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
SQL (continued)
Smart Copy (continued)
create and schedule 79
SQL Server
clone and restore 81
database
apply logs 82
fully recover 82
recover as new 82
restore 81
databases
restore all 82
mount replicas 81
Restore All 80
Restore as New 80
Restore Selected Database 80
Smart Copy
mount 81
mount points 80
restore options 79
version compatibility 79
SSO
enable 27
status bar 32
Storage Manager for SANS 17
synchronous replication 54
SyncRep, See synchronous replication
T
template volume
overview 10
Smart Copy 10
Template volume 35
thin clone
replication 53
Smart Copy schedules 49
thin clone volume
overview 10
Smart Copy 10
Thin clone volume 35
thin-provisioned volumes
about 11
driver 11
limitations 11
methods 11
thin-provisioning
disabled 11
duration 46
Hyper-V VMs 46
on-demand 46
restrictions 46
schedules for 50, 51
Smart Copy creation 46
Windows Server 11
Torn Smart Copies
avoid 86
tree panel
about 32
Actions Toolbar 31
ASM/ME icons
All Hosts node 34
Application component 35
Application node 34, 35
tree panel (continued)
ASM/ME icons (continued)
Application subcomponent 35
Applications list node 34
Broken Smart Copies 35
Clone Smart Copy 35
Collections list node 35
Container for a group of Application components 35
defined 34
I/O details node 36
Local Hosts node 34
MultiPath node 36
Non-VSS Smart Copy 35
Read-only volume 35
Recoverable Smart node 35
Remote host node 34
Replica Smart Copy 35
Schedules list node 35
SharePoint content database 35
Smart Copies list node 35
Smart Copy mounted 35
Snapshot Smart Copy 35
Template volume 35
Thin clone volume 35
Unreachable Smart Copies. 35
Unsupported volume node 35
Volumes list node 35
Configuration Warnings 31
GUI objects
available actions 31
nodes 33
tool tips 31
troubleshoot
recoverable Smart Copies 56
unreachable Smart Copies 55
U
UNC format 20, 22
Unreachable Smart Copies 35
Unsupported volume node 35
V
VDD
access control record 26
VDS
access controls 17
group service access 17
local host access settings 27
verification server
configure 69
version parity
hotfixes 69
verification settings 19, 24, 25
version parity 69
VHD
Hyper-V supported configuration 84
VM boot 84
VHD file 87, 88
Virtual Snapshot, See VSS
VM
restore
in-place 87