fsrvp

Overview ¶

The fsrvp package implements the FSRVP client protocol.

Introduction ¶

The File Server Remote VSS Protocol (FSRVP) is a remote procedure call (RPC)-based protocol that is used for creating shadow copies of file shares on a remote computer. This protocol facilitates the backup applications' tasks in performing application-consistent backup and restore of VSS-aware applications storing data on network file shares.

Overview ¶

The File Server Remote VSS Protocol is designed to remotely create shadow copies of file shares hosted on a file server. This facilitates applications hosting their data on a file server to back up and restore their application state. The client-side implementation of this protocol typically runs on an application server and the server-side implementation runs on a file server. This protocol is modeled in such way that the client-side and server-side implementation can be integrated with existing volume shadow copy creation utilities.