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Preface
This manual provides an overview of ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider and explains how to use it.
Third Edition
November 2012
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for users who want an overview of the ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider and
who use ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider for target disk pool operation.
For users who want to use the ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider for copy set operation, refer to the
related manuals.
The Structure of this Manual
This manual consists of the following 10 chapters.
●Chapter 1 ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider
●Chapter 2 Workflow
●Chapter 3 Preparation
●Chapter 4 Environment Creation
●Chapter 5 Operation
●Chapter 6 Operation Change
●Chapter 7 Operation End
●Chapter 8 Commands
●Chapter 9 Messages
●Chapter 10 Troubleshooting

Preface
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Related Manual
The following manual contains related material:
•ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider 2.1 Copy Set Operation Technical Guide
Additional Information
Abbreviations
In this manual, the storage system supported by this product is referred to as "ETERNUS Disk storage
system". For details of the supported storage system, refer to the following web-site:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/storage/eternus/tools/vsshp.html
In this manual, Web GUI and ETERNUSmgr are collectively referred to as "ETERNUS Web GUI".
Typographical Conventions
The following convention is used in this manual.
A product-usage caution that must be followed.

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Naming Conventions
The following names are used for Microsoft® Windows Server®.
Notes when deleting the server graphic shell on Windows Server 2012
An environment in which a server graphic shell is deleted can be configured for Windows Server 2012.
Note that in this environment, GUI operations cannot be performed.
For more details about operations in a Windows Server 2012 environment in which a server graphic
shell is deleted, refer to the described operations in "For a Server Core environment".
Acknowledgments
•Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, and Hyper-V are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
•Symantec, Symantec logo, NetBackup, and Backup Exec are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Symantec Corp. in the U.S. and its affiliated companies.
•The ARCserve and CA logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of CA, Inc. in the United
States and/or other countries.
•EMC and Networker are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the
United States.
•BakBone and NetVault are the registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United
States and/or in other countries.
•Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
•The company names, product names and service names mentioned in this manual are registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
Product Names Referred to in this manual as
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (x86)
Service Pack 2
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard (x86)
Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 x86
Windows Server
or
Windows Server 2008
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (x64)
Service Pack 2
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard (x64)
Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 x64
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Standard
•Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Datacenter Windows Server 2012
Windows Server
or
Windows Server 2012

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Release Information
ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider Modification History
This section provides a history of modifications for ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider.
Version Modification effect
1.2.0 •Added the following items as displayed contents for the Backup Status
Query command (stxvquery):
-transfer (transfer mode)
-recovery (Recovery mode)
•Added the following items as displayed contents for the OLU Number
Display command (stxvgetolu):
-VOL (disk type)
-Maxgen (maximum number of generations of SDV)
•Changed the following event log message:
[1.1.0]
STXV0594 ERROR The VSSHP version of the source server does not
match the VSSHP version of the backup server.
[1.2.0]
STXV0594 ERROR The VSSHP version of the production server does
not match the VSSHP version of the backup server.
•Changed the following command message:
[1.1.0]
STXV0237 ERROR Line["line number"] When the target disk is
connected to the source server, the copy set file cannot be created in
format 2.
[1.2.0]
STXV0237 ERROR Line["line number"] When the target disk is
connected to the production server, the copy set file cannot be created
in format 2.
1.3.0 •Changed the following event log message:
[1.2.0 or earlier]
STXV2101 ERROR The INI file does not exist.
[1.3.0]
STXV2101 ERROR The VSSHP environment file does not exist.

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1.4.0 •Changed the package structure as follows:
[For Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2008 x86]
Download file: vsshp_1_4_32bit.exe
Stored file: setup.exe
Software information (Japanese, English)
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
[For Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64]
Download file: vsshp_1_4_64bit.exe
Stored file: setup.exe
Software information (Japanese, English)
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
•Changed the units of "update" for the Update Volume Measurement
command (stxvtestcopy)
[1.3.0 or earlier]
Number of blocks
[1.4.0]
MB
1.5.0 None
2.0.0 •Changed the package structure as follows:
[For Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2008 x86]
Download file: vsshp_2_0_32bit.exe
Stored file: setup.exe
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
[For Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64]
Download file: vsshp_2_0_64bit.exe
Stored file: setup.exe
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
2.0.1 None
Version Modification effect

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ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider Updates
The following table shows the updates for each ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider version:
2.0.2 •Changed the package structure as follows:
[For Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2008 x86]
Download file: vsshp_2_0_2_32bit.zip
Stored file: setup.exe
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command Package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
[For Windows Server 2003 x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64]
Download file: vsshp_2_0_2_64bit.zip
Stored file: setup.exe
User’s Guide (Japanese, English)
Copy Set Operation Technical Guide (Japanese, English)
Update Volume Measurement Command Package (For Windows Server
2003, For Windows Server 2008)
•Changed the following event log message and type:
[2.0.1 or earlier]
Type: Warning
Messages: STXV0517 WARNING Management file cannot be found.
[2.0.2]
Type: Information
Messages: STXV0517 INFO Management file cannot be found.
2.1.0 •Ended support for Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2003
x64.
•Deleted the following event log messages:
STXV0519 ERROR Access error in VSSHP environment file. Internal code
STXV2101 ERROR The VSSHP environment file does not exist.
Version Modification effect
Version Modification details
1.1.0
(September 2008)
First version
1.2.0
(December 2008)
•Converted to COM application
•Added support for the following requesters:
-Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers
-ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager 13.4 (for Windows Server 2008
(x64))
•Added support for the Communication Environment Check command
(stxvchkcommu)
•Added the following event messages:
STXV0504, STXV0505
•Added the following command messages:
STXV0325, STXV0326, STXV0327, STXV0330, STXV0416, STXV0417,
STXV0801, STXV0802

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1.3.0
(July 2009)
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX60/DX80
•Added support for the following requester:
-BakBone NetVault Backup 8.2
•Added support for upgrade installations
•Added support for Target disk pool management operation function
•Added support for the mount point specification of disks
•Added support for the Communication Environment Setup command
(stxvsetcommu)
•Added support for the Target Disk Pool Registration/Deletion command
(stxvtargetdiskpool)
•Added the following event log messages:
STXV0514, STXV0515, STXV0516, STXV0517, STXV0518, STXV0519,
STXV0595, STXV0596
•Added the following command messages:
STXV0251, STXV0418, STXV0419, STXV0714, STXV0803, STXV0804,
STXV0805, STXV0806, STXV0902
1.3.1
(October 2009)
Corrected version
1.4.0
(March 2010)
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX90
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX400 series
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX8000 series
•Added support for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2
•Added support for the Error Information Acquisition function
•Added support for the combination with Web GUI startup menu
1.5.0
(June 2010)
•Added support for Server Core
•Added support for the Hyper-V virtual machine backup
•Added support for the Hyper-V Environment Setup command (stxvhyperv)
•Added the following command messages:
STXV3001, STXV3002, STXV3003, STXV3004, STXV3005, STXV3006,
STXV3007, STXV3008, STXV3009, STXV3010, STXV3011
2.0.0
(April 2011)
•Added support for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter
•Added support for multiple copy in the Target disk pool management
operation function
•Added "-t" option for Backup Control command (stxvcopy)
•Added support for the Shadow Copy Destination Recovery command
(stxvrecoverydisk)
•Added the following command messages:
STXV3012, STXV3013, STXV3014, STXV3017, STXV3018, STXV3019
2.0.1
(July 2011)
Corrected version
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2
•Added support for the ETERNUS DX400 S2 series
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2.0.2
(March 2012)
•Added support for simultaneous backup in multiple production servers
•Added the following event log messages:
STXV0570, STXV0571, STXV0572, STXV0573, STXV0574, STXV0575
•Added support for command execution by using an account belonging to an
Administrators group, which is uniquely created by a user in Windows
Server 2008
•Fixed bugs
2.1.0
(November 2012)
•Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012
•Ended support for Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2003
x64
•Added the following event log messages:
STXV0520, STXV0576, STXV0577, STXV0578, STXV0579, STXV0580,
STXV0581, STXV0582, STXV0583, STXV0585
Version Modification details