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
About Exchange In-Place Restore
ASM/ME allows you to perform in-place (full) restores for all supported versions of Exchange. An in-place restore is a point-in-
time restoration of all data in an entire mailbox database.
Fully Restore an Exchange Database
You can perform an in-place restore operation so a mailbox database is fully restored back to the time that you created the
Smart Copy. During the restoration, any mailbox databases included in the Smart Copy set are set offline, and are inaccessible
to users. You have the option to set mailbox databases back online automatically when the restoration completes. Alternatively,
you can specify that the mailbox databases remain offline. Having the databases offline is useful if you need to perform
additional operations before allowing users to access them.
Prerequisites for Restoring an Exchange Mailbox Database
● View the properties of the Smart Copy Set to ensure that its Soft Recovery status is successful.
To view the status, see View Checksum Verification and Soft Recovery Status .
● In a Database Availability Group, make sure you perform the restore on the node that has the Active copy of the mailbox
database. Replication to the other copies of the mailbox database is suspended automatically. You must use the Exchange
Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy cmdlet on each of the nodes that has a copy of the restored mailbox to reseed copies.
Fully Restore an Exchange Mailbox Database
1. Expand the Smart Copies node. Right-click the relevant Smart Copy and select Restore All.
The Restore Exchange Mailbox Database from a Smart Copy dialog box opens. If you have not performed a Checksum
Verification on the selected Smart Copy, a warning is displayed along with an option to continue anyway.
2. Perform one of the following steps:
a. Click Cancel to exit the wizard and to run Checksum Verification, and click Next.
b. Select the option to continue without verification and click Next.
The Select Mailbox Database Restore Options dialog box opens.
3. Select one of the following options:
● Mount all mail stores in the Smart Copy Set after the restoration completes.
● Do not mount the mail stores after the restoration completes. Waiting enables you to selectively apply log files and mount
mail stores.
The Mailbox stores information pane lists the mail stores that is unmounted during the restore operation.
4. Click Restore to begin the restoration.
ASM/ME starts the recovery operation and lists the steps in the recovery operation.
5. Click Close when the restore operation completes. ASM/ME refreshes the tree panel. You should clean up any modified
Smart Copies, and refresh the Exchange Management Console to see the restored mailbox databases.
About Creating a Recovery Mailbox Database
Recovery mailbox databases (RMD) is a feature of Exchange that enables you to mount a copy of a mailbox database to an
Exchange Server. Then you can recover mailboxes while the mail store remains online.
On a local host, you can use ASM/ME to create an RMD and mount it, making it available for use by Exchange utilities. On a
remote host, you must import the Smart Copy and then use ASM/ME on that host to create the RMD. See Importing a Smart
Copy. Note that ASM/ME does not display the RDM in the GUI; it only creates the RMD and mounts the smart copy to a mount
point (volume).
Immediately after you create an RMD, you can launch the Exchange Management Shell directly from the ASM/ME GUI to
perform Exchange administration and data recovery tasks. For more information about this utility, see the documentation for the
Exchange Control Panel.
Exchange does not allow more than one RMD to be mounted on one server at a time. If you create an RMD from a Smart Copy
Set (with a type of snapshot/clone/replica), ASM/ME determines whether an RMD exists and offers to remove it for you.
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