HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server Licenses - Manual (Page 79)

A Server Virtualization Environments
VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V environments are supported under specific conditions in an FC
configuration. For VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V support in a virtualization environment, the
setup must meet the following requirements in an FC configuration:
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The disks presented to the SQL servers must be raw devices.
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The backup server must be connected directly to the HP 3PAR Storage System. The backup
server cannot be connected to the HP 3PAR Storage System through VMWare or Microsoft
Hyper-V in an FC configuration.
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You cannot run the RMSql mount command against a VMWare or Microsoft Hyper-V server
in an FC configuration.
NOTE: New volumes presented to VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V servers are not surfaced
automatically. You must use the backup host to mount the servers with the RMSql mount command.
Therefore, you cannot use either File Copy Restore or Volume Restore to directly restore a SQL
server that resides in a virtualized FC configuration environment.
NOTE: An iSCSI setup is supported in a backup server operating in a Microsoft Hyper-V and
VMware ESX(i) Virtual Machine.
Figure 6 (page 79) shows the relationships between the HP 3PAR Storage System and VMWare
and Microsoft Hyper-V servers in a virtualization environment.
Figure 6 Server Virtualization Environment
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