FUJITSU VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 - Manual (Page 20)

Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
1.3 Operational Procedure
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User’s Guide
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1.3.1.3 Local Copy Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)
• Used as both the production server and backup server
• A requester that supports VSS using Hyper-V is installed in the host OS.
• VSSHP is installed in the host OS.
■ Cluster configuration
A disk that is registered as a cluster resource cannot be used for a Shadow Copy destination disk. A
Shadow Copy destination disk must be provided for an active production server and a standby
production server.
ETERNUS Disk
storage systems
Windows Server
Requester Writer
Volume Shadow Copy Service
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
Guest OS
Disk
Shadow Copy
Destination
Guest OS
Shadow Copy
Destination
Shadow Copy
Destination
Guest OS
Disk
Windows Server
(active production
server)
Windows Server
(standby production
server)
ETERNUS Disk
storage systems