Operational Procedure; Server Configuration - Fujitsu ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User Manual

Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider

1.3 Operational Procedure

1.3 Operational Procedure
1.3.1

Server Configuration

VSSHP supports the following server configurations. These configurations depend on the requester to
be used. Check which configuration is supported by the requester and decide the server configuration.
• Configuration using one Windows server that works as both a production server and a backup
server (hereafter referred to as "Local Copy Configuration")
• Configuration using different Windows servers for the production server and backup server
(hereafter referred to as "Transportable Copy Configuration")
To back up a virtual machine on a host OS in which Hyper-V is installed, refer to
Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)" (page 20)
Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)" (page
For all other cases, refer to
Copy Configuration" (page
For Hyper-V settings, only virtual machines on the host OS are targeted for backing up.
1.3.1.1 Local Copy Configuration
• Used as both the production server and backup server.
• A requester and writer that support VSS are installed in the same server.
Windows Server
Requester
Volume Shadow Copy Service
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storage systems
"1.3.1.1 Local Copy Configuration" (page 17)
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Writer
Source Shadow Copy
Disk Destination
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