Administrator Guide

3. In the Catalog main window, select Duplicate from the Action drop-down list, and click Search Now.
The Search Results pane is displayed, which lists images from which you can choose to duplicate.
4. Right-click to select the image in the Search Results pane that you would like to duplicate, and select Duplicate in
the drop-down list.
The Setup Duplication Variables page is displayed.
5. In the Setup Duplication Variables page, select the LSU that is the target DR Series system in the Storage unit drop-
down list, and click
OK.
6. To monitor the status of any duplicate image operation, perform the following:
a) Click Activity Monitor in the left navigation pane of the NetBackup Administrator console.
b) Select the data duplication job in which you are interested.
c) View the operation details.
Using Backup Exec With a DR Series System (Windows)
This topic introduces the Dell OpenStorage Technology (OST) plug-in and describes its installation prerequisites for
Backup Exec within a Microsoft Windows environment. Once installed, Backup Exec can perform DR Series system
operations via the OST plug-in.
OST Plug-In and Supported Versions
This topic introduces the version 1.0 of the OST plug-in that supports the following versions of Backup Exec:
Backup Exec 2010, Release 3
Backup Exec 2012
Version 1.0 of the OST plug-in supports the following versions of the Windows media server:
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008, R2
: For the latest information, see the
Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide
, available at support.dell.com/
manuals.
Installation Prerequisites for the OST Plug-In for Backup Exec
This topic introduces the installation prerequisites for installing the OST plug-in for Backup Exec on Windows media
servers. Ensure that you meet the following prerequisites prior to installing the Dell OST plug-in:
1. The Backup Exec installation must be running on one of the supported Windows platforms.
2. Dell recommends that the DR Series system appliance have an OST container created and configured. For details,
see Configuring an LSU.
3. The Windows OST installer must be present. If not, download the Windows installer (DellOSTPlug-in.msi), which is
available at
support.dell.com/support/drivers, to a network directory location you can access.
4. The Dell OST plug-in needs to installed in the following directory on the designated Windows-based media server
running the supported Microsoft Windows operating system software ($INSTALL_PATH\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin
\ost-plugins) for NetBackup installations.
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