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→Using Computer Management to Enable and Configure Volume Shadow Copies
[[Image:windows_server_2008_shadow_copy_properties.jpg|The Shadow Copy Properties Panel]]
A useful shortcut to access the Shadow Copy property panel is to open
The ''Select a volume'' section of the properties dialog lists the volumes present on the local system. Select the volume in this list for which Shadow Copy is to be enabled. With the volume selected click on the ''Settings'' to display the following Shadow Copy ''Settings'' dialog box:
Once the schedules have been configured, click on ''OK'' to dismiss the scheduling dialog. Click ''OK'' once again in the ''Settings'' dialog to return to the ''Shadow Copy'' properties panel. At this point, the volume for which a schedule has been defined will have a small clock image superimposed over the the volume icon and will indicate that 0 bytes of shadow copy storage have been used. The next step is to enable shadow copies on the volume by selecting the volume from the list and clicking on the ''Enable'' button. The volume in the list will update to display the date and time of the next scheduled copy and provide a summary of the current level of storage space used for the shadow copies.
To initiate a manual shadow copy now, or at any other time, simply select the volume to be copied from the list in the Shadow Copy properties panel and click on the ''Create Now'' button.
== Configuring and Enabling Shadow Copy from the Command Line ==