Acronis Storage 2.
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Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About Acronis Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Acronis Storage Deployment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction To support the growing demand for both high performance and high data availability, modern data centers need a fast, flexible storage solution. Existing solutions, however, are often difficult to manage and maintain, or not flexible enough (e.g., local RAID arrays), or too expensive (e.g., storage area networks). Acronis Storage is designed to solve these issues. It can run on commodity hardware, so no significant infrastructure investments are needed.
Chapter 1. Introduction 1. Install management panel, the web-based user interface for managing Acronis Storage clusters, on one of the servers in your infrastructure. 2. Install Acronis Storage on every other server in your infrastructure. 3. Create a cluster in Acronis Storage.
CHAPTER 2 Preparing for Installation This chapter lists the system requirements for Acronis Storage 2 and recommendations on network setup. 2.1 Minimal Hardware Requirements Acronis Storage works on top of commodity hardware, so you can create a cluster from regular servers, disk, and network cards. At least five physical servers are required to evaluate all Acronis Storage features.
Chapter 2. Preparing for Installation 2.2 Network Setup Recommendations To make your first Acronis Storage experience easier: • Do not use dynamic IP addresses or set up dynamic IP allocation via DHCP. • Use the same network interface for both internal and external traffic. You will be able to configure secure networking later.
CHAPTER 3 Installing Acronis Storage Acronis Storage is installed in a similar way on all required servers or virtual machines. One exception is the first server where you must also install the management panel (only one is allowed per cluster). To install Acronis Storage, perform the following steps: 1. Install the management panel and storage components on the first server in your infrastructure. 2.
Chapter 3. Installing Acronis Storage 6. Make sure that the appropriate network interface is selected in both Management Panel network and Management network drop-down lists. 7. Create a password for a superadmin account of the management panel, confirm it in the corresponding field, and memorize it. 8. Click Done and Begin Installation. While Acronis Storage is installing, create a password for the root account. Installation will not finish until the password is created.
3.2. Obtaining the Token For security reasons, you will need to provide a token that can only be obtained from the management panel you have installed on the first server. A single token can be used to install the storage component on multiple servers in parallel. To obtain a token: 1. On any computer with access to the management panel network, open a web browser and visit the management node IP address on port 8888: http://:8888. 2.
Chapter 3. Installing Acronis Storage 4. On the Add node panel, obtain a token. You can generate a new one if needed. Generating a new token invalidates the previous one. 5. Save the token and proceed to installing the storage component on other servers. 3.3 Installing Storage Having obtained the token, boot the next server from the same installation media and do the following on the Acronis Storage screen: 1. Choose Storage.
3.3. Installing Storage 2. In the Management node field, specify the IP address of the node with the management panel. 3. In the Token field, specify the acquired token. A single token can be used to install storage component on multiple nodes in parallel. 4. Click Done. 5. Open the INSTALLATION DESTINATION screen, select a device in the Device Selection section, and click Done. Configure other options if required. 6. Click Begin Installation.
CHAPTER 4 Creating the Cluster With the management panel ready and with all the nodes present in the UNASSIGNED list, you can create your first cluster. To create an Acronis Storage cluster means to create a cluster on one (first) node, then populate it with more nodes. 4.1 Creating the Cluster on the First Node To create a cluster, do the following: 1. In the management panel, open the NODES screen and click a node in the UNASSIGNED list. 2. On the node overview screen, click Create cluster.
4.1. Creating the Cluster on the First Node 3. In the Cluster field, type a name for the cluster. The name may only contain Latin letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores (“_”) and dashes (“-”). 4. Click the cogwheel icon next to the Storage interface drop-down list. 5. On the Network Configuration screen, select a network interface and click Choose role.
Chapter 4. Creating the Cluster 8. Select all roles by checking Internal and Public and click Done. 9. Click X and, back on the New cluster screen, click New Cluster to have Acronis Storage assign the roles to disks automatically. You can monitor cluster creation progress in the HEALTHY list of the NODES screen. The creation might take some time depending on the number of disks to be configured. Once the automatic configuration is complete, the cluster is created. 4.
4.2. Adding Nodes to the Cluster 2. On the node overview screen, click Join cluster. 3. Click the cogwheel icon next to the Storage interface drop-down list. 4. On the Network Configuration screen, select a network interface and click Choose role.
Chapter 4. Creating the Cluster 5. On the Choose roles panel, check Storage, and click Done. 6. Click X and, back on the Join cluster screen, click Join cluster to have Acronis Storage assign the roles to disks automatically and add the node to the cluster. To complete cluster deployment, add all the unassigned nodes to the cluster. Once the cluster deployment is complete, you can proceed to configuring Network Interface Roles and Exporting Acronis Storage Cluster Data as described in Acronis Storage 2.
