Users Guide
After this initial HIT Group has been created, ASM/ME recognizes that the SQL host added is in fact part of a cluster, and automatically
prompts you to add the rest of the cluster nodes to the HIT Group using the Add Hosts wizard. During this process, ASM/ME is
automatically installed on the other two cluster nodes and the appropriate trust relationships are set up.
After this operation completes, the entire SQL cluster and Application Server 2 can be managed from the ASM/ME instance on
Application Server 1. All ASM/ME operations pertaining to SharePoint can be performed from Application Server 1.
Install ASM/ME on a SharePoint Farm
Before you begin, identify a network shared directory to store Smart Copy backup documents:
• All farm hosts that ASM/ME will be managing must be able to access this exact path.
• The farm administrator must have read-write access to this path.
• Any HIT Group hosts on which you plan on importing Smart Copies using ASM/ME should also have read-write access to this path.
Choose a farm host on which SharePoint is installed to serve as the writer host, and then enable the SharePoint VSS writer on it. The
SharePoint VSS writer is not enabled by default. You can use a web front-end server or an application server as your writer host.
1. Start the command prompt with the right-click Run as Administrator option.
2. Run the following command, with the applicable number (nn) corresponding to the version of SharePoint you are running:
• SharePoint 2013, enter 15.
• SharePoint 2016, enter 16.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\ nn\BIN\STSADM.exe -o
registerwsswriter
A message displays when the operation completes.
3. Confirm SharePointVSS writers on the nodes where it is registered by running vssadmin.exe list writers from an elevated
command prompt. Search writers appear only on hosts where that SharePoint service is provisioned.
4. Install ASM/ME on the host running the SharePoint VSS writer.
5. Open the ASM/ME console.
ASM/ME displays a list of the farm hosts that you need to add.
6. Add the hosts through the Add Hosts wizard.
a) Click Add Hosts.
b) Select Cluster and SharePoint Farm Nodes and click Next.
c) Provide farm administrator credentials (domain, user name, and password) for the hosts you are adding.
See About Creating a HIT Group for prerequisite information about HIT Groups.
d) If you want to install MPIO or the PowerShell Tools on the host, select those options.
e) Specify the directory that contains the installation files.
f) Click Add Hosts to begin the installation on the specified host. When the process is complete, click Close.
The Summary of Hosts page opens. This page displays the hosts that have been added to the HIT Group, and what actions —
such as installations or updates — have been performed on each host. This page also shows you whether or not a reboot is
required on the remote hosts.
NOTE: An error message displays if the installation or update cannot complete.
g) If a reboot is required, click Reboot All. Otherwise, click Finish.
7. Open the General Settings page in ASM/ME and specify the farm administrator domain account for the Run ASM Services As option.
On the same General Settings page, specify the shared backup document directory you identified in step 1. Ensure that every host in
your HIT Group is using this same backup document directory.
8. Perform one or more of the following steps:
• If your SharePoint farm contains an SQL cluster, proceed with the following step. If not, the installation procedure is complete.
• 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:
Using ASM/ME with SharePoint
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