•HP Data Protector.
Support for HP Data Protector through Recovery Manager for SQL and Recovery Manager for Exchange backup methods.
•Transportable shadow copy.
Supports transportable shadow copy to allow import from another system.
•x86 and x64 platform support.
Provides
•Secure system connection.
Connects to the system using the encrypted authentication information.
•Support for the following:
◦Microsoft VSS Transportable shadow copy.
◦Egenera environment.
◦VMware environment.
◦iSCSI configurations.
•Command line interface for system connection setup.
A command line interface is provided to quickly determine and modify connection settings.
•Support for multiple system configurations.
Provides the capability to handle VSS snapshots on different systems that are connected to the local host.
Special Considerations
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Windows Cluster service cannot accommodate LUNs with duplicate signatures and partition layout. The shadow copy LUNs must be transported to a host outside the cluster, or the original volume must be dismounted before the shadow copy can be imported. This is a limitation of the Window Cluster service.
•Shadow Copies Containing Dynamic Disks must be Transported.
The native support for dynamic disks cannot accommodate LUNs with duplicate signatures and configuration database contents. The shadow copy LUNs must be transported to a different host. VSS enforces this by not allowing
•Create Shadow Copy Volumes
VSS sets flags on each affected LUN such that the resulting shadow copy will be hidden and
•Shadow Copy Attribute Context.
The following are shadow copy attributes supported by passing in the shadow copy context:
◦The shadow copy is persistent across reboots.
◦The shadow copy is not automatically deleted when the shadow copy requestor process ends. The shadow copy can be deleted only by a call to:
IvssBackupComponents::DeleteSnapshots
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