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- Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 1
Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 Dell Engineering April 2015 A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 2
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...33 6 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance 34 A Creating a storage device for CIFS...35 B Creating a storage device for NFS...37 C User commands ...38 3 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 4
, see the DR Series system documentation and other data management application best practices whitepapers for your specific DR Series system at: http://www.dell.com/powervaultmanuals Note: The build version and screenshots used in this document may vary slightly, depending on the version of the DR - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 5
1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system 1. Rack and cable the DR Series System, and power it on. In the 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 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 6
5. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. 6 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 7
Directory. 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. Select Active Directory from the left navigation area of the DR Series system GUI. b. Enter your Active Directory credentials. 7 Setting Up - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 8
9. You now need to create and mount the container. Select Containers in the left navigation area, and then click Create at the top of the page. 8 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 9
10. Enter a Container Name and click Next. 11. Select NAS (NFS, CIFS) and click Next. (HP Data Protector supports both CIFS and NFS protocols.) 9 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 10
12. Select the NFS/CIFS protocol(s) as appropriate and click Next. 13. For NFS, set the client access credentials and click Next. 10 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 11
14. For CIFS, set the client access credentials and click Next. Note: For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following (Not all environments will have all components): Backup console (HP Data Protector Server, HP Data Protector Clients) 15. - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 12
17. Click Modify this container to save any changes or click Cancel to exit. 12 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 13
identifies the File Library Device. Select File Library for the Device Type, and enter the information for the Client. Click Next. 13 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 14
below to complete successfully. See Appendix A for information about setting up the HP Data Protector service account correctly. This should be done before the next step. 3. The next window asks Depot Size. Click Next. 14 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 15
of that particular File Library Device on the DR container. 6. Click Finish. In the next window, click Close to close it. 15 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 16
/verify the NFS share from the UNIX/Linux client system. Please see Appendix B for how to mount/verify the NFS share. 16 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 17
any source data set that needs to be backed up. In this example, it's the whole local "C:\" drive. Then click Next. 17 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 18
click Next. 5. Check and verify the Backup Specification Options using the Advanced button. Then, in the Filesystem Options section, click Advanced. 18 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 19
the DR Series system. Also, setting Data security to None is recommended, as enabling encryption before the data stream is sent 19 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 20
Backup Job Summary. Click Next. 9. Specify a name for the Backup Job. Click Save As to save the newly configured backup specification. 20 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 21
Backup window displays the progress of the backup session. The Session Information window will tell you when the backup is completed. 21 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 22
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(default is "Administrator/St0r@ge!), and then click Retrieve Containers and select the target container in the list. 4. Click Create Replication. 23 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 24
replication progress under Replication Statistics, and make sure the replication Status is INSYNC. 4.2 Running a backup for the source DR Series system 24 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 25
using the suffix '.fd' on the source DR, and the '.fd' files will be replicated to the target DR Series system. 25 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 26
Source DR Target DR 26 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 27
be restored. Click Export. NOTE: If the media pool is protected and cannot be exported, you should perform a Recycle before Export. 27 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 28
download the source container library configuration from IDB. NOTE: Refer to Appendix C for information about how to use the command "omnidownload". 28 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 29
4. Edit the file, modify or add the object information to point to the target DR Series system, and save this file. 5. Upload this modified configuration file to IDB using the command, omniupload. 29 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 30
6. Expand the device node, and Import the device object from the target device. 7. Click Next. 30 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 31
9. Select the Import Copy as Original checkbox, and then click Finish. 10. Verify that the import is done successfully. 31 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 32
Restore. Run the restore session that is associated to the backup set, click Restore. 2. Verify that the restore is done successfully. 32 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 33
should run at least 40 hours per week when backups are not taking place, and generally after a backup job has completed. 33 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 34
backup jobs are completed, the ratios will increase. Backup jobs with a 12-week retention will average a 15x ratio, in most cases. 34 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 35
the CIFS administrator account. 2. Launch the Microsoft Services Snap-in by clicking Start > Run > Services.msc > Enter. 3. Locate the Data Protector Inet and Data Protector CRS Service. Right-click Properties and click the Log On tab. 35 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 36
synced accounts rather than the AD account, make sure that there is a ".\"in front of the user name. 4. Click OK. 5. After changing both services for HP Data Protector, select Stop/Start to restart the two services. 36 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 37
is to try using the Linux command "cat /proc/mounts". The rsize and wsize of the nfs mount should be 512K. 37 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015 - Dell DR4300e | HP Data Protector - Setting Up the DR Series System on HP Data Pr - Page 38
installed. Examples: To modify library"Exabyte1" using the information in the file "/tmp/EXA", run: omniupload -modify_library Exabyte1 -file /tmp/EXA 38 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on HP Data Protector® 7.0 | April 2015
A Dell Technical White Paper
Setting Up the Dell
™
DR Series System on HP
Data Protector
®
7.0
Dell Engineering
April 2015