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
● Used with: alert subcommand
● Specify the category name (Critical, Warning, or Informational) or the category abbreviation (C, W, or I) to enable all alerts
of that type.
enableEmails=
● Used with: configureASM subcommand
● Specify whether or not to enable email functionality when configuring ASM/ME. The options are yes and no.
ignorelogoutfail
● Used with: smart, verify, unmount, restore subcommands
NOTE: This parameter is restricted to Windows Server 2012 R2.
● Specify the ‑ignorelogoutfail parameter to change the default command behavior for logout failures. By default, the
unmount operation is aborted if it encounters a logout failure and all retry attempts are exhausted. When you specify
‑ignorelogoutfail, the unmount operation forces the logout.
CAUTION: To avoid a risk of data corruption, make sure that no files are open on the volume that you intend
to unmount.
keepcount= nn
● Used with: smart subcommand
● Specify ‑keepcount=nn where the value of nn is an integer in the range 0‑99. This value indicates the maximum number of
Smart Copy backup documents retained at any one time. If you not specify a value for ‑keepcount, a default value of 8
backup documents is assumed.
● Replication schedules for boot volumes create three Smart Copy replicas on the group for every one displayed in ASM, for
each replication. The keepcount value refers to the number of replicas maintained by ASM, not on the group. When you
delete a Smart Copy from the host, all three replicas created by the scheduled replication are deleted.
● The ‑keepcount queue operates on a chronological first‑in‑first‑out basis. If you create a Smart Copy causing the number
of current Smart Copies to exceed the value of ‑keepcount, the oldest Smart Copy backup document is deleted.
● You must specify the ‑scheduleID= parameter when specifying ‑keepcount=, otherwise the keep count limit is not
maintained and Smart Copies are created until there is insufficient space.
● Specify a unique schedule identifier, using an 8‑4‑4‑4‑12 hexadecimal format. For example:
‑scheduleID="00000000‑1111‑2222‑3333‑000000000000"
location= “[{* | drive_letterA;drive_letterB;... | mount_point;mount_point;...}]”
● Used with: smart, mount, and unmount subcommands
● Specify the ‑location= parameter with the location of one or more volumes or document paths as follows:
○ A wildcard (*) mounts the volumes in the Smart Copy at any available drive letters.
○ An ordered list of drive letters (such as G:\) with each drive letter delimited by a semicolon (;).
○ One or more mount point paths at which the volumes in the Smart Copy backup document should be mounted. Each path
is delimited by a semicolon (;).
● When specifying the ‑location parameter, you can enter either the wildcard, or a semicolon‑delimited list that can contain
both drive letters and path names of mount points. The ‑location parameter is optional for everything but template
volumes.
● To omit a Smart Copy, enter a semicolon at its position in the list. If any path variables contain embedded spaces, you must
enclose the variable in quotation marks ("").
● The list of volumes in an existing collection is sorted into ascending alphabetical order when the Smart Copy is created.
For example, if the Smart Copy set contains volumes originally mounted at E:\, F:\Mount Point A , and G:\ and the
‑location=T:\;S:\;H:\ then the Smart Copies of volumes E:\ will be mounted as T:\, F:\Mount Point A will be
mounted as S:\, and G:\ will be mounted as H:\.
locationroot= "[{drive_letter | mount_point}]"
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Using the Command Line Interface