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vRanger 7.6.6 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Key benefits Major feature list Target audience Recommended additional reading Installation overview

Downloading an evaluation copy of vRanger Installing vRanger

Configuration overview

Adding repositories Deploying virtual appliances (VAs) Adding physical servers to inventory Scheduling a backup job Scheduling a replication job

Configuring vRanger

Configuring vRanger through the Startup Wizard

Opening the Startup Wizard Adding and selecting a license

Removing an extended trial license

Adding vCenter and host information

Adding a vCenter Entering host credentials Adding hosts

Adding Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, and host information

Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM Adding a Hyper-V cluster Adding hosts

Selecting hosts for licenses Adding a physical machine Selecting physical machines for licenses Deploying and configuring the VA from the Startup Wizard Adding a repository Setting up the SMTP server Adding an email address

Configuring vRanger manually

Adding a vCenter Adding a vCloud Director Adding an ESXi server Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, or host

Adding a Hyper-V cluster Adding hosts

Adding a physical server

Installing the physical client manually

Adding a repository Managing repository replication

Configuring a repository for automatic replication Scheduling repository synchronization Disabling repository replication Changing a replication repository to a primary repository

Configuring an SMTP server

Adding an email address Editing an email address Removing an email address

Configuring display language Configuring a virtual appliance (VA) Importing a license file

Adding an extended trial license Removing an extended trial license

Managing VM host licensing Managing physical machine licensing Managing job configuration settings Enabling cataloging options

About catalog filtering

Managing Transport Failover options Configuring the number of times a backup process tries to run

Supplemental instructions: additional repository types

Adding an NFS repository Adding a NetVault SmartDisk repository

Removing a NetVault SmartDisk repository

Adding an EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) repository

Configuring repository replication Removing an EMC DD Boost repository

Adding a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository

Adding a Quest DR Series system as an RDA repository Configuring repository replication Removing a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository Adding a Quest DR Series system as a CIFS repository Adding a Quest DR Series system as an NFS repository

Understanding the vRanger virtual appliance (VA) The VA scratch disk

Strategies for sizing the scratch disk Options for a smaller scratch disk The scratch disk on the source host Scratch disk location

Deploying the VA by using the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard

Starting the Virtual Appliance Deployment Wizard Selecting a VA host Selecting VA deployment options Configuring the VA IP address Confirming VA deployment selections

About deploying multiple VAs Changing the VA configuration Configuring VA networking

Logging in to the VA Changing the hostname Changing the network configuration Configuring DNS

Disabling Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for the vRanger VA

Main toolbar Status Bar

My Inventory view

My Inventory pane

My Inventory pane toolbar and icons VMware inventory tab Hyper-V inventory tab Physical inventory tab

Working Inventory pane

My Jobs pane Activity pane

Job Detail area

My Repositories view

My Repositories pane Working Repository pane

My Reports view

Working Reports pane

Reviewing backup transport options

VMware backup transport options

HotAdd SAN backups LAN

Transport selection order: VM backup

vRanger: installed on a VM vRanger: installed on a physical machine

Hyper-V backup transport options Physical backup transport options

Determining application consistency

Application consistency for virtual backups

Application consistency for VMware VMs Application consistency for Hyper-V VMs

Application consistency for physical backups

Understanding retention policies and space-saving technologies Performing optional configurations

Enabling VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT) Adding a custom backup group Configuring VSS tools for VMware VMs

Configuring VSS tools using the automated method Configuring VSS tools using the manual method

Configuring a backup job

Starting the Backup Wizard

Selecting a node in the My Inventory view Selecting a node in the My Jobs view

Excluding VMs Including hard disks of physical machines or VMs Selecting a repository Selecting a backup data transport method for VMware machines

Using Automatic transport selection Using Custom transport selection

Configuring backup options Selecting a Retention Policy

Creating a full backup job Creating an incremental backup job Creating a differential backup job

Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the backup job

Restoring a physical server

Restoring a physical server

Performing a full restore for VMware VMs

Starting the Restore Wizard

Starting the Restore Wizard Selecting a VM Name & Folder Selecting a Compute Resource Selecting Storage Selecting a network Selecting a restore data transport method for Configuring restore options Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications

Starting the restore job

Performing a full restore for Hyper-V® VMs

Starting the Restore Wizard Selecting a Destination Selecting a network Configuring restore options Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the restore job

Performing a full restore for VMware vApps

Starting the Restore Wizard Selecting a destination Selecting a restore data transport method Configuring restore options Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the restore job

Performing a full restore of a physical machine

Creating the boot media

Creating the boot media Booting the target server Booting into the restore environment using static IP Selecting a savepoint Mapping disks Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications

Starting the restore job

Performing an FLR on Windows

Performing an FLR using Catalog Search Performing a manual FLR

Performing an FLR on Linux Restoring from manifest

Performing a full restore from manifest for VMware VMs

Creating a restore job Selecting a savepoint from the manifest Selecting a VM Name & Folder Selecting a Compute Resource Selecting Storage Selecting a network Selecting a transport method Configuring restore options Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the restore job

Performing a full restore from manifest for Hyper-V VMs

Creating a restore job Selecting a savepoint from the manifest Selecting a destination Selecting a network Configuring restore options Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the restore job

Performing a full restore from manifest for a physical machine

Creating the boot media Booting the target server Creating a restore job Selecting a savepoint from the manifest Mapping disks Setting the recurrence schedule Configuring email notifications Starting the restore job

Performing FLR from manifest

How replication works

How replication works

Replication with the virtual appliance (VA)

Replication modes

Replication with Changed Block Tracking (CBT) Differential replication Configuring transport failover options Pre-seeding replication jobs

Creating a replication job

Setting the recurrence schedule

Using replication failover

Performing Test Failover with networking disabled Performing Test Failover with networking enabled

Enabling network-enabled Test Failover Performing a network-enabled Test Failover

Performing a failover Performing failback

Generating a report using the Report Wizard

Integrating and monitoring vRanger

Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup

Performing vRanger sweep-to-tape using Quest NetVault Backup

Ensuring that system requirements are met Checking the list of prerequisites Preparing the systems Preparing for vRanger sweep-to-tape using NetVault Backup Performing backup operations Performing restore operations

Using deduplication with Quest NetVault SmartDisk and vRanger Using Data Domain and vRanger repositories

Monitoring vRanger

About event monitoring configurations

Opening the configuration file Configuring replication monitoring Configuring virtual appliance (VA) monitoring Configuring datastore monitoring Restarting the Quest vRanger Service

Using the vRanger Console

Configuring the vRanger Console vRanger vAPI Cmdlets

Configuration Job management Repositories Backup Restore Replication Cmdlet help

vAPI Cmdlet details

Add-BackupJobTemplate Add-CIFSRepository Add-DdbReplicationRepository Add-DdbRepository Add-EsxHost Add-HypervCluster Add-HypervHost Add-HypervRestoreJobTemplate Add-NFSRepository Add-NVSDRepository Add-PhysicalMachine Add-RdaRepository Add-ReplicationJobTemplate Add-RestoreFromManifestJobTemplate Add-RestoreJobTemplate Add-VirtualAppforLinuxFLR Add-VirtualAppforLinuxFLRVA Add-VirtualCenter Disable-Job Dismount-LinuxVolume Enable-Job Get-AddressBook Get-BackupGroupEntity Get-CatalogSearchData Get-CatalogStatus Get-ConfigOption Get-Connection Get-CurrentTemplateVersionID Get-Datastore Get-GlobalTransportFailover Get-InventoryEntities Get-IsInventoryRefreshing Get-Job Get-JobTemplate Get-MonitorLog Get-Network Get-PhysicalMachineDiskMap Get-Repository Get-RepositoryJob Get-RepositorySavePoint Get-RestoreDiskMap Get-SavepointDisk Get-SavepointManifest Get-Savepoints Get-TransportFailover Get-VirtualApplianceConfig Get-VirtualApplianceDeploymentStatus Get-VirtualApplianceReconfigStatus Get-VirtualMachinesUnderInventory Get-VmDisk Get-VMDKVolume Install-VirtualAppliance Mount-LinuxVolume New-BackupFlag New-BackupGroupMember New-Daily Schedule New-EmailAddress New-IntervalSchedule New-MonthlySchedule New-ReplicationFlag New-RestoreFlag New-SMTPServer New-TransportConfiguration New-VirtualAppliance New-WeeklySchedule New-YearlySchedule Remove-AllMount Remove-BackupGroupEntity Remove-BackupGroupMember Remove-Catalog Remove-DdbStorageUnit Remove-JobTemplate Remove-LinuxVolume Remove-Repository Remove-SavePoint Remove-VirtualAppliance Remove-VirtualApplianceConfiguration Run-JobsNow Run-ReplicationFailover Run-ResumeReplicationFailover Run-TestReplicationFailover Set-Cataloging Set-CBTonVM Set-LinuxVolume Set-MountPath Set-Resources Stop-vRangerJob Update-BackupJobTemplate Update-GlobalTransportFailover Update-HypervRestoreJobTemplate Update-Inventory Update-ReplicationJobTemplate Update-RestoreJobTemplate Update-VirtualAppliance Update-VirtualApplianceConfiguration

Recommended additional reading

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Recommended additional reading

The following documentation is also available:

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Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide: This guide details the system requirements for installing and operating vRanger, and describes how to install and upgrade the vRanger application and components.

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Quest vRanger Integration Guide for EMC® Data Domain® Boost (DD Boost™): This guide describes how to configure vRanger to work with a Data Domain Boost repository to achieve source-side deduplication of backup data.

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Quest vRanger Integration Guide for Quest DR Series Disk Backup Appliance: This guide describes how to configure vRanger to work with a Quest DR series appliance to achieve deduplication of backup data.

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Quest vRanger Integration Guide for Quest NetVault SmartDisk - vRanger Edition: This guide describes how to configure vRanger to work with a NetVault SmartDisk - vRanger Edition repository to achieve deduplication of backup data.

Installation overview

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Installation overview

The installation of vRanger is a simple process requiring no additional components or configuration. vRanger can be installed on either a physical or VM meeting the requirements specified in the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.

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Before installing

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Downloading an evaluation copy of vRanger

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Installing vRanger

Before installing

vRanger can be installed in various configurations depending on your environment. Some common configuration options include:

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Database installation

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Backup architecture:

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VA-based HotAdd

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Machine-based HotAdd

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VA-based LAN

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Machine-based LAN

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Machine-based SAN

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Virtual appliance (VA) deployment

Before installing vRanger, review each of your architectural options, and decide on the best fit for your environment.

For more information, see the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.

Downloading an evaluation copy of vRanger

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Downloading an evaluation copy of vRanger

Evaluation versions of Quest products, including vRanger, are freely available from the Quest website. Evaluation versions are full applications limited only by licensing.

To download an evaluation copy of vRanger:

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From an internet-connected PC, access http://quest.com/products/vranger/.

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Click Download Free Trial.

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Register or log in as appropriate.

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Accept the License Agreement, and click Submit.

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Select vRanger, and save the file to the desired location.

Installing vRanger

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Installing vRanger

The installation of vRanger has several options. Unless you have a valid reason not to, Quest recommends that you accept the defaults wherever possible. Complete the steps in the following procedure to install vRanger.

To install vRanger:

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Start the installer, and accept the vRanger license.

The install process does not continue until the license is accepted.

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Choose an installation directory.

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Enter the credentials under which the vRanger services should run.

The credentials used need to have local administrator privileges on the vRanger machine.

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Select the vRanger database.

You may choose to install vRanger with a new instance of SQL Server® Express or on an existing SQL Server. You also need to configure DB credentials now.

The installation completes.

For more information, see the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.

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