Configuring netbackup for the dr series system – Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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Configuring NetBackup for the DR Series System

Use the NetBackup graphical user interface (GUI) to configure it to work with the DR Series system via RDA with OST.

This process is essentially the same type of operation for either the Linux or Windows platforms.

Log in to NetBackup, and complete the following:

1.

In the main window of the NetBackup Administrator console, click Configure Disk Storage Servers to launch the

Storage Server Configuration Wizard.
The Storage Server Configuration Wizard page is displayed, which is where you can add a storage server.

2.

Select OpenStorage to choose the type of disk storage that you want to configure in this window, and click Next.
The Add Storage Server page is displayed.

3.

Enter the following values to configure a storage server:

In Storage server type, enter DELL.

In Storage server name, enter the name of the DR Series system.

In the Select media server drop-down list, select the desired media server (the server on which you are

configuring RDA with OST).

Enter values for the credential needed to authenticate with the DR Series system:

– User name
– Password
– Confirm password

The credentials should be the same as the credentials that are required for the DR Series system. For more
information, see

Configuring an LSU

.

4.

Click Next.
The Storage Server Configuration Summary page is displayed, which lists the values you configured.

5.

Click Next.
The storage server you configured and the corresponding credentials are displayed in the Storage Server Creation
Status page.

6.

Click Next and click Finish to close the Storage Server Configuration Wizard.
The Storage server

servername

successfully created page is displayed. NetBackup is now configured for use with

the DR Series system.

Configuring NetBackup for Optimized Synthetic Backups

This procedure describes how to configure NetBackup so that it supports Symantec optimized synthetic backups.

Optimized synthetic backups use RDA with OST to share data between images and synthesize the backup directly on the

DR Series system without data being read to and written from the backup server. This saves time, expense, and space.

The DR Series system supports optimized synthetic backups with NetBackup 7.1 and 7.5. The NetBackup storage server

inherits the Optimized Image attribute during storage server configuration (nbdevconfig - creatests).

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