Re: [Networker] VSS on Windows XP
2008-04-21 23:10:54
On Apr 21, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Nick Tan wrote:
Stan Horwitz wrote:
On Apr 21, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Nick Tan wrote:
Hi all,
I'm running Networker 7.4.1 on Windows 2003 Server.
I'm having trouble trying to get Networker to use VSS to backup
Windows XP. From the admin guide:
In NetWorker software releases 7.1 and later, if a VSS client
license is present (for all Windows operating systems except
Vista, which does not require a VSS client license), NetWorker
software uses VSS technology to create snapshot backups of volumes
and exact copies of files, including all open files.
However I cannot install the VSS client onto XP, so I install the
regular networker client. Using this, I always get errors about
being unable to backup open files, for example:
VSS is not supported by Microsoft on XP. You need at least Windows
2003 to run VSS backups.
Hi Stan,
Hmm... the supplier who sold us Networker assured us that VSS and XP
would work so if it doesn't I'm going to have a word with them.
Does VSS work with Vista clients? I don't have any Vista clients
here to test myself unfortunately.
Hmm! I just googled for "VSS" and I found that "VSS" stands for
numerous unrelated things, so I googled for "volume shadow service"
which pointed me to
<http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/2b0d2457-b7d8-42c3-b6c9-59c145b7765f1033.mspx?mfr=true
> which indicates that VSS is indeed supported under XP by Microsoft.
That being said, I also just checked the latest (from April 11th)
"Information Software Protection Compatibility Guide" from http://powerlink.emc.com
. Note that EMC now calls its VSS module "NetWorker Module for
Microsoft Applications" or "NMM" for short. On page 78 of the
compatibility guide, it says that the NMM is compatible with Windows
2003 and 2008. Nothing on there says anything about Windows XP or
Vista compatibility. So it looks like your reseller might be in error,
but perhaps there's a way to fool the NMM installer to ignore the
different OS. This is something you should clarify with your reseller
and its also an example of the benefits of trying a demo license
before you buy a license for new module.
I do not have any Vista, nor do I have any XP servers that require
treatment with the NMM. Almost all of my Windows clients are of the
2003 vintage. Even though we were a beta Vista site for at least a
year prior to Vista's public release, it hasn't caught on here much
yet, although I am sure that will change as people replace their
laptops and workstations with new hardware.
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