Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager software can be installed, configured, and used on a local system or while running on a virtual machine. From one Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager installation you can manage all of the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager installations in your enterprise.
The additional planning information provided in this section describes the applications, devices, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) guidelines for your Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows environment. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager functionality, like hardware snapshot exploitation and VSS instant restore, depend on the VSS hardware provider support required for your configuration.
The Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows software does not control the VSS hardware provider. The VSS hardware provider is controlled by the hardware vendor. For more details about the VSS hardware provider that is required for your configuration, see the documentation provided by the hardware vendor.