HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 4.05.00 for Windows Server 2003 release notes (T1634-96093, April 2010)

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HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS

Hardware Providers 4.05.00 for

Windows Server 2003 release notes

Part number: T1634-96093

First edition: March 2010

Summary of content (6 pages)

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HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 4.05.
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Version: 4.05.00 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 VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 4.05.00 includes the following enhancements: • VSS Hardware Provider enhanced to perform an additional operation of setting disk array cache mode to write-through mode before creating demand allocated snapshots NOTE: This is an existing feature for the following snap types: • Fully allocated snapshot • Mirrorclone • Snapclone • Supports HP StorageWorks Command View EVA 9.
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KB940467 (KB940467 requires Smartstart 7.8 release for the latest CISS driver) In configurations with HP Application Recovery Manager and HP Data Protector software: • KB898790 Volume Mount Point hotfix • KB903650 Maintenance mode fix • KB923424 Cluster fix HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 4.05.
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• Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator To install and configure the HP EVA VSS hardware provider on cluster nodes, you must have installed the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, and it must be running. Some applications, such as in Microsoft Exchange and SQL clusters, required a MSDTC cluster resource to be created as part of the application setup. In this case no additional steps are required to install the HP EVA VSS hardware provider.