White Papers
Table Of Contents
- 1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system for use with CommVault Simpana
- 2 Configuring CIFS and NFS containers for CommVault Simpana
- 2.1 Creating containers in the DR Series system
- 2.2 Adding the target container(s) to CommVault Simpana
- 2.2 Setting up a single system environment (DR Series system as NFS disk library)
- 2.3 Setting up a replicated system environment
- 2.4 Using the continuous data replicator to replicate client data to a DR Series container
- 3 Configuring VTL for CommVault Simpana
- 4 Setting up the DR Series system cleaner
- 5 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance
- A VTL configuration guidelines
- A.1 Managing VTL protocol accounts and credentials
- A.2 VTL default account summary table
- A.3 Managing VTL media and space use
- A.3.1 General performance guidelines for DMA configuration
- A.3.2 Physical space sizing and planning
- A.3.3 Logical VTL geometry and media sizing
- A.3.4 Media retention and grouping
- A.3.5 VTL media count guidelines
- A.3.6 Adding the VTL media to the container
- A.3.7 Updating CommVault to identify newly added VTL media
- A.3.8 Space reclamation
- B Glossary
4 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as a CIFS or VTL Backup Target on CommVault Simpana |
April 2015
Executive summary
This document provides information about how to set up the Dell DR Series system to run
Virtual Synthetic Backup on CommVault Simpana 10. This document is a quick reference
guide and does not include all DR Series system deployment best practices.
For additional information, 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 DR Series system and CommVault Simpana screenshots used in this document
may vary slightly, depending on the DR Series system firmware version and Simpana
version you are using.