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Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam Dell Engineering April 2016 A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 2
workflow specific best Backup & Replication™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Veeam Software. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and/or names or their products and are the property of their respective owners. Dell - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 3
Recovery with the DR Series system 38 4.1 Instant Recovery for ESX VM backups...38 4.2 Instant Recovery with Hyper-V Server...44 4.3 Finalizing Instant VM Recovery 51 4.3.2 Terminating an Instant VM Recovery session ...52 5 Creating a backup copy ...53 6 Setting up the DR Series system cleaner...59 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 4
data management application best practices whitepapers for your specific DR Series system at: http://www.dell.com/support/home Note: The DR Series system and Veeam screenshots used in this document may vary slightly, depending on the DR Series system firmware version and Veeam version you are using - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 5
Dell DR Series System Administrator Guide, refer to the sections, "iDRAC Connection", "Logging in and Initializing the DR Series System", and "Accessing IDRAC6/Idrac7 Using RACADM" for information about using iDRAC connection and initializing the appliance. 2. Log on to iDRAC by using the default - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 6
4. Set the user-defined networking preferences as needed. 5. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. 6 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 7
St0r@ge! (The "0" in the password is the numeral zero.). 7. Join the DR Series system into the Active Directory domain. Note: if you do not want to add the DR Series System to Active Directory, see the DR Series System Owner's Manual for guest logon instructions. a. Under System Configuration in the - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 8
8. To create the container, in the left navigation area, click Containers and then click the Create link at the top of the page. 9. Enter a Container Name, and click Next. 8 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 9
10. Select the access protocol (NAS (NFS, CIFS)). 11. For CIFS, select the CIFS check box, set the marker type as None, and then click Next. 9 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 10
For NFS, select the NFS check box and then click Next. 12. For CIFS, set the preferred client access credentials, and then click Next 10 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 11
For NFS, set the following preferred client access credentials and then click Next 13. Check the configuration summary, and then click Create a New Container. 11 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 12
14. Confirm that the container is successfully added. 12 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 13
accurate savings numbers, all the data should be backed up with same settings. 1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication console. 2. In the Backup Infrastructure section, right-click Backup Repositories, and select Add Backup Repository. 13 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 14
3. Enter a name for the DR Series system container repository, and click Next. 4. For a CIFS container, do the following: a. Select Shared folder as the type of backup repository, and click Next. 14 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 15
b. In the Shared folder field, enter the DR Series system container share UNC path (or TCP/IP address to replace hostname), select the Gateway Server, and click Next. 15 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 16
), do the following: Note: The Veeam Server is supported on a Windows platform only; therefore, to configure an NFS container from a DR Series system as a backup repository, you must add the Linux server where the NFS container would be mounted. a. Select Linux Server (recommended) as the type of - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 17
c. Mount the DR Series system NFS container on this Linux server, and enter the container mount path as the Backup Repository. 6. To customize the repository settings, click Advanced. 17 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 18
Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide for the maximum concurrent jobs supported for CIFS/NFS based on the DR Series system model. The maximum concurrent jobs setting also depends on the number of CPU cores in the Veeam server. To run more tasks in parallel, you can add more Backup proxy - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 19
files for VMs in the job, select the option, Use Per-VM Backup Files Chains. This setting makes any backup job that is writing to a repository store each VM's restore point in a dedicated backup file. If you decide to create separate backup files for VMs in the job, make sure that you also enable - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 20
10. For Instant Recovery to work, select the option, Enable vPower NFS Server. For CIFS, enable the option as below - For NFS, enable the option as below - 20 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 21
11. On the review page, verify the settings, and click Next to apply changes. For a CIFS Container Repository, the Review page will appear similar to the following example. 21 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 22
For an NFS Container Repository, the Review page will appear similar to the following example. 22 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 23
12. Click Finish. 13. On the Backup & Replication menu, go to Jobs > Backup, and right-click Backup to create a new backup job. 23 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 24
14. Enter the name for the backup job, and click Next. 15. For the backup, select one or more virtual machines, data stores, resource pools, vApps, SCVMM clusters, and so on, as needed, and then click Add. 24 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 25
16. Select the DR Series system container share as the Backup Repository for this job, and click Advanced. 17. On the Backup tab, ensure Incremental is selected. 25 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 26
overall space/storage savings is the focus, Dell recommends that you select the options for all of the backup jobs. Generally, Dell recommends turning off encryption, compression, and deduplication settings. However, with Veeam, Dell recommends that you enable deduplication. Veeam runs deduplication - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 27
19. Click Next. 20. Schedule the backup and click Create. 27 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 28
21. Click Finish. 22. To run the backup manually, right-click the configured backup job, and select Start. 28 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 29
, in the left navigation area, go to Storage > Replication, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. 29 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 30
remote system, enter the target DR Series system related information, click Retrieve Containers, select a populated target container from the list, and click Create Replication. 26. Verify if restore from replication target is needed, 30 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 31
to the Veeam repository. For instructions, see the section, "Setting up Veeam." 2. Update all backup jobs that use the source DR backup repository. 3. Under Backup & Replication, click Restore to create a restore job. Select the appropriate Restore from backup option. 31 Setting Up the Dell - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 32
4. Click Add VM and select "From backup". Select the VM to be restored and click Add. 32 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 33
5. Select the Restore Mode and click Next. 6. Provide the Host details as needed, and click Next. 33 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 34
7. Select the resource Pool and click Next. 8. Select the datastore and disk type, and click Next. 34 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 35
9. Enter the new name for the restored VM and click Next. 10. Select the network location and click Next. 35 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 36
11. Enter text that describes the reason for the restore and click Next. 12. Click Finish. 36 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 37
13. After the restore job has been created, you can run the job and monitor it from the Backup & Replication menu. 37 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 38
vPower® technology to mount a VM image to a production VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V host directly from a compressed and deduplicated backup file. By default, all changes to virtual disks that take place while the VM is running are logged to auxiliary redo logs residing on the NFS server - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 39
2. To perform the instant recovery, click the Restore Wizard option. Select the VMware option and then select Instant VM recovery. 3. Select the Virtual Machine to be recovered and click Next. 39 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 40
4. At the Restore point step, select the point to which you want to restore the VM and then click Next. 5. At the Restore Mode step, select the option, Restore to a new location, or with different settings, and then click Next. 40 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 41
on which the VM should be restored instantly. b. In the Resource pool box, select the resource pool to which the restored VM should belong. c. In the Restored VM name field, add the _restored suffix to the VM name. d. Click Next. 41 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 42
7. On the Datastore tab, ensure the Redirect virtual disk updates check box is not selected, and click Next. This will let you use Storage vMotion to migrate the VM to production after the VM is recovered from the backup. 8. Select the checkboxes Connect VM to network and Power on VM automatically, - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 43
9. Click Finish to start the Instant VM Recovery 10. Open the vSphere client and make sure that the restored VM is started on the ESX host you selected. 43 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 44
Instant Recovery for HyperV VM backups, do the following: a. Create a backup job for the required VM as described previously in Section 3 with the only difference being to set the vPower NFS Datastore option in the "vPower NFS" tab. b. On the vPower NFS tab, select the checkbox, Enable vPower NFS - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 45
2. To perform Instant Recovery, on the Veeam console, click the Restore Wizard option, select Hyper-V and then select Instant VM recovery. 45 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 46
3. Select the Virtual Machine to be recovered. 4. Add the VM which need to be recovered. 46 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 47
5. At the Restore Mode step, select Restore to a new location, or with different settings, and then click Next. 6. Select the Host to which to recover the VM. 47 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 48
7. At the Datastore step, provide the details of cache data that need to be stored. 8. Enter the details of the path where VM cache data is stored. 48 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 49
9. Select the Virtual Networks that map to each other between the original and new VM locations. 10. In the Restored VM name field, add the _restored suffix to the VM name. 49 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 50
11. Click Finish to start the recovery. 12. Open the Hyper-v Client and make sure that the restored VM is started on the host you selected. 50 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 51
VM to production with Veeam Backup & Replication, or use Veeam's Quick Migration. contents from the backup file to the production storage. The VM data is pulled from the backup and consolidated with changes Backup & Replication view in Veeam Backup & Replication. 2. In the inventory pane, select - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 52
from the vPower NFS datastore. To terminate the current Instant VM recovery session, follow these steps: 1. Open the Backup & Replication view in Veeam Backup & Replication. 2. In the Inventory pane, select Instant Recovery. 3. In the working area, right-click the name of the recovered VM and - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 53
copy job is a separate task that needs to be set apart from the backup job. Veeam Backup Copy allows users to copy backup data to secondary storage. Follow these steps to create a backup copy job. 1. Click the backup copy in Auxiliary jobs, enter a name of the job, and click Next. 53 Setting - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 54
2. Add the Virtual Machine from the backup Jobs. 54 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 55
3. Select the backup repository, click Advanced, and then do the following: a. Select the Storage tab. b. Select the Compression level as None. c. Click OK. 55 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 56
4. Select the type of data transfer and click Next. 5. Schedule the job as needed. 56 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 57
6. Click Finish. 57 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Veeam | April 2016 - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 58
• Active Full - This added feature in Veeam 9.0 helps improve local (on-site) backup copy performance and reduces the load on deduplication appliances by eliminating the data rehydration required to process the backup copy job retention policy, or to create a new GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) restore - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 59
scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended as a method for recovering disk space backups are not taking place, and generally after a backup job has completed. Dell recommends scheduling the cleaner at a separate time from backup and replication jobs. 59 Setting Up the Dell - Dell DR4300 | Veeam - Setting up the DR Series System on Veeam - Page 60
Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance After backup jobs have run, the DR Series system 2-4x reduction (25-50% total savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs are completed, the ratios will increase. Backup jobs with a 12-week retention will average a 15x ratio,
A Dell Technical White Paper
Setting Up the Dell
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Dell Engineering
April 2016