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
Index
A
access control
CHAP accounts
control access to snapshots 18
access control record
configure to match a group computer 18
access controls
CHAP accounts
control access to volumes 18
manage Microsoft services 17
PS-Series group 16
required 16
setting up 16
ACL, See access controls
Actions toolbar
GUI objects 31
Actions Toolbar 31
Add Host Wizard
create HIT group 43
alert settings 23
Alert settings
configure 24
alias
assign to a cluster node 37
assign to a Cluster node 37
assign to a host node 37
assign to a Sharepoint farm node 37
assign to a SharePoint farm node 37
delete a host alias 38
delete cluster 38
aliases
about 36
All Hosts node 34
application
list node 32
Application component 35
application components 10
Application Node 34, 35
Application Subcomponent 35
ASM Command Line Interface, See ASMCLI
ASM services
ASM services
ASM agent 20
run 20
VSS Requestor 20
ASM Services
domain user 22
enable SSO 22
local user 22
ASM//ME
HIT Group
members operations 39
ASM/ME
alert settings 19
applications supported 9
color themes
pie charts 38
commands
SAN Data Copy Offload 11
ASM/ME (continued)
commands (continued)
SCSI Extended Copy 11
customize color themes
cylinders 38
Exchange 63
features 9
functions 9
General Settings
Auto-Snapshot Manager Document Directory 20
Enable iSCSI portal verification during discovery 20
Enable Smart Copy validation on connect 20
HIT Group
edit settings on hosts 43
identify cluster volumes 47
install SharePoint Farm example 92
introduction 9
MPIO settings 19
navigating 32
notification settings 19
object nodes 33
operating system requirements 16
operations 45
PS Group access settings 19
SAN boot volumes
Smart Copy 53
settings 19
SharePoint 91
SQL Server 79
start GUI 30
tree panel
hosts node icons, defined 34
verification settings 19
view Exchange applications 63
view SharePoint farm components 96
virtual snapshot 13
ASMCLI
command summary 106
commands with syntax 116
defined 104
entering commands 105
generate commands 104
operations 104
scripts 12
subcommand parameters
all 107
applylogs 107
backupType= 107
category= 107
chapUser 107
checksum 107
cloneandverify 107
collection= 107
collections 108
combineNotification= 108
comment= 108
component= 108
components 108
deletesnap 108
disable 108