Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
Revisions Date Description January 2014 Initial release April 2015 Updated for DR Series system 3.2 software release THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2015 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.
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Executive summary This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR Series Deduplication Appliance as a backup target for AppAssure 5.4.3. 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.
1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system 1. Rack and cable the DR Series system and power it on. 2. Initialize the DR Series system. For more information about this step, in the Dell DR Series System Administrator Guide, refer to the following topics: “iDRAC Connection,” “Logging in and Initializing the DR Series System,” and “Accessing iDRAC6/iDRAC7 Using RACADM”. 3. Log on to iDRAC using the default address 192.168.0.120, or the IP address assigned to the iDRAC interface.
5. After the virtual console is open, log on to the system as user: administrator with the password: St0r@ge! (the “0” in the password is the numeral zero). 6. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 7. 6 View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
8. Log on to the DR Series system administrator console using the IP address you just provided for the DR Series system with the username: administrator and password: St0r@ge! (the “0” in the password is the numeral zero.). 9. Join the DR Series system to Active Directory. Note: If you do not want to add the DR Series system to Active Directory, see the DR Series Deduplication Appliance Owner’s Manual for guest logon instructions. a.
b. Enter your Active Directory credentials. 10. Create and mount the container. Select Containers in the left navigation panel, and then click Create at the top of the page. 8 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
11. Enter a Container Name and select the Enable CIFS checkbox. (AppAssure supports CIFS protocols.) 9 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
12. Select the preferred client access credentials. Note: For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the backup console (AppAssure Core, AppAssure Agent). Not all environments will have all components included. 10 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
13. Click Create a New Container, and then confirm that the container has been added. 11 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
14. Select the container, and click the Display Statistics link. Make a note of the container share/export path, which you will use later to target the DR Series system. 12 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
2 Setting up AppAssure 2.1 Archiving backup images to the DR Series system To create a backup job and back up a Windows data set, follow steps 1-8 in the procedure that follows. If you already have a backed up data set, skip steps 1-8 and start from step 9 to archive the backup data set to the DR Series system. Note about Linux backup images: Steps 9-12 in the following procedure are for archiving both Windows and Linux backup images. To generate Linux backup images, see Appendix A.2. 1.
3. Enter the Storage Location details. (The storage location is the target location for backup job.) Click Save. 4. In the AppAssure core console, click Home -> Protect Machine. 14 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
5. Enter the client machine information and click Connect. 6. Select or clear the checkbox for each volume group as needed to select the proper backup data set. To change backup schedules, click Edit. Click Protect. 15 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
7. The machines that have been protected by AppAssure are listed on the left side under Protected Machines. 8. AppAssure creates backup images for the protected machines according to the protection policy. To see the backup images, click Protected Machines -> Recovery Points. 16 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
9. To create an archive job, click Core Server -> Tools -> Archive -> Create. Enter all of the required information then click Archive. 10. To check the archive job details, click the Events tab. 17 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
11. The archive job details are displayed on the Events tab. 12. To return to the Next Step Wizard page, click Finish. To close the window, click Close. 18 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
2.2 Restoring archived backup images from the DR Series system 1. Click Tools -> Archive -> Import. 2. Enter the UNC path of the DR Series system container share that holds the archive images. In addition, enter the CIFS credentials for authenticating to the DR Series system. Click Check File. 19 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
3. Under Agent Names, select the agent and repository to which the archived data will be imported and click Restore. 4. To monitor the restore process, click Open Monitor Window. 20 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
5. After the restore is completed, click Protected Machines -> Recovery Points. Verify that the recovery point(s) have been restored to the repository. 6. Each of the recovery points can be expanded to show available operations. 21 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
3 Setting up the DR Series system 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. The cleaner runs during idle time. If your workflow does not have a sufficient amount of idle time on a daily basis, then you should consider scheduling the cleaner to force it to run during a scheduled time.
4 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance After backup jobs have run, the DR Series system tracks capacity, storage savings, and throughput on the DR Series system dashboard. This information is valuable in understanding the benefits of the DR Series system. Note: Deduplication ratios increase over time. It is not uncommon to see a 2-4x reduction (25-50% total savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs are completed, the ratios will increase.
A Configuring the DR container share as a CIFS storage device on AppAssure To configure the DR Series system container share as an archive destination, AppAssure needs to authenticate to a DR Series system. 24 • If the DR Series system is joined to an Active Directory domain, you must enter [domain_name]\user_id in the User Name field for successful authentication. • If the DR Series system is configured as a standalone CIFS server, a DR Series system local CIFS user credential can be used.
B Backing up a Linux client B.1 Installing the Linux agent on the client machine Note: For more details, see the AppAssure User Guide. On the Linux client machine, run the commands below as the root user: 1. Create a new user for the Linux Agent. useradd approot 2. Set a password for the new user. passwd approot 3. Add the user to the root, daemon, adm, and wheel groups. usermod –G root,daemon,adm,wheel approot 4. Install the Linux agent installer. ./appassure-installer_rhel_amd64_5.4.3.125.
B.2 Backing up the Linux client machine 1. On the AppAssure Core Console, click Home -> Protect Machine. 2. In the Connect dialog box, enter the information about the client machine, and then click Connect. Note: Use the approot user, which was added during agent installation. 26 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
2. In the Protect dialog box, edit the settings as needed, and then click Protect. 27 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as an Archive Target on AppAssure 5.4.
