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
ASMCLI -createCollection
The ‑createCollection command creates and validates a new collection from a list of volumes or components. ASMCLI
handles collection creation differently than the ASM/ME GUI . If you use ASMCLI to create a collection and specify a list of
volumes, the collection will contain all the volumes and every component that is fully contained on those volumes. If you specify
a list of components, the collection will contain all the component and every volume that those components use.
Command Syntax
ASMCLI -createcollection
-collection="collection_name"
[-volume={"drive" | "mount_point"}
-component="component_name"]
-volumeBased={"Yes"|"No"}
For a description of the parameters, see ASMCLI -createCollection.
Examples
● Create a collection Test Collection 1 containing volumes E:\ and F:\ and add any components contained on the volumes.
> ASMCLI -createcollection -collection="Test Collection 1" -volume=e:\;f:\
● Create a collection Test Collection 2 containing components Mailbox Database A and Mailbox Database B and add the
volumes for the components to the collection.
> ASMCLI -createcollection -collection="Test Collection 2" -component="Mailbox Database
A;Mailbox Database B"
ASMCLI -delete
Specify the ‑delete subcommand to delete an existing Smart Copy and all its data.
Use optional parameters to specify the Smart Copy set to delete by:
● Backup document path
● Originating volume or component or collection with the useLatest or useEarliest option.
Using -delete With Cloud Services
The -delete command can be run on existing external replicas. When the delete is complete, the associated data with that
Smart Copy will be deleted from the cloud. Note that deletes are much harder to verify on the cloud, because the data merges
to other existing snapshots when the deletion is performed. Deletes for external replicas are not instantaneous. The delete
operation does not complete until the data is successfully merged on the external cloud provider.
Command Syntax
ASMCLI -delete
[{-document="path"|
-volume={"drive" |"mount_point"|
-component="component_name" |
-collection="collection_name"|
-writer="writer_name" |
-objectID="identifier"}]
[{-useLatest | -useEarliest | -all}] [-email | -noemail] -retry=n
For a description of these parameters, see Command Parameters.
Using the Command Line Interface
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