HP StorageWorks EVA Hardware Providers administration guide Windows 2003 (T1634-96052, February 2006)

Detailed overview
HP Hardware Providers enable Windows and its applications to use Microsoft VDS/VSS
services to ma
nage certain functions of the disk array.
Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
The VDS service provides the capability of Windows and Windows applications to
recognize the HP disk array and perform basic and dynamic disk management functions.
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-in, Disk M ana ger and DiskPart
command line interface use the VDS service.
• When used with HP VDS HW P, Windows and Windows applications can
perform disk array LUN and port management tasks normally performed using
proprietary array control software.
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Through the HP VSS HWP, the VSS service provides mirroring of the active files or
databases on primary array volumes to secondary array volumes for backup and
restoration. The service performs these functions:
• Coordin
ates with business and backup applications to control the disk array
through the HP VSS HWP to m ake copies of array volume(s)
• Makesfullcopiesofdata,calledvolume shadow copies, c lon es,orplexes by
Micros
oft.
For detailed information about the Microsoft VDS and VSS ser vices, see the Microsoft
website.
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