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3 operational procedure, 1 server configuration, Operational procedure – FUJITSU VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User Manual

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Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
1.3 Operational Procedure

ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User’s Guide

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1.3

Operational Procedure

1.3.1

Server Configuration

VSSHP supports the following server configurations. These configurations depend on the requester to
be used. Check which configuration is supported by the requester and decide the server configuration.

Configuration using one Windows server that works as both a production server and a backup
server (hereafter referred to as "Local Copy Configuration")

Configuration using different Windows servers for the production server and backup server
(hereafter referred to as "Transportable Copy Configuration")

To back up a virtual machine on a host OS in which Hyper-V is installed, refer to

"1.3.1.3 Local Copy

Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)" (page 20)

or

"1.3.1.4 Transportable Copy

Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)" (page 21)

.

For all other cases, refer to

"1.3.1.1 Local Copy Configuration" (page 17)

or

"1.3.1.2 Transportable

Copy Configuration" (page 18)

.

1.3.1.1

Local Copy Configuration

Used as both the production server and backup server.

A requester and writer that support VSS are installed in the same server.

For Hyper-V settings, only virtual machines on the host OS are targeted for backing up.

ETERNUS Disk
storage systems

Windows Server

Requester

Writer

Volume Shadow Copy Service

ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider

Source

Disk

Shadow Copy

Destination