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Chapter 2: vmPRO Setup and Configuration
Quantum VSS Writer
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An error message displays when you mouse over a VM with a red YES in the VSS column.
Alerts Console
An alert message displays for a VM that does not have a current version of VMware Tools. The
message continues to display until you do one of the following:
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Update VMware Tools for the VM, and rediscover the VM.
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Disable VSS for the VM.
VSS Resources
Use the following links to learn more about VSS:
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For more information how VMware can use VSS, see Designing Backup Solutions for VMware vSphere.
For more information about AD recovery, see How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 2008 R2 or Active Directory Backup and
Restore.
Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups
Before beginning a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup, you must prepare the Windows system
on which a VSS backup is being performed by installing the Quantum VSS Writer, and configuring the
system's virtual machines (VMs).
Install the Quantum VSS Writer
On each Windows system for which you are enabling VSS backups, you must install the Quantum VSS
Writer. You can manually install the Quantum VSS Writer, or you can configure the vmPRO appliance to
automatically install the VSS Writer. See Configure virtual machines (VMs) being backed up with VSS on
the next page
i Note: Manually installing the VSS Writer does not require the Windows system's credentials.
However, you will need to supply the Windows system's user name and password to have the
vmPRO appliance automatically install the VSS Writer.
Manually install the Quantum VSS Writer
1. From the Windows system on which you are installing the VSS Writer, open a Web browser and
navigate to \\<vmPRO IP>\quantum-support\vss.
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