Release Information

What is the current released version of Everpure VSS Provider?

See our Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Hardware Providerpage for information on the latest release.

Which version of RestAPI is supported by the current released version of Everpure VSS Provider?

Everpure VSS Provider version 1.0.0 and version 1.0.1 supports FlashArrays with REST API 1.1. Any FlashArray that supports REST 1.1 will work just fine with this provider. For example, 3.4.3, 4.0.x, 4.1.x...etc.

Note:

For Purity version 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 you MUST use VSS 1.0.1 as VSS 1.0.0 will NOT WORK! Please see below for more details...

VSS 1.0.1 should work with all versions of Purity starting with 3.4.3+

Release Compatibility

This release supports Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019.
This release does not support Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. Installations are allowed, but not currently supported.

How to Verify that You Have Everpure VSS Provider Installed

Check that it shows under Add/Remove Programs Control Panel
Check Registry. Provider installs the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PureStorage\VSS\Provider
From a command window (console window). Run the following command:
```
vssadmin list providers
```

Result should contain something like this:


Provider name: 'Pure Storage VSS Hardware Provider (64-bit)'
 Provider type: Hardware
 Provider Id: {781c006a-5829-4a25-81e3-d5e43bd005ab}
 Version: 1.7.0

Verifying the User Privileges

Verify that you have Everpure system administrator rights to install the VSS hardware provider on the Windows host machine.

Verifying VSS Provider Service is Running

To verify that our VSS provider is up and running, so it can create snapshots, run Services MMC (services.msc from console window) and look for Pure VSS Provider service. When you click on it, you can verify if the service is currently started or stopped. Here is an example sceenshot of our VSS provider in stopped state:

To start the provide, simply click Start button.

Unattended Install / Uninstall

VSS Installer can be run silently without showing any UI or prompting the user. You must run the installer as administrator to avoid a case where Windows UAC my prompt the user for permissions to run, which can block script execution.

To run installer in silent mode, simply add /s to the installer command-line:


PureVSSInstaller.exe /s

Similarly, we can perform silent uninstall:


PureVSSInstaller.exe /x /s

This will use the default install location, which is %ProgramFiles%\Pure\VSS\Provider