Users Guide

Table 7. General Settings (continued)
Option Description
specify another user, you must provide the domain, user-name, and password
credentials.
See also Managing the ASM Services.
About the Backup Document Directory
Every Smart Copy and collection has a corresponding backup document, which can be used to import Smart Copies on different
hosts. You can specify the location for the parent folder, whether that parent folder is a UNC path in the cluster environment or
a regular file path in the normal environment, that stores these documents. If you intend to import Smart Copies on different
hosts, consider specifying a shared file system accessible to all the computers that can import the transported Smart Copy Sets.
A backup document must exist on a computer for ASM/ME to access the Smart Copy. If a Smart Copy consists of multiple
components, the associated backup document describes each component in the Smart Copy. For example, assume you create a
collection of volumes. If you take a snapshot of that collection, the resulting Smart Copy consists of snapshots of different
volumes. The Smart Copy’s associated backup document then describes each snapshot in the Smart Copy.
Backup documents that were not created by or imported to a host displays a warning message on the Smart Copy list node, and
the Smart Copies represented by that backup document is not displayed.
If you change the location of the backup document directory, backup documents that were created on or imported to the host
are moved (copied to the new location and removed from the source location). Collections that were created or modified by the
current host are also moved. Untagged collections (those for which the original host cannot be determined) are copied to the
new location, but also left in the original location.
Backup Document Directories for Standalone (Non-Clustered) Hosts
A host that is not part of a cluster or a SharePoint farm should have its own backup document directory for storing backup
documents. The hosts should use different directories for storing their backup documents. If you use a shared Windows
directory for a standalone host, you must use a subdirectory within the shared directory. If host A and host B (both standalone
hosts) store their backup documents on a shared directory, they should each store them in their own subdirectories.
For example, Host A would store them on \\server\share\subdirectory1, and Host B would store them on \\server
\share\subdirectory2.
Backup Document Directories for Clusters and SharePoint Farms
With the exception of Exchange Data Availability Group (DAG) clusters, cluster nodes and hosts in a SharePoint farm must
always share the same backup document directory path. For example, if Node 1 stores backup documents on \\server
\share\subdirectory1, then Node 2 must also store backup documents on \\server\share\subdirectory1.
In a cluster, you can specify a directory as a non-clustered or clustered resource. You must first use Windows cluster utilities to
create the folder and make it available to the cluster nodes.
If you specify a shared folder located on a clustered iSCSI volume, you can create Smart Copies of that volume, but cannot
restore data from the volume (otherwise the folder might be overwritten).
Set the Backup Document Directory
1. In the navigation area, click Settings.
2. Click the General Settings tab.
If you are managing multiple hosts and want to make the same changes to multiple hosts, multiselect the hosts in the middle
panel. The changes will affect all selected hosts.
3. Specify a directory for backup documents.
a. For a single-system configuration, you can change the location of Auto-Snapshot Manager Document Directory. Do not
change the location of Smart Copy documents if you have configured remote verification.
See Run Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery on a Remote Host.
Configure ASM/ME
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