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Tandberg DataUsing iSCSI Software Targets

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9.2.Hardware Providers

To support advanced management of iSCSI virtual disks and snapshots, you can use the following hardware providers, which come preinstalled on the Viking Series NAS applaince:

•Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Virtual Disk Service Hardware Provider

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 introduced Virtual Disk Service (VDS), a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that provides a single interface for managing disks. VDS provides an end-to-end solution for managing storage hardware and disks, and for creating volumes on those disks. The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target VDS Hardware Provider is required to manage virtual disks on a storage subsystem.

You install the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target VDS Hardware Provider on each iSCSI initiator computer running a storage management application (such as Storage Manager for SANs) that uses the hardware provider to manage storage.

•Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Volume Shadow Copy Service Hardware Provider

iSCSI snapshots are created using Volume Shadow Copy Service and a storage array with a hardware provider designed for use with Volume Shadow Copy Service. A Microsoft iSCSI Software Target VSS Hardware Provider is required to create transportable snapshots of iSCSI virtual disks and create application consistent snapshots from iSCSI initiators.

You install this hardware provider on the iSCSI initiator server and the server that is to perform backups. The backup software you use must support transporting snapshots.

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