IT Knowledge Base

Command Prompt Command:
> Vssadmin List Providers

In the registry you will find them here:
HK\LM\System\Currentcontrolset\services\VSS\Providers

I had some trouble with our Backup System today and noticed that that another VSS was installed. After removing the Acronis Registy entry it worked like a charm.

Today I want to introduce to you a great tool with which you can make disk images during the time your OS is running. It is just about 250 KB big and you don’t even need to install it. It’s a dream. It belongs to all administrators pocket.

The name of the program is snapshot and can be downloaded here:
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/

I had to backup and restore a MySQL database on a debian linux machine to another server at work. First I tried to do it trough phpmyadmin which is not very efficient when it comes to big db. So I decided to do it through the MySQL command prompt.

Backup all dbs command into a dump file
mysqldump -u root -p –all-databases > xxxxxxx.sql

Restore all dbs command from a dump file
mysql –f -u root -p < xxxxxxx.sql

Of course you need to replace x with the filename you would like to use.

As always… it worked for me but there is no warranty. You need to decide yourself if you want to use it!