3PAR VSS Provider 2.1.0 for Microsoft Windows Release Notes (QL226-96071, August 2011)

Supported Platforms
ReleasePlatform
See Note.Microsoft Windows 2008 and Microsoft
Windows 2008 R2
See Note.Microsoft Windows 2003
See Note.Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)
NOTE: For platform-specific release levels, see the appropriate HP 3PAR InForm OS Configuration
Matrix. To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate to
your product page, click Support for your product, and then click Manuals.
Prerequisites
• HP 3PAR InForm CLI installation.
• For the supported InForm CLI version, see the appropriate HP 3PAR InForm OS Configuration
Matrix. To obtain a copy of this documentation, go to http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate
to your product page, click Support for your product, and then click Manuals.
• The Windows logical volume must be configured as Basic Disk and located on the HP 3PAR
Storage System.
• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.
New Features and Enhancements
• Support for Remote Copy Synchronous mode Replication.
Enables support for creating application consistent snapshots (Virtual Copies) both on the source
HP 3PAR Storage System and target HP 3PAR Storage System when the data between the storage
systems are replicated using Remote Copy in Synchronous mode.
• Support for new features in InForm OS 3.1.1 release.
VSS Provider leverages the InForm OS 3.1.1 capabilities to optimize application consistent
snapshot creation by removing the additional layer of I/O blocking.
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◦ The volume listing and the process of obtaining the volume parameters are optimized.
◦ Support for the 3PAR_RM user role. The 3PAR _RM role provides the ability to limit the
operations that a user can perform. For all the capabilities that the user can perform when
assigned to the 3PAR_RM role, refer the HP 3PAR InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Guide.
Known Issues
WorkaroundDescription
None.Cancelling the VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows
de-installation process removes the VSS service.
Close all applications before installing VSS Provider 2.1 for
Microsoft Windows.
Upgrading from VSS Provider 1.6 for Microsoft Windows to
version 2.1 fails.
None.Previous VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows settings change
after upgrading to version 2.1.
Supported Platforms 3