Dell DL4300 Appliance Deployment Guide
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Contents 1 Setting up DL4300 Appliance.......................................................................................... 5 Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................5 Terms used in this document....................................................................................................................................... 5 Available configurations..........
Configuring browser settings in Internet Explorer and Chrome.................................................................................. 22 Configuring browser settings in Firefox......................................................................................................................22 Reviewing retention periods............................................................................................................................................. 22 Encrypting agent snapshot data....
1 Setting up DL4300 Appliance Introduction The Dell DL4300 appliance is the latest generation of backup-to-disk appliance powered by Rapid Recovery software.
NOTE: Additional storage can be added through expansion shelves (Dell Storage MD1400). Additional storage can be added to any model, however the Standard Edition has a maximum capacity of 60 TB and the High Capacity Edition has a maximum capacity of 120 TB. Both editions support up to four expansion shelves.
Figure 1. Setting the PowerVault MD1400 storage enclosure configuration switch 1. configuration switch Connecting the storage enclosure to the system Connect the data cable from the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) installed in the Dell DL4300 system to the primary Enclosure Management Module (EMM) SAS port of the storage enclosure. Figure 2. Connecting the DL4300 system to the MD1400 storage enclosure Redundant port configuration For redundant port configuration: 1.
Multichain configuration Figure 3. Multichain configuration Multichain configuration supports up to four enclosures. The first two enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures connected to a single port on the controller card. The other two enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures connected to the second port on the controller card.
2 Initial software setup When you turn on the appliance for the first time, and change the system password, the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard runs automatically. 1. After you turn on the system, choose your operating system language from the Windows language options. 2. To accept the EULA, click I accept button. The Microsoft EULA (End User License Agreement) is displayed on the Settings page. A screen to change the administrator password is displayed. 3.
NOTE: The AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard configures network interfaces as individual ports (nonteamed). To improve ingest performance, you can create a larger ingest channel by teaming NICs. However, this must be done after the initial configuration of the appliance. 3. If required, connect additional network interfaces and click Refresh. The additional connected network interfaces will be displayed. 4. Click Next. The Configure selected network interface page is displayed. 5.
The Configure SNMP Settings page is displayed. Configuring SNMP settings Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a commonly used network management protocol that allows SNMP-compatible management functions such as device discovery, monitoring, and event generation. SNMP provides network management of the TCP/IP protocol. To configure SNMP alerts for the appliance: 1. On the Configure SNMP Settings page, select Configure SNMP on this appliance on the Configure SNMP Settings page.
4. Continue the configuration process by Provisioning storage DL Appliance Configuration Wizard NOTE: You see the DL Appliance Configuration Wizard only when you upgrade your appliance using the latest RUU. CAUTION: Make sure you complete all the steps of DL Appliance Configuration Wizard before performing any other task or change any settings on the Appliance.
• To assign the network connection manually, select Set manually IPV6 address and enter the following details: – IPv6 Address – Subnet prefix length 7. – Default Gateway To enable NIC teaming, select Enable NIC teaming. For information on NIC teaming, see Teaming network adapters. 8. Click Next. The Registration page is displayed. Registration and Host settings Register your appliance with the appropriate license key to avail the features accordingly.
• • To enable system SNMP alerts, select Enable system SNMP alerts. 1. In SNMP Community, enter one or more SNMP community names. Use commas to separate multiple community names. 2. In SNMP Trap destinations, enter trap destinations and click Add. To enable software SNMP alerts, select Enable software SNMP alerts option. 1. In SNMP Community, enter one or more SNMP community names. Use commas to separate multiple community names. 2. In SNMP Trap destinations, enter trap destinations and click Add.
Storage provisioning Your appliance allows you to provision its internal storage to create Virtual disks (VDs) to host repositories and Virtual Standby, archives or other purposes. 1. On the Storage Provisioning page, select the following configuration options for your storage. The Repository Name is displayed as Repository 1 by default. NOTE: The size of the repository depends on the license applied during registration of your appliance.
Text Box Description …and then keep one recovery point per week for n [retention time period] Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block to further define how long recovery points are maintained. …and then keep one recovery point per month for n [retention time period] Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block to further define how long recovery points are maintained.
Creating the RASR USB key To create a RASR USB key: 1. Navigate to the Appliance tab. 2. Using the left pane navigation, select Appliance → Backup. Create RASR USB Drive window is displayed. NOTE: Insert a 16 GB or larger USB key before attempting to create the RASR key. 3. After inserting a 16 GB or larger USB key, click on Create RASR USB Drive now. A Prerequisite Check message is displayed.
10. Select the Factory Reset option. This option will recover the operating system disk from the factory image. 11. Click Next. The following warning message is displayed in a dialog box: This operation will recover the operating system. All OS disk data will be overwritten. 12. Click Yes. The operating system disk starts restoring back to factory reset. 13. The RASR Completed page is displayed on completion of the recovery process. Click Finish. 14. Boot the system after restore. 15.
of the storage remaining after creating the Rapid Recovery repository. Space can be allocated for standby VMs only on the appliances that are provisioned to host virtual machines. Using the Rapid Recovery’s Live Recovery feature, you can use these virtual machines to quickly replace a failed server that the appliance protects. Based on a medium-sized environment that does not need standby virtual machines, you can use all of the storage to back up a significant number of agents.
b. In the Create Volume dialog box, specify the following information for a new disk volume Volume name, Controller, Enclosure, RAID type, and Size. The Controller available space is displayed by default. You can select one of the following RAID configurations: 1, 5, or 6. c. Click Create. A new storage volume is created.
3 Post installation tasks After completing the DL Appliance Configuration Wizard perform the following procedures to ensure that your backup appliance and the servers that the appliance is backing up are correctly configured. NOTE: The appliance is configured with a 30–day temporary Rapid Recovery software license. To obtain a permanent license key, log on to the Dell AppAssure License Portal at www.dell.com/DLActivation.
NOTE: Ensure that the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration is turned on when you access the Core Web Console either locally or remotely. To turn on the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: 1. Open Server Manager. 2. Select Local Server IE Enhanced Security Configuration displayed on the right. Ensure that it is On. Configuring browser settings in Internet Explorer and Chrome To configure browser settings in Internet Explorer and Chrome: 1.
To encrypt agent snapshot data: 1. From the AppAssure Core, click Configuration → Manage → Security. 2. Click Actions, and then click Add Encryption Key. The Create Encryption Key page is displayed. 3. Complete the following information: Field Description Name Enter a name for the encryption key. Comment Enter a comment for the encryption key. It is used to provide extra details about the encryption key. Passphrase Enter a passphrase. It is used to control access.
Text Box Description Email Enter information for the body of the template that describes the event, when it occurred, and the severity. 5. Click Send Test Email and review the results. 6. After you are satisfied with the results of the tests, click OK. Adjusting the number of streams By default, Rapid Recovery is configured to allow three concurrent streams to the appliance. It is recommended that the number of streams is set between 10 and 15 for optimal performance.
4 Preparing to protect your servers Overview To protect your data using DL 4300, you need to add the workstations and servers for protection in the Core Console; for example, your Exchange server, SQL Server, your Linux server, and so on. In the Core Console, you can identify the machine on which an Agent is installed and specify which volumes, for example, a Microsoft Windows Storage Space, to protect.
4. On the Connection page, enter the information about the machine to which you want to connect as described in the following table, and then click Next. Table 6. Machine connection settings Text Box Description Host The host name or IP address of the machine that you want to protect. Port The port number on which the Rapid Recovery Core communicates with the Agent on the machine. The default port number is 8006.
• 9. If the prerequisite files do not exist, the Rapid Recovery Agent Installer identifies which files are needed and displays the results accordingly; for example, CRT 2013 (x64) ENU (distributable code for Microsoft Visual Studio®), or Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2008 R2 (x64). Click Install Prerequisites. When the installation of the prerequisite files is completed, click Next. The Installation Options page appears. 10. On the Installation Options page, review the installation options.
If it is not installed, you can get a copy from microsoft.com. 2. Install the agent: a. On your appliance, share the directory C:\Program Files\AppRecovery to the client(s) you plan to back up. b. On the client system, map a drive to C:\Program Files\AppRecovery on your DL appliance. c. On the client system, open the C:\Program Files\AppRecovery directory and double-click the correct agent for the client system to begin the installation.
3. Enter the host information and logon credentials as described in the following table. Table 8. vCenter/ESX(i) connection settings Text Box Description Host The name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server/ESX(i) virtual host. Port The port used to connect to the virtual host. The default setting is 443. User name The user name used to connect to the virtual host; for example, Administrator or, if the machine is in a domain, [domain name]\Administrator.
Because the various supported Linux distributions use different package managers for online installation, the procedure for installing, upgrading, or removing Agent on any supported Linux OS depends on the package manager used. The package managers, and the Linux distributions they support, are described in the following table. Table 9.
• Restart the Linux machine The instructions for installing the Agent software on a Linux machine differ slightly depending on the Linux distribution you are using. For more information about preparing for and installing the Agent software for a Linux machine connected to the Internet, see the appropriate topic.
– The rapidrecovery-agent requires: dkms, gcc, make, kernel-headers-‘uname-r‘ kernel-devel-‘uname-r‘, nbd-dkms, libblkid, pam, pcre – The rapidrecovery-mono requires: glibc >=2.11 • For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: – The nbd-dkms requires: dkms, gcc, make, kernel-syms – The rapidrecovery-agent requires: dkms, kernel-syms, gcc, make, libblkid1, pam, pcre – The rapidrecovery-mono requires: glibc >= 2.11 Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software on Debian or Ubuntu The Rapid Recovery Agent .
NOTE: This procedure applies to a Linux machine that is connected to the internet. For offline installation of Rapid Recovery Agent on any Linux machine, see Installing the Agent software on offline Linux machines . 1. Open a terminal session with root access. 2. Determine your present working directory by entering PWD and pressing Enter. For example, assume your directory is /home/ rapidrecovery/. 3. Download the appropriate Rapid Recovery Agent .
Installing the Agent software on offline Linux machines This task requires access to an online Linux machine, removable storage media, and access to the final offline Linux machine. If AppAssure Agent is installed on the offline Linux machine, you must first uninstall it before installing Rapid Recovery Agent. For more information, see “Uninstalling the AppAssure Agent software from a Linux machine” section in Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Installing the Agent software on Windows Server Core Edition machines Complete the steps in the following procedure to install the Agent software on a Windows Server Core machine. NOTE: The following procedure installs the Agent software in console mode. To install in silent mode instead, append / silent to the installer file name on the command line. For example, Agent-X64-6.X.X.xxxxx.exe /silent. 1.
Kernels compatible for module installation: 0 - linux-image-3.16.0.23-generic 1 - linux-image-3.16.0.31-generic 2 - linux-image-3.16.0.33-generic 3 - linux-image-3.16.0.34-generic Input indices of the kernel modules you wish to install, delimited by space; use 'all' to install into all supported kernels, or 'q' to quit. 7. Configure the appropriate Rapid Recovery kernel module. For example, to enter kernel modules for 3.16.0-23 and 3.16.0-34, enter 1 4 and press Enter.
Text Box Description User name The user name used to connect to this machine; for example, Administrator (or, if the machine is in a domain, [domain name]\Administrator). Password The password used to connect to this machine. If the Install Agent page appears next in the Protect Machine Wizard, that means that Rapid Recovery does not detect the Rapid Recovery Agent on the machine and will install the current version of the software. Go to Step 7.
If you already have repository information configured, and you selected the Advanced option in Step 1, then the Encryption page appears. Proceed to Step 13. 12. Optionally, on the Encryption page, to enable encryption, select Enable Encryption. Encryption key fields appear on the Encryption page. NOTE: If you enable encryption, it will be applied to data for all protected volumes for this machine. You can change encryption settings later from the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
3. Open a command line interface on the appliance. 4. Run the command ping . 5. Depending on the result, do one of the following: • If the client does not reply to the ping, verify the server’s connectivity and network settings. • If the client replies, check that the firewall settings allow the Rapid Recovery components to run.
4. Complete the installation by going through the installation wizard. Creating the NIC team NOTE: It is recommended not to use the native teaming interface in Windows 2012 Server. The teaming algorithm is optimized for outbound, not inbound, traffic. It offers poor performance with a backup workload, even with more network ports in the team. To create NIC teaming: 1. Go to Start → Search → Broadcom Advanced Control Suite.
5 Getting help Finding documentation and software updates In the Rapid Recovery Core console there are direct links to Rapid Recovery, Appliance documentation, and software updates. To access the links, click the Appliance tab, and then click Overall Status. Links to the software updates and documentation are located under the Documentation section. Finding software updates There are direct links to Rapid Recovery and DL4300 Appliance software updates available from the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
