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

data mining or testing on those servers. (However, sha dow copies are read-only. If you
need to write to a shadow copy, you must use a storage-management application that
works with VDS/VSS to convert the copy to read/write.)
You can also use V SS and HP HW P to create and transport shadow copies from the
primary ser ver onto a backup server, and then back up the shadow copy volumes to
tape. The advantage of this solution is that it relieves the primary server of backup traffic.
Additionally, shadow copies can be made more often than tape backups because the
copying process is faster than tape and doesn’t require taking the database offline.
Fast Recovery
HP StorageWor
ks FRS Fast Recovery is an HP management application that works with
VSS and HP VSS HWP. Using FRS, you can create point-in-time shadow copies and
use them to per form quick recovery of your data. Whether data is lost because of a
hardwarefailureorsoftwarecorruption,itcanberestoredinminutes.
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