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- Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 1
Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on a DR Disk Backup Appliance A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 3
Best Practices ...6 2 Install and Configure the DR4X00 ...9 3 Configure the Backup Server and Install NetVault SmartDisk 16 4 Configure NetVault SmartDisk ...21 4.1 Windows 36 Appendix A Additional Resources...37 3 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 4
guide of the DR4X00 with NetVault SmartDisk. In addition, the guide will illustrate key technical considerations and best practices involved in deployment/configuration process of the DR4X00 and NetVault SmartDisk solution. 4 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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. In this configuration, NetVault SmartDisk is configured for target object store use for data protection operations. This enables the - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 6
Disk appliance for the use with NetVault Backup and NetVault SmartDisk. Please review this section carefully before embarking on the DR4X00 and NetVault install/configuration sequences outlined in chapters 2 through 4 of this guide NOTE: For NetVault SmartDisk, native DR4X00 replication support - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 7
must be configured to run exclusively from the DR4X00 space. By default both the SmartDisk Chunk Index and Disk Index run within predefined directory structures. The goal is to consolidate cycles run the following commands: 7 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 8
--update -webdav 37453 --block-size 512000 Note: By default the block size is set to 32 and the webdav port settings have been applied the SmartDisk services should be restarted. Execute the following Backup server. 8 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 9
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 and the password St0r@ge! (The "0" in the password is the numeral zero.). 9 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 11
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 on the left hand side of the dashboard. 11 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 14
) Hyper-V hosts (on-host proxy for Hyper-V environments)s Off-host proxies (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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 16
into the media server and click on StartMy Computer. 2. Click Map network drive. 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 17
and Store. 8. Install NetVault SmartDIsk. j. Download or copy the NetVault install application to 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 18
for SmartDisk. p. When prompted, select Remote and click Next. q. Enter the full path to the Stage folder that you 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™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 19
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 Next to confirm the installation 19 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 22
> 6. Add the SmartDisk to the NetVault Backup Server as a library 7. Select Device Management and under 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 29
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 prompted. 29 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 31
FALSE " 8. Add the SmartDisk to the NetVault Backup Server as a library 9. Select Device Management and under 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 34
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after a backup job has completed. Performing scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 36
a 2-4x reduction (25-50% total savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs complete the ratios 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 DR4300 | NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting Up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 37
Notes guide: https://support.quest.com/searchdocumentation.aspx?pr=268446836&k=DR4X00&ActiveTab=3 Dell Quest NetVault manuals/guide: https://support.quest.com/searchdocumentation.aspx?pr=268446836&k=NetVault&ActiveTab=3 37 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
Best Practices for Setting up NetVault
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