Users Guide

● Search folder—Contains subfolders for each Search Service Application in the farm. If SPSearch is enabled in the farm, its
components are included in a SPSearch subfolder.
If the SharePoint VSS writer is enabled on the writer host, the farm hosts are online and reachable, and the ASM agent is
running, all of the individual farm components are reachable by ASM/ME. You can then view detailed information for each
component, and perform Smart Copy and data restoration operations on them.
When you select a farm component in the tree panel, its properties are displayed. You can view several properties for the farm
component, such as its component name, the volume on which it resides, and the component type (for example, a Search index,
content database, service application database, and so on).
Right-click individual components (or select them and view the Actions toolbar) to view the available options for each
component.
SharePoint Smart Copies
You can create Smart Copies of the following SharePoint components:
● An entire SharePoint farm
● A set of all content databases
● Individual databases
● Search Service Application (SSA)—SharePoint 2016 and 2019
NOTE: Limit the number of databases in a Smart Copy collection to 34 or fewer. If you have more than 34 databases,
spread them among multiple hosts in the farm.
For more information, see the following article: support.microsoft.com/kb/943471
When you create a Smart Copy of a SharePoint component, it appears under the Smart Copies node in the tree panel.
Assuming that all farm hosts within the HIT Group have been properly set up to use one shared backup document directory,
newly created Smart Copies appear under the Smart Copies node for every host in the HIT Group. When you expand the
Smart Copies node, the SharePoint Smart Copies are grouped under the SharePoint Services Writer.
When you select a particular Smart Copy, its properties are displayed. You can right-click on the Smart Copy to view available
actions for it.
When you create a Smart Copy of the farm, an individual database, or an SSA Office Search and SharePoint Search
environment, they are paused before ASM/ME takes the Smart Copy. This pause ensures consistency between the search
databases and search indices. Any content source crawls that are running are paused. After ASM/ME takes the Smart Copy,
the Office Search and SharePoint Search environment is resumed, and any content source crawls that were paused resume.
NOTE:
If any component of the SharePoint farm is unavailable or unreachable (for example, if a host is down), ASM/ME
creates a Smart Copy but warns you about the offline components in the wizard, log files, and the summary dialog box.
Create a Smart Copy of an Entire SharePoint Farm
1. Navigate to the HIT Group host on which the SharePoint VSS writer is running.
2. Expand the Applications node.
3. Right-click the SharePoint Farm node and select Create Farm Smart Copy.
The Create Smart Copy Wizard opens.
4. In the Select Smart Copy Type dialog box:
● Select a snapshot, clone, or replica, depending on what type of Smart Copy you want to create. (If you create a clone,
select the Mount Clone option to automatically mount the clone after it is created. On the next screen, you can choose
which volumes to mount, and either use the mount folder or specify a drive letter for each volume.
The default mount folder is C:\ProgramData\EqualLogic\Mounts, but you can browse to a different folder).
● Select the backup type: copy or full.
● (Optional) Provide text describing the Smart Copy Set. This information will appear in the backup document.
5. Click Next.
The Summary screen opens.
6. Verify the settings. If the information is correct, click Create.
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