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Chapter 2: vmPRO Setup and Configuration

Quantum VSS Writer

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An error message displays when you mouse over a VM with a red YES in the VSS column.

AlertsConsole

An alert message displays for a VM that does not have a current version of VMware Tools. The

message continues to display until you do one of the following:

Update VMware Tools for the VM, and rediscover the VM.

Disable VSS for the VM.

VSS Resources

Use the following links to learn more about VSS:

l For more information how VMware can use VSS, see Designing Backup Solutions for VMware vSphere.

l For more information about AD recovery, see How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in

Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 2008 R2 or Active Directory Backup and

Restore.

Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups

Before beginning a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup, you must prepare the Windows system

on which a VSS backup is being performed by installing the Quantum VSS Writer, and configuring the

system's virtual machines (VMs).

Install the Quantum VSS Writer

On each Windows system for which you are enabling VSS backups, you must install the Quantum VSS

Writer. You can manually install the Quantum VSS Writer, or you can configure the vmPRO appliance to

automatically install the VSS Writer. See Configure virtual machines (VMs) being backed up with VSS on

the next page

Note:Manually installing the VSS Writer does not require the Windows system's credentials.

However, you will need to supply the Windows system's user name and password to have the

vmPRO appliance automatically install the VSS Writer.

ManuallyinstalltheQuantumVSSWriter

1. From the Windows system on which you are installing the VSS Writer, open a Web browser and

navigate to \\<vmPROIP>\quantum-support\vss.

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