SQL Server Integration

When using arrays with SQL Server, it is recommended to use HPE VSS Services to take full advantage of highly efficient snapshots and replication. HPE VSS communicates with Microsoft VSS to coordinate snapshots with applications writing to the volumes. This allows Microsoft to take consistent VSS snapshots of any VSS-aware application, such as SQL Server.

The Verify backups setting in the protection schedule determines the kind of VSS backup that is created. A VSS full backup is created if Verify backups is enabled, and a VSS copy backup is created if Verify backups is disabled.