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 (continued)
subcommand parameters (continued)
disableall 109
document= 109
documentFolder= 109
email 109
emailRecipientList= 109
emailSenderAddress= 109
emailSubjectLine= 109
enable= 109
enableall= 109
enableEmails= 110
group= 109
ignorelogoutfail 110
keepcount= 110
location= 110
locationroot= 110
newname= 111
NoEmail 111
nosignatureupdate 111
objectID= 111
offpeak 112
promoteandverify 112
readwrite 112
recovery 112
remote 112
retry= 112
scheduleID= 113
secret= 113
selections= 113
sendOnFailure= 113
sendOnSuccess 113
sendTestMail 113
shadowType= 113
showObjectID 113
showprops 114
smartcopy 114
smartcopyType= 114
smtpHost= 114
smtpport= 114
spCategory 114
ssa 114
unmountonly 114
useEarliest 114
useLatest 115
volume= 115
volumeBased= 115
volumes 115
vssvds 115
writer 115
writers 115
subcommands
-alert 106, 116
-breaksmartcopy 106, 117
-cloneReplica 117
-configureASM 118
-configureCHAP 118
-createCollection 119
-delete 106, 119
-deleteCollection 120
-enumerateiSCSIPortals 120
-enumerateSmartCopies 106
-help 106, 121
-list 106, 121
-modifyCollection 106 , 122
ASMCLI (continued)
subcommands (continued)
-mount 106, 122
-properties 106, 123
-selectiveRestore 125
-shutdownsystray 13, 106
-shutdownverifier 106
-smart 106, 126
-unmount 106, 129
-verify 106, 129
-version 131
‑cloneReplica 106
‑configureASM 106
‑configureCHAP 106
‑createCollection 106
‑deleteCollection 106
‑enumerateiSCSIPortals 106
‑restore 106
‑selectiveRestore 106
‑version 106
–shutdownverifier 126
enumerateSmartCopies 120
syntax 105
Auto-Snapshot Manager, See ASM/ME
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backup document
defined 21
backup document directory
clusters 21
non-clustered hosts 21
SharePoint farms 21
standalone hosts 21
Backup Document directory
change location 21
check cluster access 20
backup documents
view 57
bin folder 105
Broken Smart Copies 35
C
CHAP
credentials 17
Che 66
checksum verification
Exchange 65
on a remote host 68
Checksum verification
view status 70
Checksum Verification
immediate run 66
logging and notification 70
remote host in a HIT Group 69
run after creating a Smart Copy 66
schedule a Global Verification task 66
CLI
introduction 104
clone
clustered volume
recover 133
Smart Copy