HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide (AG781-96017, March 2009)

Displaying VSS snapshots and PiTs
To display VSS snapshots and their PiTs within VSM:
1. From the toolbar, select Tools > Options > General. The Options window appears displaying
the Data Presentation tab.
2. Select the Show VSS Views checkbox and click OK. The Options window closes and VSS snapshots
and PiTs are now displayed within VSS.
NOTE:
For hosts running Windows 2008, VSM supports the following operations:
• You can convert VSS PiTs to regular PiTs.
• You can grant read-write permission for VSS snapshots in the operating system.
Recognizing VSS snapshots and PiTs in VSM
VSS PiTs are indicated by a Yes in the Belongs to VSS column.
Figure 46 VSS PiT—example
VSS snapshots are identified in the Comment column of the snapshots' source PiTs.
Using snapshots226