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7 TR1059 | V4.0 | Exchange 2013 Data Protection with EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition 4.6 and PS
Series Arrays
2 ASM / ME – Exchange Server integration
Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition utilizes Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
architecture to provide application integration with SAN copy operations, Figure 1. During the VSS
operation flow, Auto-Snapshot Manager initiates the process by requesting the Exchange Server VSS
Writer to prepare a database for a Smart Copy operation. The Exchange Server VSS Writer component
places the database in a consistent state and the PS Series VSS Provider service initiates the SAN copies
using PS Series hardware snapshots, clones, or replication functions. The end result is a data-consistent
point-in-time Smart Copy of the Exchange Server database and volumes. Smart Copies can then be used
to fully restore a database or simply recover object level data using various recovery options available to
the Smart Copy set.
Figure 1 Volume Shadow Copy service – ASM/ME integration
The ASM/ME GUI has been redesigned in Host Integration Tools for Windows version 4.6, Figure 2. The
Hosts area (1) shows the hosts that have been added to the managed HIT Group. A HIT Group is simply a
group of hosts managed by that instance of ASM/ME. Each host lists supported component information
including Exchange Server instances and databases, host volumes, collections, schedules, and existing
Smart Copies.
The main area in the center (2 and 3) lists detailed information about the selected object, such as host
information and properties, Smart Copy support options available for the selected object, volume and file