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 (continued)
Smart Copy options
backup type 71
Checksum Verification 71
clone 71
eseutil.exe 71
perform task 71
Replica 71
snapshot 71
Soft Recovery 71
user comments 71
Soft Recovery 65
F
fail over only 29
failover cluster
operations 47
Failover Cluster
support 13
G
Global Actions toolbar 31
Global Verification schedule
create system account 67
create user account 67
Global verification task
remote host
run soft recovery 68
Global Verification task
constraints 67
create 66
EqlExVerifier.exe 68
failover 67
modify 66
remote host
run Checksum Verification 68
Global Verification Task Schedule
system account 68
Global Verification Window 72
group
clusters 36
host nodes 36
remove
cluster 36
host node 36
SharePoint farm 36
SharePoint farm nodes 36
Group Manager GUI 18
groups
Smart Copy
objects 10
H
HIT group
cluster environments 40
create with Add Hosts Wizard 43
multiple cluster management
non-clustered host 40
HIT Group
about 39
Checksum Verification
HIT Group (continued)
Checksum Verification (continued)
remote host 69
create HIT Group overview 42
defined 10
import a Smart Copy 58
members
ASM/ME operations 39
multiple machine management 10
non-cluster environments 39
prerequisites 42
Smart Copy
import outside of a HIT Group 58
Soft Recovery
remote host 69
HIT Groups 39
host
dashboard 30
host node
assign an alias 37
assign to a group 36
hosts
edit ASM/ME settings 43
Hyper-V
collections 86
constraints 84
hardware requirements 84
operations
restore 87
requirements 84
Smart Copy schedules 87
support 84
unsupported configurations 85
Hyper-V VMs
thin-provisioning a volume 46
I
I/O
display details 62
eseutil.exe 65
load
Checksum Verification 65
performance 65
import
external Smart Copy 57
Smart Copies 17
Smart Copy
outside a HIT Group 58
target computer prerequisites 57
within a HIT Group 58
in-place recovery 11
informational alerts 24
install
Exchange 63
remote hosts 13
iSCSI initiator
connect to a volume 18
requirements 16
target connections 18
iSCSI target discovery 16