Fujitsu ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 User Manual page 20

Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
1.3 Operational Procedure
1.3.1.3 Local Copy Configuration (when Backing Up a Hyper-V Virtual Machine)
• Used as both the production server and backup server
• A requester that supports VSS using Hyper-V is installed in the host OS.
• VSSHP is installed in the host OS.
Windows Server
Requester
Volume Shadow Copy Service
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
ETERNUS Disk
storage systems
Guest OS
Disk
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Cluster configuration
A disk that is registered as a cluster resource cannot be used for a Shadow Copy destination disk. A
Shadow Copy destination disk must be provided for an active production server and a standby
production server.
ETERNUS Disk
storage systems
Guest OS
Writer
Shadow Copy
Destination
Windows Server
(active production
server)
Shadow Copy
Destination
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Windows Server
(standby production
server)
Shadow Copy
Guest OS
Disk
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Destination
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