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Setting Up the Dell DR Series System as an RDA or VTL Backup Target for Dell NetVault Backup

A.2.6

Adding media to the VTL container

To add media to an existing VTL container navigate to the containers menu option. Select and edit the target

VTL container. Use the resulting dialog box field Add More Tape (no of Tape) field to input the number of

tapes to add to the VTL container.

Alternatively you may also use the “vtl –create_carts” cli command for this operation:

> vtl --create_carts --name TEST_VTL_LALA --tapes 10

Created 10 cartridges

A.2.7

Updating NetVault Backup to identify newly added VTL media

After the VTL media has been added to the target VTL container, NetVault must now be updated to be able to

use the newly created media.

1.

Select the VTL and conduct an inventory update.

2.

Navigate to the Tape Library Management menu for the given DR VTL and select

to Open Door. The Activity and Door Status will change from (Online;Closed) to

(Door Open;Open).

3.

At this time select the Close Door function, which will force an update to the

inventory of the library contents. This will result in a Read Element Status request

by the NetVault Software, which in turn will update the new inventory status

resulting in the newly added tapes appearing for use within NetVault: Backup.

Section	Page
1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system for use with NetVault Backup	6
1.1 NetVault software prerequisites	6
1.2 Installing and configuring the DR Series system	6
2 Creating and configuring the RDA target container(s) for NetVault Backup	10
2.1 Adding the RDA target container(s) for NetVault Backup	11
2.2 Configuring transport modes for NetVault Backup	14
2.2.1 Setting the mode using the CLI	14
2.2.2 Setting the mode using the GUI	14
2.3 Configuring a backup job for NetVault Backup	16
3 Configuring VTL	17
3.1 Creating and configuring iSCSI target container(s) for NetVault Backup	17
3.1.1 Create an iSCSI VTL container for NetVault Backup	17
3.1.2 Configure the iSCSI target – Windows	19
3.1.3 Configure NetVault Backup to use the newly created iSCSI VTL	23
3.2 Creating and configuring NDMP target container(s) for NetVault Backup	25
3.2.1 Create the NDMP VTL container for NetVault Backup	25
3.2.2 Set up NetVault Backup to use the newly created NDMP VTL	27
4 Setting up the DR Series system cleaner	30
5 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance	31
A VTL configuration guidelines	32
A.1 Managing VTL protocol accounts and credentials	32
A.1.1 iSCSI account details and management	32
A.1.2 NDMP account details and management	33
A.1.3 VTL Default Account Summary Table:	34
A.2 Managing VTL media and space use	34
A.2.1 General performance guidelines for DMA configuration	34
A.2.2 Physical DR space sizing and planning	34
A.2.3 Logical VTL geometry and media sizing	35
A.2.4 Media retention and grouping	36
A.2.5 VTL media count guidelines	36
A.2.6 Adding media to the VTL container	37
A.2.7 Updating NetVault Backup to identify newly added VTL media	37

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A.2.6 Adding media to the VTL container

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