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Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Hardware Requirements for ABGW-only Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Installing Acronis Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 About This Guide This guide describes how to deploy Acronis Storage with the sole purpose of creating Acronis Backup Gateway (ABGW) endpoints. 1.2 Hardware Requirements for ABGW-only Installations Normally, Acronis Storage is installed on at least five nodes to fully utilize its built-in data redundancy capabilities. However, if you only want to use the ABGW feature, you can deploy a very basic Acronis Storage installation on a single virtual or physical node.
Chapter 1. Introduction Note: If you plan to use Acronis Backup Gateway to store backups in the cloud, make sure the local storage cluster has plenty of logical space for staging (keeping backups locally before sending them to the cloud). For example, if you perform backups daily, provide enough space for at least 1.5 days’ worth of backups. For more details, see the Administrator’s Guide. • A dual-core CPU. • 4GB RAM. • 1Gbps network interface. It is recommended to use static IP addresses.
CHAPTER 2 Installing Acronis Storage To install Acronis Storage, do the following: 1. Prepare bootable media using the distribution ISO image (mount it to an IPMI virtual drive, create a bootable USB drive, or set up a PXE server). 2. Boot the server from the chosen media. 3. On the welcome screen, choose Install Acronis Storage. After the installation program loads, you will see the Installation Summary screen. 4.
Chapter 2. Installing Acronis Storage 6. Make sure that the appropriate network interface is selected in both Management network and Management Panel network drop-down lists. 7. Create a password for the superadmin account of the management panel. Click Done. 8. Click Begin Installation. While Acronis Storage is installing, create a password for the root account. Installation will not finish until the password is created.
Log in to the management panel using the default user name shown on the login screen and password created during installation. Note: If prompted, add the security certificate to browser’s exceptions.
CHAPTER 3 Creating the Storage Cluster To create the storage cluster, do the following: 1. Open the NODES screen and click a node in the UNASSIGNED list. 2. On the node overview screen, click Create cluster. 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.
7. Close the roles tab and, back on the New cluster tab, click New Cluster to create the cluster. You can monitor cluster creation progress in the HEALTHY list of the INFRASTRUCTURE > 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.
CHAPTER 4 Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway Note: If you are going to migrate your Acronis Storage Gateway, skip the steps described in this chapter and proceed to Migrating Backups from Older Solutions on page 21. The Acronis Backup Gateway storage access point (also called “gateway”) is intended for service providers who use Acronis Backup Cloud and/or Acronis Backup Advanced and want to organize an on-premise storage for their clients’ backed-up data.
4.1. Connecting to the Local Storage Cluster via Acronis Backup Gateway and other overhead, which reduces overall performance. Note: 1. When configuring Acronis Backup Gateway, you will need to provide the credentials of your administrator account in the Acronis backup software. 2. In cases when not local but external storage (e.g., NFS) is used with Acronis Backup Gateway, redundancy has to be provided by said external storage.
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway 4. Make sure a network interface with the ABGW private role is selected in the drop-down list. The corresponding interfaces with the ABGW public role will be selected automatically. Click NEXT. Note: If necessary, click the cogwheel icon and assign the required role(s) to network interfaces on the Network Configuration screen. 5.
4.1. Connecting to the Local Storage Cluster via Acronis Backup Gateway Note: 1. Redundancy by replication is not supported for Acronis Backup Gateway. 2. You can later change the erasure coding mode on the Acronis Backup Gateway > Parameters panel. 6. On the DNS Configuration tab, specify the external DNS name for this gateway, e.g, backupgateway.example.com.
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway outgoing Internet connections and incoming connections from your Acronis backup software. Backup agents will use this address and port to upload the backup data. Important: 1. Configure your DNS server according to the example suggested in the management panel.
4.2. Connecting to External NFS Shares via Acronis Backup Gateway 2. Each time you changes nodes in the Acronis Backup Gateway cluster, adjust the DNS settings accordingly. Click NEXT. 7. On the Registration pane, specify the following information for your Acronis product: • In Account Server Name, specify the address of the Acronis Backup Cloud management portal (e.g., https://cloud.acronis.com/) or the hostname/IP address and port of the Acronis Backup Advanced management server (e.g., http://192.168.1.
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway 2. Select node(s) to run the gateway services on and click Create gateway in the right menu. 3. Select Network File System as storage type. 4. Make sure a network interface with the ABGW private role is selected in the drop-down list. The corresponding interfaces with the ABGW public role will be selected automatically. Click NEXT.
4.2. Connecting to External NFS Shares via Acronis Backup Gateway Note: If necessary, click the cogwheel icon and assign the required role(s) to network interfaces on the Network Configuration screen. 5. On the Volume Parameters tab, specify the hostname or IP address of the NFS share as well as the export name. Click NEXT. 6. On the DNS Configuration tab, specify the external DNS name for this gateway, e.g, backupgateway.example.com.
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway Important: 1. Configure your DNS server according to the example suggested in the management panel. 2. Each time you changes nodes in the Acronis Backup Gateway cluster, adjust the DNS settings accordingly. Click NEXT.
4.3. Connecting to Public Cloud Storage via Acronis Backup Gateway 7. On the Registration pane, specify the following information for your Acronis product: • In Account Server Name, specify the address of the Acronis Backup Cloud management portal (e.g., https://cloud.acronis.com/) or the hostname/IP address and port of the Acronis Backup Advanced management server (e.g., http://192.168.1.2:9877).
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway is first stored locally and only then sent to the destination. For this reason, it is vital that the local storage is persistent and redundant so the data does not get lost. There are multiple ways to ensure the persistence and redundancy of local storage. You can deploy Acronis Backup Gateway on multiple cluster nodes and select a good redundancy mode.
4.3. Connecting to Public Cloud Storage via Acronis Backup Gateway 2. Select node(s) to run the gateway services on and click Create gateway in the right menu. 3. Select Public Cloud as storage type. 4. Make sure a network interface with the ABGW private role is selected in the drop-down list. The corresponding interfaces with the ABGW public role will be selected automatically. Click NEXT.
Chapter 4. Connecting Acronis Backup Software to Storage Backends via Acronis Backup Gateway Note: If necessary, click the cogwheel icon and assign the required role(s) to network interfaces on the Network Configuration screen. 5. On the Public cloud parameters pane, do the following: 5.1. Select a public cloud provider. If your provider is S3-compatible but not in the list, try AuthV2 compatible. 5.2. Depending on the provider, specify Region, Authentication (keystone) URL, or Endpoint URL. 5.3.
CHAPTER 5 Migrating Backups from Older Solutions By means of Acronis Backup Gateway, you can migrate backups from Acronis Storage 1.5 and Acronis Storage Gateway 1.6 and 1.7 to a storage backend of your choice: local storage cluster, external NFS, or public cloud. Important: 1. Before you proceed, make sure that the destination storage backend has enough space for both existing and new backups. 2. Migration to NFS backends is not available if multiple nodes are selected as Backup Gateway.
Chapter 5. Migrating Backups from Older Solutions Agents are directed straight to Acronis Backup Gateway, bypassing the proxy on the source storage. Steps that you need to take depend on how the source storage is registered in Acronis Backup Cloud: under the IP address or DNS name. • If the source storage is already registered under the DNS name, you need to change the IP address behind it to those of the Acronis Backup Gateway nodes.
5.1. Migrating Backups from Acronis Storage 1.5 5. Provide the credentials for the cloud management portal of the Acronis Backup Cloud installation that the source storage is registered in and click NEXT. 6. Enable SSH access on all FES nodes of Acronis Storage 1.5 as instructed and click NEXT. 7. Map the public IP addresses of FES nodes accessible via SSH to their private IP addresses and click NEXT. This step is required to access FES nodes via SSH through tunnels. 8.
Chapter 5. Migrating Backups from Older Solutions • external NFS, or • public cloud. 9. Make sure a network interface with the ABGW private role is selected in the drop-down list. The corresponding interfaces with the ABGW public role will be selected automatically. Click NEXT. Note: If necessary, click the cogwheel icon and assign the required role(s) to network interfaces on the Network Configuration screen. 10.
5.1. Migrating Backups from Acronis Storage 1.5 Click NEXT. 11. Review the source and destination storages and click PROCEED. 12. On the next panel, follow the instructions to point the source storage DNS name to the IP addresses of your new Acronis Storage cluster. Having updated the DNS configuration, wait for 24 hours for all backup agents to cache the new IP addresses. Until this happens, the START MIGRATION button will be disabled.
Chapter 5. Migrating Backups from Older Solutions Depending on data size, migration may take as long as several days. 5.2 Migrating Backups from Acronis Storage Gateway 1.6 and 1.7 (NFS) 1. Disable the firewall or explicitly open TCP port 44446 on the source Acronis Storage Gateway.
5.2. Migrating Backups from Acronis Storage Gateway 1.6 and 1.7 (NFS) # systemctl stop firewalld • To open TCP port 44446 in the firewall, do the following: 1.1. Find out the zone where port 44445 is open: # firewall-cmd --list-all-zones | grep active mix_eth0 (active) 1.2. Add the required port to the same zone: # firewall-cmd --zone=mix_eth0 --permanent --add-port=44446/tcp # firewall-cmd --reload 2.
Chapter 5. Migrating Backups from Older Solutions Important: 1. If you specified a DNS name, configure your DNS server according to the suggested example. 2. Each time you change nodes in the Acronis Backup Gateway, adjust the DNS settings accordingly. 7. Choose a destination storage type to create a gateway to: • local Acronis Storage cluster, • external NFS, or • public cloud. 8. Make sure a network interface with the ABGW private role is selected in the drop-down list.
5.2. Migrating Backups from Acronis Storage Gateway 1.6 and 1.7 (NFS) (bucket, container). Important: You must update Acronis Backup Agents to version 12.0.4492 (Windows/Mac) or 12.0.4470 (Linux). Otherwise agents’ attempts to place backups in the new storage backend will result in “Backup failed” errors. Click NEXT. 10. Review the source and destination storages and click START MIGRATION. Depending on data size, migration may take as long as several days.
CHAPTER 6 Monitoring Acronis Backup Gateway After you create an Acronis Backup Gateway, you can monitor it on the SERVICES > Acronis Backup Gateway > OVERVIEW screen.
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CHAPTER 7 Releasing Nodes from Acronis Backup Gateway Acronis Backup Gateway is meant to provide access to one specific storage backend. If you need to switch the backend, e.g., from a public cloud to a local Acronis Storage cluster or one public cloud bucket to another, you need to delete the Acronis Backup Gateway by releasing all its nodes and create a new one.
3. Specify the credentials of your administrator account in your Acronis backup software and click NEXT. In case the release is forced, simply click NEXT.
