Required software on the host

The software that is required for the host system and the required hotfixes are both necessary for the service to run effectively.

Multipath I/O

  • 5.2.3790.4706 (srv03_sp2_qfe.100510 -16540) for Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Storport Driver

  • 5.2.3790.4485 (srv03_sp2_qfe.090330 -1212) for Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Test fixes for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

The fixes listed here must be installed before you install the IBM® System Storage® Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS. This section details test fix information for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
Hotfix ID Description Download site
KB919117 Adds support for GUID partition table (GPT) volumes that are larger than 2 terabytes on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based server cluster http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919117
KB932532 A Volume Shadow Copy import operation might generate an error on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer: 
"VSS_E_NO_SNAPSHOTS_IMPORTED"
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932532
KB934016 Availability of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 2 COM+ 1.5 test fix Rollup Package 12 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934016
KB934739 The Plug-and-Play subsystem might not detect an external storage device when it is reconnected in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934739
KB940349 Availability of a VSS update rollup package for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349
KB941276 A Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding when the system is under a heavy load and when the Storport driver is being used http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941276
KB949391 The operation might fail when one of the following are true:
  • VSS tries to delete hardware support snapshots on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • VSS tries to delete hardware support snapshots on a computer that is running an x64 version of Microsoft Windows XP
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949391
KB951568 VSS-based backup operations might fail if VSS tracing is enabled on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that has test fix 940349 applied http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951568
KB957778 VSS requester instances fail when you start multiple VSS requester instances with a VSS hardware provider to delete snapshots in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957778
KB957910 A Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2-based iSCSI boot server cannot generate dump files if the server uses a Storport virtual miniport as the LUN controller http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957910
KB972623 A non-persistent snapshot cleanup operation is stopped by VSS if the VSS hardware provider takes more than 3 minutes to complete this operation on the following computers:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972623
KB982109 Access to an MPIO-controlled storage device fails after you disconnect all data cables in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982109

Test fixes for Windows 2008 Service Pack 1

The fixes listed here must be installed before you install the IBM System Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS. This section details test fix information for Windows 2008 Service Pack 1.
Hotfix ID Description Download site
KB959476 A VSS hardware snapshot database keeps growing with duplicated snapshot information when it is updated for snapshot creation/deletion in Windows Server 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959476

Test fixes for Windows 2008 Service Pack 2

The fixes listed here must be installed before you install the IBM System Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS. This section details test fix information for Windows 2008 Service Pack 2.
Hotfix ID Description Download site
KB972135 Backups fail and Event ID 12293 is logged on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972135
KB2528357 Non-paged pool leak when you disable and enable some storage controllers in Windows Server 2008 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528357

Test fixes for Windows Server 2008

The fixes listed here must be installed before you install the IBM System Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS. This section details test fix information for Windows Server 2008.
Hotfix ID Description Download site
KB975688 A snapshot may become corrupted when the VSS snapshot providers take more than 10 seconds to create it on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975688
KB2637197 CSV LUNs fail if you use a VSS hardware provider to back up virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based cluster http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2637197
KB2661794 MPIO does not remove a disk that is on a failed path in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661794
KB2528357 Non-paged pool leak when you disable and enable some storage controllers in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528357