Users Guide

For any type of collection, creating a volume-based collection results in scheduled tasks still running successfully, even if the
collection definition is changed. Any collection that contains Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs) is forced to behave as a
volume-based collection.
● When you do not select the option to create a volume-based collection, the scheduled task fails when any change occurs in
the collection definition. The components included in the collection, however, are based on the state of the collection at the
point in time the Smart Copy was created.
Create a Collection
1. Right-click the Collections node in the ASM/ME tree panel and select Create Collection.
ASM/ME displays the Collection name dialog box.
2. Specify a unique, alphanumeric name for the collection. If you want to create a volume-based collection, select the checkbox
and click Next.
ASM/ME displays the Components dialog box. See Volume-Based Collections for more information.
3. Select the volumes or application components to include in the collection. ASM/ME automatically includes required
components.
4. Click Next.
The Summary dialog box opens. This dialog box lists the default settings that are used when ASM/ME creates Smart
Copies of the collection components.
5. Click Create to create the collection.
The new collection is displayed in the ASM/ME tree panel under Collections.
When you have created a collection, you can create Smart Copies of the collection volumes as described in Create Smart
Copies. Smart Copy sets for collections are located under the collection name under Smart Copies in the ASM/ME tree
panel.
6. Select the collection name to display its details.
More Collection Operations
You can create a Smart Copy schedule for a collection, and generate an ASMCLI command for creating a Smart Copy of the
collection. You can also modify or delete a collection, as follows:
1. Expand Collections in the ASM/ME tree panel and right-click the collection name.
2. Select an operation from the menu. The options include:
● Configure New Schedule
● Create Smart Copy
● Delete Collection
● Generate Create Smart Copy Command
● Modify Collection
When your rename a collection, any Smart Copies and schedules of the collection are updated to refer to the renamed
collection. Schedule names are not automatically modified, however, you can select the Modify Schedule option to change
the schedule name. When you modify a collection, ASM/ME indicates that the originating computer is Unknown. This status
occurs because the originating computer properties change to the name of the host that modified it.
NOTE:
Ideally, modify a collection only from the originating host. (A collection’s originating host can be unknown if the
collection was created on an earlier version of ASM/ME, which did not include the originating host information.)
To change the originating host, you do not need to make any actual changes to the collection. For example, you can deselect
and then immediately reselect a volume in the collection, then click Update. This process is enough to change the collection
properties.
About Schedules
You can create schedules to perform Smart Copy operations at regular intervals. ASM/ME notifies you when scheduled
operations complete or fail.
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