vRanger 7.8 - User Guide

Adding a Hyper-V System Center VMM, cluster, or host

Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a Hyper-V® System Center VMM, cluster, or host to vRanger protection.

To add a Hyper-V host:

1	In the My Inventory view, click the Hyper-V tab.

2	Click the Add icon, and then click Hyper-V Host.

The Add Credentials dialog box appears.

3	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Host.

4	In the User Name field, enter an account for the host.

5	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

6	If this host is new, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V agent, select Install agent on host.

In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the Hyper-V host on the source server. This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

To add a Hyper-V System Center VMM:

 

IMPORTANT: Before adding the System Center VMM connection, you must install the System Center VMM Administrator Console on the vRanger machine. IMPORTANT: Only one version of the SCVMM Console may be installed on the vRanger machine. vRanger does not support simultaneous operations against two different versions of SCVMM from the same vRanger machine.

1	In the My Inventory view, click the Hyper-V tab.

2	Click the Add icon, and then click Hyper-V System Center VMM.

3	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Hyper-V System Center VMM.

4	In the User Name field, enter the name of an account with domain administrator privileges on the System Center VMM.

5	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

6	If this VMM is new System Center VMM, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V agent, select Install agent on host.

7	Configure the ports as follows:

▪	In the Agent Port Number field, enter the port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the vRanger agent installed on each Hyper-V host. This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

▪	In the SCVMM Port Number field, enter the port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the System Center VMM server — the default is 8100. Click Connect.

 

IMPORTANT: This port is configured during System Center VMM installation. If you chose a port number different from the default, enter that value here.

8	Click Next.

The VMM appears in the Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Managers section. The hosts managed by that VMM appear in the Hosts section.

Adding a Hyper-V cluster

Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a Hyper-V® cluster.

To add a Hyper-V cluster:

1	In the My Inventory view, click the Hyper-V tab.

2	Click the Add icon, and then click Hyper-V Failover Cluster.

3	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Hyper-V cluster.

4	In the User Name field, enter the name of an account with domain administrator privileges on the cluster.

5	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

6	If this cluster is new, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V agent, select Install agent on host.

7	In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the Hyper-V cluster on the source server.

This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

8	Click Connect, and then click Next.

The Hyper-V cluster appears in the Hyper-V Clusters section. The hosts managed by that cluster appear in the Hosts section.

Adding hosts

If you have hosts that are not part of a cluster, you can add them individually.

To add hosts:

1	In the Hosts section, click Add.

2	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the Host.

3	In the User Name field, enter an account for the host.

4	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

5	If this host is new, or if you have removed the vRanger Hyper-V® agent, select Install agent on host.

6	In the Port Number field, enter the preferred port you want vRanger to use to communicate with the Hyper-V host on the source server.

This port must be open between vRanger and each Hyper-V server — the default is 8081.

7	Click Connect.

The host appears in the Hosts section.

Adding a physical server

Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a physical server to vRanger protection.

To add a physical server:

1	In the My Inventory view, click the Physical tab.

2	Click the Add icon, and then click Physical Machine.

The Add Physical Machine Credentials dialog box appears.

3	In the DNS Name or IP field, enter the FQDN or IP address of the server.

4	In the User Name field, enter an account for the server.

5	In the User Password field, enter the password for the preceding account.

6	If this server is new, or if you have removed the vRanger agent, select Install agent on machine.

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\Quest\vRangerPhysicalClient.

7	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.

8	Click Connect.

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.

Installing the physical client manually

vRanger requires a physical backup client to be installed on the source physical server. This process is normally done when the source server is added to the vRanger inventory, but in some circumstances it might be necessary to install the client manually.

To install the physical client manually:

1	On the vRanger server, find the physical client installation file — vRangerPhysicalClient.exe.

The file is located in the Service subdirectory of the vRanger installation folder. The default is C:\Program Files\Quest\vRanger\Service.

2	Copy the client to the preferred location on the source server.

3	From the source server’s command line, run the vRangerPhysicalClient.exe command modified by the following parameters:

▪	USERNAME: Enter the name for an account with administrative Log on as a service rights on the source server.

▪	PASSWORD: Enter the password for the preceding account.

▪	DOMAIN: [Optional] If no value is entered, the preceding account is considered a local account. If you use a network account, enter the domain for the account here.

▪	INSTALL_DIR: [Optional] The default is C:\Program Files\Quest\vRangerPhysicalClient.

▪	PORT: [Optional] The default is 51000

Command examples

The following examples show the proper syntax for using the installer.

•	To accept the defaults, you must only provide credentials for the source server:

vRangerPhysicalClient.exe /USERNAME="administrator" /PASSWORD="Password"

•	You may also use a network account:

vRangerPhysicalClient.exe /DOMAIN="development "/USERNAME="user1"
/PASSWORD="Password"

•	To change the install location or port number, add that parameter with the preferred value:

vRangerPhysicalClient.exe /USERNAME="administrator" /PASSWORD="Password"
/INSTALL_DIR="c:\vRangerPhysicalClient"

vRangerPhysicalClient.exe /USERNAME="administrator" /PASSWORD="Password"
/PORT=52000

Adding a repository

The following instructions describe how to add a CIFS repository to vRanger. For information about adding other types of repositories, see Supplemental instructions: additional repository types.

To add a repository:

1	In the My Repositories pane, right-click anywhere, and click Add > Windows Share (CIFS).

 

NOTE: These instructions describe the process for adding a CIFS repository. The procedures for the other repository types are described in Supplemental instructions: additional repository types.

2	In the Add Windows Network Share Repository dialog box, complete the following fields:

▪	Repository Name: Enter a name for the repository.

▪	Description: [Optional] Enter a long-form description for the repository.

▪	User Name and Password: Enter the credentials for accessing the CIFS share.

▪	Security Protocol: Select a protocol, NTLM (default) or NTLMv2.

▪	Server: Enter the path to the preferred directory. Alternatively, you may enter the server IP or DNS name and click Browse, and browse to the correct path.

 

CAUTION: Paths for CIFS repositories are case-sensitive. When entering the path for a CIFS directory, ensure that the path is entered in the correct case.

3	If you want these backups password-protected, select Encrypt all backups to this repository, enter a Password for the encrypted repository, and then confirm the password by re-entering it.

 

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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Click OK.

The connection to the repository is tested and the repository is added to the My Repositories pane and the Repository Information dialog box.

Managing repository replication

If you are using Quest RDA or EMC® Data Domain® Boost (DD Boost™) repositories, you can also set up repository replication with another repository of the same type. For information on adding these types of repositories, see Adding an EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) repository and Adding a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository.

After the first repository is added to vRanger and another is available for replication, you can synchronize replication in one of three ways:

•	Automatically, after a successful backup task to that repository.

•	As a separate job on a scheduled basis.

•	Manually, using the Synchronize option.

Configuring a repository for automatic replication

When a managed repository is configured for savepoint replication, and a backup task completes successfully, each savepoint is also replicated to the replication repository.

To enable automatic savepoint replication:

1	On the Main toolbar, click Tools > Options.

2	Under the Repositories node, select Replication.

 

TIP: You may also right-click the target repository in the My Repositories pane, and select Repository Replication Options.

3	Select Enable savepoint replication for a successful backup job task, and click Ok.

Scheduling repository synchronization

When using scheduled repository synchronization, savepoints are replicated to the replication repository according to a configured schedule.

To schedule a repository synchronization:

1	On the Main toolbar, click Tools > Options.

2	Under the Repositories node, select Replication.

3	In the Repository Replication Configuration pane, find the Repository Name column, and select the applicable repository.

The repositories listed are the target repositories.

4	Select Schedule repository synchronization.

5	Configure the replication schedule as desired, using the following information as a guide.

a	Start: In the drop-down list, select the time for the replication task to begin.

b	Recurrence Pattern: Establish how often the changes should be synchronized. There are five options within this section:

▫	Daily: The daily option can be scheduled to synchronize the repository every weekday or every x number of days.

▫	Weekly: Repository synchronization can be configured to run on weekly intervals, from every week to every 99 weeks. The day of the week on which to run synchronization tasks can be configured.

▫	Monthly: The monthly option offers the following configurations:

-	Day [x] of every [y] month:

x can be any value from 1 to 31. This value determines the day of the month on which the synchronization job occurs.

y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the job to run every other month.

-	The [f] [d] of every [y] month(s):

f can be either: first, second, third, fourth or last.

d can be: weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the synchronization task to run every other month.

▫	Yearly: The yearly option offers the following configurations:

-	Every [m] [x]:

m is any month of the year. This value determines the month of the year in which the synchronization occurs.

x can be any value from 1 to 31. This value determines the day of the month on which the synchronization occurs.

-	The [f] [d] of [m]:

f can be either: first, second, third, fourth, or last.

d can be: day, weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

m is any month of the year. This value determines the month of the year in which the synchronization occurs.

▫	Interval: The interval option lets you select the number of days, hours, and minutes that should pass between backup jobs. The interval selected must be greater than or equal to five minutes.

6	Click OK to schedule the job.

To synchronize a repository manually:

1	In the My Repositories pane, right-click the source or replication repository, and select Synchronize.

2	When the confirmation prompt appears, click Yes.

Disabling repository replication

To disable repository replication:

1	Do one of the following:

▪	On the Main toolbar, click Tools > Options. Under the Repositories node, select Replication.

▪	Right-click the replication repository, and select Repository Replication Options.

2	Clear the check box for Enable savepoint replication for a successful backup job task or Schedule repository synchronization, or both.

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Click OK.

Replication is disabled as indicated by a red circle icon containing a white exclamation point.

Changing a replication repository to a primary repository

If your primary repository becomes corrupt or otherwise unavailable, you can quickly change your replication repository to a primary repository to continue backup and recovery operations.

To change a replication repository to a primary repository:

1	In the My Repositories pane, right-click the replication repository, and click Remove.

 

IMPORTANT: Ensure that Delete all savepoints in this repository is not selected.

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Click OK.

3	In the My Repositories pane, click Add.

4	Select the appropriate repository type — either EMC Data Domain Boost or Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA).

5	Complete the Add Repository dialog box as appropriate for your repository type, and click OK.

Use the information in Adding an EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) repository or Adding a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository as required.

6	When vRanger detects that the repository being added contains savepoint data and displays the Warning: Existing Repository Found dialog box, click Import to reconfigure the repository as a primary repository.