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
Smart Copy (continued)
access (continued)
configure 27
accessible to cluster nodes 60
avoid torn VM 86
backup documents 106
clone
restore options 80
components 51
create
Exchange Smart Copy 70
run Checksum Verification 66
run Soft Recovery 66
use a script 131
create a schedule 49
create online 20
CSV 89
CSV Collection 89
CSV-enabled cluster 88
data restore 58, 60
delete 56
delete all Smart Copies 57
delete Smart Copy 57
Exchange options 71
Exchange overview 64
Hyper-V
point-in-time Smart Copy 84
schedules 87
import
outside a HIT Group 58
target computer prerequisites 57
import external Smart Copy 57
import within a HIT Group 58
Linux guest operating system 86
log off 61
log off option
constraints 61
logoff 32
mount
prerequisites 59
snapshot 59
mount a replica 60
Mount Clone option 54
mounted volume
set read-write 32
unmount and logoff 32
object collection 10
operation constraints
template volume 53
thin clone 53
properties for volumes
54
recover
Exchange data 74
recovery considerations 65
replica
promote and verify 72
restore options 81
requirements
53
restore options
log off recently mounted Smart Copy 81
restrictions when thin-provisioning 46
SAN Boot Volumes 53
schedule for Exchange components 73
schedules
thin clone 49
Smart Copy (continued)
SharePoint 97
snapshot
restore options 80
SQL
create and schedule 79
SQL Server
mount 81
restore options 79
thin clone 51
torn 52, 65
torn data set 53
troubleshoot
recoverable Smart Copies 56
types
clone 10
replica 10
snapshot 10
unmount 32, 61
unmount in a cluster environment
prerequisites 61
unmount option
constraints 61
validate 56
VDS group service access 17
view backup documents 32, 57
view details 56
VSS group service access 17
Smart Copy properties
-Application= 124
-ApplicationConsistent 124
-backupType= 124
-ChecksumVerification= 124
-document= 124
-MountPoints= 124
-OriginalVolumes= 124
-ReplicationStatus 124
-SmartCopyStatus= 124
-Snapshotcount= 124
-snapshottype= 124
-SoftRecovery= 124
creationtimestamp= 124
Smart Copy Set
clone and restore as new 78
SMP
PS Group access 25
SMP access
PowerShell
Windows Server 27
snapshot
reserved space 15
Snapshot Smart Copy 35
soft recovery
Exchange 65
immediate 66
on a remote host 68
Soft Recovery
logging and notification 70
remote host in a HIT Group 69
run after creating a Smart Copy 66
schedule a Global Verification task 66
view status 70
spanning volumes 52
SQL
Smart Copy