HP MSA 1040/2040 VDS and VSS Hardware Providers Installation Guide (765305-001, March 2014)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Hardware providers and the CAPI Proxy
- Installing and using the MSA 1040/2040 VDS Hardware Provider or HP MSA 1040/2040 iSCSI VDS Provider
- Supported Microsoft DiskRaid Commands
- LUN 0 Mapping
- Modifying the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 Default SAN Policy for Newly Discovered Disks
- Microsoft Windows Registry Change for VDS Support With Some iSCSI HBAs
- Troubleshooting
- Uninstalling the MSA 1040/2040 VDS Hardware Provider or MSA 1040/2040 iSCSI VDS Provider
- Installing and using the MSA 1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider
- Support and other resources
- Documentation feedback
HP MSA 1040/2040 VDS and VSS Hardware Providers Installation Guide 15
3 Installing and using the MSA 1040/2040 VSS
Hardware Provider
This section describes how to install the MSA 1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider.
NOTE: In a cluster environment the MSA 1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider cannot be installed unless
a Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) cluster resource is configured. If the host part of
a cluster and MSDTC is not running, installation will fail. Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301600
for instructions on configuring MS DTC.
1. Double-click the downloaded hardware provider file to launch the installation.
2. Press the Install button.
3. Follow the onscreen prompts to install the software.
The provider is installed in this directory:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HardwareProviders\MSA2040\VSS
If a previous version of the MSA 1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider is already installed, a message tells
you that the software is installed but not up to date.
4. Press Install to continue with the installation process or press Close to exit setup.
NOTE: Overwriting an existing HP MSA 2040 or HP MSA 1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider will not
overwrite previously installed hardware providers used with earlier storage systems.
5. To verify the installation, run the list providers command, and make sure that the MSA
1040/2040 VSS Hardware Provider is displayed in the list of providers.
Creating Shadow Copies
VSS functionality includes creating, deleting, and managing shadow copies. To create a shadow copy, use
the SMU or CLI to create a snap-pool, and then either convert an existing standard volume to a master
C:\> vssadmin list providers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Provider name: 'HP MSA 1040/2040 VSS Provider'
Provider type: Hardware
Provider Id: {9d09666c-5cf8-45ca-9294-127c95562094}
Version: 3.1.0.xx
Provider name: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Provider type: System
Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Version: 1.0.0.7