Dell™ PowerVault™ Data Protection Solution System Recovery Guide w w w. d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l .
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Contents 1 Introduction . 2 Recovery Solution Map . 3 Recovering from Disk Failures . . . . . . . . . 9 Detecting and Monitoring Disk Failures . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RAID Adapter Audible Alarm . OpenManage™ Server Administrator Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant . 7 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing Multilingual User Interface Pack. Applying the MUI Language: 5 OMSA Reinstallation 6 DPM Reinstallation . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Prerequisite Software and Network Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Virtual Disk Configuration for the DPM Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction This document describes the steps necessary to recover your Dell™ PowerVault™ Data Protection Solution from a number of hardware or software failures.
Introduction
Recovery Solution Map This document is comprised of sections describing specific recovery topics and procedures. Table 2-1 shows how each failure type potentially affects the various DPM components, and which section in this document is applicable to the specific failure type. As you explore different failure/recovery scenarios, keep the following guidelines in mind: • Re-installation of the operating system usually requires you to reinstall all of the applications on your system.
Table 2-1. Recovery Solution Map Potentially Affected System Components Failure Type RAID Group Operating OMSA System X Operating System X DPM Wizard DPM DB Use the Application or following Replicas sections to resolve these issues. (See the section titles below Table 2-1.
Recovering from Disk Failures Your system's internal disk storage has been pre-configured as RAID 5. Additionally, as described in the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Storage Expansion Guide, any additional disks you add to your system will be configured as RAID 5. RAID 5 provides uninterrupted operation of your system in the event a single disk drive in the group fails. However, until the failed disk drive has been replaced, your system will operate in degraded state.
Figure 3-1 shows how disk status is reported in OMSA. Figure 3-1. Physical disk status Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant is a central monitoring console, which can be used to monitor the status of your Dell systems running OMSA. Refer to the Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant User's Guide for more information on installing and using IT Assistant. Replacing Disks When replacing hard drives, only use hard drives included in the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix.
Replacing Internal Disks To replace your system's internal disks, refer to the "Hard Drives" and "Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier" sections of your system's Hardware Owner's Manual. Replacing Disks in an External Storage Enclosure To replace disk drives in an external Dell storage enclosure, refer to your storage enclosure's Hardware Owner's Manual.
Figure 3-2. Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk group If you had installed a global hot spare allocated to the same PERC adapter of the failed disk, the RAID group will automatically switch the role of the failed disk with the hot-spare disk, and begin the rebuild operation automatically. In this case, you would need to replace the failed disk and assign it as the new global hot spare for that PERC adapter.
Multiple Disk Failure Recovery If your system experiences multiple disk failures within the same RAID group and the RAID group contained your operating system and DPM application, you must reinstall the operating system and DPM application. If the RAID group contained the DPM replicas, you can restore the replicas from your tape archive. Replicas also can be restored from a secondary DPM server, protecting your primary DPM server.
Recovering From Disk Failures
Operating System Reinstallation This section describes the process of reinstalling the operating system on your PowerVault system. NOTE: Your operating system was pre-installed when you purchased your system. Only perform the steps in this section if required to repair a non-functioning operating system. Using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Use the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility CD that came with your solution to reinstall the operating system.
Figure 4-1. System Build and Update Utility 7 Select the date and time, then click Continue. 8 At the Select an Operating System screen, select Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition. 9 Set the Create Utility Partition option to yes, then click Continue. NOTE: Although you selected Windows Server 2003 in this step, the System Build and Update Utility will install Windows Storage Server 2003 based on the operating system media you provide in the following steps.
Figure 4-2. Configure or Skip RAID Screen b On the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2) screen (see Figure 4-3), click Go To Advanced Wizard at the top left corner of the screen.
Figure 4-3. Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2) c When the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 1 of 4) screen appears, select the RAID-5 option and click Continue. d In the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 4) screen (see Figure 4-4), select all the physical disks displayed for Connector 0 by the internal PERC adapter. Click Continue. e Select the Connector 1 button and select all the physical disks displayed by the PERC adapter. Click Continue.
Figure 4-4. Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 4) f In the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 3 of 4) screen, select 50 GB as the size of the virtual disk. Leave all other settings unchanged and click Continue. g When the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 4 of 4) summary screen is displayed, verify the information shown and click Continue.
i At the Configure the Physical Disk for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition screen (see Figure 4-5), select NTFS as the file system for the boot partition. j Under Select or enter boot partition size in megabytes, move the slider to the right as far as possible to utilize the entire disk for boot partition. Click Continue. Figure 4-5.
• Join Domain, Domain Administrator Name and Domain Administrator Password: Being a member of a domain is a prerequisite for DPM installation. Enter the appropriate domain information for your network, or contact your network administrator for assistance. • Install SNMP: Select the check box. • Install Server Administrator: Select the check box. Click Continue. Figure 4-6.
16 When prompted, remove the CD you inserted in the previous step and insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 Disk 1 of 2 CD. 17 When prompted, remove the CD from the drive and click Finish Figure 4-7. Finish Screen 18 After you click Finish, the system automatically reboots and the operating system installation continues. NOTE: The automatic reboot and installation may take a few minutes to complete. Your system may reboot several times during the process.
20 When prompted for the Windows Server CD 2, insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 Disk 2 of 2 CD that shipped with your system. If necessary, navigate to the appropriate drive and click OK. 21 The Windows Server 2003 R2 Setup Wizard appears. Click Next. 22 The End-User License Agreement screen appears. Read the agreement carefully, then select Next. 23 At the Setup Summary screen, click Next.
BIOS, Firmware and Driver Updates Before you install additional software on your system, such as the DPM application, refer to the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix to determine the required BIOS, firmware and driver versions for your system. Updates to these components are available at support.dell.com. Refer to the "Using the Server Update Utility (SUU)" and "Using the Dell Update Packages (DUP)" sections of the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Start Guide for more information.
3 In the installer window, accept the license agreement and then select the language(s) to be installed. 4 At the bottom of the window, select the language to be used when creating new accounts on this system. 5 Click OK to begin the installation. 6 After the installation is complete, run the R2 MUI pack installer(s) for the selected languages. The R2 MUI pack installer is named: languageID_R2.msi For example, the R2 MUI pack installer filename for Spanish is 0c0a_R2.msi.
If you are using Internet Explorer: a Open a browser window. b Select Tools→ Internet Options. c In the Internet Options window, click Languages. If the language is not on the list, go to the General tab in the Language Preference window and, click Add. d In the Add Language window, select a language and click OK. e In the Language box, verify that the correct language appears. f To remove a language, select the language and click Remove. g Click OK. h Close the Internet Options window.
OMSA Reinstallation OpenManage™ Server Administrator (OMSA) must be installed on your system to monitor and configure virtual RAID 5 disks for use with PowerVault Data Protection Manager (DPM). Refer to the "Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator" section of the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Start Guide for OMSA installation details.
OMSA Reinstallation
DPM Reinstallation This section describes how to reinstall DPM on your PowerVault Data Protection Solution. Locate the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 reinstallation DVD that came with your system (see Figure 6-1). Figure 6-1. DPM Reinstallation DVD Prerequisite Software and Network Configuration Requirements Installing DPM requires certain prerequisite software and network configuration requirements.
Table 6-1. DPM Prerequisite Software Prerequisite hotfixes Location on the DPM reinstallation media PowerShell 1.0 \prereqs\KB926139-x64-ENU.exe PowerShell MUI pack \prereqs\ KB926141-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix KB940349 \prereqs\KB940349-v3-x64ENU.exe Run each software component shown in Table 6-1 by double-clicking each executable file, in the order shown.
Prerequisite Network Configuration To install DPM, the following network configuration requirements must be met. Contact your network administrator if you need assistance meeting these requirements. • Your system must be on a network and have a valid IP address. • Your system must be a member of a domain. • All users must be logged on as domain users and be a member of the local administrators group.
2 Insert the Reinstallation DVD with Multilingual Support - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 media. If the DPM Setup Wizard does not start automatically, double-click Setup.exe in the root folder of the DVD. 3 At the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 screen, click Install Data Protection Manager. 4 On the Microsoft Software License Terms page, review the license agreement and accept the terms.
b In the Enterprise licenses box, enter the number of licenses you purchased to authorize protection of both file, application and database resources. This refers to the number of E-DPMLs that you have purchased NOTE: Refer to the "DPM Licenses" section of the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Start Guide for more information on DPM product keys and DPMLs.
13 On the Microsoft Update Opt-In page, select whether you want to sign up for the Microsoft Update service, then click Next. You can change your Microsoft Update opt-in decision at any time after you install DPM 2007 at www.update.microsoft.com. 14 On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, select whether you want to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), then click Next. 15 On the Summary of Settings page, review the summary information.
PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation Use the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard to verify DPM prerequisites, configure the system's firewall, and add all available virtual disks to the DPM storage pool. The wizard is available for download from support.dell.com. Installing the Wizard To install the wizard: 1 Download the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard application from support.dell.com to your system.
PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation
Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas Advance planning is critical to being able to recover DPM configuration information, as well as data protected by DPM.
Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas
Other Documents and Resources Refer to the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Reference Guide available at support.dell.com to locate the following documents and resources. Microsoft Information • System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Troubleshooting Guide.
Other Documents and Resources
