11. Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions SuSE 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, RedHat 9.0, Advanced Server 3.0, 4.0, Fedora Core 1 - 4, Enterprise Server 3.0, Mandrake 8.0, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, Slackware 10, ASPLinux 9.2, ASPLinux 10, ASPLinux 11, ASPLinux Server II, ASPLinux Server IV, Virtuozzo 2.6.x, Gentoo, Ubuntu 4.10, TurboLinux 8.0, 10.0 and some others Linux distributions Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows 2000 Server/ 2000 Advanced Server/ 2003 Server Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6 Windows 2000 Professional SP4/ XP Professional SP2 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6 Windows 98/Me
29. Volume Shadow Copy Service Writer (SQL) Writer (Exchange) Writer (other app/store) Writer (…) Volume Shadow copy Service Provider Provider Provider Disk 1 Writer (other app/store) Disk 4 Disk 5 Disk 2 Disk 3 2. Writer provides XML description of backup components and defines restore method 1. Requestor asks VSS to enumerate writers, and gather their information 4. Requestor asks VSS to create shadow copies 5. VSS “freezes” writers 7. VSS “thaws” writers 3. VSS asks which providers can support a “shadow copy” for each of the required volumes 6. VSS tells providers to create the shadow copy of the current state on-disk Requestor Requestor Requestor Requestor
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36. Acronis, Inc. 395 Oyster Point Boulevard, Suite 213 South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA +1 (650) 875-7593 phone +1 (650) 875-7148 fax http://www.acronis.com