The following is a list of DiskShadow commands. For more information about a command, type the command name. All inputs in ...

The following is a list of DiskShadow commands. For more information about a command, type the command name.
All inputs in the form of  must be replaced with parameters or environment variable aliases.

LIST WRITERS        - List all writers on the computer.
LIST SHADOWS        - List all volume shadow copies on the computer.
LIST PROVIDERS      - List all VSS providers on the computer.

SET                 - List all current option settings and all DiskShadow aliases that are in the environment variable settings.
SET CONTEXT         - Set the shadow copy context.
SET OPTION          - Set options regarding the shadow copy and autorecovery.
SET VERBOSE         - Change verbose output mode for DiskShadow.
SET METADATA        - Specify the name of a .cab file to store metadata for transportable shadow copies.

SIMULATE RESTORE    - Simulate a restore operation.

LOAD METADATA       - Load a Backup Components Document before importing a transportable shadow copy or performing a restore operation.

IMPORT              - Import shadow copies based on the metadata specified in a previous LOAD command.

WRITER VERIFY       - Specify that the backup or restore operation must fail if the writer or component is not included.
WRITER EXCLUDE      - Excludes a writer or component from backup or restore.

ADD                 - List currently added aliases and volumes.
ADD ALIAS           - Add an alias.
ADD VOLUME          - Add a volume to the shadow copy creation set.
ADD SHADOW          - Add a shadow copy to the recovery set.

CREATE              - Create a volume shadow copy set.

EXEC                - Execute the specified shell command script.

BEGIN BACKUP        - Begin a full backup.
BEGIN RESTORE       - Begin a restore.

END BACKUP          - Ends a full backup.
END RESTORE         - Ends a restore.

EXPOSE              - Expose a shadow copy.

UNEXPOSE            - Unexpose a shadow copy.

REVERT              - Revert a shadow copy.

RESYNC              - Hardware shadow copy revert.

BREAK               - Break a shadow copy.

MASK                - Hide an imported hardware shadow copy from the system.

DELETE SHADOWS      - Delete shadow copies.

RESET               - Reset DiskShadow to its original state.

EXIT                - Exits DiskShadow.