HP S400 VSS Provider/Microsoft Windows LTU and Media Kit manual Special Considerations

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No writers are allowed in creating the shadow copy.

The shadow copy is currently not exposed to the requestor.

A copy-on-write mechanism is used to implement shadow copies.

The following shadow copy attributes are not supported in the current release of 3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows:

All shadow copies are created with a copy-on-write mechanism.

All shadow copies are hidden.

Taking a snapshot on a System Drive is not supported.

With the additional System Writer involved on the System Drive, taking snapshots on a database where its physical location is on the System Drive is not supported.

Volume-wide snapshot.

A virtual copy is taken of the entire volume. Data outside the backup scope that might reside on the same snapshot LUNs is not restorable from the virtual copy.

Same snapshot set containing VVs from different sytems is not supported.

VSS Provider can not support volumes from different systems to be processed within the same snapshot set.

Importing snapshots created on Windows 2003 to 2008 and vice versa is not supported. This is a Microsoft VSS limitation.

All snapshots imported through VSS will be exposed via host name only. Export on a specific port and matched set is not supported.

All snapshots imported through VSS will be exposed to the first available host name registered in the same HP 3PAR Storage System that belongs to the current Windows system.

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Contents Abstract HP 3PAR VSS Provider 2.1.0 Software for Microsoft WindowsDocumentation Contents Related Documents IntroductionTypographical Conventions AdvisoriesMicrosoft VSS OverviewVSS Provider for Microsoft Windows-Aware Components Operation of VSS Provider for Microsoft WindowsHP 3PAR Storage System Requirements Host System RequirementsSupport for Multiple HP 3PAR Storage System Connections FeaturesSpecial Considerations IvssBackupComponentsDeleteSnapshotsSpecial Considerations System Setup Installation, Upgrade, and DeinstallationInstalling VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows Operation Success Window System Registry Values Verifying the InstallationRegistry Values for VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows Upgrading from a Previous VersionRemoving VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows Verifying the UpgradeDefault Pass passwordTimeout secs ConnExamples ProvCfg InServ -sys sysname -user username -pass passwordHP 3PAR Remote Copy Software and VSS Provider Setting Up Remote CopyPurpose of Remote Copy Software How It WorksSetting Up Remote Copy Groups for Databases Recovering a Database from a Secondary SiteSynchronous Long Distance Remote Copy Support Diagnostics Volume Shadow Copy Service TraceApplication Event Log Application Events Application Event Log on WindowsExec message HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SO FTWARE\3par\HWPRV