What''s the best way to backup VSS2005 databases?

I'm an administrator. I've had to build a VSS 2005 server for a user and now I need to schedule backups. I don't know anything about VSS. With SQL servers, we usually dump the databases to files and then back them up. Do we need to do the same with VSS? If so, is there a command-line tool for doing this?

Thanks in advance for any help

SSG

[570 byte] By [SSG31415926] at [2008-1-7]
# 1
With VSS, the filesystem IS the database. You can use the standard NT backup tool or any other tool that operates on files. You may want to disable the network share first so that the backup is guaranteed to be a consistent snapshot.
RichardBergMSFT at 2007-10-2 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe...
# 2
You may want to read this http://alinconstantin.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-backup-sourcesafe-database.html

then choose what backup strategy and steps apply best for your case...

Alin

AlinConstantin-MSFT at 2007-10-2 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio,Visual Studio Source Control and SourceSafe...

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