Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 User's Guide
- Introduction to ASM/ME
- Functions Provided By ASM/ME
- Supported Applications
- HIT Groups and Multiple Machine Management
- ASM/ME Smart Copies
- Smart Copy Types
- Smart Copy Operations for Template and Thin Clone Volumes
- Robust Data Recovery
- Thin-Provisioning a Volume
- SAN Data Copy Offload
- Scripts and Command Generation
- Alerts and Event Notification
- Remote Installations
- Failover Cluster Support
- ASM/ME and the Virtual Snapshot Service
- Functions Provided By ASM/ME
- Configure ASM/ME
- PS Series Group Requirements
- Windows Computer Requirements
- Required Access Controls
- VSS/VDS Service Access to the Group
- Access to Volumes and Snapshots
- iSCSI Target Connections
- Volume Mount Point and Drive Letter Assignments
- Mount Point Constraints in Cluster Environments
- ASM/ME Settings
- ASM/ME Graphical User Interface
- Start the ASM/ME GUI
- Tree Panel
- Tree Panel Behavior in Failover Cluster Environments
- Tree Panel Nodes
- Tree Panel Icons
- Group SharePoint Farm Nodes, Clusters, or Host Nodes
- About Aliases
- Customize Color Themes
- HIT Groups
- General ASM/ME Operations
- About Volumes
- Operations on Failover Clusters
- About Collections
- About Schedules
- About Smart Copies
- Restoring Data
- View Multipath Information
- View I/O Details
- Using ASM/ME with Exchange
- View Exchange Applications in ASM/ME
- Exchange Operations
- Overview of Exchange Smart Copies
- Exchange eseutil.exe Utility
- Recovery Considerations for Exchange
- Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery
- Run Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery Immediately
- Run Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery After Smart Copy Creation
- Schedule a Global Verification Task for Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery
- Run Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery on a Remote Host
- View Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery Status
- Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery Logging and Notification
- Create Exchange Smart Copies
- Schedule Smart Copies for Exchange Components
- Recover Exchange Data
- Using ASM/ME with SQL Server
- Using ASM/ME with Hyper-V
- Using ASM/ME with SharePoint
- SharePoint Installation Considerations
- Plan to Install on a SharePoint Farm
- Example of ASM/ME Installed on a SharePoint Farm
- Example of a SharePoint Farm with a SQL Cluster
- Install ASM/ME on a SharePoint Farm
- About Changes to an Existing SharePoint Farm
- Remove a HIT Group Host From a SharePoint Farm
- Add a Writer Host to a SharePoint Farm
- Change a Writer Host in a SharePoint Farm
- Change the Writer Host and Disable the VSS Writer in a SharePoint Farm
- Respond to Changes in a SharePoint Farm
- View SharePoint Farm Components in ASM/ME
- SharePoint Smart Copies
- Restore Options for SharePoint Smart Copies
- Availability of SharePoint Data Restoration Operations
- Mount a SharePoint Smart Copy
- Restore Selected Databases from a SharePoint Smart Copy
- Restore a Database In-Place From a SharePoint Smart Copy
- Restore a Database From a SharePoint Smart Copy as a New Database
- Restore an SSA From a SharePoint Smart Copy
- Using the Command Line Interface
- Introduction to ASMCLI
- How to Use ASMCLI Commands
- General Command Syntax
- ASMCLI Command Summary
- Command Parameters
- ASMCLI Commands and Their Syntax
- ASMCLI -alert
- ASMCLI -breaksmartcopy
- ASMCLI -cloneReplica
- ASMCLI -configureASM
- ASMCLI -configureCHAP
- ASMCLI -createCollection
- ASMCLI -delete
- ASMCLI -deleteCollection
- ASMCLI -enumerateiSCSIPortals
- ASMCLI -enumerateSmartCopies
- ASMCLI -help
- ASMCLI -list
- ASMCLI -modifyCollection
- ASMCLI -mount
- ASMCLI -Properties
- ASMCLI -restore
- ASMCLI -selectiveRestore
- ASMCLI -shutdownsystray
- ASMCLI -shutdownverifier
- ASMCLI -smart
- ASMCLI -unmount
- ASMCLI -verify
- ASMCLI -version
- Use a Script to Create Smart Copies
- Recover a Clustered Volume From a Clone
- Index
all
● Used with: delete subcommand
● Specify the -all parameter to delete all Smart Copies for the specified target (collection, volume, or component). This
option will have no effect if the -document or ‑objectid parameter is specified.
applylogs
● Used with: restore subcommand
● Specify the ‑applylogs parameter to apply SQL Server logs when restoring SQL Server volumes. This option is ignored for
non‑SQL Server Smart Copies.
backupType=
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Specify the type of backup method to use when creating the Smart Copy. In the current release, you can specify a value of
either copy or full. The default value is copy.
category=
● Used with: alert subcommand
● Specify the category of alerts you would like to view. If you omit this parameter, a list of all the alerts will be displayed. You
can specify "C" or "Critical" for the critical alerts, "W" or "Warning" for the warning alerts, and "I" or
"Informational" for the informational alerts.
chapUser= name
● Used with: configureCHAP subcommand
● Designates the user-name that identifies a valid CHAP user.
checksum
● Used with: smart and verify subcommands
● Specify ‑checksum to perform Checksum Verification on a Smart Copy. You can use this command only when making
copies of Exchange objects.
● You can specify the ‑checksum subcommand together with the ‑recovery subcommand option to do both operations
simultaneously. If you do not specify either the ‑smart or ‑verify subcommands, the ‑checksum parameter is d.
● Optionally specify ‑offpeak to schedule Checksum Verification during the offpeak Global Verification times. See
Verification Settings.
cloneandverify
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Specify ‑cloneandverify to perform checksum verification on a temporary Exchange replica clone to not pause
replication. This action also sets the ‑recovery flag.
collection= collection_name
● Used with: smart, verify, mount, properties, unmount, restore, createcollection, modifycollection,
deletecollection subcommands
● Specify the ‑collection= parameter with a collection name as an alternative to specifying an ‑objectID=.
● You can obtain the collection name from the ASM/ME GUI Collections node by browsing an individual collection’s
properties.
Alternatively, use the following command to display of all collection names:
> ASMCLI ‑list ‑collections ‑showobjectid
● The ‑collection= parameter and the ‑objectID= parameter are mutually exclusive and the command parser processes
the first valid parameter, ignoring any subsequent parameters.
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