Detailed overview
HP Hardware Providers enable Windows and its applications to use Microsoft VDS/VSS services to manage certain functions of the disk array.
Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
The VDS service provides the capability of Windows and Windows applications to recognize the HP disk array and perform basic and dynamic disk management functions.
•Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
•When used with HP VDS HWP, Windows and Windows applications can perform disk array LUN and port management tasks normally performed using proprietary array control software.
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Through the HP VSS HWP, the VSS service provides mirroring of the active files or databases on primary array volumes to secondary array volumes for backup and restoration. The service performs these functions:
•Coordinates with business and backup applications to control the disk array through the HP VSS HWP to make copies of array volume(s)
•Makes full copies of data, called volume shadow copies, clones, or plexes by Microsoft.
For detailed information about the Microsoft VDS and VSS services, see the Microsoft website.
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