Software Expressions

Backing up the data on my virtual PC has always been a little painful. I use a NAS Server (NASLite) with SecondCopy to perform the backups in the early hours of the morning. However, it’s very likely that my VirtualPC is shutdown, and so SecondCopy running in the VirtualPC only gets to perform the backup every few weeks - and that’s not guaranteed. With this command line utility it’s possible to include a batch file in SecondCopy which mounts the VHD and then performs the backup. It’s perfect. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708295.aspx
…and then there’s also this article which describes compacting your VHD outside of VirtualPC using the VHD mount utility: http://vscommunity.com/blogs/virtualzone/archive/2007/01/17/three-steps-to-vhd-compaction-with-virtual-server-2005-r2-sp1.aspx

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