HP StorageWorks XP VDS and VSS

Hardware Providers 7.01.00 for

Windows Server 2008 R2 release notes

Part number: T1634-96092

First edition: November 2009
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Description
This package contains the HP StorageWorks XP Hardware Providers software for Windows.
The hardware providers software works with the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and Microsoft
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to enable Windows applications to manage HP StorageWorks
XP storage systems and create shadow copies of HP XP storage system volumes.
Update recommendation: Recommended
Supersedes: None

Product models
• HP StorageWorks XP VDS and VSS Hardware Providers for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
• HP StorageWorks XP VDS and VSS Hardware Providers for Windows Server 2008 R2 IA64

NOTE:
HP StorageWorks XP VDS and VSS Hardware Providers for Windows Server 2008 R2 also supports
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.

Devices supported
• HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP1024 Disk Array
• Storport HBA drivers only

Operating systems
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (IA64)
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Languages
English

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Enhancements
Support is provided for the following:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (IA64)
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (x64)
• VSS:
• VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework
• Multiple Import of Shadow Copies
• Business Copy of Continuous Access Volume
• Auto-recovery and Transactional File System (TxF) Recovery
• Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S (Guest O/S - Shadow Copy creation only)
• VMware VM (Shadow Copy creation only)
• VDS:
• VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework
• RAID6 through VDS/VSS 3.0 Framework
• Hyper-V Host and Guest O/S. The unmask/present operation of a LUN to the local host is not
supported on a Hyper-V Guest OS.
• VMware VM. The unmask/present operation of a LUN to the local host is not supported on a
VMware VM.

NOTE:
HP StorageWorks XP VDS and VSS Hardware Providers is supported on VMware ESX Server 3.5
Update 4 and VMware ESX Server 4.0 and later.

Prerequisites
• XP1024 disk arrays:
Microcode: 21.14.37–00/00 (minimum level)
HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library 1.12.04 (or later)
HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy
HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software
Set system mode 140
• XP10000 and XP12000 disk arrays:
Microcode: 50.09.41.00/00 (minimum level)
HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library 1.12.04 (or later)
HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy
HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP
Set system mode 140
• XP24000 and XP20000 disk arrays:
Microcode: 60-02-04-00/00 (minimum level)
HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library 1.12.04 (or later)

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HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software
Set system mode 140

Installation Instructions
If you are installing the hardware providers for the first time, proceed with the installation normally.
If you have a previous version of the hardware providers installed, then remove the previous provider
version using the Windows Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Alternately, the installer will
automatically remove the previous installations of the hardware provider software. Before removing
the hardware providers, issue a net stop VSS and/or a net stop VDS command from the
command line.
You must install HP StorageWorks RAID Manager Library before you install the hardware providers.
If you do not, the providers will install but will not function. For information on RAID Manager library
versions, see “Prerequisites” on page 4.
There are two installers for the hardware providers:
• HP_StorageWorks_VDS_VSS_Hardware_Provider_XP_v7_01_00_x64.exe
• HP_StorageWorks_VDS_VSS_Hardware_Provider_XP_v7_01_00_ia64.exe

NOTE:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core and Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 run only on x64
servers.

For installation instructions, see the HP StorageWorks Hardware Providers for VDS/VSS installation
guide (T1634-96089, November 2009). The guide is included with the installation software package
and provides detailed installation and configuration instructions.

Compatibility/Interoperability
• For the VSS Hardware Provider, if any XP volumes are imported, they will be imported into ALL
of the XP Host Groups that contain a WWN of an HBA configured in the server. This could be an
issue if you use HBAs from different vendors, since the different vendor HBAs may have different
driver parameters.

NOTE:
This may cause a failure if the multipath software tries to failover I/O from one vendor type HBA
to another vendor type HBA. HP recommends using only like vendor HBAs in a server to avoid
this potential issue.

• VDS Hardware Provider software running on Hyper-V Guest OS and VMware VM will not provide
multipath (MPIO DSM) related information and will not perform multipath operations.

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