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
If you are managing multiple hosts and want to make the same changes to multiple hosts, multiselect the hosts in the middle
panel. The changes will affect all selected hosts.
3. Specify the required information.
Press F1 to view online help for the settings.
4. Click Save.
To restore settings to their current saved state, click Discard.
Alert Settings
The Alert Settings panel enables you to specify all, or a subset of, email alerts that will be emailed to you. The default settings
are to receive all critical and warning alerts, and no informational alerts. You must configure email settings in order to receive
email alerts. See Notification Settings for information about configuring email.
In addition to email alerts, the ASM/ME GUI displays errors and warnings when a Smart Copy creation cannot complete because
snapshot reserve space, free pool space to clone a Smart Copy, or replica reserve space is low on your PS Series group.
Alerts are issued:
● When scheduled Smart Copy operations either succeed or fail. See About Schedules.
● When MPIO-related tasks fail
To configure alerts, see Configure Alert Settings. You can also control alerts using ASMCLI. Enabling or disabling alerts through
ASMCLI automatically sets the corresponding alerts in the GUI, which updates the alert status when you view alerts through
ASMCLI. See ASMCLI -alert for more information about the command for setting alerts.
The following table describes all the critical alerts that can be triggered in ASMCLI, and whether or not those alerts are enabled
by default.
Table 9. Critical Alerts
Alert Name Description Default
Smart Copy Creation Failed Smart Copy creation for a schedule has failed Yes
Collection Missing Dependencies Error A collection is missing component or volume dependencies Yes
Collection Multiple Writers or Component
Error
A component contains multiple application writers or a
component error occurred preventing an operation
Yes
ASMCLI Initialization Failed ASMCLI initialization has failed Yes
Smart Copy Mount Failed An attempt to mount a Smart Copy has failed Yes
Volume Unmount Failed An attempt to unmount a volume has failed Yes
Smart Copy Delete Failed An attempt to delete a Smart Copy has failed Yes
Restore Failed An attempt to restore a volume from a Smart Copy has failed Yes
Get Property Failed An attempt to extract properties from a volume collection or any
other object failed
Yes
Exchange Verification Failed Exchange verification has failed Yes
Many Concurrent Verification Tasks Exchange verification discovered more than the allowed
concurrent verification tasks
Yes
MPIO CHAP Creation Failed MPIO service failed to initialize CHAP Yes
MPIO CHAP Authentication Error MPIO CHAP authentication failed Yes
MPIO No Adapters Available No adapters are available for MPIO use Yes
MPIO Reconfiguration Request IPC Error A configuration request IPC error was encountered Yes
MPIO No Active Paths A MPIO session does not have any active paths Yes
MPIO Logout Error Aogout error for an MPIO session was encountered Yes
MPIO Login without CHAP Credentials Aogin without CHAP credentials was attempted Yes
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