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D.2 Prerequisites for a verification server
A verification server has the following prerequisites:
• You must install the same release of Host Integration Tools on both the verification server and on
the Smart Copy creator servers. This includes all required applications such as the iSCSI initiators.
• You must install the Exchange Management Tools for the same release of Microsoft Exchange
Server as is installed on the Smart Copy creator servers. Maintain version parity on creator and
verification servers, including the latest hot fixes available from Microsoft.
• The verification server and any creator servers that it serves must be part of the same Microsoft
Windows domain.
• The verification server and any creator servers that it serves must be able to access a shared location
for Smart Copies.
• Appropriate network access and bandwidth to process the Global Verification Tasks of client
systems.
D.3 Configuring a verification server
Use the following procedure to set up a verification server:
1.
Use the Remote Setup Wizard to enable the verification server to access the storage array
group.
2.
On the Smart Copy creator server, find the location of the shared Smart Copy “copy”
folder as follows:
a.
Launch ASM/ME and click Settings in the navigation area.
b. Click General Settings.
c.
Under the Auto-Snapshot Manager Document Directory, find the path specified as
where ASM will store its backup documents. Write down or copy the path to a text
file.
d. Close the Settings window by clicking on Hosts.
3. Dell recommends that you configure the
Volume Access Control List on the PS Series group so
that the verification server has access only to snapshots, and not to the original volume. See the
Creating Access Control Records procedure described in the Volume Management section
of the Group Manager GUI Online Help.
4. On the verification server, map a drive to the
shared shadow copy folder that you identified in
Step 2. Use the same drive letter if possible.
5.
On the verification server, point ASM to the shared shadow copy folder as follows:
a.
Launch ASM/ME and click Settings in the navigation area.
b. Click General Settings.