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- Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 1
Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on a DR Disk Backup Appliance A Dell Technical White Paper - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 2
© 2013 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dell and the Dell logo, and other Dell names and marks are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the US and worldwide. NetVault is a trademark of Dell-Quest. 2 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 3
Best Practices ...6 2 Install and Configure the DR4X00 ...9 3 Configure the Backup Server and Install NetVault SmartDisk 16 4 Configure NetVault SmartDisk ...21 4.1 Windows 36 Appendix A Additional Resources...37 3 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 4
solution provides a single point for both software and infrastructure scale and support. This paper is intended for technical sales, solution architects, backup administrators, system administrators, and IT managers who need to understand how to design and deploy the Dell DR4X00 Advanced Disk - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 5
provides detailed information about how to set up a Dell™ DR Series Disk Backup Appliance as a target for NetVault® SmartDisk software. using the storage footprint made available by containers hosted on the DR4X00 backup appliance. See Figure 1 below which illustrates the DR4X00-NetVault SmartDisk - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 6
Backup and NetVault SmartDisk. Please review this section carefully before embarking on the DR4X00 and NetVault install/configuration sequences outlined in chapters 2 through 4 of this guide NOTE: For NetVault SmartDisk, native DR4X00 replication support single Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 7
systems or the predefined NFS mount for Linux and Unix based systems. After the initial installation the SmartDisk instance must be occurs. In order to accomplish this, this directory must be manually created and configured for use. It is recommended that an the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 8
the above for reference. Once the configuration settings have been applied the SmartDisk services should be restarted. Execute the following command as needed: Smartdisk Home >> now be added to the NetVault Backup server. 8 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 9
2 Install and Configure the DR4X00 1. Rack and cable the DR4X00 appliance, and power it on. 2. Log into iDRAC using the default address 192.168.0.1, user the password St0r@ge! (The "0" in the password is the numeral zero.). 9 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 10
5. Set the user-defined networking preferences. 6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct. 10 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 11
is the numeral zero.). 8. Join the DR4X00 to Active Directory. NOTE: if you do not want to add DR4X00 to Active Directory, see the Owner's Manual for guest login instructions. a. Select Active Directory in the tree on the left hand side of the dashboard. 11 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 12
b. Enter your Active Directory credentials. 9. Create and mount the container. c. Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create link at the top of the page. 12 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 13
Name and select the Enable CIFS check box. e. Select the client access credentials preferred. For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following (Not all environments will have all components): 13 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 14
) Hyper-V hosts (on-host proxy for Hyper-V environments)s Off-host proxies (for Hyper-V environments) Backup proxies (for vSphere environments) f. Click Create a New Container. g. Confirm that the container was added. 14 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 15
h. Click Edit, and write down the container path, which you will use later to target the DR4X00. i. Click Cancel to exit. 15 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 16
the Backup Server and Install NetVault SmartDisk 1. Log into the media server and click on StartMy Computer. 2. Click Map network drive. 3. For Folder, enter the path to the container on the DR4X00. 4. Select the Reconnect at logon check box. 16 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 17
the DR container, create two folders - Stage and Store. 8. Install NetVault SmartDIsk. j. Download or copy the NetVault install application to the backup server. k. Click install. l. Click Next to start the installation, and select to accept the license agreement. 17 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 18
you created in the DR4X00 container, along with the user name and password required to access the folder. 18 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 19
Yes. t. Enter the non-privileged user information that was created in step D. u. Click Next to confirm the installation 19 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 20
v. Once the installation is complete, click Close to exit 20 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 21
FALSE 4. Verify that the value has been set to false by using the command: smartdisk.bat config -show 21 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 22
5. Run the following command to add the license key for SmartDisk: smartdisk.bat license -t 6. Add the SmartDisk to the NetVault Backup Server as a library 7. Select Device Management and under the Add Section, Select Add NetVault SmartDisk. Type the name of the SmartDisk server - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 23
8. Click on the Save icon in the top left corner of the Pop up window above. Once the device is added successfully, then click OK to exit. 23 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 24
9. Authorize the NDAV (WebDAV) from the NetVault Backup Server by using the command: "nvdav.exe -server [NetVault Server Name]" 10. Verify SmartDisk (Foundation) Services has started. 24 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 25
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11. Assign the SmartDisk Library as the target device for NetVault Backup Job. Select Backup and on the Target Tab, Select the SmartDisk device as the target. 26 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 27
12. Finish configuring the rest of the Backup job parameters and then run it. 27 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 28
4.2 Linux/Unix 1. Mount the container via the NFS path to the Linux/Unix SmartDisk client/server. The local mount point will be used for the SmartDisk path. 28 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 29
Installation Guide). 3. Install the SmartDisk application. Under the directory that contains the SmartDisk application, launch the installation with the following command: "./install" 4. Select the correct lanaguage when prompted. 29 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 30
2 above will be added. The CLI will prompt the user for the user account details: SmartDisk supports Post-process deduplication. If you would like to store the staged data (awaiting dedupe) at a usr/smartdisk/foundation/bin" 30 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 31
FALSE " 8. Add the SmartDisk to the NetVault Backup Server as a library 9. Select Device Management and under the Add Section, Select Add NetVault SmartDisk. Type the name of the SmartDisk server within the Host Field. 31 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 32
10. Click on the Save icon in the top left corner of the Pop up window above. Once the device is added successfully, then click OK to exit. 32 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 33
11. Authorize the NDAV (WebDAV) from the NetVault Backup Server by running the command: "./nvdav -server " from "/usr/netvault/util". 33 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 34
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after a backup job has completed. Performing scheduled disk space reclamation operations are recommended as a method for recovering disk space from system containers in which files were deleted as a result of deduplication. 35 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 36
, Compression & Performance After backup jobs have run the DR4X00 will track Capacity, Storage Savings and Throughput -50% total savings) on the initial backup. As additional full backup jobs complete the ratios will increase. As mentioned before backup jobs with 12 week retention will average - Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH | Best Practices for Setting up NetVault SmartDisk - Page 37
Notes guide: https://support.quest.com/searchdocumentation.aspx?pr=268446836&k=DR4X00&ActiveTab=3 Dell Quest NetVault manuals/guide: https://support.quest.com/searchdocumentation.aspx?pr=268446836&k=NetVault&ActiveTab=3 37 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
Best Practices for Setting up NetVault
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