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Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System Dell Engineering April 2015 A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 2
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...4 1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system ...5 2 Configuring an NFS share for backup using vRanger ...14 3 Configuring an RDA container for backup...15 3.1 Create an RDS container ...15 3.2 Configure the Dell RDA device in vRanger ...17 4 Setting up vRanger ...19 5 Viewing a history of - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 4
Executive summary This whitepaper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR Series system as a backup to disk target for Dell vRanger backup software. This paper is a quick reference guide and does not include all DR Series system deployment best practices. For additional information, see - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 5
the DR Series system 1. Rack and cable the DR Series system appliance, and power it on. 2. Log onto iDRAC using the default address, 192.168.0.1, with the username: root and password: Calvin. 3. Launch the virtual console. 5 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 6
4. When the virtual console opens, log on to the system as: user: administrator, password: St0r@ge! NOTE: The "0" in the password is the numeral zero. 5. Set the user-defined networking preferences as needed. 6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that the settings are correct. 6 Setting - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 7
system as: user: administrator, password St0r@ge! 8. Join the DR Series system to Active Directory as described below. NOTE: If you do not want to add the DR Series system to Active Directory, see the Dell DR SeriesOwner's Manual for guest logon instructions. a. Click System Configuration > Active - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 8
b. Enter your Active Directory credentials and click Join Domain. 9. Select Containers on the left navigation area, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. 8 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 9
10. Enter a Container Name and click Next. 11. For the Storage Access Protocol, select NAS (NFS, CIFS) and click Next. 12. Select NFS and CIFS as appropriate. (vRanger supports both CIFS and NFS protocols.) 9 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 10
13. For NFS, set the client access credentials and click Next. 14. For CIFS, set the client access credentials and click Next. 10 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 11
adding IP addresses for the following components (Not all environments will have all components): • Backup console (vRanger Server) • ESXi hosts (as vRanger backs up these VMs) • Backup proxies (for vSphere environments) 11 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 12
15. Click Create a New Container, and then confirm that the container was added. 12 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 13
16. Select the container and then click Edit. Reconfigure client access permissions, if required, and click Next. Make a note of the . 17. Click Modify this container to save any changes you made, or click Cancel to exit. 13 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 14
2 Configuring an NFS share for backup using vRanger For NFS backup using vRanger, you need to create a target folder under the NFS share directory. Create a directory by using the mkdir command inside the mounted directory. 14 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 15
for backup 3.1 Create an RDS container 1. Select Containers in the left side of the DR Series system GUI, and then click Create. 2. Enter a container name and then click Next. 3. For the Storage Access Protocol, select Dell Rapid Data Storage (RDS). 15 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 16
4. LSU capacity is set as Unlimited. Click Next. 5. Click Create New Container, and then confirm that the container was added. 16 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 17
3.2 Configure the Dell RDA device in vRanger Configure the Dell RDA device in vRanger as follows: 1. Navigate to My Repository > Dell Rapid Access (RDA). 2. Confirm that the RDA devices are added. 17 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 18
3. In the DR Series system GUI, navigate to Storage > Client and click the RDA tab to review the configured RDA device details. 18 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 19
4 Setting up vRanger NOTES: • To maximize DR Series system vRanger storage capacity savings, Dell recommends that you adhere exactly to the following setup settings. • The backup formats differ completely when setup settings are changed. Hence, all savings on vRanger installations that had settings - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 20
physical server, go to My Inventory > Physical > Add, and then select the option, Install physical client on machine?. By default, the physical client is installed on the physical machine at C:\Program Files\Quest Software\. 20 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 21
to map the CIFS/NFS share to vRanger. (vRanger supports both CIFS and NFS protocols). • Mapping a CIFS share To map a CIFS share, go to My repository > Add > Windows Share (CIFS), enter the required details, and then click OK. Note: Dell recommends that you do not enable encryption. • Mapping an - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 22
, "Configure the Dell RDA device in vRanger." 5. Right-click and enable change tracking (Change Block Tracking) on the VM you want to back up. 6. Select a virtual machine for backup, and right-click Backup, which opens the backup wizard. 22 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 23
7. Select disks to back up, and then select the repository to which the VM is to be backed up. 8. Select the appropriate Transport type according to the setup. If you are unsure, click Automatic Transport Selection. 23 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 24
9. Select backup options for the VM. NOTES: • Always Disable 'Check destination for free space' since the DR Series system supports deduplication and so the overall space that 'compress backed up files' for better savings. 24 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 25
10. Select backup options for the physical machine. 11. For the Retention Policy, select the type of backup technology as either None (which completes a Full backup), Incremental, or Differential. 25 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 26
details for sending mail. The following example shows a backup summary page that opens when the target is a CIFS repository. The following example shows a backup summary page that opens when the target is a RDA repository. 26 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 27
5 Viewing a history of optimized copies in the DR Series system GUI In the DR Series system GUI, go to the Container Statistics > Duplication tab to view a history of optimized VM copies, as shown in the following example. 27 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series System | April 2015 - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 28
configuration enables source-side deduplication to reduce the amount of data moved over the network to the appliance. 6.1 Create an RDS container in the Dell DR Series system for the replication target 1. Select Containers in the left navigation area of the DR Series system GUI, and then click the - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 29
in vRanger 1. Select the RDA device, right-click Configure Replication, and then enter the DR Series server and target container details. 2. Confirm the replication configuration by right-clicking the RDA repository and clicking Properties. 29 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR Series - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 30
system cleaner Performing scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended as a method for recovering disk space from system containers when backups are not taking place, and generally after a backup job has completed. Schedule Cleaner 30 Setting up Dell™ vRanger™ on the Dell DR - Dell DR4300 | vRanger - Setting up vRanger on the DR Series System - Page 31
8 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 Dell
™
vRanger
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on the
Dell DR Series System
Dell Engineering
April 2015