Configuring VSS in a physical environment using Fibre Channel

Install the VSS provider in a physical environment using Fibre Channel (FC).

Procedure

  1. Connect to the storage machine using CIMOM.
  2. Create the free pool and reserved pool for VSS. Define the virtual hosts VSS_FREE_POOL and VSS_RESERVED_POOL on the storage system with the following fake WWPN: 5000000000000000 and 5000000000000001.
  3. Use the following commands to set the fake WWPN of the free pool and the reserved pool: ibmvcfg set vssFreeInitiator and ibmvcfg set vssReservedInitiator.
  4. Map source volumes to the physical machine by FC.
  5. Map the target volumes to the free pool.
    Note: MPIO should be enabled with the appropriate vendor DSM if you configure multiple paths from the host to the storage array.