Dell DR4300e NetVault Backup - Best Practices for Setting up VTL Containers an - Page 2

Table of contents Introduction ...3 Executive Summary ...5 Pros and Cons of each VTL Technique ...6 Technical setup and configuration - DR VTL Container 7 General setup and configuration - DR VTL Container 7 DR Series appliance setup and configuration - DR VTL Container 7 NetVault Backup nVTL setup and configuration - DR VTL Container 7 Using and managing a native DR VTL Container on a DR Series appliance 8 Installing and configuring the DR Series appliance 10 Configuring the DR VTL Container...13 Technical setup and configuration -- nVTL ...17 General setup and configuration -- nVTL 17 DR Series appliance setup and configuration -- nVTL 17 NetVault Backup nVTL setup and configuration -- nVTL 18 Using and managing a NetVault Backup nVTL on a DR Series appliance 19 Installing and configuring the DR Series appliance 21 Configuring NetVault Backup nVTL ...24 Setting up the cleaner for the DR Series appliance 35 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance 36 Understanding NetVault Backup VTL and cleaning cycles 36 Optional NetVault Backup configurations for optimum performance 37 Disk-space reclamation...39 Disk-space availability...39 Changing the NetVault Backup VTL storage location without data loss 41 Sample scripts for management of replication failover and reclamation of disk space 45 NetVault Backup nVTL physical space reclamation script 45 Windows® platform: ...45 Linux® /UNIX® platform: ...47 NetVault Backup nVTL ghost media scrub script 49 Windows® platform ...49 Linux®/UNIX® platform ...50 NetVault Backup nVTL bulk mark for reuse script 51 Windows® platform ...51 Linux®/UNIX® platform ...52 2 Best practices for setting up Dell VTL Container or NetVault Backup native virtual tape library (nVTL)