Users Guide

Create Smart Copies
1. Make sure your configuration meets the requirements described in Requirements for Creating Smart Copies.
2. Right-click an object. Objects include:
● Volumes
● Collections
● Applications
3. Select Create Smart Copy Set.
The Select Smart Copy Type dialog box opens.
4. In the Select Smart Copy Type dialog box:
● Select Snapshot, Clone, or Replica, depending on what type of Smart Copy you want to create. (When you create a
clone, select the Mount Clone option to automatically mount the clone once it is created. You can specify the drive or
mount path on the next screen.)
● Select the backup behavior type copy or full.
● (Optional) Specify text describing the Smart Copy set. This information shows in the backup document.
5. Click Next.
The Summary screen opens.
6. Verify the settings displayed in the Summary screen. If the information is correct, click Create. If not, click Back to make
changes.
The Smart Copies display under the Smart Copies node in the ASM/ME tree panel. After creating a Smart Copy Set, you
can display its details, as described in View Volume Details. To restore the data from a Smart Copy, see Restoring Data.
Smart Copy Properties for Volumes
ASM/ME displays various Smart Copy properties for volumes. For volumes on PS Series groups running firmware version 6.0 or
later, the following Smart Copy properties can apply.
Synchronous Replication (SyncRep)
PS Series firmware version 6.0 and later supports a feature called synchronous replication, or SyncRep. SyncRep does not
create replicas on another PS Series group; instead it replicates data to a SyncRep volume in another storage pool on the same
group. You can create Smart Copies only of Active SyncRep volumes. See the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator’s
Guide for more details.
Volume Undelete
When a volume containing data is deleted, it is moved to a folder called the recovery bin, where it remains until you recover the
volume or enough time elapses and the volume is permanently deleted. Volumes that contain no data are deleted immediately.
When a volume is permanently deleted, the backup document is also deleted.
If you clone a volume on a PS Series group and then delete the new (cloned) volume, any Smart Copies of the cloned volume
are moved into a node called Recoverable.
● If the cloned volume is recovered, the Smart Copies are moved back to the Smart Copies node (that is, out of the
Recoverable node).
● If the cloned volume is deleted permanently, either by administrative action on the group or because the volume was not
recovered before the automatic purge date, the Smart Copies are permanently deleted (that is, removed from the
Recoverable node).
NOTE: Only administrators logged in to the PS Series Group Manager can recover deleted volumes.
54 General ASM/ME Operations