Dell DR4100 Symantec Backup Exec - Setting Up the DR Series System on Symantec - Page 3

Table of contents Executive summary...5 1 Installing and configuring the DR Series system ...6 2 Configuring the DR Series system as a backup to disk target on Symantec Backup Exec 10 2.1 Creating a CIFS Container for use with Symantec Backup Exec 2012, 2014, and 2015 10 2.2 Adding the DR Series system container share as a disk storage device on Backup Exec 2012/2014/2015. 13 2.3 Creating a new backup job with the DR Series system as a target 17 2.4 Setting up DR Series system replication and restore from the replication target 25 2.4.1 Creating the replication session ...25 2.4.2 Restoring from the replication target...28 3 Configuring VTL ...31 3.1 Creating a VTL container...31 3.2 Setting the iSCSI target CHAP credentials ...33 3.3 Configuring the iSCSI target - Windows...34 3.4 Configuring the iSCSI target - Linux...38 3.5 Adding additional media to the VTL container ...39 3.6 Configuring the DR Series system VTL in Backup Exec 41 3.7 Performing backup and restore using DR VTL...46 3.8 Restoring from tape ...58 4 Configuring an OST container on the DR Series system for use with Symantec Backup Exec Server 2014/201565 4.1 Creating an OST container...65 4.2 Installing the OST plugin...67 4.3 Configuring the OST device in Backup Exec...70 4.4 Performing backup and restore using the DR Series system OST device 76 4.6 Restoring data...86 5 Setting up the DR Series system cleaner...93 6 Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance 94 A Setting data expiration for Backup Exec 2012/2014/2015...95 B Installing Backup Exec Agent on Linux client (RALUS)...96 C VTL configuration guidelines ...97 C.1 Installing latest Backup Exec service packs for the DR Series system iSCSI VTL capability 97 C.2 Managing VTL media and space use...97 3 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System on Symantec™ Backup Exec™ | April 2015