Users Guide

1 Introduction to ASM/ME............................................................................................................... 9
Functions Provided By ASM/ME........................................................................................................................................ 9
Supported Applications................................................................................................................................................... 9
HIT Groups and Multiple Machine Management.........................................................................................................9
ASM/ME Smart Copies.................................................................................................................................................10
Smart Copy Types..........................................................................................................................................................10
Smart Copy Operations for Template and Thin Clone Volumes.............................................................................. 10
Robust Data Recovery................................................................................................................................................... 11
Think-Provisioning a Volume......................................................................................................................................... 11
SAN Data Copy Offload................................................................................................................................................. 11
Scripts and Command Generation............................................................................................................................... 12
Alerts and Event Notification........................................................................................................................................12
Remote Installations.......................................................................................................................................................13
Failover Cluster Support................................................................................................................................................13
ASM/ME and the Virtual Snapshot Service ....................................................................................................................13
2 Configure ASM/ME.....................................................................................................................15
PS Series Group Requirements..........................................................................................................................................15
Windows Computer Requirements....................................................................................................................................16
Required Access Controls...................................................................................................................................................16
VSS/VDS Service Access to the Group............................................................................................................................17
Access to Volumes and Snapshots.................................................................................................................................... 17
iSCSI Target Connections...................................................................................................................................................18
Volume Mount Point and Drive Letter Assignments....................................................................................................... 18
Mount Point Constraints in Cluster Environments.......................................................................................................... 18
ASM/ME Settings................................................................................................................................................................19
General Settings............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Managing the ASM Services.........................................................................................................................................21
Notification Settings...................................................................................................................................................... 21
Alert Settings..................................................................................................................................................................22
Verification Settings...................................................................................................................................................... 24
About PS Group Access Settings................................................................................................................................24
MPIO Settings................................................................................................................................................................27
3 ASM/ME Graphical User Interface............................................................................................... 29
Start the ASM/ME GUI......................................................................................................................................................29
Callout 1 — Dashboard................................................................................................................................................. 29
Callout 2 — Tree Panel................................................................................................................................................ 30
Callout 3 — Actions Toolbar........................................................................................................................................30
Callout 4 — Global Actions Toolbar............................................................................................................................30
Callout 5 — Menu Bar..................................................................................................................................................30
Callout 6 — Navigation Area........................................................................................................................................ 31
Callout 7 — Status Bar..................................................................................................................................................31
Tree Panel............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
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