HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 6.04.00 for Windows Server 2008 R2 release notes (T1634-96087, November 2009)

HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS

Hardware Providers 6.04.00 for

Windows Server 2008 R2 release notes

Part number: T1634-96087

First edition: October 2009

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HP StorageWorks EVA VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 6.04.
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Version: 6.04.00 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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• VSS • Multiple Import of Shadow Copies • LUN Resync. For compatibility information, see “Compatiblity/interoperability” on page 5. • Business Copy of Continuous Access Volume • Auto-recovery and Transactional File System (TxF) Recovery • VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework • Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S (Guest O/S - Shadow Copy creation only) • VMware VM (Shadow Copy creation only) • VDS • VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework • RAID6 through VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework • Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S.
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NOTE: Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core and Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 run only on x64 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.