SnapManager application settings configuration

You can configure or change SnapManager application settings at any time after you install SnapManager. Run SnapManager from the system console, not from a Terminal Services client.

Do not use Terminal Services for any type of SnapManager administration, because you might miss critical information that is displayed only in pop-up boxes at the system console.

• Where to access SnapManager application settings
  Using the SnapManager user interface, you can easily configure and change SnapManager application settings at any time after you install SnapManager. There are multiple ways with which you can access your application settings.
• Adding Exchange servers to be managed
  You can manage one Exchange server or multiple Exchange servers with SnapManager using the Add Servers to be Managed option. You cannot run SnapManager until you successfully add an Exchange server. You can also manage multiple servers.
• Enabling database migration back to local disks
  Once you have migrated your database for SnapManager configuration, you can enable migration back to local disks.
• Disabling database migration back to local disks
  You can disable the migration of your database back to local disks after you have configured SnapManager.
• Considerations for selecting the database verification server
  You can manage verification your backup sets on either your production Exchange server or on a remote verification server, and you can use any of deferred verification, remote verification, and verification throttling to do so.
• Selecting the Snapshot copy access method for database verification
  Use the Access LUN in Snapshot tab to specify how SnapManager should access database backup Snapshot copies during database integrity verification. Assign either a drive letter or directory path to access the backup Snapshot copy as a mounted LUN.
• Database verification throttling
  SnapManager allows you to throttle the database checksum verification rate with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or later, or Exchange Server 2007. Database verification throttling enables you to manage your verification load.
• Database verification override during restore operation
  You must not select an unverified backup copy as the source of the restore operation. If a verified backup copy is not available when you need to restore and you cannot wait for a verification to complete before restoring, you can override verification and restore from an unverified backup copy.
• Configuring the backup naming convention
  You should configure the names for database backup Snapshot copies and SnapInfo directory Snapshot copies to include either the string recent for the most recent Snapshot copy, or the date and time at which the Snapshot copy is created.
• Configuring default settings for the Run Command After Operation option
  You can configure default values to populate the Run Command After Operation dialog box when you open it from the Actions pane, or the Backup and Verify window, or the Backup wizard, to run a command or a script after a backup or verification operation.
• Fractional space reservation
  When you create a LUN, Data ONTAP reserves space in the volume containing that LUN so that write operations to that LUN do not fail due to lack of disk space. With fractional reserve, this space is set to less than 100 percent of the total size of the LUNs.
• Event notification options
  You can use either the Configuration wizard or the Auto Notification Settings dialog box to configure e-mail notifications, syslog event logging, and AutoSupport notifications.