Users Guide

After you have mounted your volumes, you can then use your application to create a database on one or more volumes.
Dell recommends following best practices when configuring databases on volumes. See Torn Smart Copies for more information.
Windows Server prevents you from switching mount points between clustered and non-clustered disks. If the volume containing
the mount point is a clustered volume, but the Smart Copy that you are attempting to mount is not a clustered volume, the
mount operation fails. ASM/ME displays an error message informing you that the mount operation is unsupported.
For example, ASM/ME does not support the following operations:
● Using the system drive (C:\) to host a mount point for a volume, which is set as a clustered disk
● Using a clustered volume (X:\) to host a new volume that is not set as a clustered disk
Consider this constraint carefully when applying recovery strategies for SQL Server and for Exchange Server.
For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
● support.microsoft.com/kb/280297
● support.microsoft.com/kb/947021
ASM/ME Settings
If you manage more than one host, you can change the ASM/ME settings on multiple hosts in a single operation. Use only ASCII
characters when specifying CHAP credentials, PS Series group names, member names, administrative passwords, and group
membership passwords. The following table describes the ASM/ME settings.
Table 6. ASM/ME Settings
Setting Type Description
General Enables you to control general ASM/ME behavior, such as:
● The default location of backup documents and collection files
● Whether to automatically validate the Smart Copies when ASM/ME is started, enable
iSCSI portal verification, set Smart Copies online as they are created, and other
options
● Specify how to run the ASM/ME services
See General Settings.
Notification Enables you to specify where to send email notification of completed scheduled
operations. See Notification Settings.
Alert Settings Enables you to receive Critical, Warning, and Informational email alerts when certain tasks
succeed or fail.
See Alert Settings.
Verification Enables you to specify a preferred period in which ASM/ME performs regularly scheduled
operations such as Checksum Verification.
See Verification Settings.
PS Group Access Enables you to configure access to one or more PS Series groups for creating and
managing Smart Copies, and other functions.
See About PS Group Access Settings.
MPIO Enables you to specify MPIO settings such as the failover policy, connection attributes,
and IP version.
See MPIO Settings.
General Settings
The General Settings panel enables you to control the general behavior and options for ASM/ME on all hosts.
To make the same changes to multiple hosts, select the hosts in the middle panel. To restore settings to their current saved
state, click Discard. The following table describes the general settings.
Configure ASM/ME
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