HP 3PAR VSS Provider Software - Manual (Page 11)

3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows 1.6 User’s Guide
2.1
Overview
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Overview
In this chapter
2.1 Microsoft VSS 2.1
2.2 Operation of 3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows 2.2
2.3 Host System Requirements 2.4
2.4 3PAR InServ Requirements 2.4
This chapter provides an overview of supported components and system requirements for
3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows.
2.1 Microsoft VSS
Microsoft includes VSS in the Windows 2003 and 2008 operating systems to simplify the
enterprise’s storage environment. VSS provides a framework for creating a point-in-time copy
of a single volume or multiple volumes.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008 VSS work with VSS-aware applications to determine
when a volume shadow copy (snapshot) can be made. A snapshot is a copy of some data set, (a
disk volume for example), at a given point-in-time.