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Dell PowerVault DL4000 Deployment Manual

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  • Page 1 Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance – Powered By AppAssure Deployment Guide...

  • Page 2: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings

    CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2013 Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this text: Dell , the Dell logo, Dell Boomi , Dell Precision , OptiPlex...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing The Appliance In A Rack ............................6 Cabling The Appliance ..................6 Setting The Storage Enclosure Configuration Switch ............7 Connecting The Storage Enclosure To The PowerVault DL4000 System ..................7 Connecting The Cable Management Arm (Optional) ....................7 Turning On The DL Backup To Disk Appliance ........................8 PowerVault DL4000 Disk Configurations 2 AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard................9...
  • Page 4 ........................18 Installing Agents On Linux Machines ...........................19 Location Of Linux Agent Files ............................19 Agent Dependencies .......................20 Installing The Agent On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............21 Installing The Agent On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 And CentOS 6.3 ................21 Installing The Agent On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2...

  • Page 5: Setting Up Dl Backup To Disk Appliance

    Setting Up DL Backup To Disk Appliance Introduction The Dell PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance is the latest generation of backup to disk protection appliance powered by Dell AppAssure software. The DL Backup to Disk Appliance allows: • Scalable storage capabilities to support organizations of any size •...

  • Page 6: Setting Up The Hardware

    Rack Installation Instructions supplied with the rack kit. If the PowerVault DL4000 system includes a rail kit, locate the Follow the instructions to install the rails in the rack unit and to install the PowerVault DL4000 system and the storage enclosure in the rack.

  • Page 7: Connecting The Storage Enclosure To The Powervault Dl4000 System

    Connecting The Storage Enclosure To The PowerVault DL4000 System Connect the data cable from the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) installed in the PowerVault DL4000 system to the primary Enclosure Management Module (EMM) SAS In port of the storage enclosure. For more information, see the figure below.

  • Page 8: Powervault Dl4000 Disk Configurations

    PowerVault DL4000 Disk Configurations The PowerVault DL4000 supports SAS and nearline SAS drives only. The operating system resides on a RAID 1 Dell PowerVault DL4000 Owner’s (mirrored) virtual disk located in slots 0 and 1. For information on these disks, see the Manual at dell.com/support/manuals.

  • Page 9: Appassure Appliance Configuration Wizard

    AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard When you turn on the appliance for the first time, after changing the system password, the AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard runs automatically. NOTE: The AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard may take up to 30 seconds to appear on the system console. NOTE: Complete all steps of the AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard before using Microsoft Windows Update.

  • Page 10: Configuring Hostname And Domain Settings

    Select the appropriate internet protocol for the selected interface. You can choose IPv4 or IPv6. The network details are displayed depending on the internet protocol you select. To assign the internet protocol details, do one of the following: – To assign the selected internet protocol details automatically, select Obtain an IPV4 address automatically. –...

  • Page 11: Configuring Snmp Settings

    AppAssure Repository. You can allocate around 25% of the available capacity to host standby virtual machines. Using AppAssure's Live Recovery feature, these machines can be used to quickly replace any failed server that is Dell DL4000 User's Guide at dell.com/support/manuals for more information about protected by the DL4000. See the Live Recovery.

  • Page 12: Complete The Appassure Core Setup Wizard

    NOTE: It is recommended that you expand the current repository. Separate repositories do not utilize capacity as efficiently, and deduplication cannot occur across separate repositories. Under Standby Virtual Machine Allocation, use the slider to allocate storage for standby virtual machines. As you move the slider to the right, the Standby VM size increases and the Repository size decreases.

  • Page 13: Post Installation Tasks

    Post Installation Tasks After completing the AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard and the AppAssure Core Setup wizard, perform the following procedures to ensure that your backup appliance and the servers the appliance is backing up are correctly configured. Review Retention Periods AppAssure sets default retention periods that determine how often snapshots are taken and how long the snapshots are retained.

  • Page 14: Check Network Connectivity

    Host The host name or IP address of the machine that you want to protect. Port The port number on which the AppAssure 5 Core communicates with the agent on the machine. Username The user name used to connect to this machine; for example, administrator. Password The password used to connect to this machine.

  • Page 15: Teaming Network Adapters

    Teaming Network Adapters By default, the network adapters (NICs) on the DL4000 Backup to Disk Appliance are not bonded, which affects the performance of the system. It is recommended that you team the NICs to a single interface. Teaming the NICs require: •...

  • Page 17: Installing Agents On Clients

    Installing Agents On Clients Each client that is backed up by the AppAssure appliance must have the AppAssure agent installed. The AppAssure Core console enables you to deploy agents to machines. Deploying agents to machines requires pre-configuring settings to select a single type of agent to push to clients. This method works well, if all clients are running the same operating system.

  • Page 18: Installing Microsoft Windows Agents At The Client

    After the agent is deployed, a backup of the client begins automatically. Installing Microsoft Windows Agents At The Client To install the agents: Verify that the client has the Microsoft .NET4 framework installed: a) On the appliance, start the Windows Server Manager. b) Click Configuration →...

  • Page 19: Location Of Linux Agent Files

    • wheel Dell DL4000 User's Guide at For information on protecting a machine, see the section 'Protecting a Machine' in the dell.com/support/manuals. The installation instructions differ depending upon the Linux distribution you are using. For more information on installing the Linux agent on your distribution, see the following: •...

  • Page 20: Installing The Agent On Ubuntu 12.04 Lts

    For Ubuntu Dependency The appassure-vss dkms, gcc, make, linux-headers-‘uname-r‘ requires The appassure- libc6 (>=2.7-18), libblkid1, libpam0g, libpcre3 aavdisk requires The appassure-mono libc6 (>=2.7-18) requires For Red Hat Dependency Enterprise Linux and CentOS The nbd-dkms dkms, gcc, make, kernel-headers-‘uname-r‘ kernel-devel-‘uname- r‘ requires The appassure-vss dkms, gcc, make, kernel-headers-‘uname-r‘...

  • Page 21: Installing The Agent On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 And Centos 6.3

    Agent Dependencies. After the installer completes, the agent is running on your machine. For more information on protecting this machine Dell DL4000 User's Guide at dell.com/ with the Core, see the section 'Protecting Workstations and Servers' in the support/manuals. Installing The Agent On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 And CentOS 6.3 NOTE: Before performing these steps, ensure that you have downloaded the Red Hat or CentOS installer package to the /home/system directory.
  • Page 22 The system finishes the installation process. After the installer completes, the agent is running on your machine. For more information on protecting this machine Dell DL4000 User Guide at dell.com/support/ with the Core, see the section 'Protecting Workstations and Servers' in the...

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