HP StorageWorks Application Recovery Manager Administrator's Guide (T4395-96004, February 2008)

Introduction
Prerequisites and Limitations
Chapter 116
Prerequisites and Limitations
This is a list of prerequisites and limitations for the Application Recovery
Manager MS Volume Shadow Copy integration. Additional limitations
and recommendations that are not directly connected to the integration
(such as operating system or GUI limitations) or some disk array
limitations are listed in “Limitations and Recommendations” on page
B-2.
Prerequisites • Before you begin, ensure that you have correctly installed and
configured Application Recovery Manager, writers and VSS and VDS
hardware providers. Refer to the:
— Latest support matrices on the web for an up-to-date list of
supported versions, platforms, disk arrays, limitations, and other
information.
— HP StorageWorks Application Recovery Manager Installation and
Licensing Guide on how to install Application Recovery Manager
on various architectures and how to install the Application
Recovery Manager MS Volume Shadow Copy integration and ZDB
agents.
— Writers and shadow copy providers documentation for
instructions on how to install and configure writers and providers
on your system.
• To be able to perform a backup and instant recovery, ensure that the
source volumes do not reside on GPT (GUID Partition Table) disks. If
the system where you want to install an application database has
GPT disks, convert them to MBR (Master Boot Record) disks using
the Windows Management Console. See the Microsoft Windows Help
for instructions on how to perform the conversion.
VSS Transportable
Snapshot
Prerequisites
For VSS transportable snapshots there are additional prerequisites:
• The backup system must be configured to accept connections from the
application system.
• The VSS and VDS hardware providers must be installed and
configured on the application and backup system. They must be
configured to use the same mode on the application and backup
system. Refer to the provider documentation for details.