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
clone (continued)
Smart Copy (continued)
restore options 80
Clone Smart Copy 35
cluster
check access to Backup Document directory 20
clustered resource folders 21
CSV-enabled clusters
create Smart Copy 88
delete an alias 38
environments
HIT groups 40
failover support 13
multiple cluster management
non-clustered host 40
network shared folder 22
operations through ASM/ME 47
restore
in-place 89
schedule operations 49
SQL Server volumes 82
VSS requestor warnings 20
Cluster
assign to a group 36
cluster mount points
environment constraints 18
cluster node
assign an alias 37
Cluster node
assign an alias 37
Cluster Shared Volumes, See CSV
cofigure
failover policy settings 28
collection operations
create a Smart Copy schedule 48
delete 48
modify 48
collections
create 48
originating computer 48
Smart Copies 47
volume-based 47
Collections list node 35
command line interface, See CLI
commands
clone and restore as new 77, 78
entering 105
eseutil.exe 64
configurations
unsupported Hyper-V 85
configure
access control record 18
alert settings 24
MPIO connections settings 29
MPIO settings 28
network 29
network connections 29
notification settings 22
PS Series group 26
set ASM/ME preferences 15
Smart Copy
replica 16
snapshot 15
Smart Copy access 27
SMP requirements 16
configure (continued)
verification server
prerequisites 69
connect
iSCSI target to volume 18
Container for a group of Application components 35
context menu
display 32
CSV
coordination node 88
CSV Collections
Smart Copies 89
restore operations 89
Smart Copy 89
Windows Server 88
D
data
restore 58
data recovery 11
database
restore as new 82
Restore as New 80
databases
restore all 82
delete
host alias 38
Smart Copies 57
Smart Copy 57
disabling SCSI unmap support 11
disk format 15
E
email alerts 23
EqlRethin utility 11
eseutil.exe 64
Exchange
ASM/ME
view Exchange applications 63
change volume layout 65
Checksum Verification 65
create
Recovery Mailbox Database 76
create Smart Copies 70
eseutil.exe
registry key 65
throttle 65
eseutil.exe utility 64
Exchange Smart Copy overview 64
features 64
in-place database restore 76
in-place restore 76
install 63
management tools 68
Microsoft Exchange Writer 63
operations 64
recover data 74
restore
mailbox database 76
multiple components 65
server
clone and restore as new 77