HP StorageWorks Hardware Providers for VDS/VSS installation guide (T1634-96096, April 2010)

Contents
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks hardware providers ................................. 6
Windows Disk Management ........................................................................................................ 6
Management applications ........................................................................................................... 7
Microsoft command-line utilities .................................................................................................... 7
Microsoft Virtual Disk Service ....................................................................................................... 7
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service ........................................................................................ 7
Windows software providers .................................................................................................. 7
HP VDS and VSS hardware providers ............................................................................................ 8
HP disk arrays ............................................................................................................................ 8
2 Installing HP hardware providers for HP EVA disk arrays ......................... 9
Preparing to install HP EVA hardware providers .............................................................................. 9
HP EVA hardware provider configuration ................................................................................. 9
Hardware ................................................................................................................... 10
Notes on installing HP EVA hardware providers ..................................................................... 11
HP EVA hardware provider preparation procedures ................................................................ 11
Preparing the Command View EVA management server .................................................... 11
Preparing the VDS/VSS server ....................................................................................... 11
Preparing additional servers .......................................................................................... 12
Preparing the EVA disk array ......................................................................................... 12
Installing hardware providers for HP EVA disk arrays ..................................................................... 13
Using the HP EVA VDS configuration utility ............................................................................ 15
Using the HP EVA VSS configuration utility ............................................................................ 17
Configuring snapclones ....................................................................................................... 19
Configuring a mirrorclone-snapshot ...................................................................................... 20
Configuring mirrorclones ..................................................................................................... 21
Removing the HP EVA hardware providers ............................................................................. 22
Removing HP EVA hardware providers using Windows Control Panel ................................. 22
Removing HP EVA hardware providers using Windows Server Core ................................... 22
3 Installing HP hardware providers for HP XP disk arrays .......................... 25
Preparing to install HP XP hardware providers .............................................................................. 25
Notes on installing HP XP hardware providers ........................................................................ 27
HP XP hardware provider preparation procedures ................................................................. 28
Preparing the VDS/VSS servers ..................................................................................... 28
Preparing additional servers .......................................................................................... 28
Preparing the disk array ............................................................................................... 28
Configuring LUNs ........................................................................................................ 29
Preparing the disk array for VSS .................................................................................... 29
Installing hardware providers for HP XP disk arrays ....................................................................... 30
Installing the RAID Manager Library ..................................................................................... 30
Installing the HP hardware providers on Windows Server 2003/2008 ...................................... 32
Configuring VDS and VSS ................................................................................................... 33
Setting VDS options ..................................................................................................... 36
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