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Integration with Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services)
Snapshot is fully compatible with Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Services). VSS is a
host memory flush mechanism for creating consistent point in time copies of data known
as “shadow copies”. A Windows agent utility is provided to bridge and synchronize the
information between the SAN system and Windows operating system. After implementation,
you can trigger a snapshot directly from the Windows operating system without any data
consistency issues.
Figure 12-2 V
olume Shadow Copy Services Workflow
Select Snapshots function submenu to setup snapshot space, take snapshots, list
snapshots, setup snapshot schedule, and delete snapshots.