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- Configuring the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as a Backup Target
- A Dell Technical White Paper
- by
- Dell Engineering
- Revision 1.0
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Technical Resources
- Configuration and Settings
- Installing the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Software on the DL Backup to Disk Appliance
- Figure 2: MD3000i Resource CD menu
- Exposing the PowerVault™ MD3000i virtual disks to the DL Backup to Disk Appliance
- Configuring the PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance Array Access
- Figure 4: MD3000i iSCSI Initiator Target portals
- Figure 6: CHAP logon information
- Conclusions
Configuring the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as a Backup Target for CommVault™ Simpana™
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Introduction
This document explains how to configure a Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as a backup target for the
DL Backup to Disk Appliance functioning as a CommVault™ Simpana™ Media Agent. (Refer to figure 1)
NOTE: If one or more protected servers and the DL Backup to Disk Appliance share a PowerVault
MD3000i Array, ensure the DL Backup to Disk Appliance backup target virtual disks reside on separate
disk groups from those of the protected servers.
Figure 1: MD3000i as a backup Target
Prerequisites
This paper assumes that the DL Backup to Disk Appliance has been configured and the desired virtual
disks on the PowerVault™ MD3000i Array are created and made available to the DL Backup to Disk
Appliance by a SAN Administrator. It also assumes the PowerVault™ MD3000i Array Modular Disk Storage
Manager (MDSM) has been installed on a system other than the DL Backup to Disk Appliance.
The following table lists the minimum software versions required to support a PowerVault™ MD3000i
Array as a backup target. The PowerVault™ MD3000i Array resources are available on the Customer
Support site at
support.dell.com by selecting PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as your product model under
Manuals and Drivers and Downloads.