Features not supported, Microsoft volume shadow copy service – HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere Licenses User Manual
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Backup using HP Data Protector or Symantec NetBackup
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Restore from backup using HP Data Protector or Symantec NetBackup
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File Copy restore
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Volume restore
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Co-existence with autonomic groups (domain sets, volume sets, and host sets)
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Virtual copy creation of LCR databases where the active and passive copies both reside on
a single HP 3PAR Storage System.
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Virtual copy creation of CCR databases, where active and passive copies reside on a single
or dual HP 3PAR Storage System with single or dual Recovery Manager backup servers, where
the second backup server connects to a secondary HP 3PAR Storage System at the remote
site
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Virtual Lock of CCR storage groups and CCR virtual copies
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Recovery Manager GUI
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Recovery Manager CLI
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Virtual copy creation for local and remote Exchange servers
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Single Copy Cluster for Exchange 2007
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Host sets for Single Copy Cluster
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Centralized virtual copy management with multiple Exchange servers
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Cross–Windows-domain support
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HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software (in both synchronous and asynchronous periodic mode)
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Queueing of virtual copy creation and backup for different storage groups from the same
backup server
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VSS backup types “Incremental”, “Differential”, “Copy” and “Log”
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A single Exchange server spanning different HP 3PAR Storage Systems
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All backup tools excluding HP Data Protector and Symantec NetBackup
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Access to the HP 3PAR Storage System via SSH
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Creation of virtual copy on System Boot Volume
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Exchange CCR volumes in a Remote Copy volume group
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Cross HP 3PAR Storage System mounts (includes CCR dual HP 3PAR Storage System
configurations)
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VSS snapshot backup for SCR node
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Windows automount feature
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Date customization: Recovery Manager always displays dates in month/day/year format
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
Microsoft includes VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) in Windows to simplify the enterprise’s
storage environment. It provides a framework for creating a point-in-time copy of a single or multiple
volumes.
Microsoft Windows Server VSS works with the VSS-aware applications that are in use to determine
when a volume shadow copy (snapshot) can be made. (A snapshot is a virtual copy: a copy of
some data set, for example, a disk volume, at a point in time.) VSS then communicates with the
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