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Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on a DR Disk Backup Appliance A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 2
© 2013 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dell and the Dell logo, and other Dell names and marks are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the US and worldwide. NetVault is a trademark of Dell-Quest. 2 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 3
...21 4.2 Linux/Unix...28 5 Set up the DR4X00 Cleaner ...35 6 Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance...36 Appendix A Additional Resources...37 3 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 4
Combined with the power of NetVault SmartDisk, the Dell DR4X00 provides customers with a unique solution stack both software and infrastructure scale and support. This paper is intended for technical install/configure guide of the DR4X00 with NetVault SmartDisk. In addition, the guide will illustrate - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 5
Executive Summary This paper provides detailed information about how to set up a Dell™ DR Series Disk Backup Appliance as a target for NetVault® SmartDisk software. NetVault SmartDisk documentation for additional information. 5 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 6
2 through 4 of this guide NOTE: For NetVault SmartDisk, native DR4X00 replication support is not available at this o All authentication requirements fulfilled such as Domain name, username and password for users setup on DR4X00 unit to provide full access to the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 7
configured to run exclusively from the DR4X00 space. By default both the SmartDisk Chunk Index and Disk Index run within occurs. In order to accomplish this, this directory must be manually created and configured for use. It is recommended that an index on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 8
sh/.bat) config --update -webdav 37453 --block-size 512000 Note: By default the block size is set to 32 and the webdav port to 37543. Once the configuration settings have been applied the SmartDisk services should be restarted. Execute the following command as needed Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 9
Install and Configure the DR4X00 1. Rack and cable the DR4X00 appliance, and power it on. 2. Log into iDRAC using the default address 192.168.0.1, user name root, and the password calvin. 3. Launch the virtual console. 4. Once the virtual console is open, log in to the system as user administrator - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 10
5. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. 10 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 11
for the DR4X00, user administrator and the password St0r@ge! (The "0" in the password is the numeral zero.). 8. Join the DR4X00 to Active Directory. NOTE: if you do not want to add DR4X00 to Active Directory, see the Owner's Manual for guest login instructions. a. Select Active Directory in the tree - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 12
b. Enter your Active Directory credentials. 9. Create and mount the container. c. Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. 12 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 13
Name and select the Enable CIFS check box. e. Select the client access credentials preferred. For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following (Not all environments will have all components): 13 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 14
(for Hyper-V environments) Backup proxies (for vSphere environments) f. Click Create a New Container. g. Confirm that the container was added. 14 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 15
h. Click Edit, and write down the container path, which you will use later to target the DR4X00. i. Click Cancel to exit. 15 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 16
. 3. For Folder, enter the path to the container on the DR4X00. 4. Select the Reconnect at logon check box. 16 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 17
the backup server. k. Click install. l. Click Next to start the installation, and select to accept the license agreement. 17 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 18
m. Create a Non- Privileged User. Enter the User account name and Password of a local user that will be used as a non-privileged account for NetVault created in the DR4X00 container, along with the user name and password required to access the folder. 18 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 19
r. Enter the full path to the Store folder that you created in the DR4X00 container, along with the user name and password required to access the folder. s. When prompted to enable SmartDisk WebDAV, select Yes. t. Enter the non-privileged user information that was created in step D. u. Click - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 20
v. Once the installation is complete, click Close to exit 20 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 21
FALSE 4. Verify that the value has been set to false by using the command: smartdisk.bat config -show 21 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 22
the Add Section, Select Add NetVault SmartDisk. Type the name of the SmartDisk server within the Host Field. 22 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 23
8. Click on the Save icon in the top left corner of the Pop up window above. Once the device is added successfully, then click OK to exit. 23 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 24
9. Authorize the NDAV (WebDAV) from the NetVault Backup Server by using the command: "nvdav.exe -server [NetVault Server Name]" 10. Verify SmartDisk (Foundation) Services has started. 24 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 25
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11. Assign the SmartDisk Library as the target device for NetVault Backup Job. Select Backup and on the Target Tab, Select the SmartDisk device as the target. 26 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 27
12. Finish configuring the rest of the Backup job parameters and then run it. 27 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 28
4.2 Linux/Unix 1. Mount the container via the NFS path to the Linux/Unix SmartDisk client/server. The local mount point will be used for the SmartDisk path. 28 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 29
2. Create non-privilege user account. (Excerpt from the SmartDisk Installation Guide). 3. Install the SmartDisk application. Under the directory that contains the SmartDisk application, launch the installation with the following command: "./install" 4. Select the correct lanaguage when - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 30
The CLI will prompt the user for the user account details: SmartDisk supports Post-process deduplication. If you would like to store the staged data Please enter the WebDAV authentication password for SmartDisk: Please confirm password: 6. Once the installation the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 31
the Add Section, Select Add NetVault SmartDisk. Type the name of the SmartDisk server within the Host Field. 31 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 32
10. Click on the Save icon in the top left corner of the Pop up window above. Once the device is added successfully, then click OK to exit. 32 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 33
11. Authorize the NDAV (WebDAV) from the NetVault Backup Server by running the command: "./nvdav -server " from "/usr/netvault/util". 33 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 34
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as a method for recovering disk space from system containers in which files were deleted as a result of deduplication. 35 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 36
will increase. As mentioned before backup jobs with 12 week retention will average a 15x ratio in most cases. 36 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4100 | Dell NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault Smar - Page 37
resources: Dell DR4X00 manuals/guides: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/DR4X00/en/index.htm Dell DR4X00-NetVault Application Notes guide: https://support.quest.com/searchdocumentation.aspx?pr=268446836&k=DR4X00&ActiveTab=3 Dell Quest NetVault manuals/guide: https://support.quest
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