Configure the IBM® Storage
Support for Microsoft VSS
and VDS using the Microsoft Hyper-V
guest OS.
Procedure
- Log on to the Microsoft Hyper-V
guest OS.
- Install the IBM Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS.
- Add the host IP address to the VM host file.
- Set the parameters to access the host server. For this step,
you need the host server domain,
user name, and password. The following list provides information about
the settings and the relevant
commands:
- To set the Microsoft Hyper-V
host user name that can
manage Microsoft Hyper-V,
issue the ibmvcfg set
vmusername command.
- To set the Microsoft Hyper-V host user password,
issue the ibmvcfg set vmpassword command.
- To
set the Microsoft Hyper-V
host user domain, issue
the ibmvcfg set vmdomain command.
- To view
the configuration settings, issue the ibmvcfg showcfg command.
- Provide the following privileges for the
user:
- Access WMI on the host Server
- Query
WMI objects in the following name spaces: root/cimv2,
root/wmi, root/default,
and
root/virtualization.
- Create a process
with class Win32_Process in
root/cimv2.
- Manage the resources in the root/virtualization name
space.
Set the domain as the host name if the user does not
belong to a Windows domain.