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General ASM/ME Operations, About Volumes, View Volume Details

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5 General ASM/ME Operations This chapter explains general operations you can perform with ASM/ME, including creating Smart Copies, scheduling Smart Copy operations, and restoring a volume using a Smart Copy. For operations specific to supported applications, see the following sections: • Using ASM/ME with Microsoft Exchange • Using ASM/ME with SQL Server • Using ASM/ME with Hyper-V • Use ASM/ME with Microsoft SharePoint Topics: • About Volumes • Operations on Failover Clusters • About Collections • About Schedules • About Smart Copies • Restoring Data • View Multipath Information • View I/O Details About Volumes A volume is a storage object used by an application or file system to store data. The Volumes list node in the tree panel displays a summary of all the volumes known to ASM/ME, including the drive letters on which they are mounted, their names, and a pie chart of each volume showing the amount of in-use and free space. Hover the mouse over the mount point for any volume to display a tool tip explaining the terms Free Space and In-Use Space. Click on any volume's pie chart to open the node for that volume. View Volume Details This section describes how to view volume details, which includes: • Volume properties • Smart Copy properties • PS Series group information for each volume known to ASM/ME • Operating system of the host using the volume For volumes on PS Series groups running firmware version 6.0 or later, the following properties can apply: • Synchronous Replication-The process of replicating a volume to a another storage pool on the same group. When synchronous replication is enabled on a volume, the volume properties include the state of synchronous replication (enabled or disabled) and the state of the replication between the SyncActive and SyncAlternate volumes (in-sync or out-of-sync). In addition, the Features field displays that the volume supports synchronous replication. If synchronous replication is enabled for a volume, you cannot create a replica (group-to-group replication). These types of replication are mutually exclusive. See the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide for more details. • Snapshot Space Borrowing-This feature enables a volume to borrow from free pool space to create snapshots if the volume runs out of its own snapshot reserve space. Snapshot space borrowing is enabled by default for all volumes created on version 6.0 or later (however, snapshot borrowing can be enabled on volumes created before the group was updated to version 6.0). If snapshot borrowing is enabled but the volume has no snapshot reserve space configured, you cannot create a Smart Copy. See the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide for more details. NOTE: Contact your PS Series group administrator if your require this volume to support Smart Copy creation. On any volume in the tree panel, you can perform the following activities: 42 General ASM/ME Operations

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General ASM/ME Operations
This chapter explains general operations you can perform with ASM/ME, including creating Smart Copies, scheduling Smart Copy
operations, and restoring a volume using a Smart Copy.
For operations specific to supported applications, see the following sections:
•
Using ASM/ME with Microsoft Exchange
•
Using ASM/ME with SQL Server
•
Using ASM/ME with Hyper-V
•
Use ASM/ME with Microsoft SharePoint
Topics:
•
About Volumes
•
Operations on Failover Clusters
•
About Collections
•
About Schedules
•
About Smart Copies
•
Restoring Data
•
View Multipath Information
•
View I/O Details
About Volumes
A volume is a storage object used by an application or file system to store data. The
Volumes
list node in the tree panel displays a summary
of all the volumes known to ASM/ME, including the drive letters on which they are mounted, their names, and a pie chart of each volume
showing the amount of in-use and free space.
Hover the mouse over the mount point for any volume to display a tool tip explaining the terms
Free Space
and
In-Use Space
. Click
on any volume’s pie chart to open the node for that volume.
View Volume Details
This section describes how to view volume details, which includes:
•
Volume properties
•
Smart Copy properties
•
PS Series group information for each volume known to ASM/ME
•
Operating system of the host using the volume
For volumes on PS Series groups running firmware version 6.0 or later, the following properties can apply:
•
Synchronous Replication—The process of replicating a volume to a another storage pool on the same group. When synchronous
replication is enabled on a volume, the volume properties include the state of synchronous replication (enabled or disabled) and the
state of the replication between the SyncActive and SyncAlternate volumes (in-sync or out-of-sync). In addition, the
Features
field
displays that the volume supports synchronous replication. If synchronous replication is enabled for a volume, you cannot create a
replica (group-to-group replication). These types of replication are mutually exclusive. See the
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager
Administrator’s Guide
for more details.
•
Snapshot Space Borrowing—This feature enables a volume to borrow from free pool space to create snapshots if the volume runs out
of its own snapshot reserve space. Snapshot space borrowing is enabled by default for all volumes created on version 6.0 or later
(however, snapshot borrowing can be enabled on volumes created before the group was updated to version 6.0). If snapshot
borrowing is enabled but the volume has no snapshot reserve space configured, you cannot create a Smart Copy. See the
Dell
EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator’s Guide
for more details.
NOTE:
Contact your PS Series group administrator if your require this volume to support Smart Copy creation.
On any volume in the tree panel, you can perform the following activities:
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