What is the VSS used for?
Shadow Copy (also known as Volume Snapshot Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service.
How does HP Protector work?
HP Data Protector (Micro Focus) software is an automated backup and recovery software supporting disk storage or tape storage targets. It provides cross-platform, backup of data for Microsoft Windows, Unix, and Linux operating systems.
What is VSS system?
A Volume Shadow Copy Service-based backup (VSS-based backup) is a Windows service that captures and creates snapshots called shadow copies. VSS, also known as Volume Snapshot Service, operates at the block level of the file system and enables virtual server backup in Microsoft environments.
What is a data protector?
Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.
What is HPE Data Protector?
As you can see, Data Protector offers all you need to create a crash-consistent backup of your VMs. HPE Data Protector relies on the VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection (formerly known as VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection or VADP).
Does Data Protector zero downtime backup support VSS?
Zero Downtime Backup The Data Protector Zero Downtime Backup extension delivers simple, affordable, array‑based snapshot functionality, such as split‑mirror snapshots and space‑efficient snapshots. Data Protector also supports a generic VSS hardware provider, which works with VSS compliant storage devices.
How do I create a backup of my VMS in Data Protector?
HPE Data Protector uses the vStorage Image backup method to create a crash-consistent backup of your VMs. With this method, a backup host is used to create a backup of VMs hosted on a single or multiple ESXi hosts.
What is the Data Protector Data Protection API?
HPE Data Protector relies on the VMware vSphere Storage APIs – Data Protection (formerly known as VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection or VADP). Data Protector has to use the same API as Veeam, CommVault Simpana or any other product that can be used to backup VMs in a VMware vSphere environment.