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Setting up the Dell DR Series System with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Table of contents

1

Installing and configuring the DR Series system

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5

1.1

Creating a container (NFS/CIFS)

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8

1.2

Creating a VTL container with an iSCSI connection

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10

2

Configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for CIFS & NFS target containers

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13

2.1

Configuring the device class for CIFS & NFS protocols

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13

2.2

Configuring the storage pool for CIFS & NFS protocols

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16

2.3

Creating a policy domain for the backup job

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19

2.4

Creating client node and backup sets

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23

3

Creating and configuring iSCSI target container(s) for TSM

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25

3.1

Configuring the iSCSI initiator

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25

3.1.1

Configuring ISCSI initiator for Windows

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25

3.1.2

Configuring the iSCSI initiator – Linux

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29

3.2

Configuring DR Series system VTL for Windows and Linux TSM servers

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30

3.2.1

Configuring the DR Series system VTL for Windows

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30

3.2.2

Configuring the DR Series system VTL for Linux

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31

3.3

Configuring the device class for iSCSI VTL

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32

3.4

Configuring the storage pool for iSCSI VTL

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33

3.4.1

Adding volumes to a library

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35

3.4.2

Adding volumes to a storage pool

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39

3.5

Creating the policy domain for iSCSI VTL

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41

3.6

Creating the client node for iSCSI VTL

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41

4

Using the Backup & Archive GUI

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42

5

Setting up the DR Series system cleaner

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43

6

Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance

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44

A

Configuring CIFS authentication

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45

B

Best practices/considerations

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47

B.1

Deduplication

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47

B.2

Compression

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47

B.3

Encryption

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47

B.4

Space reclamation

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47

C

Configuring the tape library devices on Linux

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48

Section	Page
1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system	5
1.1 Creating a container (NFS/CIFS)	8
1.2 Creating a VTL container with an iSCSI connection	10
2 Configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for CIFS & NFS target containers	13
2.1 Configuring the device class for CIFS & NFS protocols	13
2.2 Configuring the storage pool for CIFS & NFS protocols	16
2.3 Creating a policy domain for the backup job	19
2.4 Creating client node and backup sets	23
3 Creating and configuring iSCSI target container(s) for TSM	25
3.1 Configuring the iSCSI initiator	25
3.1.1 Configuring ISCSI initiator for Windows	25
3.1.2 Configuring the iSCSI initiator – Linux	29
3.2 Configuring DR Series system VTL for Windows and Linux TSM servers	30
3.2.1 Configuring the DR Series system VTL for Windows	30
3.2.1.1 Define library	30
3.2.1.2 Define library path	30
3.2.1.3 Define drive	30
3.2.1.4 Define drive path	30
3.2.1.5 Audit the library	30
3.2.1.6 Check in the library volumes	31
3.2.2 Configuring the DR Series system VTL for Linux	31
3.2.2.1 Define library	31
3.2.2.2 Define library path	31
3.2.2.3 Define drive	31
3.2.2.4 Define drive path	31
3.2.2.5 Audit the library	31
3.2.2.6 Checkin the library volumes	31
3.3 Configuring the device class for iSCSI VTL	32
3.4 Configuring the storage pool for iSCSI VTL	33
3.4.1 Adding volumes to a library	35
3.4.2 Adding volumes to a storage pool	39
3.5 Creating the policy domain for iSCSI VTL	41
3.6 Creating the client node for iSCSI VTL	41
4 Using the Backup & Archive GUI	42
5 Setting up the DR Series system cleaner	43
6 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance	44
A Configuring CIFS authentication	45
B Best practices/considerations	47
B.1 Deduplication	47
B.2 Compression	47
B.3 Encryption	47
B.4 Space reclamation	47

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