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• -h Display this message • -o Overwrite existing destination files • -c Compare source and destination files after copy • -v Verbose output 4. To copy file1.zip to a new file called file2.zip, enter the command: eqlxcp e:\file1.zip e:\file2.zip EqlLog Utility The Host Integration Tools kit includes a debug trace logging utility, EqlLog, that collects HIT trace logs, VSS logs, VDS logs, cluster logs, install logs, event logs, Setup API logs, backup documents, and MSInfo output. EqlLog Utility Overview If you have an issue with the Host Integration Tools kit that requires customer support, you will be asked to run the this utility, which gathers all of the logging information into a zip file in the My Documents folder. You can then send this file to customer support for debugging. If you are managing multiple hosts from an instance of ASM/ME (also known as a HIT Group), this log collector can gather logs from those other hosts as well. Specify the -o or --hosts option when you run the utility. The EqlLog utility can also be run from ASM/ME. Click the Collect Logs button at the top right of the ASM/ME console. Run the EqlLog Utility The EqlLog utility is located under the default installation folder, or the folder that you specified for HIT during installation. The default folder is C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin. NOTE: You must be logged in to the host as an administrator to run this utility. 1. From the Start menu, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. 2. In the command window, change the directory to C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin. 3. Enter eqllog. The utility will gather trace logs and system information, and place them in a time-stamped zip file, located in the My Documents folder. EqlLog Command Line Options The EqlLog utility has several command-line options (listed in the table below), which you can use to change its behavior. Table 16. EqlLog CLI Options Option -h, --help -s, --short -D , --destdir=dir -f, --output-file=filename -t, --only-tracelogs -g, --hitgroup X, --hosts=hostname --no-hitlogs --no-backupdocs --no-msinfo --no-setupapi Description Display usage information. Capture only the last 2 hours of HIT and event logs. This option can greatly reduce the size of the data collected when you know the error occurred very recently. Change the output directory where the .zip file is placed. Change the name of the output .zip file. Collect the HIT trace logs only. Capture all the logs for all members of a HIT Group. Capture the logs from the specified HIT Group hosts. Do not collect miscellaneous HIT logs. Do not collect VSS backup documents. Do not collect system information from MSInfo32. Do not collect Setup API logs. 62 Tools and Utilities

Section	Page
Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.3 Installation and User's Guide	3
About This Guide	6
Revision History	6
Audience	6
Support Resources	6
Download the Installation Kit	6
Related Documentation	6
Dell Online Services	6
Contacting Dell	7
Introduction to Host Integration Tools	8
Host Integration Tools Components	8
SMP Support	9
SMP Configuration	9
SCVMM Support	9
Configure SCVMM	9
Supported SCVMM Operations	10
Supported Applications	10
Microsoft Exchange Server	10
Microsoft SQL Server	10
Microsoft Hyper-V	11
SharePoint	11
Installation	12
Obtain the Installation Kit	12
Download the Installation Kit	12
Administrative Installation Using Active Directory	12
Installation Considerations	13
Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft	13
Update an Installation	14
Uninstall HIT or a Component	14
Install HIT/Microsoft on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Machine	14
Install HIT on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Cluster	15
About Remote Host Installations	15
Install HIT on Remote Hosts With the Add Hosts Wizard	15
Procedure for Installing HIT on Remote Hosts with the Add Hosts Wizard	16
Install HIT on Remote Hosts Using PowerShell Scripts	16
Syntax for PowerShell Remote Host Installation	17
Procedure for Installing HIT on Remote Hosts With PowerShell	18
Install HIT on a Failover Cluster	18
Specify the ASM/ME Backup Document Directory	19
Change the Login Account for ASM/ME Services (EQLReqService and EqlASMAgent)	19
Join a Computer into a Failover Cluster	19
About Silent Installations	19
Support for a Silent Installation	20
Syntax	20
Perform a Silent Installation	20
Perform a Silent Uninstallation	21
Create a Log File During Silent Mode	21
Using HIT With a SharePoint Farm	21
Specify Index File Locations When Installing SharePoint	21
Modify Index File Locations in an Existing SharePoint Farm	22
Change the Default Index File Location Using PowerShell cmdlets	23
Change Index File Locations Using Central Administration	23
Change Administration Component Index File Location	23
Change the SPSearch Index File Location	23
Best Practices for SharePoint	24
Remote Setup Wizard	25
PS Series Group Requirements for Using RSW	25
Windows System Requirements for Using RSW	25
Launch RSW on the Host	25
Launch RSW From ASM/ME	26
Initialize a PS Series Array Using RSW	26
Search for a PS Series Array Using RSW	26
Information Required for Initializing a PS Series Array	26
Initialize an Array and Create a PS Series Group	27
Initialize an Array and Add It to an Existing Group	28
Troubleshoot RSW	28
Remote Setup Command Line Utility	29
General Command Syntax for the RSWCLI	29
Getting Help on Commands	29
Using RSWCLI Commands	30
Discover a PS Series Array	30
Initialize a PS Series Array	30
List or Modify MPIO Settings	31
List Included and Excluded Subnets for MPIO	32
Include a Subnet or Adapter for Use by MPIO	33
Exclude a Subnet or Adapter From Use By MPIO	33
Using the Multipath I/O Component	35
Introduction to Multipath I/O DSM	35
Determining the Number of iSCSI Sessions for a Volume Slice	36
Prerequisites for Configuring Multipath I/O DSM	37
Requirements for Multipath I/O	37
Configure Multipath I/O Between a Computer and a Group	38
Log In to a Volume With Multipath I/O	38
Log Off a Volume With Multipath I/O on Variants of Windows Operating Systems	39
View MPIO Sessions	39
Set the MPIO Load-Balancing Policy	41
On Other Operating Systems	41
EqualLogic MPIO Configuration Tool	41
Use the VDS Provider	43
VDS Provider Requirements	43
VDS Provider Guidelines and Restrictions	43
Simple Target and LUN Naming	43
Import VSS Snapshots	44
Adjustments After Access Control Modifications	44
Create a Volume Using Storage Manager for SANs	44
Start Storage Manager for SANs	44
Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP	46
Install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider	46
Configure the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider	46
Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage Resources	47
Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI	47
Configure PS Series Groups	49
Configure Group Access on Managed Hosts and Clusters	50
Configure Storage for VM Rapid Provisioning	51
Create a VM Template for the Library Share	52
Create a VM Template From a VHD	53
Migrate the Rapid-Provisioned VMs	55
Migrate Storage of a Deployed VM to Another Location	56
Troubleshoot SCVMM Issues	57
Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets	57
Use the HPC iSCSI Provider	59
About the HPC iSCSI Provider Installation	59
Configure the PS Series Array	59
HPC iSCSI Provider Settings	59
Tools and Utilities	61
EqlXcp Utility	61
EqlXcp Utility Restrictions	61
Run the EqlXcp Utility	61
EqlLog Utility	62
EqlLog Utility Overview	62
Run the EqlLog Utility	62
EqlLog Command Line Options	62
Trace Log Daemon	63
EqlRethin Utility	63
Run the EqlRethin Utility	63
Index	65
Special Characters	65
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B	65
C	65
D	65
E	65
F	65
G	65
H	66
I	66
K	66
L	66
M	66
N	67
P	67
R	67
S	68
T	68
U	68
V	69
W	69

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-h

Display this message

•

-o

Overwrite existing destination files

•

-c

Compare source and destination files after copy

•

-v

Verbose output

To copy

file1.zip

to a new file called

file2.zip

, enter the command:

eqlxcp e:\file1.zip e:\file2.zip

EqlLog Utility

The Host Integration Tools kit includes a debug trace logging utility, EqlLog, that collects HIT trace logs, VSS logs, VDS logs, cluster logs,

install logs, event logs, Setup API logs, backup documents, and MSInfo output.

EqlLog Utility Overview

If you have an issue with the Host Integration Tools kit that requires customer support, you will be asked to run the this utility, which

gathers all of the logging information into a zip file in the

My Documents

folder. You can then send this file to customer support for

debugging.

If you are managing multiple hosts from an instance of ASM/ME (also known as a HIT Group), this log collector can gather logs from

those other hosts as well. Specify the

-o

--hosts

option when you run the utility.

The

EqlLog

utility can also be run from ASM/ME. Click the

Collect Logs

button at the top right of the ASM/ME console.

Run the EqlLog Utility

The EqlLog utility is located under the default installation folder, or the folder that you specified for HIT during installation. The default

folder is

C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin

NOTE:

You must be logged in to the host as an administrator to run this utility.

From the

Start

menu, right-click

Command Prompt

and select

Run as administrator

In the command window, change the directory to

C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin

Enter

eqllog

. The utility will gather trace logs and system information, and place them in a time-stamped zip file, located in the

Documents

folder.

EqlLog Command Line Options

The EqlLog utility has several command-line options (listed in the table below), which you can use to change its behavior.

Table 16. EqlLog CLI Options

Option

Description

-h, --help

Display usage information.

-s, --short

Capture only the last 2 hours of HIT and event logs. This option can greatly reduce the size of the

data collected when you know the error occurred very recently.

-D , --destdir=dir

Change the output directory where the .zip file is placed.

-f, --output-file=filename

Change the name of the output .zip file.

-t, --only-tracelogs

Collect the HIT trace logs only.

-g, --hitgroup

Capture all the logs for all members of a HIT Group.

X, --hosts=hostname

Capture the logs from the specified HIT Group hosts.

--no-hitlogs

Do not collect miscellaneous HIT logs.

--no-backupdocs

Do not collect VSS backup documents.

--no-msinfo

Do not collect system information from MSInfo32.

--no-setupapi

Do not collect Setup API logs.

Tools and Utilities