Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 User's Guide

Mount Smart Copies

Mounting a Smart Copy makes its contents accessible to the computer. If you are restoring certain files or a subset of files contained within a Smart Copy, you need to mount it first.

After a Smart Copy is mounted, you can use it to access the data you want to restore. The Mount option supports both Windows drive letters and mount points.

• A mount point is an empty folder on an existing NTFS or ReFS file system that serves as an access point for a new mounted file system. Use the Mount option to access the data in a snapshot or clone Smart Copy created from volumes or application components.

• When you mount a Smart Copy, ASM/ME opens the Select Volume Label dialog box for every object in the Smart Copy. This dialog allows you to specify either a drive letter or a mount point on which to mount the snapshot or clone.

• If you take a Smart Copy of a collection that contains three volumes and then decide to mount the Smart Copy, the Select Volume Label dialog box opens three times so that you can specify a mount point or drive letter for each of the volumes.

• You can choose not to mount a certain volume, but you must mount at least one volume in the Smart Copy.

• After a snapshot or clone volume has been mounted, you can copy data from it. The mounted volume appears under the Volumes node in the tree panel, as a disk with an assigned drive letter or mount point next to it.

• As part of the mount operation, ASM/ME automatically sets the Smart Copy online on the PS Series group.