Prerequisites; Limitations; Configuring The Integration - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

Prerequisites

• Before you begin, ensure that you have correctly installed and configured Data
Protector, writers and shadow copy providers. Refer to the:
• http://www.hp.com/support/manuals
versions, platforms, devices, disk arrays, limitations, and other information.
• HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide on how to install Data
Protector on various architectures and how to install the Data Protector
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service integration.
• Writers and shadow copy providers documentation for instructions on how
to install and configure writers and providers on your system.
• To enable successful shadow copy creation install the following Windows Server
2003 hotfixes: KB950903 and KB949002.

Limitations

For a list of general Data Protector limitations, see the HP Data Protector product
announcements, software notes, and references.
• Maximum 512 shadow copies per volume are allowed. The number of shadow
copies per volume is limited by system resources.
• To run a VSS integration backup, the writer's data must be on an NTFS filesystem.
For hardware providers, this is not required.
• The VSS integration backup of writers which store their data on network shared
volumes is not supported.
• The Data Protector Microsoft VSS integration does not provide any restore method
for writers requesting a custom restore method. These writers are by default not
presented by Data Protector.
If a writer specifies a custom restore method, it is only possible to restore the
writer's data as plain files using the Data Protector functionality. You can perform
the custom restore manually. Refer to the writers documentation for additional
information on the restore methods.
• Backup preview is only available for VSS filesystem backup sessions.

Configuring the integration

The Data Protector Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy integration by itself does not
require any configuration steps neither on the Data Protector nor on the application
side.
164 Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data Protector
for an up-to-date list of supported