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Third party management applications

Third party management applications control the Microsoft VDS service to manage array disks and

volumes.

Microsoft offers two command line utilities: DiskPart and DiskRaid. These interfaces enable you to script

disk management tasks so you can automate conﬁguration of multiple storage disks.

The DiskPart utility, which comes standard with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, manages disks,

volumes, and partitions. Using DiskPart, you can use the command line to manage the disk array.

The DiskRaid utility which is an application used to conﬁgure hardware RAID storage systems, works

with any storage hardware that includes a VDS provider, including HP arrays using the HP MSA FC VDS

Provider. DiskRaid comes with the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit (SP1, VDS 1.0) or with the SAN

Manager (R2, VDS 1.1). DiskRaid has a command syntax similar to DiskPart.

The Microsoft software providers (called Basic Disk Provider and Dynamic Disk Provider) interface

between the Windows OS, Windows applications, and disks, drives, and disk arrays. Through these

Software Providers and VDS, Windows sees the disks, drives, and disk array volumes and performs

actions such as partitioning, mounting, and managing the ﬁle system.

An HP Hardware Provider is not required in order for the Microsoft or third party software providers

to perform the tasks described above on the HP disk arrays. However, the HP Provider extends the

capabilities of various Windows providers and applications to do additional LUN and port management

tasks that normally require the HP array management software.

HP Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider administration guide