Configuring source volumes using Hyper-V

Because the Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service support taking shadow copies only for volumes that are based on disks from SAN Volume Controller or DS8000®, the disks must be assigned to the guest OS by the pass-through mode.

Procedure

  1. Shut down the guest OS and add SCSI Controller to the guest OS.
  2. Add the pass-through disk drive to the guest OS.
    Note: The guest OS can be in the running state, but the disks should be the offline state on the host, so that they can appear in the physical hard box combo box.
  3. Log on to the guest OS, create a volume on the newly added hard disk, and assign a drive letter or mount point to the volume.