When you prepare for a restore, consider the type of data
that you want to restore and where the backups are located.
About this task
The information in the following list is specific to the
DS8000®, Storwize® V7000, XIV®, and
SAN Volume Controller environments.
When planning for a VSS instant restore, consider the following facts:
- Restore granularity is at the volume level.
- VSS requires that data must always be restored to the same drive
letters and paths as existed during the original backup.
- VSS requires IBM® System Storage® Support
for Microsoft Volume Shadow
Copy Service software if you use a DS8000, Storwize V7000, or SAN Volume Controller disk
subsystem.
- VSS requires IBM XIV Provider for Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service if
you are using an XIV disk subsystem.
- Backups must be located on the same XIV, DS8000, Storwize V7000, or SAN Volume Controller storage
subsystem to which they are restored.
- In a DAG environment, stop the Microsoft Exchange
Replication Service on the active node before you run the VSS instant
restore operation.
- In an Exchange 2013 environment, stop the Exchange Search Host
Controller Service on the active node before you run the VSS instant
restore operation.