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Remote Installations, Failover Cluster Support, ASM/ME and the Virtual Snapshot Service

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Remote Installations You can install the Host Integration Tools (including ASM/ME) on remote hosts, run the installer on each host, and continuously monitor and respond to prompts typical of an installation wizard, without having to log in to each host separately. Two methods for remote installations improve performance and save the amount of time typically required for large-scale installations. These methods also allow you to update the version of HIT/Microsoft on each host: • Using a PowerShell script called -When you manage a large number of hosts, you can install the HIT/Microsoft on each host using the HitRemoteInstall.ps1 script, which is located in the directory that was specified when you installed HIT/Microsoft on the local host. The default installation directory is C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin. • Using the Add Hosts wizard in ASM/ME. For more information about remote installations, see the Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Installation and User's Guide. Failover Cluster Support When installed on a computer that is a cluster node in a failover cluster, you can use ASM/ME to perform certain operations on cluster resources owned by the installation node. In a cluster, you can access Smart Copy backup documents from any cluster node. For a node failover, scheduled ASM/ME tasks also failover to the surviving node. Dell recommends that you follow the configuration guidelines found in Operations on Microsoft Failover Clusters. ASM/ME and the Virtual Snapshot Service ASM/ME uses Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to provide a framework for backing up and restoring data in the Windows Server environment. ASM/ME creates copies of application database volumes on your PS Series group, ensuring that the backed-up data is easy to restore and recover. When you use ASM/ME, the underlying VSS operations are transparent and require minimal use of VSS utilities. Figure 2. Relationship to the VSS Copy Service and Table 1. ASM/ME Relationship to the VSS Copy Service describe the relationship between ASM/ME and the Windows operating system. Introduction to ASM/ME 13

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Remote Installations
You can install the Host Integration Tools (including ASM/ME) on remote hosts, run the installer on each host, and continuously monitor
and respond to prompts typical of an installation wizard, without having to log in to each host separately.
Two methods for remote installations improve performance and save the amount of time typically required for large-scale installations.
These methods also allow you to update the version of HIT/Microsoft on each host:
•
Using a PowerShell script called —When you manage a large number of hosts, you can install the HIT/Microsoft on each host using
the
HitRemoteInstall.ps1
script, which is located in the directory that was specified when you installed HIT/Microsoft on the
local host. The default installation directory is
C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin
.
•
Using the
Add Hosts
wizard in ASM/ME.
For more information about remote installations, see the
Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Installation and User’s Guide
.
Failover Cluster Support
When installed on a computer that is a cluster node in a failover cluster, you can use ASM/ME to perform certain operations on cluster
resources owned by the installation node. In a cluster, you can access Smart Copy backup documents from any cluster node. For a node
failover, scheduled ASM/ME tasks also failover to the surviving node.
Dell recommends that you follow the configuration guidelines found in
Operations on Microsoft Failover Clusters
.
ASM/ME and the Virtual Snapshot Service
ASM/ME uses Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to provide a framework for backing up and restoring data in the Windows Server
environment. ASM/ME creates copies of application database volumes on your PS Series group, ensuring that the backed-up data is easy
to restore and recover. When you use ASM/ME, the underlying VSS operations are transparent and require minimal use of VSS utilities.
Figure 2. Relationship to the VSS Copy Service
and
Table 1. ASM/ME Relationship to the VSS Copy Service
describe the relationship
between ASM/ME and the Windows operating system.
Introduction to ASM/ME
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