Users Guide

● If one of the hosts you just added is an SQL cluster node, ASM/ME will recognize that you are running an SQL cluster
within your farm, and will prompt you to add the remaining SQL cluster nodes. Add these hosts through the Add Hosts
wizard.
● Open the General Settings page in ASM/ME and specify the farm administrator domain account for the Run ASM
Services As option. Also specify the same shared backup document directory for each cluster node.
About Changes to an Existing SharePoint Farm
If you already installed ASM/ME on a SharePoint farm, ASM/ME automatically detects changes to the farm layout and prompts
you to use the Add Hosts wizard when you add a new host that performs any of the following actions:
● Runs SQL databases used in the farm
● Has Office Search enabled
● Has SharePoint Search enabled
When you change a writer host in a SharePoint farm, the new host must use the same shared backup document directory
specified on all other farm hosts. Similarly, you must also specify the farm administrator domain account for the Run ASM
Services As option on the General Settings page of the ASM/ME instance of the new writer host. Further, any Smart Copy
schedules that were created apply only to the initial or former writer host. Therefore, you must recreate Smart Copy schedules
on the new writer host.
Remove a HIT Group Host From a SharePoint Farm
Removing a host from a SharePoint farm removes the host from the GUI, but does not uninstall ASM/ME on the host. When the
host has farm components after it is removed, ASM/ME prompts you to add the host back to the HIT Group.
To remove a HIT Group from a SharePoint farm:
1. Right-click the HIT Group host in the ASM/ME tree panel.
2. Click Stop Managing.
Add a Writer Host to a SharePoint Farm
To add an additional writer host to a SharePoint farm HIT Group:
1. Enable the SharePoint VSS writer on the additional writer host:
a. Start the command prompt with the right-click Run as Administrator option.
b. Run the following command, specifc to SharePoint 2016 and 2019:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\BIN\STSADM.exe
-o registerwsswriter
2. Open ASM/ME on the new writer host.
ASM/ME displays a list of the farm hosts that you need to add through the Add Hosts wizard.
3. Click Add Hosts to add these hosts to the new writer host.
Change a Writer Host in a SharePoint Farm
When a writer host is already a part of the farm HIT Group, change a writer host as follows:
1. Enable the SharePoint VSS writer on the host.
a. Start the command prompt with the right-click Run as Administrator option.
b. Run the following command, specifc to SharePoint 2016 and 2019:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\BIN\STSADM.exe
-o registerwsswriter
2. Open ASM/ME on the new writer host.
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