A mounted volume is a volume that is mapped to a folder and referenced by a mountpoint that is created in an empty directory. You can access the mounted volumes in the SnapManager user interface either from the Configuration wizard or from the Backup and Verification window.
The path-style representation of a mounted volume can appear in any part of the SnapManager user interface that refers to LUNs accessed by SnapManager.
Path-style representation in the Configuration Wizard
The Configuration wizard displays disk list selection in the following different ways:
- Select a Storage Group/Database to move to a LUN.
- Select a set of logs from one or more Storage Groups/Databases to move to a LUN.
- Configure the SnapInfo directory to store the backup information.
The representation depends upon the following types of LUNs:
- LUNs that are referenced more than once
- If the storage system is configured with multiple references to the same LUN, each such LUN reference that has a label that includes any other references to the same LUN. For example, suppose the drive letter H: and the mountpoint G:\DB\ reference the same LUN. In this case, the Disk List selection contains two entries for the one LUN:
LUN H: <G:\DB\>
LUN G:\DB\ <H>
- LUNs that have mounted volumes
- If SnapManager accesses a LUN with an NTFS volume that is referenced by a mountpoint, that LUN has a label that indicates that it was accessed by SnapManager. For example, suppose the drive letter F: references a LUN that hosts a mountpoint. In this case, the Disk List selection shows that LUN as follows:
LUN F: ( MPRoot)
The Configuration wizard does not allow you to store Exchange database files on LUNs that host NTFS volume mountpoints.
Path-style representation in the Backup wizard and the Backup and Verify window
The left navigation pane of the Backup and Verify window and the Backup wizard lists the location of the Storage Group/Database components as follows:
- SnapInfo directory
- EDB path
- Storage Group/Database log path
Path-style representation in the Restore wizard and Restore window
The right display pane of the Restore window and the Restore wizard displays the location of the Storage Group components as follows:
- SnapInfo directory
- EDB path
- Storage Group/Database log path
Access to Snapshot copies during database integrity verification
To specify the method to be used to access
Snapshot copies during database integrity verification, use the Access LUN in Snapshot tab to assign either a drive letter or directory path to the
Snapshot copy as a mounted LUN.
You can access this setting from the following locations within the
SnapManager user interface:
- Configuration wizard
- Actions pane
- Backup wizard
- Restore wizard
