3PAR VSS Provider 2.1.1 for Microsoft Windows Release Notes (QL226-96533, June 2012)

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 information about supported hardware and software platforms, refer to the Single Point
of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) Web site at http://spock.corp.hp.com.
Prerequisites
• HP 3PAR InForm CLI installation.
• For information about supported hardware and software platforms, refer to the Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) Web site at http://spock.corp.hp.com.
• 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 Co-Existence of InForm Software Peer Motion feature
HP 3PAR VSS Provider will continue supporting Virtual Copies of the volumes that have been
migrated via Peer Motion to the new HP 3PAR storage system when used in combination with a
VSS requestor like Recovery Manager
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 2.1.0
for Microsoft Windows.
Upgrading from VSS Provider 1.6 for Microsoft Windows to
version 2.1.0 fails.
None.Previous VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows settings change
after upgrading to version 2.1.0.
Run 3PARVSSProvider_2k3_x64.msi directly, or run
C:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe/
3parVSSProvider_2k3_x64.msi.
Upgrading VSS Provider for Microsoft Windows fails on
Windows 2003/2008 x64 SP2.
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