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
● If used with the modifycollection or deletecollection subcommands, the ‑collection parameter specifies a
name that uniquely identifies the collection.
○ If a collection with the name specified does not exist, the command will fail.
○ When used with the createcollection subcommand, if a name is specified for a collection that already exists, the
command will fail.
collections
● Used with: list subcommand
● Specify the ‑collections parameter to display all supported collections.
combineNotification= {"yes"|"no”}
● Used with: configureASM subcommand
Specifies whether Smart Copy creation and Exchange verification emails are combined into a single email before being sent.
comment= comment_string$CLI$‑@
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Specify the ‑comment= parameter to add a comment string to the command, such as a description of the operation.
Terminate the string with the sequence: $CLI$‑@. The limit is 75 characters.
component= component_name
● Used with: smart, verify, mount, properties, unmount, restore, selectiveRestore, createcollection,
modifycollection subcommands
● Specify the ‑component= parameter with the originating component name, such as an Exchange mailbox database name. If
the component name string contains an embedded space, you must enclose the string in quotation marks (""). You can
obtain the component name from the ASM/ME GUI Applications node by browsing an individual component’s properties.
Alternatively, use the following command to display all component names:
> ASMCLI ‑list ‑components ‑showobjectid
● The ‑component= parameter and the ‑objectID= parameter are mutually exclusive and the command parser processes
the first valid parameter, ignoring any subsequent parameters.
● The ‑component= parameter is an alternative to using the ‑document= parameter, the ‑volume= parameter or the
‑collection= parameter. If you redundantly specify either a document path or a volume letter, the command parser is the
redundant parameter.
● When used with the createcollection or modifycollection subcommands, the ‑component parameter identifies a
semicolon‑delimited list of supported component specified by name. If this parameter is used, the ‑volume= parameter
cannot be used.
components
● Used with: list subcommand
● Specify the ‑components parameter to display all supported components such as Exchange mailbox databases.
deletesnap
● Used with: unmount subcommand
● Specify the ‑deletesnap parameter to delete the Smart Copy Set from which the target volume was unmounted. If the
Smart Copy Set contains multiple volumes this parameter has the following effect:
○ It unmounts all volumes included in the Smart Copy that are currently mounted.
○ It deletes all the volumes included in the Smart Copy regardless of their current mount status.
disable
● Used with: alert subcommand
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