Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network Manual
Setting up veeam on the dell dr4x00 disk backup appliance
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- Page 1 Setting up Veeam on the ™ Dell DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance A Dell Technical White Paper...
- Page 2 © 2012 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dell and the Dell logo, and other Dell names and marks are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the US and worldwide. Veeam is a trademark of Veeam. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Install and Configure the DR4X00 ............................5 Configure the Backup Server ..............................12 Set up Veeam.................................... 14 Set up the DR4X00 Cleaner ..............................22 Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance......................23 Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... -
Page 4: Executive Summary
Executive Summary This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR4X00 as a backup to disk target for ® ™ Veeam Backup & Replication software. This paper is a quick reference guide and does not include all DR4X00 deployment best practices. -
Page 5: Install And Configure The Dr4X00
3. Launch the virtual console. 4. Once the virtual console is open, log in to the system as user administrator and the password St0r@ge! (The “0” in the password is the numeral zero.). Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 6 5. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 7 NOTE: if you do not want to add DR4X00 to Active Directory, see the for guest login instructions. a. Select Active Directory in the tree on the left hand side of the dashboard. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 8 9. Create and mount the container. a. Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 9 Enter a Container Name and select the Enable CIFS check box. c. Select the client access credentials preferred. For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following (Not all environments will have all components): Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 10 Hyper-V hosts (on-host proxy for Hyper-V environments)s Off-host proxies (for Hyper-V environments) Backup proxies (for vSphere environments) d. Click Create a New Container. e. Confirm that the container was added. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 11 Click Edit, and write down the container path, which you will use later to target the DR4X00. g. Click Cancel to exit. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 12: Configure The Backup Server
Log into the media server and click on StartMy Computer. 2. Click Map network drive. 3. For Folder, enter the path to the container on the DR4X00. 4. Select the Reconnect at logon check box. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 13 5. When prompted, enter the DR4X00 login credentials. The DR4X00 container is now mounted to your backup server. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 14: Set Up Veeam
2. Click the Backup Infrastructure section, right-click on Backup Repositories, and select Add Backup Repository. 3. Enter a name that is self-documenting, such as “CIFS-DR4X00-Deduplication,” to indicate the device, protocol and feature of the repository. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 15 Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 16 4. Select Shared folder. 5. For Shared folder, enter in the name of the DR4X00 (or TCP/IP address used above) and the share name, and then click Next. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 17 DR4X00. 7. Create a new backup job in the Veeam Backup console, for either Hyper-V or vSphere; the options specific to the DR4X00 are the same. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 18 Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 19 9. Ensure that the repository for this job is the DR4X00. 10. On the storage wizard of the backup job, click the Advanced button to check a number of important settings. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 20 Veeam at 1 MB, landing on the DR4X00 for additional deduplication and compression. Make sure “Enable Inline data duplication” option is selected and Storage is optimized for local target Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
- Page 21 NOTE: If overall space/storage savings is the overall priority, it is recommended to use the three options above in this fashion. All other options are independent of the backup target. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...
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Page 22: Set Up The Dr4X00 Cleaner
6 hours per week when backups are not taking place, generally after a backup job has completed. 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. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... -
Page 23: Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance
As additional full backup jobs complete the ratios will increase. As mentioned before backup jobs with 12 week retention will average a 15x ratio in most cases. Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance... - Page 24 Setting up Veeam on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance...