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Setting Up the Dell DR Series System as an RDA or VTL Backup Target for Dell NetVault Backup
Table of contents
Executive summary
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Installing and configuring the DR Series system for use with NetVault Backup
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1.1
NetVault software prerequisites
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1.2
Installing and configuring the DR Series system
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Creating and configuring the RDA target container(s) for NetVault Backup
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2.1
Adding the RDA target container(s) for NetVault Backup
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2.2
Configuring transport modes for NetVault Backup
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2.2.1
Setting the mode using the CLI
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2.2.2
Setting the mode using the GUI
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2.3
Configuring a backup job for NetVault Backup
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Configuring VTL
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3.1
Creating and configuring iSCSI target container(s) for NetVault Backup
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3.1.1
Creating an iSCSI VTL container for NetVault Backup
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3.1.2
Configuring the iSCSI target – Windows
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3.1.3
Configuring the iSCSI target – Linux
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3.1.4
Configuring NetVault Backup to use the newly created iSCSI VTL
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3.2
Creating and configuring NDMP target container(s) for NetVault Backup
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3.2.1
Creating the NDMP VTL container for NetVault Backup
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3.2.2
Configuring NetVault Backup to use the newly created NDMP VTL
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Setting up the DR Series system cleaner
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Monitoring deduplication, compression, and performance
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VTL configuration guidelines
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A.1
Managing VTL protocol accounts and credentials
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A.1.1
iSCSI account details and management
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A.1.2
NDMP account details and
management
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A.1.3
VTL Default Account Summary Table:
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A.2
Managing VTL media and space use
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A.2.1
General performance guidelines for DMA configuration
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A.2.2
Physical DR space sizing and planning
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A.2.3
Logical VTL geometry and media sizing
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A.2.4
Media retention and grouping
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A.2.5
VTL media count guidelines
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A.2.6
Adding media to the VTL container
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A.2.7
Updating NetVault Backup to identify newly added VTL media
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A.2.8
Space reclamation guidelines
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