licensing) or Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing) files for servers that have Remote Desktop Licensing, a subrole of Remote Desktop Services role, installed.
This writer is an in-box writer for Windows Server operating system versions; it does not ship in Windows Client.
Remote Desktop Services Licensing depends on several registry keys being backed up and therefore needs to be backed up and restored together with the registry.
The writer name string for this writer is "TermServLicensing".
The writer ID for this writer is 5382579C-98DF-47A7-AC6C-98A6D7106E09.
Additional Components That Have VSS Writers
The following Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1 components include VSS writers (which are in addition to the writers listed in In-Box VSS Writers):
- Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services VSS Writer
- Active Directory Domain Services (NTDS) VSS Writer
- Cluster Service
- Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)
- File Replication Service (FRS)
- File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
- Hyper-V
- Network Policy Server
Send comments about this topic to Microsoft
Build date: 2/3/2012
