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

Mount a Snapshot or Clone Smart Copy

1. Right-click a Smart Copy in the tree panel and select Mount, then click Next.
   The Mount Smart Copy wizard starts. In the Mount folder root field, the default mount location is displayed.
2. To change the default mount location, click Browse, and navigate to the location where you want to mount the Smart Copy.

   The panel displays the original volume from which the Smart Copy was created, the original host, and the checkboxes for selecting whether to mount the Smart Copy (checked by default) or whether to mount it as read-only (also checked by default, and a drop-down list enabling you to select a drive letter on which to mount the Smart Copy.

3. Provide a specific mount point with either a relative path, which is combined with the value in the mount root field, or a full path, which is used exactly as specified.
   The mount point is validated as you specify the data. Invalid mount points are shown in red text, and a tooltip in the volume row displays the problem with the specified mount point.
4. Use one of the following methods to select the volume label:
   1. Click Next if multiple volumes are in the Smart Copy (for example, if the Smart Copy is a collection with multiple volumes). Repeat this step for each volume you want to mount.
   2. Click Mount.

      As the Smart Copy is mounted, a progress dialog box opens. The newly mounted volume appears in the Volumes node of the tree panel, with a blue ioverlay to indicate that it is in use. The original Smart Copy still appears under the Smart Copies node in the tree panel, but with a blue i overlay, indicating that it is in use.

      Remove the mounted Smart Copy as soon as you have finished recovering data. To remove the Smart Copy, right-click the mounted volume and select Unmount and Logoff. By default, backup documents created by ASM/ME are saved as files with a .bcd extension. After a Smart Copy is mounted, the backup document extension is changed to .pvss (post-VSS).