---
name: "vshadowinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvshadow-utils"
version: "20240504-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vshadowinfo"
---

# vshadowinfo(1)

determines information about a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

## NAME

**vshadowinfo** – determines information about a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

## SYNOPSIS

**vshadowinfo** \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-ahvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**vshadowinfo** is a utility to determine information about a Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) volume

**vshadowinfo** is part of the **libvshadow** package. **libvshadow** is a library to access the Windows NT Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-a**

  shows allocation information

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the volume offset in bytes

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# vshadowinfo /dev/sda1
vshadowinfo 20130130
Volume Shadow Snapshot information:
	Number of stores:	2
Store: 1
	Identifier		: 93db9c47-bb19-4004-836d-c3c835550b9a
	Shadow copy set ID	: 8bc68d0b-9df4-49e0-be4b-725dceaaefc8
	Creation time		: May 19, 2012 14:20:35.765721000 UTC
	Shadow copy ID		: 04057e11-d2d5-4d9c-8914-aeba832e467b
	Volume size		: 30002905088 bytes
	Attribute flags		: 0x00420009
Store: 2
	Identifier		: 93db9c47-bb19-4004-836d-c3c835550b9a
	Shadow copy set ID	: 90e19848-7436-4309-8899-4bbecf05a566
	Creation time		: May 19, 2012 16:13:58.750469800 UTC
	Shadow copy ID		: 6db2bc5e-9b95-4ed1-a493-091ee7d2e5e6
	Volume size		: 30002905088 bytes
	Attribute flags		: 0x00420009
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011-2024, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[bdemount(1)](/bdemount/1.md)