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
Specify the ‑showObjectID parameter to display the unique identifiers for each object.
showprops
● Used with: list subcommand
● Specify the ‑showprops parameter to display the following object properties in the output:
○ For lists of volumes, the output includes the volume type, PS Series volume name, and read‑only setting.
○ For lists of collections, the output includes all component names and volumes included in the collection.
○ For lists of components the output includes the original volume list and application type (such as Exchange or SQL
Server).
smartcopy
● Used with: configureCHAP subcommand
● Indicates that the credentials apply to snapshot access.
● smartcopyType=
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Specify the required form of Smart Copy.
● You can specify a value of snapshot, clone, replica, or ThinClone if your storage is configured to support these
options. The default value is snapshot.
smtpHost ={"host_name" |"ipaddress"
● Used with: configureASM subcommand
● Specifies the fully qualified name or IP address of the SMTP Host to be used to send email when ASM/ME actions that
support sending email are performed.
smtpport=
● Used with: configureASM subcommand
● This port will be used as a fallback port if the SMTP Server port cannot be accessed.
ssa
Used with: smart subcommand
Optionally specify the -ssa parameter to select either a Search Service Application (SSA) name or an SSA ID, for
which to create the Smart Copy. If this parameter (and the spCategory parameter) is omitted, ASM/ME creates a Smart
Copy of the entire farm.
spCategory
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Optionally specify the -spCategory parameter to select between a SharePoint farm or one component of the SharePoint
farm, for which to create a Smart Copy. The options are farm, content or ssa.
● The content option will create a Smart Copy of the content databases. The ssa option will create a Smart Copy of the
specified Search Service Application. If you choose ssa, you must also use the ssa parameter to identify the
specific SSA.
● If you do not use either, the spCategory parameter or the ssa parameter, ASM/ME creates a Smart Copy of the entire
farm by default.
unmountonly
● Used with: unmount subcommand
● Specify the -unmountonly parameter to unmount the volumes without logging off. (By default, unmounting a volume both
unmounts it and logs off.)
useEarliest
Used with: verify, mount, properties, unmount, delete, restore subcommands
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