3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows 1.6 User's Guide

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3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows 1.6 User’s Guide
3.1 System Setup
3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows serves as a communication bridge between
Microsoft VSS and 3PAR InServ Storage Servers during the creation and removal of a volume
shadow copy (snapshot).
To set up the system for 3PAR VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows:
1 Log on as System Administrator.
As the Windows System Administrator, you will need a user name and password for VSS.
You can subsequently change this password using the CLI setpassword command.
2 Install the 3PAR InForm Administration Tools onto the Windows server. See the 3PAR
InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Manual and 3PAR InForm OS Management Console Online
Help to install the InForm Administration Tools onto a Windows environment.
3.1.1 Creating an Inform User Using the InForm OS Command Line
If an InForm user doesn't exist, use the InForm CLI createuser command to grant users
permission to use VSS Provider, and use the setpassword command to specify a user
password.
NOTE: The system setup, including the InForm OS Command Line for Microsoft
Windows installation, must be completed prior to the 3PAR VSS Provider for
Microsoft Windows installation. Please refer to the 3PAR InForm OS CLI Reference
for details on using the CLI commands to create a user with the appropriate
privileges.