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Updating the vds/vss provider – Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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Upgrading Your Operating System

Updating the VDS/VSS Provider

The VDS provider is a critical component to the PowerVault NX1950
solution. To download the latest VDS provider, see the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.

To update the VDS / VSS provider from the Dell Support website,
perform the following steps:

1 Open a web browser and go to support.dell.com.
2 Click Drivers and Downloads.
3 From the drop-down menu, select the Product Type as PowerVault

and Product Model as NX1950 and click Go.

4 Select the operating system and click Find Downloads.
5 Download the SMprovider-WSx64-xx.xx.xx.xx.exe file

where xx is the version number.

6 Run the SMprovider-WSx64-xx.xx.xx.xx.exe file.

NOTE:

You must ensure that you download the x64 version

of the VDS / VSS provider.

The installation produces a warning as shown in Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4.

Overwrite Warning

7 When this warning appears, click OK.