Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
1.4 Supported Environment
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User’s Guide
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1.4 Supported Environment
For VSSHP supported storage systems, copy types, OSes, requester, and writer, refer to the following
web page.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/storage/eternus/tools/vsshp.html
For the Server Core installation option of the OS, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later is supported.

1.4.1 Possible VSSHP Version Combinations for Production Servers and

Backup Servers

For Transportable Copy Configuration, the possible combinations (compatibility information) of VSSHP
versions that can be used for production servers and backup servers are shown in the following table.
Yes: compatible
No: incompatible
For VSSHP 1 or earlier, use the same version and level for production servers and backup servers.

1.4.2 Possible Combination of VSSHP Shadow Copy Disk Management

Methods, Server Configurations, and Typical Requestors

The following table shows the VSSHP Shadow Copy disk management methods, the server
configurations, and the typical requestor (backup software) combinations. For more details about
supported combinations, refer to the following website:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/storage/eternus/tools/vsshp.html
*1: Check the latest specifications of the backup software for the support information of Local Copy Configuration
and Transportable Copy Configuration.
VSSHP version of the
backup server
VSSHP version of the production server
2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.1.0
2.0.0 Yes Yes No No
2.0.1 Yes Yes No No
2.0.2 No No Yes No
2.1.0 No No No Yes
Target disk pool operation Copy set operation
Local Configuration Microsoft System Center Data
Protection Manager,
Symantec Backup Exec,
Symantec NetBackup,
Quest NetVault Backup,
CA ARCserve Backup,
NetWorker
(*1)
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Transportable configuration ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy
Manager