Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Manual
Setting up vranger on the dell dr4x00 disk backup appliance
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- Page 1 Setting up vRanger on the ™ Dell DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance A Dell Technical White Paper...
- 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. vRanger is a trademark of Quest Software, a DELL company. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Install and Configure the DR4X00 ............................5 Configure NFS share for Backup using vRanger ....................... 12 Set up vRanger ..................................13 Set up the DR4X00 Cleaner ..............................22 Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance......................23 Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... -
Page 4: Executive Summary
Executive Summary This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR4X00 as a backup to disk ® ™ target for vRanger Backup software. This paper is a quick reference guide and does not include all DR4X00 deployment best practices. -
Page 5: Install And Configure The Dr4X00
Launch the virtual console. c. 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.). Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 6 Set the user- defined networking preferences. e. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 7 NOTE: if you do not want to add DR4X00 to Active Directory, see the Owner’s Manual for guest login instructions. Select Active Directory in the tree on the left hand side of the dashboard. Enter your Active Directory credentials. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 8 Create and mount the container. Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 9 CIFS and NFS protocols. Select the client access credentials preferred. For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following (Not all environments will have all components): Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 10 Backup console (vRanger Server) − ESXi hosts (as vRanger backups up these VMs) − Backup proxies (for vSphere environments) Click Create a New Container. Confirm that the container was added. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 11 Click Edit, and write down the container path, which you will use later to target the DR4X00. m. Click Cancel to exit. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 12: Configure Nfs Share For Backup Using Vranger
This is not required while adding CIFS share. Mount the NFS share onto any of the NFS clients available in the environment. Create a directory using ‘mkdir’ inside the mounted directory. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... -
Page 13: Set Up Vranger
Goto My Inventory - > Virtual - > Add and add either your vCenter or ESX host. While adding vCenter provide IP/Hostname, and credentials of Virtual Center. While adding ESX host provide root credentials. Adding ESX host. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 14 2. Adding Physical server. My Inventory - > Physical - > Add Select ‘Install physical client on machine?’ flag. By default Physical client is installed on the physical machine at ‘c:\programs Files\Quest Software\’. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 15 Mapping CIFS share : My repository - > Add - > Windows Share (CIFS) - > Enter required details and then OK. Note : While creating repository (CIFS/NFS), for better savings do not enable encryption. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 16 ‘Target directory’ just mention the target directory name which was created under share directory [Mentioned above in chapter 4. Enable change tracking (Change Block Tracking) on the VM you want to backup. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 17 5. Backup of a Virtual Machine. Selecting a VM for backup Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 18 This opens the backup wizard - > select disks to backup - > Select the repository to which the VM is to be backed up. c. Select the appropriate Transport type according to the set up. If not sure, select ‘Automatic Transport Selection’ Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 19 Backup Options i. For VM Note : Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 20 (Eg : Exchange server). Disable ‘compress backed up files’ for better savings. ii. For Physical Machine e. Retention Policy Selection : Mention the type of backup you want to do Full/Incremental/Differential. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 21 Schedule the backup and then provide mail server details for sending mail. g. Backup summary page : Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 22: Set Up The Dr4X00 Cleaner
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. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... -
Page 23: Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance
(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. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...