Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network User manual

Setting up vRanger on the
Dell™DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
A Dell Technical White Paper

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Table of contents
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1Install and Configure the DR4X00.......................................................................................................................................... 5
2Configure NFS share for Backup using vRanger ............................................................................................................... 12
3Set up vRanger ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4Set up the DR4X00 Cleaner ...................................................................................................................................................22
5Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance...........................................................................................................23

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Executive Summary
This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR4X00 as a backup to disk
target for vRanger®Backup™software. This paper is a quick reference guide and does not
include all DR4X00 deployment best practices.
See the DR4X00 documentation other data management application best practices
whitepapers for additional information.
NOTE: The DR4X00/vRanger build version and screen shots used for this paper may vary
slightly, depending on the version of the DR4X00/ vRanger software version used.

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1Install and Configure the DR4X00
Rack and cable the DR4X00 appliance, and power it on.
a. Log into iDRAC using the default address 192.168.0.1, user name root, and the
password calvin.
b. Launch the virtual console.
c. Once the virtual console is open, log in to the system as user administrator and
the password St0r@ge! (The “0” in the password is the numeral zero.).

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d. Set the user-defined networking preferences.
e. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct.

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f. Log into the DR4X00 administrator console, using the IP address you just provided
for the DR4X00, user administrator and the password St0r@ge! (The “0” in the
password is the numeral zero.).
g. 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.
Select Active Directory in the tree on the left hand side of the dashboard.
Enter your Active Directory credentials.

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h. Create and mount the container.
Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create
link at the top of the page.

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i. Enter a Container Name and select the Enable CIFS or Enable NFS check box.
vRanger supports both CIFS and NFS protocols.
j. Select the client access credentials preferred.
For improved security, Dell recommends adding IP addresses for the following
(Not all environments will have all components):

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−Backup console (vRanger Server)
−ESXi hosts (as vRanger backups up these VMs)
−Backup proxies (for vSphere environments)
k. Click Create a New Container.
Confirm that the container was added.

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l. Click Edit, and write down the container path, which you will use later to target the
DR4X00.
m. Click Cancel to exit.

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2Configure NFS share for Backup using vRanger.
For NFS backup using vRanger, a target folder needs to be created under NFS share directory.
This is a sub-directory of the NFS Export directory. This is the location to which savepoints will
be written. This is not required while adding CIFS share.
oMount the NFS share onto any of the NFS clients available in the
environment.
oCreate a directory using ‘mkdir’ inside the mounted directory.

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3Set up vRanger
NOTES:
•To maximize the DR4X00-vRanger storage capacity savings, it is highly
recommend following the exact below setup settings.
•The backup formats differ completely when setup settings are changed. Hence,
all savings on vRanger installations that had settings changed in between are null
and void.
1. Open vRanger Backup and Replication Console.
oGoto My Inventory -> Virtual -> Add and add either your vCenter or
ESX host.
oWhile adding vCenter provide IP/Hostname, and credentials of Virtual
Center.
oWhile adding ESX host provide root credentials.
a. Adding ESX host.

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b. Adding Virtual Center.
2. Adding Physical server. My Inventory -> Physical -> Add
Select ‘Install physical client on machine?’ flag. By default Physical client is installed on
the physical machine at ‘c:\programs Files\Quest Software\’.

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3. Mapping CIFS/NFS share to vRanger. vRanger supports both CIFS and NFS protocols.
a) Mapping CIFS share : My repository -> Add -> Windows Share (CIFS) - >
Enter required details and then OK.
Note : While creating repository (CIFS/NFS), for better savings do not
enable encryption.

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b) Mapping NFS share : My repository -> Add -> NFS -> Enter required
Credentials -> OK
Note : In ‘Export Directory’ just mention export directory and not the
whole share path [i.e should not provide IP/hostname of DR4x00]. And in
‘Target directory’ just mention the target directory name which was
created under share directory [Mentioned above in chapter 2].
4. Enable change tracking (Change Block Tracking) on the VM you want to backup.

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5. Backup of a Virtual Machine.
a. Selecting a VM for backup

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b. This opens the backup wizard -> select disks to backup -> Select the
repository to which the VM is to be backed up.
c. Select the appropriate Transport type according to the set up. If not sure,
select ‘Automatic Transport Selection’

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d. Backup Options
i. For VM
Note :

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Always Disable ‘Check destination for free space’ as DR4x00
supports deduplication and so overall space occupied is lesser.
Always enable ABM (Active Block Mapping) for better overall results
from both vRanger and DR.
vRanger recommends to Enable ‘Guest quiescing’ in case of
backing up a database (Eg : Exchange server).
Disable ‘compress backed up files’ for better savings.
ii. For Physical Machine
e. Retention Policy Selection : Mention the type of backup you want to do
Full/Incremental/Differential.