Adding a physical machine
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The Physical Machine Information page appears. Before vRanger can add physical source objects to the My Inventory pane, you must configure a connection to a physical server.
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In the Physical Machines section, click Add. |
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In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the server. |
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In the User Name field, enter an account for the server. |
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In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account. |
In the Agent Location field, enter the preferred directory — on the physical machine — to which the physical client should be installed. The default is C:\Program Files\Dell\vRangerPhysicalClient.
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In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port for vRanger to use to communicate with the physical client on the source server. |
This port must be open between vRanger and each physical server — the default is 51000.
The server appears in the My Inventory pane. You may also create a backup group to combine multiple physical servers into one backup job. For more information, see Adding a custom backup group.
Selecting physical machines for licenses
Before you start this process, make sure that you have imported the license file and confirmed that it is adequate for managing the number of physical machines you want to protect. The Currently Installed Licenses section includes the total number of physical machine licenses available, and the number being used currently. These numbers increment and decrement based on the selections you make on this page.
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In the Currently Installed Licenses section, view the Machines Allowed value to confirm the total number of physical machines licenses available. |
The number of licenses currently allocated is shown in the Machines Used column. The Licensed Physical Machine section lists the physical machines in the vRanger inventory, and indicates whether each machine is licensed for backup.
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In the Physical Backup column, select or clear machines until you have used all the available licenses, or until all your machines are protected. |
Deploying and configuring the VA from the Startup Wizard
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vRanger uses a virtual appliance (VA) for Linux® file-level restore (FLR), standard backup and restore, and for replication to and from VMware® ESXi™ servers.
There are two ways to deploy and configure a VA: the Startup Wizard and the Tools menu.
If you do not want to complete the Virtual Appliance Information page of the Startup Wizard now, you may skip this step and continue with the Startup Wizard. You can access the Virtual Appliance Configuration dialog box at any time by way of the Options available from the Tools drop-down menu.
To complete the Virtual Appliance Information page of the Startup Wizard and deploy and configure a VA now, complete the following procedure.
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On the Virtual Appliance Information page of the Startup Wizard, start the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard from the Startup Wizard by clicking Deploy Virtual Appliance. |
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In the Add Virtual Appliance Configuration dialog box, select a VA from the inventory tree. |
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Under Virtual Appliance Properties, do any of the following: |
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Select Override IP Address, and then enter a new IP address in the IP Address field. |
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Select Use as default virtual appliance for cluster, to use this VA for all machines that are a part of the associated cluster. |
In the Modify Virtual Appliance Configuration dialog box, edit any of the following settings:
For more information, see Changing the VA configuration.
The Removing VA dialog box appears.
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In the Confirm Delete dialog box, click OK. |
If you want to remove the entire VA rather than a single job, first select Delete the virtual appliance from the host, and then click OK.
Adding a repository
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vRanger uses repositories to store backup archives. vRanger supports the following options for repository connections.
Windows Share (CIFS)
The following procedure shows mounting a CIFS share to the My Repositories pane. The procedures for the other repository types are described in Supplemental instructions: additional repository types
This value appears in the My Repositories pane.
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Enter a username and password in the appropriate fields. |
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Select a Security Protocol from the drop-down list: NTLM (Default), or NTLM v2 |
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In the Server field, type the UNC path to the preferred repository directory. |
Alternatively, enter a partial path, and click Browse to find the target directory.
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CAUTION: If you use the Encrypt all backups to this repository feature, make certain to retain the password you enter. There is no back-door or administrator-level password. If the password is unknown, the backups are not usable. |
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NOTE: Encryption is not supported for NetVault SmartDisk and DD Boost repositories. |
The connection to the repository is tested and the repository is added to the My Repositories pane and the Repository Information dialog box.
vRanger checks the configured repository location for existing manifest data to identify existing savepoints.
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Import as Read-Only: To import all savepoint data into the vRanger database, but only for restores, click this button. You cannot back up data to this repository. |
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Import: To import all savepoint data into the vRanger database, click this button. vRanger is able to use the repository for backups and restores. vRanger requires read and write access to the directory. |
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Overwrite: To retain the savepoint data on the disk and not import it into vRanger, click this button. vRanger ignores the existence of the existing savepoint data and treats the repository as new. |