About the vxsnap utility

Last published : Aug 04, 2026
The command line utilities are available in the product installation directory.
The vxsnap utility integrates with the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) as a VSS Requester. This allows for the simultaneous snapshot of all volumes associated with an SQL Server database.
Note the following requirements:
  • Disk groups must be of a Storage Foundation 4.0 or later version. You must upgrade any disk groups created using an earlier version of Volume Manager for Windows before using the vxsnap utility
  • The CLI commands run only on the server. They will not run on the Storage Foundation for Windows client.
  • The vxsnap commands must be invoked on a local system.