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ReadyDATA OS 1.4 Quick-Start Guide This manual provides detailed instructions about using your ReadyDATA system, and the NETGEAR recommendations about configuring and managing the system and backing up the data and system configuration. Note: If you are using your ReadyDATA system with ReadyRECOVER, after installing the ReadyDATA system and connecting it to your network, see the ReadyRECOVER Software User Manual. You can use a ReadyDATA system using ReadyRECOVER for applications alongside ReadyRECOVER, but ReadyRECOVER requires a dedicated disk volume in the system. ReadyRECOVER on your ReadyDATA system works with ShadowProtect agents on your (supported) Windows systems to provide: • Protection of physical and virtual servers, workstations and desktops. These include the following: • Windows physical servers • VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen servers (Windows guest operating systems) • Windows workstations and desktops • Synthetic full backups. Every backup is represented as a full image (.vhdx) and provides quick single-file restoration and hardware-independent full restoration of server operating systems and their applications to any supported platform (physical servers, virtualization platforms, workstations, desktops). • Fifteen-minute recovery points. Backups can be set to 15-minute intervals, regardless of the total capacity of the server (64 TB maximum per logical drive). • Storage efficiency. The storage consumption of this solution is highly efficient because all data is compressed when it is written and only unique blocks of ongoing backups must be stored on disk. The more backups that are stored, the larger the savings become. • WAN efficiency. For customers replicating backup sets offsite, only incremental block changes are replicated with ReadyDATA replicate. The ReadyDATA system relies on the following software applications: • RAIDar. A set-up utility to locate the ReadyDATA on the LAN and launch Dashboard. • Dashboard. A browser-based interface to configure and manage the ReadyDATA. To start using the ReadyDATA system quickly, review the following sections and chapters in this order: 1. Install the ReadyDATA in Your Network on page 12. Follow the instructions in the installation guide that came with your system and the hardware manual for your system. Getting Started 9

Section	Page
ReadyDATA OS 1.4	1
Table of Contents	4
1. Getting Started	8
Supported Operating Systems	11
Supported Browsers	11
Install the ReadyDATA in Your Network	12
Register the ReadyDATA	16
2. Manage Disks and Volumes	17
About RAID Levels, Volumes, and Disk Representation	19
Volumes: Overview	21
Optional Expansion Disk Arrays and Volumes	22
RAID and Volume Implementation	24
Create a Volume and Select the RAID Level	26
Search for a Volume	33
Expand a Volume	33
Configure Write and Read Boost Disks to Improve Performance	36
Export and Import a Volume	39
Delete a Volume	40
Scrub a Volume	41
Configure Global Spare Disks	42
3. Configure the System Settings	45
Set the Clock	46
Configure System Alerts	50
Configure the Host Name	52
Set the Theme	52
Configure the Network Settings	53
Configure the Virtual Network Interface Cards	56
Automatic Private IP Addressing Without a DHCP Server	63
Configure Channel Bonding	63
Configure Global File-Sharing Protocols	67
Supported File-Sharing Protocols	68
Configure File-Sharing Protocols	68
4. Manage Shares and LUNs	73
Manage Shares for Network Attached Storage	74
About Shares	75
Create a Share	77
View and Change the Properties of a Share	80
Migrate a Share to Another Volume	83
Export a Share to a NAS	85
Import a ReadyDATA Share	87
Set Up Access Rights to Shares	90
Configure the Network Access Settings	94
Configure the File and Folder Access Settings	104
Reset Security Settings	105
Manage LUNs for Storage Area Networks	105
About LUNs	105
Create a LUN	107
View and Change the Properties of a LUN, Including Size Expansion	109
Export a LUN to a NAS	116
Import a ReadyDATA LUN	118
Delete a LUN	119
Assign a LUN to a LUN Group	121
Remove a LUN from a LUN Group	123
Remove a LUN Group	124
Manage Access Rights for LUN Groups	124
Access a Share from Network-Attached Device	127
Use a Windows Device	128
Use a Mac OS X Device	129
Use a Linux or Unix Device	130
Access LUN Groups from an iSCSI-Attached Device	131
5. Manage User Groups and User Accounts	139
Configure the Global Security Access Mode	140
Manage User Groups for the Local Database	142
Create a User Group	143
Delete a User Group	144
Edit a User Group	144
Manage User Accounts for the Local Database	146
Create a User Account	146
Delete a User Account	148
Edit a User Account	149
6. System Maintenance and Monitoring	151
Update the Firmware	152
Reset the Firmware to Factory Defaults	156
Shut Down or Restart the System	158
Recover the Administrator Password	158
System Monitoring	159
System Real-Time and Historical Monitoring	159
System Health Information	163
Disk Status and Health Information	163
System Logs	165
SNMP Monitoring	166
Optional Uninterruptible Power Supplies	167
About Uninterruptible Power Supplies	167
UPS Configurations	167
Add and Monitor UPS Devices	171
7. Backup, Replication, and Recovery	176
Basic Snapshot Concepts	177
Automatic and Manual Snapshots	178
Importing Snapshots	182
Roll Back to a Snapshot	183
Clone a Snapshot	186
Delete a Snapshot	189
Recover Data from a Snapshot to a Network-Attached Device	193
Recover Data from a Snapshot to an iSCSI-Attached Device	193
Recover Data from a Snapshot to a Windows Server	194
Manage Replication and Recovery Between Two or More Systems	194
About Replication	195
Recover Replicated Data	196
Seed or Reseed Replication	196
Access ReadyDATA Replicate and Register Systems	197
Schedule or Resume Periodic Replication Using ReadyDATA Replicate	199
Configure or Resume Continuous Replication Using ReadyDATA Replicate	209
View the Network Using ReadyDATA Replicate	217
View the Jobs Using ReadyDATA Replicate	218
Monitor the Jobs Using ReadyDATA Replicate	220
Run Job Reports Using ReadyDATA Replicate	222
Exchange Certificates for Local Replication	223
Schedule Replication for Local Replication	225
Resume Local Replication	233
Monitor and Manage Local Replication	243
A. Factory Default Settings	244

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Getting Started

ReadyDATA OS 1.4

Quick-Start Guide

This manual provides detailed instructions about using your ReadyDATA system, and the

NETGEAR recommendations about configuring and managing the system and backing up

the data and system configuration.

Note:

If you are using your ReadyDATA system with ReadyRECOVER, after

installing the ReadyDATA system and connecting it to your network,

see the

ReadyRECOVER Software User Manual

. You can use a

ReadyDATA system using ReadyRECOVER for applications

alongside ReadyRECOVER, but ReadyRECOVER requires a

dedicated disk volume in the system.

ReadyRECOVER on your ReadyDATA system works with ShadowProtect agents on your

(supported) Windows systems to provide:

•

Protection of physical and virtual servers, workstations and desktops

. These

include the following:

•

Windows physical servers

•

VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen servers (Windows guest operating systems)

•

Windows workstations and desktops

•

Synthetic full backups

. Every backup is represented as a full image (

.vhdx

) and

provides quick single-file restoration and hardware-independent full restoration of server

operating systems and their applications to any supported platform (physical servers,

virtualization platforms, workstations, desktops).

•

Fifteen-minute recovery points

. Backups can be set to 15-minute intervals,

regardless of the total capacity of the server (64 TB maximum per logical drive).

•

Storage efficiency

. The storage consumption of this solution is highly efficient

because all data is compressed when it is written and only unique blocks of ongoing

backups must be stored on disk. The more backups that are stored, the larger the

savings become.

•

WAN efficiency

. For customers replicating backup sets offsite, only incremental block

changes are replicated with ReadyDATA replicate.

The ReadyDATA system relies on the following software applications:

•

RAIDar

. A set-up utility to locate the ReadyDATA on the LAN and launch Dashboard.

•

Dashboard

. A browser-based interface to configure and manage the ReadyDATA.

To start using the ReadyDATA system quickly, review the following sections and chapters in

this order:

Install the ReadyDATA in Your Network

on page

12. Follow the instructions in the

installation guide that came with your system and the hardware manual for your system.