Users Guide

Specify the ‑useEarliest parameter to use the chronologically earliest Smart Copy. The ‑useLatest parameter is the
default. You can use the ‑useEarliest parameter only if you specified the ‑volume= parameter, the ‑component=
parameter, or the ‑collection= parameter.
useLatest
Used with: verify, mount, properties, unmount, delete, restore subcommands
Specify the ‑useLatest parameter to use the chronologically latest Smart Copy. The ‑useLatest parameter is the default.
You can use the ‑useLatest parameter only if you specified the ‑volume= parameter, the ‑component= parameter, or the
‑collection= parameter.
volume=
● Used with: smart, verify, mount, properties, unmount, restore, selectiveRestore, createcollection,
and modifycollection subcommands
● Specify the ‑volume= parameter with the path for a mount point or a drive letter of a volume as an alternative to specifying
an ‑objectID=. Typical drive letter values are G:\ and Z:\. You can obtain the drive letter from the ASM/ME GUI
Volumes node by browsing an individual volume’s properties. Alternatively, use the following command to display all
supported drive letters:
ASMCLI ‑list ‑volumes ‑showobjectid
● The ‑volume= parameter and the ‑objectID= parameter are mutually exclusive and the command parser processes the
first valid parameter, ignoring any subsequent parameters.
● The ‑volume= parameter is an alternative to using the ‑document= parameter. If you redundantly specify either a path, or
a collection name, the command parser ignores the redundant parameter.
● For the mount command, the ‑useEarliest or ‑useLatest parameter determines which specific backup document is
mounted. The ‑useLatest parameter is the default, and is assumed if you do not specify either ‑useLatest or
‑useEarliest.
● When used with the createcollection or modifycollection subcommands, the ‑volume parameter identifies a
semicolon‑delimited list of volumes specified as drive letters or mount points. If this parameter is used, the ‑component=
parameter cannot be used.
volumeBased=
● Used with: createcollection and modifycollection subcommands. The options are yes or no.
● Setting this parameter to yes specifies that the operation will not fail even if a database, VM, or Exchange store associated
with a volume in the collection cannot be found. For example, assume a collection that contains a volume named vol1,
associated with an SQL database called DB1. If you delete DB1 and then create a Smart Copy of the collection, the operation
will succeed even though DB1 is no longer associated with vol1.
volumes
● Used with: list subcommand
● Specify the ‑volumes parameter to display all supported volumes. If you do not specify the ‑volumes parameter, the
‑collections parameter, or the ‑components= parameter, the command parser assumes a value of ‑volumes as the
default.
vssvds
● Used with: configureCHAP subcommand
● Indicates that the credentials apply to management access.
writer
Used with: smart, mount, unmount, restore, properties, delete, selectiveRestore, enumerateSmartCopies,
and breakSmartCopy subcommands.
● Applies to SharePoint farms only.
● Specify -writer to restrict the operation to a particular SharePoint VSS writer on a host (writer host).
writers
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