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Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 Dell Engineering April 2015 A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 2
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...5 2 Setting up AppAssure...13 2.1 Archiving backup images to the DR Series system...13 2.2 Restoring archived backup images from the DR Series system 19 3 Setting up the Linux client machine ...26 3 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 4
information about how to set up the Dell DR Series Deduplication Appliance as a backup target for AppAssure 5.4.3. For additional information, see the DR Series system documentation and other data management application best practices whitepapers for your specific DR Series system at: http://www - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 5
more information about this step, in the Dell DR Series System Administrator Guide, refer to the following topics: " default address 192.168.0.120, or the IP address assigned to the iDRAC interface. Use the user name and password: "root/calvin". 4. Launch the virtual console. 5 Setting Up the Dell - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 6
log on to the system as user: administrator with the password: St0r@ge! (the "0" in the password is the numeral zero). 6. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 7. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. 6 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 7
system to Active Directory, see the DR Series Deduplication Appliance Owner's Manual for guest logon instructions. a. Select Active Directory from the navigation menu in the left side of the user interface. 7 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 8
b. Enter your Active Directory credentials. 10. Create and mount the container. Select Containers in the left navigation panel, and then click Create at the top of the page. 8 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 9
11. Enter a Container Name and select the Enable CIFS checkbox. (AppAssure supports CIFS protocols.) 9 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 10
12. Select the preferred client access credentials. Note: For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the backup console (AppAssure Core, AppAssure Agent). Not all environments will have all components included. 10 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 11
13. Click Create a New Container, and then confirm that the container has been added. 11 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 12
14. Select the container, and click the Display Statistics link. Make a note of the container share/export path, which you will use later to target the DR Series system. 12 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 13
To generate Linux backup images, see Appendix A.2. 1. Log on to the AppAssure Core. Click Configuration -> Repositories -> Add New Repository. 2. Type in a repository name and then click Add Storage Location. 13 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 14
3. Enter the Storage Location details. (The storage location is the target location for backup job.) Click Save. 4. In the AppAssure core console, click Home -> Protect Machine. 14 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 15
5. Enter the client machine information and click Connect. 6. Select or clear the checkbox for each volume group as needed to select the proper backup data set. To change backup schedules, click Edit. Click Protect. 15 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 16
are listed on the left side under Protected Machines. 8. AppAssure creates backup images for the protected machines according to the protection policy. To see the backup images, click Protected Machines -> Recovery Points. 16 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 17
9. To create an archive job, click Core Server -> Tools -> Archive -> Create. Enter all of the required information then click Archive. 10. To check the archive job details, click the Events tab. 17 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 18
11. The archive job details are displayed on the Events tab. 12. To return to the Next Step Wizard page, click Finish. To close the window, click Close. 18 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 19
backup images from the DR Series system 1. Click Tools -> Archive -> Import. 2. Enter the UNC path of the DR Series system container share that holds the archive images. In addition, enter the CIFS credentials for authenticating to the DR Series system. Click Check File. 19 Setting Up the Dell - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 20
3. Under Agent Names, select the agent and repository to which the archived data will be imported and click Restore. 4. To monitor the restore process, click Open Monitor Window. 20 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 21
the recovery point(s) have been restored to the repository. 6. Each of the recovery points can be expanded to show available operations. 21 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 22
Series system cleaner Performing scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended as a method for recovering disk space from system containers in per week when backups are not taking place, and generally after a backup job has completed. Schedule Cleaner 22 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 23
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, - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 24
. • If the DR Series system is configured as a standalone CIFS server, a DR Series system local CIFS user credential can be used. 24 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 25
agent on the client machine Note: For more details, see the AppAssure User Guide. On the Linux client machine, run the commands below as the root user: 1. Create a new user for the Linux Agent. useradd approot 2. Set a password for the new user. passwd approot 3. Add the user to the root, daemon - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 26
the information about the client machine, and then click Connect. Note: Use the approot user, which was added during agent installation. 26 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | AppAssure - Setting Up the DR Series System as an Archive Target o - Page 27
2. In the Protect dialog box, edit the settings as needed, and then click Protect. 27 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.3 | April 2015
A Dell Technical White Paper
Setting Up the Dell
™
DR Series System as an
Archive Target on AppAssure
5.4.3
Dell Engineering
April 2015