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

Requiredsoftwarecomponents....................... 22
EVAdiskarraywithCVworkstation: .................. 22
VDS/VSSServer........................... 22
SecondaryServer(optional)...................... 22
Important congurationnotes ....................... 23
Importantperformancenotes ....................... 23
Congurationprocedures........................... 24
Congurationsummary.......................... 24
WindowsCVworkstation: ...................... 24
ConguringthearrayCVworkstation.................... 25
ConguringtheVDS/VSSServer...................... 25
Conguring additional servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ConguringtheEVAdiskarray ...................... 26
AddingVDS/VSShosts........................ 26
Addingdiskgroups ......................... 27
3 Installation . . . . .................. 31
Installationprocedures ............................ 32
Upgradeinstallation........................... 32
Installationsummary........................... 32
InstallingHWP ............................. 33
ConguringVSS/VDStoaccessCommandView: ............ 37
Adding disk groups using the VSS CongurationUtility ............ 41
Verifyinginstallation ............................. 42
Checkingthelistofprograms ....................... 42
CheckingVDSdiskmanagementusingDiskRaid............... 42
CheckingVSSvolumeshadowcopying................... 42
UninstallingHWP .............................. 43
UninstallingHWPusingWindows ..................... 43
UninstallingusingHWPInstaller...................... 43
4Troubleshooting.................... 45
Troubleshootingprocedures.......................... 46
VDS/VSSHWPwillnotinstall....................... 46
CVauthenticationfailure ......................... 46
VDSdiskarraymanagementnotworking.................. 46
VSSvolumecopyingnotworking...................... 47
VSScopiesintermittentlyfailortimeout................... 48
Errormessages ............................... 49
VDSerrormessages ........................... 49
VSSerrormessages ........................... 55
Glossary........................ 59
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