Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 38)

Managing Shadow Copies
You must use the Dell PowerVault NAS Manager to manage your shadow copies. Using Cluster Administrator or cluster.exe
to manage shadow copies in a cluster is not supported.
See the Dell PowerVault 77xN NAS Systems Administrator Guide for more information on managing shadow copies using NAS
Manager.
Enabling Shadow Copies on a Cluster Node
When you enable shadow copies on a cluster node (for example, by using the Configure Shadow Copy user interface through
the Computer Management Microsoft Management Console [MMC]), the operating system automatically generates and
configures a Volume Shadow Copy Service Task resource and a scheduled task for creating the shadow copy. You are not
required to use Cluster Administrator or cluster.exe to create the resource. Additionally, the Configure Shadow Copy user
interface automatically configures the required resource dependencies.
Table 2-7 provides the default properties of the scheduled task and Volume Shadow Copy Service Task resource.
Table 2-7. Default Properties for the Scheduled Task and Volume Shadow
Copy Service Task Resource
Scheduled
Task
Property
Volume Shadow Copy Service Task
Resource (cluster.exe Property)
Default Setting
Name of task Name of resource (taskname) ShadowCopyVolume{VolumeGUID}
Run Command to run/Command parameters
(ApplicationName/ApplicationParams)
%systemroot%\system32\vssadmin.exe Create Shadow
/AutoRetry=5/For=\\[drive_letter]\ Volume{VolumeGUID}\
Creator n/a Cluster service
Start in Start in %systemroot%\system32\
Run as n/a Local System
Schedule Schedule (TriggerArray) The default settings used by Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
Installing the Cluster Management Software
The cluster management software assists you in configuring and administering your cluster. Microsoft provides Cluster
Administrator as a built-in tool for cluster management.
Cluster Administrator is Microsoft's built-in tool for configuring and administering a cluster. The following procedures describe
how to run Cluster Administrator locally on a cluster node and how to install it on a remote console.
Running Cluster Administrator on a Cluster Node
To launch the cluster administrator from the Start menu, perform the following steps:
1. Click the Start button and select Programs.
2. Select Administrative Tools.