HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 5.04.00 for Windows Server 2008 release notes (T1634-96086, November 2009)

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HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS

Hardware Providers 5.04.00 for

Windows Server 2008 release notes

Part number: T1634-96086

First edition: October 2009

Summary of content (5 pages)

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HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 5.04.
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Version: 5.04.00 Description This package contains the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Hardware Providers software for Windows. In this document, Enterprise Virtual Array is abbreviated to EVA. The hardware providers software works with the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to enable Windows applications to manage HP StorageWorks EVA storage systems and create shadow copies of HP EVA storage system volumes.
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Enhancements Support is provided for the following: • VSS • Multiple Import of Shadow Copies • Business Copy of Continuous Access Volume • Auto-recovery and Transactional File System (TxF) Recovery • Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S (Guest O/S - Shadow Copy creation only) • VMware VM (Shadow Copy creation only) • VDS • Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S. The unmask/present operation of a LUN to the local host is not supported on a Hyper-V guest OS. • VMware VM.
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NOTE: Windows Server 2008 Server Core does not run on Itanium servers. For installation instructions see the HP StorageWorks Hardware Providers for VDS/VSS installation guide (T1634-96088, October 2009). The guide is included with the installation software package and provides detailed installation and configuration instructions. Compatibility/Interoperability • Only one dedicated Command View workstation is supported within the SAN configuration which manages VDS/VSS storage resources.