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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Configuring your server for Exchange log truncation</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>Unitrends Virtual Backup v8 and later uses diskshadow.exe when it performs Exchange log truncation. Diskshadow.exe comes pre-installed on Windows Server 2008 and higher, so no separate installation is needed. </p> <p>To allow diskshadow to run from the Unitrends VBA, Admin Approval Mode must be disabled on the Exchange server:</p> <ol><li>Open the Local Security Policy Management Console window (secpol.msc).</li> <li>From the Security Settings console tree, double-click Local Policies, and then double-click Security Options.</li> <li>Scroll down and double-click User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode.</li> <li>Select the Disabled option, and then click OK.</li> <li>Close the Local Security Settings window.</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>References:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fprevious-versions%2Fwindows%2Fit-pro%2Fwindows-server-2008-R2-and-2008%2Fcc709691%28v%3Dws.10%29">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc709691(v=ws.10)</a></p> </article> </main>