Volume Shadow Copy Service
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Volume Shadow Copy Service is a Windows technology that creates point-in-time snapshots of files or volumes, enabling backup and recovery even while data is in use.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volume Shadow Copy Service canonical | 4 |
| Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider | 1 |
| Shadow Copy | 1 |
| Volume Snapshot Service | 1 |
| Windows Shadow Copy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7980496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volume Shadow Copy Service Context triple: [System Restore, usesTechnology, Volume Shadow Copy Service]
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A.
VSS Enterprise
VSS Enterprise was the first SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane built by Virgin Galactic for commercial space tourism test flights.
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B.
ReFS
ReFS (Resilient File System) is a Microsoft file system designed to improve data integrity, availability, and scalability over the older NTFS format.
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C.
Virtual Volumes
"Virtual Volumes" is a conceptual artwork by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles that explores perception, space, and the immaterial through minimal yet thought-provoking sculptural forms.
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D.
Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces is a Windows data storage technology that lets users pool physical drives and create resilient, flexible virtual disks for improved capacity management and fault tolerance.
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E.
VHDX
VHDX is a modern virtual hard disk file format developed by Microsoft that offers larger capacity, improved reliability, and better performance than the older VHD format, primarily for use with Hyper-V virtual machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volume Shadow Copy Service Target entity description: Volume Shadow Copy Service is a Windows technology that creates point-in-time snapshots of files or volumes, enabling backup and recovery even while data is in use.
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A.
VSS Enterprise
VSS Enterprise was the first SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane built by Virgin Galactic for commercial space tourism test flights.
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B.
ReFS
ReFS (Resilient File System) is a Microsoft file system designed to improve data integrity, availability, and scalability over the older NTFS format.
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C.
Virtual Volumes
"Virtual Volumes" is a conceptual artwork by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles that explores perception, space, and the immaterial through minimal yet thought-provoking sculptural forms.
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D.
Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces is a Windows data storage technology that lets users pool physical drives and create resilient, flexible virtual disks for improved capacity management and fault tolerance.
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E.
VHDX
VHDX is a modern virtual hard disk file format developed by Microsoft that offers larger capacity, improved reliability, and better performance than the older VHD format, primarily for use with Hyper-V virtual machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows technology
ⓘ
backup and recovery feature ⓘ snapshot technology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shadow Copy
ⓘ
linked to:
Volume Shadow Copy Service
VSS ⓘ Volume Snapshot Service ⓘ
linked to:
Volume Shadow Copy Service
|
| componentOf |
System Restore infrastructure
ⓘ
Windows Server backup ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Backup
Windows backup infrastructure ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
Disk Management console
ⓘ
System Protection settings ⓘ vssadmin command-line tool ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
COM+ Event System
ⓘ
linked to:
COM+
Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider ⓘ
linked to:
Volume Shadow Copy Service
|
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Docs
Windows IT Pro documentation ⓘ |
| enables |
backup of in-use files
ⓘ
backup of open files ⓘ data recovery ⓘ online backup ⓘ previous versions of files ⓘ |
| exposesInterface |
.NET wrappers via Windows APIs
ⓘ
COM API ⓘ |
| hasComponentType |
VSS provider
ⓘ
VSS requester ⓘ VSS writer ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
number of snapshots per volume is limited
ⓘ
snapshots consume disk space ⓘ |
| hasSecurityAspect | snapshots inherit NTFS permissions ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
applications with VSS writers
ⓘ
backup applications ⓘ file system ⓘ storage providers ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Windows Server 2003
ⓘ
Windows XP ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| runsAs | Windows service ⓘ |
| serviceName | VSS ⓘ |
| supports |
application-consistent snapshots
ⓘ
crash-consistent snapshots ⓘ file-level snapshots ⓘ point-in-time snapshots ⓘ volume-level snapshots ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
NTFS
ⓘ
ReFS ⓘ |
| supportsScenario |
live database backup
ⓘ
system state backup ⓘ virtual machine backup ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bare-metal recovery support
ⓘ
disaster recovery ⓘ file restore ⓘ system backup ⓘ |
| uses |
copy-on-write mechanism
ⓘ
redirect-on-write mechanism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Volume Shadow Copy Service Description of subject: Volume Shadow Copy Service is a Windows technology that creates point-in-time snapshots of files or volumes, enabling backup and recovery even while data is in use.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Enterprise
linked to: Volume Shadow Copy Service
linked to: Volume Shadow Copy Service
linked to: Volume Shadow Copy Service
linked to: Volume Shadow Copy Service