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10400401-001 08/2012

©2012 Overland Storage, Inc.

 

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SnapSAN VSS User Guide

Overland Technical Support

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Conventions

This document exercises several alerts and typographical conventions.

Alerts

Typographical Conventions

Information contained in this guide has been reviewed for accuracy, but not for product warranty 
because of the various environments, operating systems, or settings involved. Information and 
specifications may change without notice.

Convention

Description & Usage

IMPORTANT

An 

Important

 note is a type of note that provides information essential to 

the completion of a task or that can impact the product and its function. 

CAUTION

Caution

 contains information that the user needs to know to avoid 

damaging or permanently deleting data or causing physical damage to 
the hardware or system.

WARNING 

Warning

 contains information concerning personal safety. Failure to 

follow directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.

Convention

Description & Usage

Button_name

Words in this special boldface font indicate command buttons found in 
the Web Management Interface.

Ctrl-Alt-r

This type of format details the keys you press simultaneously. In this 
example, hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press the r key.

NOTE

A Note indicates neutral or positive information that emphasizes or 
supplements important points of the main text. A note supplies 
information that may apply only in special cases, for example, memory 
limitations or details that apply to specific program versions.

Menu Flow 
Indicator (>)

Words with a greater than sign between them indicate the flow of actions 
to accomplish a task. For example, Setup > Passwords > User indicates 
that you should press the 

Setup

 button, then the 

Passwords

 button, and 

finally the 

User

 button to accomplish a task.

Courier Italic

A variable for which you must substitute a value

Courier Bold

Commands you enter in a command-line interface (CLI)

Содержание SnapSAN VSS

Страница 1: ...Overland Storage SnapSAN VSS User Guide August 2012 10400401 001...

Страница 2: ...tware Any resemblance to actual companies or individuals whether past or present is coincidental PROPRIETARY NOTICE All information contained in or disclosed by this document is considered proprietary...

Страница 3: ...of backup and recovery using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and the VSS Provider snapshot function or data replication function This manual explains functions implement...

Страница 4: ...its function CAUTION A Caution contains information that the user needs to know to avoid damaging or permanently deleting data or causing physical damage to the hardware or system WARNING A Warning co...

Страница 5: ...age observe the following precautions Transport products in static safe containers such as conductive tubes bags or boxes Cover the appliance with approved static dissipating material Use a wrist stra...

Страница 6: ...or Data Replication 3 3 Snapshot Installation 3 3 Data Replication Installation 3 3 Volume Types 3 3 Initial Setup of Volumes 3 4 Backup Server Connected to Data Replication Volume RV 3 5 Backup and R...

Страница 7: ...10400401 001 08 2012 2012 Overland Storage Inc ii SnapSAN VSS User Guide Appendix A Error Failure Messages Appendix B Command Lists Index...

Страница 8: ...cations writers and software that performs disk array shadow copy replication instructions VSS provider Backup Backup using VSS is performed by taking a request from the requestor as a trigger When VS...

Страница 9: ...Job management software Example JobCenter Requestor Example Protection Manager Exchange Server 2003 VSS Provider Control Command Backup Server Job management software Example JobCenter Requestor Examp...

Страница 10: ...SnapSAN VSS User Guide 10400401 001 08 2012 2012 Overland Storage Inc 1 3 File system NTFS...

Страница 11: ...ems Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Required Free Disk Capacity At least 24 MB of free disk capacity is needed to perform the installation tasks for this software required Memory Capacity...

Страница 12: ...Manual Installation and Operation Guide for Windows For the data replication environment installation procedure refer to the Data Replication User s Manual Installation and Operation Guide for Window...

Страница 13: ...tion servers which process tasks from the backup servers Accordingly the tape backup operation gives no additional load to application servers Though the application or backup server may also be used...

Страница 14: ...ray This is a disk array in which the snapshot function Snapshots or data replication function Volume Cloning or Replication and Mirroring is loaded Application Server This performs snapshot or data r...

Страница 15: ...Installation Procedure there to prepare for backup operations in which the snapshot function is used Data Replication Installation Refer to the Data Replication User s Manual Installation and Operati...

Страница 16: ...link state 1 Start a command prompt on the backup server 2 Confirm that volumes used in backup operations have been registered in the volume list created in Installation and Operation Guide for Window...

Страница 17: ...the Master Volume MV and RV and make the RV available Here execute using the settings below If the RV is separated the command below need not be executed Access restriction for RV after separated rw...

Страница 18: ...rted When the VSS must be restarted follow the instructions 1 From the Windows Start button select Administrative Tools Services 2 Select VSS Provider and restart it 3 Confirm that the service was sta...

Страница 19: ...Err iSM20519 Specified disk cannot be disabled 5 Change the LV access restriction to Not Available NA Here settings are made for logical disk names lv001 and sv001 iSMsc_link lv lv001 lvflg ld sv sv00...

Страница 20: ...target volume is already stopped the message below is output Proceed to execute the procedure in 5 iSMvss Err iSM20519 Specified disk cannot be disabled 4 Change the RV data state to invalid and the...

Страница 21: ...VSS Provider utilizes the snapshot or data replication function if a failure occurs also refer to the measures for errors described in the Snapshot User s Manual Installation and Operation Guide for W...

Страница 22: ...eration Guide for Windows and the concerns in data replication and data consistency described in the Data Replication User s Manual Installation and operation Guide for Windows are resolved by using V...

Страница 23: ...ge The Path Manager version to be used must be V3 3 or later If Path Manager has been installed the warning below may be output in the application event log Type Warning Source spsdsm Event ID 530 Des...

Страница 24: ...ge body AAAAA aaa bbb b are described Descriptions using angle brackets such as aaa and bbb b indicate that parameter values are not fixed The angle brackets and are not displayed in the actual messag...

Страница 25: ...that VSS Provider was forcibly terminated Measure Check the operation status by referring to the event log or other information Term Description Type INFO Explanation Shows that VSS Provider was forc...

Страница 26: ...on and Operation Guide for Windows Term Description Type ERROR Explanation Shows that the logical disk indicated by aaa a was not paired or was forcibly unpaired aaa a Logical disk name Measure After...

Страница 27: ...red The Snapshot Set ID is invalid aaa a Snapshot Set ID Measure After saving the information below restart the VSS Provider service by referring to Chapter 3 Actions When Error Occurs ControlCommand...

Страница 28: ...on of separation failed aaa a MV logical disk name bbb b RV logical disk name Measure After checking messages output by ControlCommand check whether there is a mistake in setup by referring to the Dat...

Страница 29: ...referring to the Protection Manager CLI User s Guide If you select a different requester set the volume to its initial state by referring to Chapter 3 Actions When Error Occurs Term Description Type E...

Страница 30: ...ake in setup by referring to the Snapshot User s Manual Installation and Operation Guide for Windows or 2 6 1 For Backup Server Connected to Snapshot LV Term Description Type ERROR Explanation Shows t...

Страница 31: ...en installed Measure If ControlCommand is installed restart the server Term Description Type ERROR Explanation Explanation The logical disk to be backed up is not the MV or BV a Internal number showin...

Страница 32: ...Guide for Windows or 2 6 2 For Backup Server Connected to Data Replication RV Term Description Type ERROR Explanation Explanation Parameter control file analysis failed aaa a Parameter control file k...

Страница 33: ...aaa a pairvolflg or mode bbb b The specified type Measure Measure Specify pairvolflg or mode correctly Term Description Type ERROR Explanation The type that was specified for the volflg parameter is i...

Страница 34: ...ake sure that the volume list was correctly created Term Description Type ERROR Explanation The target volume was not registered to the volume list Measure Check the volume list Term Description Type...

Страница 35: ...ation state by referring to the event log or other information Term Description Type ERROR Explanation The type that was specified for the devmode parameter is invalid aaa a The specified type Measure...

Страница 36: ...following options devmode dev_modeSpecifies the state of recognition by the OS Either of the following can be specified in dev_mode dPuts the volume in a stop state enableEnable recognition by OS Puts...

Страница 37: ...bject to the operation is the same as the specified state iSMvss cannot be executed if the disk array in which the LV or RV subject to the operation is stored is in a frozen state RETURN VALUE 0 Chang...

Страница 38: ...ecuted at computer startup C iSMvss_clear C 2 Delete unnecessary device entry information from the registry Execute this command after performing a backup using VSS C iSMvss_clear delete C If a comput...

Страница 39: ...3 3 Dynamic disk 3 4 E Error 4 1 Event Log Error Message 5 2 Event Log Warning Message 5 1 H Hardware Configuration Flow 2 2 I Initial Setup of Volumes 3 4 M Magnetic tape unit 3 2 Management server...

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