Features not supported – HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software User Manual

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Support for HP 3PAR Cluster Extension (CLX) configuration

Support for coexistence with HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Exchange software

Support for backup server and production server running in VMware VM Direct Environment

Support for basic GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks

Support for SQL database residing on a mount point (HP 3PAR volume mounted on a system
drive or another HP 3PAR volume)

Support for concurrent virtual copy or remote virtual copy creations, concurrent backup jobs,
and concurrent virtual copy or remote virtual copy creation with backup jobs.

NOTE:

Backup of different databases with same policy cannot be taken using Symantec
NetBackup. Concurrent backups with different policies can be taken.

Backup of different databases with same datalist can be taken using HP data protector.

Backup of different databases using Symantec NetBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, or
HP Data Protector can be taken concurrently. For example, Backup of database db1
using Symantec NetBackup and backup of database db2 using HP Data Protector can
execute in parallel.

Backup of different databases with same Device name cannot be taken using Symantec
Backup Exec.

A database backup is not allowed when a backup of its instance is in progress. Similarly,
an instance backup is not allowed when a backup of the database is in progress.

NOTE:

Due to an SQL instance limitation, the recommended maximum number of databases for

which you can create snapshot backups at the same time is 35.

For more information, see Microsoft KB 943471:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943471

NOTE:

For information about the versions supported, refer the latest Single Point of Connectivity

Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) document. To obtain a copy of this documentation,
see

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

.

Features Not Supported

Microsoft SQL Server offline backup

VSS backup types “Incremental,” “Differential,” and “Log”

All backup tools except HP Data Protector, Symantec NetBackup, and Symantec Backup Exec

Access to HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System via SSH

Taking a snapshot of the SQL servers created with SQL Server Authentication set to Mixed-mode
authentication mode

Taking a snapshot of a database residing on a network mapped volume

Virtual copy ownership transferring

For example, you can remove virtual copies only if you created them, and you can unmount
virtual copies only if you mounted them.

Taking a snapshot of an instance or a database that resides on dynamic disks

Mounting virtual copies to a Windows Fibre channel (FC) based host that resides in virtual
environment

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Overview of Recovery Manager

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