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DS14MK4 Basic question Vds hardware provider

FLORIANKANT — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:28:24 GMT

Hi,

I bought a used DS14MK4 from eBay and I am absolutely new to SAN s ... Basically I connected the Device via FC to my IBM server and installed the windows storage manager ( Win Server 2008 R2 ) for san. In the hardware manager under drives I am able to see all in the shelf installed drives correctly working. The main problem is, that I need the VDS Hardware Provider ( Error in Windows Storage Manager: Windows can't find the VDS or VDS hardware provider ) to create LUN s.

To cut a long story short: Where can I get / download the hardware provider ?

Thank you all

Florian

Re: DS14MK4 Basic question Vds hardware provider

nicholaf — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:03:07 GMT

In Windows 2008 R2 a hotfix is needed. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981892

In Windows 2012 the hotfix is not needed.

Regards,

Nicholas Lee Fagan

Re: DS14MK4 Basic question Vds hardware provider

nicholaf — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:10:33 GMT

Also, see:

http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/ontap_vds_hw_provider/

Regards,

Nicholas Fagan

Re: DS14MK4 Basic question Vds hardware provider

FLORIANKANT — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:45:38 GMT

Thank you so much!

As soon as my account is unlocked I will download it.

Florian