Lists older copies of a file in Explorer, drawn from VSS shadow copies or, where an Azure file share is mounted, its share snapshots.
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Terms in this definition
- Volume Shadow Copy Service
A Windows service from Microsoft that makes application-consistent snapshots possible. Nutanix Guest Tools reaches it through its VSS package.
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- File share
Created within a storage account, an Azure Files share works like a shared drive on an office network: clients connect to it using NFS or SMB.
- Share
In OpenSharing, the container you fill with tables, views, volumes, models and notebooks for recipients. You need
CREATE SHAREon the metastore to make one; add a schema and all its assets, including later ones, go with history.
Related terms
- History tracking
Retains previous versions of a row instead of replacing them. Lakeflow Connect tables leave it off by default, and in AUTO CDC the
TRACK HISTORYoption restricts which columns create new versions. - Share snapshot
Captures a whole Azure file share at one point in time as a copy that can't be changed; on Windows, users browse it through Previous Versions.