HP XP7 Replication Manager Application Agent CLI User Guide (TK981-96015, May 2014)

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You can use the SQL Server log file to check the
amount of time from the beginning to the end
of automatic recovery of the system databases
(master, model, msdb, and tempdb).
Specifying settings for using VSS
If you want to use VSS to perform an online backup of a file system or an Exchange database, the
following settings are required:
• The Application Agent and RAID Manager environments must be set up so that Application Agent
can perform VSS backups. Moreover, it is necessary to create a pair before backup. When creating
a pair, specify the -m noread option in the paircreate command.
• RMXP Shadow Copy Provider must be installed in advance on the file server, or both the database
server and the backup server. Note that if RMXP Shadow Copy Provider has not been installed
on the servers when Application Agent is installed, RMXP Shadow Copy Provider will be installed
together with Application Agent. For details about how to install RMXP Shadow Copy Provider
separately, see RAID Manager documentation.
Before you install RMXP Shadow Copy Provider, use the Services pane in the Windows to make
sure that the Windows services are set to the default settings shown in the following table:
Table 40 Default settings for Windows services related to RMXP Shadow Copy Provider
Startup typeDisplayed nameService name
AutomaticRemote Procedure Call (RPC)RpcSs
AutomaticEvent LogEventLog
AutomaticDCOM Server Process LauncherDcomLaunch
AutomaticSecurity Accounts ManagerSamSs
AutomaticWindows Management Instrumentationwinmgmt
ManualCOM+ Event SystemEventSystem
ManualWindows InstallerMSIServer
ManualVolume Shadow CopyVSS
ManualCOM+ System ApplicationCOMSysApp
ManualDistributed Transaction CoordinatorMSDTC
If you attempt to install RMXP Shadow Copy Provider when these Windows services are not set
to their default settings, the RMXP Shadow Copy Provider service will not be registered as a
Windows service. In such a case, when the backup command is executed when VSS is specified
in the -mode option, an error message will be displayed and processing will terminate with an
error.
• The execution of the raidvchkset command, described in the RAID Manager manual, is not
necessary.
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