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Summary of Contents for Quest Engineering DL1300
- Page 1 DL1300 Appliance Deployment Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Installation prerequisites........................ 14 Network requirements......................14 Recommended network infrastructure................... 14 Setting up the hardware........................ 15 Installing the DL1300 appliance in a rack................15 Using the system without a rack................... 15 Cabling the appliance......................16 Connecting the Cable Management Arm (Optional)..............16 Turning on the DL1300 Appliance..................16... - Page 3 Executing RASR........................21 Configuring Your Quest DL1000......................23 Configuration overview........................23 Configuring browsers to remotely access the DL1300 Core Console...........23 Configuring browser settings in Internet Explorer and Chrome..........24 Configuring browser settings in Firefox................. 24 Accessing the DL1300 Core Console................... 24 Updating trusted sites in Internet Explorer................
- Page 4 Protecting machines........................41 Snapshots..........................41 Quest DL1300 Smart Agents....................41 Deploying Smart Agents......................41 Step 1: Obtaining the Agent Software................42 Step 2: Install the Agent Software................. 42 Configuring protection jobs....................43 Protecting a machine......................43 Recovering data..........................45 Recovering directories or files....................45 Restoring volumes.........................
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Page 5: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings
© 2017 Quest Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Quest and the Quest logo are trademarks of Quest Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. DL1300 Appliance Notes, cautions, and warnings... -
Page 6: Introducing Your Quest Dl1300
Introducing your Quest DL1300 Your Quest DL1300 combines backup and replication into a unified data protection product. It provides reliable application data recovery from your backups to protect virtual machines and physical machines. Your appliance is capable of handling up to terabytes of data with built-in global deduplication, compression, encryption, and replication to specific private or public cloud infrastructure. -
Page 7: True Global Deduplication
Parent topic Quest DL1300 Core The Core is the central component of the DL1300 deployment architecture. The Core stores and manages machine backups and provides services for backup, recovery, retention, replication, archival, and management. The Core is a self-contained network, addressable computer that runs a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows... -
Page 8: Quest Dl1300 Smart Agent
Parent topic Snapshot process Your DL1300 protection process begins when a base image is transferred from a protected machine to the Core. In this phase, full copy of the machine is transported across the network under normal operation, followed by incremental snapshots forever. -
Page 9: Recovery
Parent topic Virtualization and cloud The DL1300 Core is cloud-ready, which allows you to leverage the compute capacity of the cloud for recovery and archive. DL1300 can export any protected or replicated machine to licensed versions of VMware or Hyper-V. With continuous exports, the virtual machine is incrementally updated after every snapshot. -
Page 10: Quest Dl1300 Deployment Architecture
The following diagram depicts a simple DL1300 deployment. DL1300 Agents are installed on machines such as a file server, email server, database server, or virtual machines are connected to and protected by a single DL1300 Core, which consists of the central repository. The Quest software License Portal manages license subscriptions, groups and users for the agents and cores in your environment. -
Page 11: Other Information You May Need
Figure 3. DL1300 Multi—Core Deployment Architecture Parent topic Other information you may need NOTE: Always check for updates on Quest.com/support and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. NOTE: For any documentation related to Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, see Dell.com/ ... - Page 12 User’s Guide Provides information about configuring and managing the system. Release Notes Provides product information and additional information on the Quest DL1300 Appliance. Interoperability Guide Provides information on supported software and hardware for your appliance as well as usage considerations, recommendations, and rules.
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Page 13: Installing Your Quest Dl1300
Installing your Quest DL1300 Introduction The DL Backup to Disk Appliance allows: • Faster backups, as well as quicker recovery scenarios over conventional tape devices and backup methodologies • Optional deduplication capability • Continuous data protection for data center and remote office servers •... -
Page 14: Installation Overview
To install the DL1300 follow these steps: Obtain the permanent license key. From the Core Console, you can manage your DL1300 licenses directly, change the license key, and contact the license server. You can also access the Quest AppAssure License Portal from the Licensing page in the Core Console. -
Page 15: Setting Up The Hardware
Setting up the hardware The appliance ships with a single DL1300 system. Before setting up the appliance hardware, see the Getting Started Guide for your system that shipped with the appliance. Unpack and set up the DL1300 Appliance hardware. NOTE: The software is pre-installed on the appliance. -
Page 16: Cabling The Appliance
Parent topic Cabling the appliance Locate the Quest DL1300 Appliance Getting Started Guide that is shipped with the appliance and follow the instructions to attach the keyboard, mouse, monitor, power, and network cables to the DL1300 system. Parent topic ... -
Page 17: Appassure Appliance Configuration Wizard
On completing the installation using the wizard, the Core Console launches automatically. Parent topic Configuring the network interface To configure the available network interfaces: On the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard Welcome screen, click Next. DL1300 Appliance Configuring the network interface... -
Page 18: Configuring Host Name And Domain Settings
If you do not want to connect your appliance to a domain, select No in Do you want this appliance to join a domain? NOTE: If your DL1300 is installed with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation edition, the option to join a domain will be disabled. -
Page 19: Configuring Snmp Settings
Remove. Click Next. The Thank You page is displayed. To complete the configuration, click Next. Click Exit on the Configuration Complete page. The Core console opens on your default web browser. Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Configuring SNMP settings... -
Page 20: Recovery And Update Utility
Recovery and Update Utility The Recovery and Update Utility (RUU) is an all-in-one installer to recover and update DL Appliances (DL1000, DL1300, DL4000 and DL4300) software. It includes the AppAssure Core software and appliance-specific components. RUU consists of updated versions of the Windows Server Roles and Features, ASP .NET MVC3, LSI Provider, DL Applications, OpenManage Server Administrator and AppAssure Core Software. -
Page 21: Executing Rasr
The Recovery Mode Selection screen is displayed with three options: ◦ System Recovery ◦ Windows Recovery Wizard ◦ Factory Reset 10. Select the Factory Reset option. This option will recover the operating system disk from the factory image. 11. Click Next. DL1300 Appliance Executing RASR... - Page 22 All OS disk data will be overwritten. 12. Click Yes. The operating system disk starts restoring back to factory reset. 13. After the completion of Factory reset recovery process, In the RASR Completed screen, click Finish. Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Executing RASR...
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Page 23: Configuring Your Quest Dl1000
After you complete the configuration of the Core, you can then protect agents and perform recovery. NOTE: While using the DL1300 Backup To Disk Appliance, it is recommended that you use the Appliance tab to configure the Core. -
Page 24: Configuring Browser Settings In Internet Explorer And Chrome
Explorer, and configure your browsers as discussed in the topic Configuring browsers to remotely access the DL1300 Core Console. After you update trusted sites in Internet Explorer, and configure your browsers, perform one of the following to access the Core Console: •... -
Page 25: Updating Trusted Sites In Internet Explorer
Managing licenses You can manage your DL1300 licenses directly from the Core Console. From the console, you can change the license key and contact the license server. You can also access the License Portal from the Licensing page in the Core console or you can access the license portal at https:// licenseportal.com. -
Page 26: Contacting The License Portal Server
Launch the registry Editor using regedit command. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE → SOFTWARE → AppRecovery → Core → Localization. Open Lcid. Select decimal. Enter the required language value in the Value data box, the supported language values are: English: 1033 DL1300 Appliance Changing the AppAssure language manually... -
Page 27: Changing The Operating System Language During Installation
The Core can encrypt agent snapshot data within the repository. Instead of encrypting the entire repository, DL1300 allows you to specify an encryption key during the protection of an agent in a repository which allows the key to be reused for different agents. -
Page 28: Configuring An Email Server And Email Notification Template
before email alert messages are sent. For more information on specifying events to receive email alerts, see Configuring Notification Groups For System Events in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User's Guide at Quest.com/support. To configure an email server and email notification template: From the Core, select the Configuration tab. - Page 29 Enter information for the body of the template that describes the event, when it occurred, and the severity. Click Send Test Email and review the results. After you are satisfied with the results of the tests, click OK. Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Configuring an Email server and Email notification template...
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Page 30: Preparing To Protect Your Servers
Preparing to protect your servers Overview To protect your data using DL1300, you need to add the workstations and servers for protection in the Core Console; for example, your Exchange server, SQL Server, your Linux server, and so on. In the Core Console, you can identify the machine on which an Agent is installed and specify which volumes, for example, a Microsoft Windows Storage Space, to protect. -
Page 31: Checking Network Connectivity
Parent topic Teaming network adapters By default, the network adapters (NICs) on the DL1300 Appliance are not bonded, which affects the performance of the system. It is recommended that you team the NICs to a single interface. Teaming the NICs require: •... -
Page 32: Reinstalling Broadcom Advanced Configuration Suite
In the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, select Teams > Go to Team View. In the Hosts list on the left side, right-click on the host name of the DL1300 appliance and select Create Team. The Broadcom Teaming Wizard window is displayed. -
Page 33: Adjusting Concurrent Streams
You can also deploy the Agent software to the agent machine during the process of protecting a machine. This option is available for machines that do not already have the Agent software installed. For more information on deploying the Agent software while protecting a machine, see the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide at Quest.com/support. -
Page 34: Deploying The Agent Software When Protecting A Machine
◦ Protect machine after install — Selecting this option enables DL1300 to take a base snapshot of the data after you add the machine for protection. This option is selected by default. If you deselect this option, then you must force... -
Page 35: Installing Microsoft Windows Agents At The Client
For more information about manually forcing a snapshot, see Forcing A Snapshot in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User's Guide at Quest.com/support. ◦ Repository — Select the repository in which to store data from this agent. -
Page 36: Installing Agents On Linux Machines
NOTE: For information about adding agents by using the Core machine, see Deploying An Agent (Push Install) in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User's Guide at Quest.com/support. Parent topic Installing agents on Linux machines Download the distribution specific 32-bit or 64-bit installer on every Linux server that you want to protect by using the Core. -
Page 37: Location Of Linux Agent Files
/opt/appassure/amount aavdisk and aavdctl /usr/bin configuration files for aavdisk /etc/appassure/aavdisk.conf wrappers for aamount and agent ◦ /usr/bin/aamount ◦ /usr/bin/aagent autorun scripts for aavdisk and agent ◦ /etc/init.d/appassure-agent ◦ /etc/init.d/appassure-vdisk Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Location of Linux agent files... -
Page 38: Agent Dependencies
>=2.11 For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Dependency The nbd-dkms requires dkms, gcc, make, kernel-syms The appassure-vss requires dkms, kernel-syms, gcc, make The appassure-aavdisk requires libblkid1, pam, pcre The appassure-mono requires glibc >= 2.11 Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Agent dependencies... -
Page 39: Installing The Agent On Ubuntu
After the installation process is complete, the Ubuntu Agent is installed on your machine. For more information on protecting this machine with the Core, see the topic 'Protecting Workstations and Servers' in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User's Guide at Quest.com/support. -
Page 40: Installing The Agent On Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Dependencies. After the installer completes, the Agent will be running on your machine. For more information on protecting this machine with the Core, see the topic 'Protecting Workstations and Servers' in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide at Quest.com/support. Parent topic ... -
Page 41: Common Use Cases
Quest DL1300 Smart Agents The Smart Agent is installed on the machines that are protected by the DL1300 Core. The Smart Agent tracks the changed blocks on the disk volume and then snaps an image of the changed blocks at a predefined interval of protection. -
Page 42: Step 1: Obtaining The Agent Software
NOTE: These procedures are a summary. For detailed information, or specific instructions for Linux Agents, refer to the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide. Parent topic Step 1: Obtaining the Agent Software Smart Agent software can be obtained by following one of the following methods: •... -
Page 43: Configuring Protection Jobs
When you add protection, you must specify the name or IP address of the machine to protect and the volumes on that machine to protect as well as define the protection schedule for each volume. To protect multiple machines at the same time, see topic 'Protecting Multiple Machines' in Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide. - Page 44 If you enable encryption, it will be applied to data for all protected volumes for this agent machine. You can change the settings later from the Configuration tab in the AppAssure 5 Core Console. DL1300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
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Page 45: Recovering Data
Parent topic Recovering data With the DL1300, data is protected on both Windows and Linux machines. Protected machine backups are saved to the Core as recovery points that can be used to restore your data. Entire volumes can be restored replaced from a recovery point to the destination machines. -
Page 46: Restoring Volumes
Mount the recovery point that contains the data you want to restore. For more information, see Mounting A Recovery Point For A Windows Machine topic in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the mounted recovery point and select the directories and files that you want to restore. -
Page 47: Bare Metal Recovery
Performing a BMR is possible for physical or virtual machines. As an added benefit, AppAssure allows you to perform a BMR whether the hardware is similar or dissimilar. Parent topic DL1300 Appliance Bare Metal Recovery... -
Page 48: Prerequisites For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows Machine
NOTE: Following are basic steps used in the Bare Metal Restore (BMR) process. For detailed information on each step, see the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide. To perform a BMR for a Windows machine: Create a boot CD. Burn the image to disk. -
Page 49: Setting Up Your Environment
Number of Agents— It is important to consider the number of agents protected per source core and how many you plan to replicate to the target. DL1300 lets you perform replication on a per-protected server basis, so you can choose to replicate certain servers. -
Page 50: Steps For Configuring Replication
• Replicate an existing agent— For more information on replicating an agent that is already protected by the source core, see topic 'Adding a Machine to Existing Replication' in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide at Quest.com/support. • Consume the seed drive — For more information on consuming seed drive data on the target core, see topic 'Consuming the Seed Drive on a Target Core' in the Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide at Quest.com/support. -
Page 51: Using Virtual Standby
NOTE: Only the 3 TB with 2 VMs and 4 TB with 2 VMs configuration of DL1300 supports the one-time export and continuous export on virtual standby VMs. -
Page 52: Performing A Continuous (Virtual Standby) Hyper-V Export
Performing a continuous (virtual standby) Hyper-V export NOTE: Only the DL1300 3 TB with 2 VMs and 4 TB with 2 VMs configurations support the one-time export and continuous export on virtual standby VMs. To perform a continuous (virtual standby) Hyper-V export: In the Core Console, on the Virtual Standby tab, click Add to launch the Export Wizard. -
Page 53: Managing Recovery Points
Periodic backup snapshots of all the protected servers accumulate on the Core over time. The retention policies are used to retain backup snapshots for longer periods of time and to help with management of these backup DL1300 Appliance Managing recovery points... -
Page 54: Archiving Data
\archive. Network Output location Enter the location for the output. It is used to define the location path where you want the archive to DL1300 Appliance Creating an archive... - Page 55 NOTE: To select a cloud account, you must first add it to the Core Console. See topic 'Adding A Cloud Account' in Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide. Container Select a container associated with your account from the drop-down menu.
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Page 56: Archiving To A Cloud
Compatible clouds include Windows Azure, Amazon, Rackspace, and any OpenStack-based provider. To export an archive to a cloud: • Add your cloud account to the Core Console. For more information see topic, 'Adding A Cloud Account' in Quest DL1300 Appliance User’s Guide at Quest.com/support. •... -
Page 57: Getting Help
Getting help Finding documentation and software updates Direct links to AppAssure and DL1300 Appliance documentation and software updates are available from the Core Console. Documentation To access the link for documentation: On the Core Console, click the Appliance tab.
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