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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>What options do I have if there is no more space on the C: drive.</p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>Below is an example of what Microsoft instructs with regards to moving the snapshot storage location.<br><br><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Ftechnet.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Flibrary%2Fcc788051%28v%3Dws.11%29.aspx">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc788051(v=ws.11).aspx</a><br><br>In order to configure the shadow copy storage location for each volume, the following steps can be taken: </p> <ol><li> Open your command prompt in Administrator Mode.</li> <li>The command you need to run is in this format:</li> </ol><div>vssadmin add shadowstorage /for= /on= /maxsize= </div> <br>For Example: If the VSS shadow copies of the C: drive will be stored on the <img class="emoji" src="https://kaseya.vanillacommunities.com/resources/emoji/anguished.png" title="D:" alt="D:" height="20" loading="lazy"></img> drive and allowed to use up to 30% of the free disk space on <img class="emoji" src="https://kaseya.vanillacommunities.com/resources/emoji/anguished.png" title="D:" alt="D:" height="20" loading="lazy"></img>, the command would look like: <div> vssadmin add shadowstorage /for=c: /on=d: /maxsize=30% </div> <br>If the command was performed successfully, the following message will be shown: Successfully added the shadow copy storage association </article> </main>