HP Data Protector A.06.00 additional writers and HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service integration

Contents

1 Introduction .................................................................... 11

In this white paper ............................................................................................. 11

Microsoft VSS integration enhancements for zero downtime backup (ZDB) and

instant recovery .......................................................................................... 11

Support for integration with Data Protector Disk Array XP Agent ................. 11

Filesystem backup ................................................................................. 11

Mounting replicas to backup system ........................................................ 12

Waiting for snapclone to complete ......................................................... 12

Support for new and improved support for existing writers ................................ 12

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ............................................................ 12

Improved support for Microsoft Exchange Server consistency check ............. 12

Before reading on ............................................................................................. 13

2 Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data

Protector ........................................................................... 15

Introduction ...................................................................................................... 15

Integration concepts .......................................................................................... 18

Backup ...................................................................................................... 19

Data consistency .................................................................................. 20

Restore ...................................................................................................... 20

Restoring components ........................................................................... 21

Restoring files ....................................................................................... 21

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer concepts ............................................ 22

Backup ............................................................................................... 22

Restore ................................................................................................ 22

Prerequisites and limitations ................................................................................ 23

Prerequisites ............................................................................................... 23

Common prerequisites .......................................................................... 23

Limitations .................................................................................................. 23

Common limitations .............................................................................. 24

Configuring the integration ................................................................................. 24

Microsoft Exchange Server writer specific configuration .................................... 24

HP Data Protector A.06.00 additional writers and HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP

support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service integration 3