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
Exchange Operations
The following table lists the general Exchange-related tasks you can perform using ASM/ME.
Table 19. Exchange Operations
Task See Section
Create application-consistent Smart Copies of
mailbox databases (Exchange 2016 and 2019),
volumes and collections.
Create Exchange Smart Copies
Set up Smart Copy schedules. Schedule Smart Copies for Microsoft Exchange Components
Perform In-Place or Brick-Level restores to
recover and restore Exchange data.
Recover Microsoft Exchange Data
Use a command line for creating site-specific
scripts.
Use a Script to Create Smart Copies
For all supported Exchange versions, you can
clone a mailbox database from a source , and
then set it up on the same server or on a
different Exchange Server.
About the Clone and Restore as New Operation
Overview of Exchange Smart Copies
If your Exchange mailbox databases and logs are stored on a PS Series group, you can create Smart Copies of your Exchange
components. A Smart Copy of a mailbox database (Exchange 2016 and 2019) automatically includes a copy of its logs and
mailstores.
NOTE: You should not create Smart Copies of individual logs and mailstore components.
Perform Checksum Verification on Smart Copies to ensure data integrity and consistency as potential recovery backup copies.
You can run this procedure in one of the following ways:
● Immediately at the time of Smart Copy creation
● After Smart Copy creation
● As part of a scheduled Global Verification task
● By using command lines or scripts
● On a remote host or verification server dedicated to running Checksum Verification
See Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery for more information about Checksum Verification.
After your Exchange Smart Copies are created, you can recover data from them using In-place or Brick-level recovery:
● In-place recovery is a point-in-time restoration of all data in an entire mailbox database.
● Brick-level recovery involves creating a Recovery mailbox database (for Exchange 2016 and 2019) to set a Smart Copy
snapshot online and recover information that was lost from production computers.
See Recover Microsoft Exchange Data for more information.
Exchange eseutil.exe Utility
Several ASM/ME operations include an option to specify the location of the Exchange Server eseutil.exe utility. ASM/ME uses
this Exchange utility to verify data integrity.
The path defaults to the standard Exchange installation:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\eseutil.exe
If the eseutil.exe utility is not at the default location, you are prompted to specify a path before you can perform any relevant
Exchange-specific operations.
See the Exchange documentation for information about eseutil.
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