Dell PowerVault Storage Area Network User manual

Setting up Veeam 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 the Backup Server................................................................................................................................................. 12
3Set up Veeam............................................................................................................................................................................ 14
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
Veeam®Backup & Replication™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/Veeam build version and screen shots used for this paper may vary slightly,
depending on the version of the DR4X00/Veeam software version used.

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1Install 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 name root, and the password calvin.
3. Launch the virtual console.
4. 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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5. Set the user-defined networking preferences.
6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct.

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7. 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.).
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.

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b. Enter your Active Directory credentials.
9. Create and mount the container.
a. 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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b. Enter a Container Name and select the Enable CIFS check box.
c. 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 (Veeam Server)
Hyper-V hosts (on-host proxy for Hyper-V environments)s
Off-host proxies (for Hyper-V environments)
Backup proxies (for vSphere environments)
d. Click Create a New Container.
e. Confirm that the container was added.