HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

Contents
Publication history .............................................................. 13
About this guide ................................................................. 15
Intended audience ............................................................................................. 15
Documentation set ............................................................................................. 15
Guides ...................................................................................................... 15
Online help ................................................................................................ 17
Documentation map .................................................................................... 17
Abbreviations ...................................................................................... 17
Map ................................................................................................... 17
Document conventions and symbols ..................................................................... 18
Application Recovery Manager graphical user interface ......................................... 19
General Information ........................................................................................... 20
HP technical support .......................................................................................... 20
Subscription service ........................................................................................... 21
HP websites ...................................................................................................... 21
Documentation feedback .................................................................................... 21
1 Integrating the Application Recovery Manager ZDB integrations
and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service ......................... 23
Overview ......................................................................................................... 23
Zero downtime backup ................................................................................ 26
VSS backup types ....................................................................................... 27
Instant recovery with VSS ............................................................................. 27
Concepts .......................................................................................................... 28
Backup ...................................................................................................... 29
Data consistency .................................................................................. 30
Backup with the EVA hardware provider .................................................. 31
Backup with the XP VSS hardware provider .............................................. 31
Restore ...................................................................................................... 32
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer concepts ............................................ 32
Backup ............................................................................................... 32
Restore ................................................................................................ 33
Integration guide 3