Dell PowerVault DR2000v - Manual (Page 6)

6 Setting up NetVault SmartDisk on the Dell™ DR4X00 Disk Backup Appliance
1 Technical Setup/configuration Best Practices
This section highlights key configuration and setup best practices to successfully add the DR backup Disk
appliance for the use with NetVault Backup and NetVault SmartDisk. Please review this section carefully
before embarking on the DR4X00 and NetVault install/configuration sequences outlined in chapters 2
through 4 of this guide
NOTE: For NetVault SmartDisk, native DR4X00 replication support is not available at this time.
1.1 General Setup /configuration Best Practices
Refer to the manufacture’s documentation for additional details on the following prerequisites.
 Ensure cabling configured correctly.
 Configure interfaces, protocol and addressing.
o Configure Networking infrastructure to support Jumbo Frames (MTU=9000).
 Preconfigured system to run as the NetVault Backup Server and NetVault SmartDisk Server.
Alternatively a separate server can be provisioned and configured to host the NetVault SmartDisk
software.
 DR4X00 preconfigured for use with the following attributes established:
o Proper network connectivity with IP address or DNS name of DR4X00 Backup Appliance.
o DR4X00 Backup Appliance(s) configured with the appropriate containers needed to host
the NetVault SmartDisk instance.
o For each container defined a network share exported via CIFS or NFS of appropriate
permission and size.
o All authentication requirements fulfilled such as Domain name, username and password
for users setup on DR4X00 unit to provide full access to the predefined containers and
network share(s) for use as backup repositories.
1.2 DR4X00 Setup/configuration Best Practices
 Each NetVault SmartDisk instance should be created and configured to run within the domain of a
single DR4X00 Storage Container. This will allow for easy management of storage consumption
therefore each SmartDisk instance should run within its own container.
 Users should be created so that the NetVault Backup server user has full Read/Write access to the
container. This is a requirement for NetVault to be able to manage the configuration items and
respective objects created within said container during backup, access during recovery, and deletion
upon retirement.
1.3 NetVault SmartDisk Setup /configuration Best Practices
 During installation the stage and store spaces should be defined to run from a remote location. This will be
configured during installation as the UNC network path of the CIFS share or locally defined mount points
for NFS level use over the network.