HP StorageWorks P9000 VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 5.02.00 for Windows Server 2003 Release Notes (T1634-96098, December 2010)

HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP
HP StorageWorks XP Snapshot
• XP24000 and XP20000 disk arrays:
Microcode: 60-02-04-00/00 (minimum level)
HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy
HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software
HP StorageWorks XP Snapshot
HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning
• P9500 disk arrays:
Microcode: 70-01-04-00/00 (minimum level)
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy
HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot
HP StorageWorks P9000 Array Manager Software
HP StorageWorks P9000 Thin Provisioning
• HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library 1.15.03 (or later)
Installation Instructions
If you are installing the hardware providers for the first time, proceed with the installation normally.
If you have a previous version of the hardware providers installed, then remove the previous provider
version using the Windows Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Alternately, the installer will
automatically remove the previous installations of the hardware provider software. Before removing
the hardware providers, issue a net stop VSS and/or a net stop VDS command from the
command line.
You must install HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library before you install the hardware providers.
If you do not, the providers will install but will not function. For information on HP StorageWorks RAID
Manager Library versions, see “Prerequisites” on page 4.
There are three installers for the hardware providers:
• HP_StorageWorks_VDS_VSS_Hardware_Provider_P9000_v5_02_00_x86.exe
• HP_StorageWorks_VDS_VSS_Hardware_Provider_P9000_v5_02_00_x64.exe
• HP_StorageWorks_VDS_VSS_Hardware_Provider_P9000_v5_02_00_ia64.exe
For installation instructions, see the HP StorageWorks Hardware Providers for VDS/VSS Installation
Guide (T1634-96097, November 2010). The guide is included with the installation software package
and provides detailed installation and configuration instructions.
Compatibility/Interoperability
VSS Hardware Provider
• Supports Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S (Guest O/S - Shadow Copy creation only).
• Supports VMware VM (Shadow Copy creation only).
• In VSS Hardware Provider, if any XP or P9000 volumes are imported, they will be imported into
ALL of the XP or P9000 Host Groups that contain a WWN of an HBA configured in the server.
This could be an issue if you use HBAs from different vendors, since the different vendor HBAs
may have different driver parameters.
HP StorageWorks P9000 VDS and VSS Hardware Providers 5.02.00 for Windows Server 2003
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