Chapter 1 Eternus Vss Hardware Provider; Overview - Fujitsu ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User Manual

Chapter 1
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
1.1

Overview

ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider (hereinafter referred to as "VSSHP") is a program that is
compatible with the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (hereinafter referred to as "VSS")
interface, and that creates shadow copies of volumes in an ETERNUS Disk storage system.
Using VSSHP with VSS-compatible backup software or a server application enables you to backup
data with VSS without stopping work.
When backup is started by the backup software, VSSHP instantly creates a Shadow Copy of source
data using the ETERNUS Disk storage system Advanced Copy function. The source data is not
affected since the backup software performs backup of the Shadow Copy destination.
Classification
Requester
Writer
Backup software that controls creation, operation, and deletion of a
snapshot through VSS.
Backup software examples:
ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager,
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager,
Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec NetBackup,
Quest NetVault Backup, CA ARCserve Backup, NetWorker, etc.
Server application, which is a data management application that supports
VSS. Writer controls data consistency maintenance for data backup.
Server application examples:
System writer (NTFS file system),
Microsoft Exchange Server SQL server,
Hyper-V VSS Writer, Oracle Database, etc.
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ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User's Guide
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