QoreStor 7.1.2 - User Guide

The QoreStor NFS plug-in must be installed on to the media server type you choose (for supported operating systems and DMAs, see the QoreStor Interoperability Guide). The plug-in software enables integration between QoreStor data storage operations and the supported data management applications (DMAs). Before you install, make sure you adhere to the Best Practices covered in another topic in this chapter.

The plug-in must be installed on the designated Linux-based media server in the following directory, /usr/openv/lib/. The plug-in is installed using a self-extracting installer that installs the Rapid NFS plug-in and all of its related components. The installer supports the following modes, with the default being Help (-h):

• Help (-h)
• Install (-install)
• Upgrade (-upgrade)
• Uninstall (-uninstall)
• Force (-force)

$> ./QuestRapidNFS-xxxxx-xxxxx-x86_64.bin -help
Quest plug-in installer/uninstaller
usage: QuestRapidNFS-xxxxx-xxxxx-x86_64.bin [ -h ] [ -install ] [ -uninstall ]
-h		: Displays help
-install	: Installs the plug-in
-upgrade	: Upgrades the plug-in
-uninstall	: Uninstalls the plug-in
-force		: Forces the installation of the plug-in

Downloading the Rapid NFS Plug-in

You can download the plug-in installer from the Quest website:

• Go to support.quest.com/qorestor, select your specific QoreStor version, and then navigate to Software Downloads.
• Locate the Rapid NFS plug-in and download it to your system.

Installing Basic Calculator

Download and install Basic Calculator (bc). If you install the plug-in without it, you receive the following error: bc not found, please install it.

Enabling Secure Connect

Starting with the Rapid NFS plug-in version 4.0.3.3, the plug-in installation script includes the option to install and enable Secure Connect. Secure Connect is comprised of a set of client and server components that create a resilient and secure communication channel for use by WAN-connected clients. The server components are installed and enabled by default during the installation of the QoreStor server.

If you have WAN-connected Rapid NFS clients and choose to install Secure Connect, you can do so by adding the sc parameter to the mount command, as described in step 7 in the installation procedure.

Installing the plug-in

To install the Rapid NFS plug-in, follow the steps below.

1. Download QuestRapidNFS-4.0.3317.0-x86_64.bin.gz from the website.
2. Unzip the package using the following gunzip command:

   gunzip QuestRapidNFS-4.0.3317.0-x86_64.bin.gz

3. Change the permission of the binary package to allow it to run:

   chmod +x QuestRapidNFS-4.0.3317.0-x86_64.bin

4. Install the Rapid NFS package. Before installing, remove the stale NFS entry.

   QuestRapidNFS-4.0.3317.0-x86_64.bin -install

5. Load the file system in user space (FUSE) module, if not already loaded:

   modprobe fuse 
   

6. Create a directory on the client. For example:

   mkdir /mnt/backup

7. Mount Rapid NFS as a file system type using the mount command. For example:

    mount -t rdnfs 10.0.0.1:/containers/backup /mnt/backup 
   

   To enable Secure Connect, mount Rapid NFS using the sc flag, as shown below:

   mount -t rdnfs 10.0.0.1:/containers/backup /mnt/backup sc,user=backup_user,password=<backup_user password>

   If you are using a DMA that supports a marker, set the marker by using -o in the mount command. For example, if you wanted to set the CommVault marker (cv):

   mount -t rdnfs 10.0.0.1:/containers/backup /mnt/backup -o marker=cv

   NOTE: If you want to do a mount on AIX, you must set the nfs_use_reserved_ports and portcheck parameters first. The parameters cannot be set to 0. For example: root@aixhost1 / # nfso -po portcheck=1 root@aixhost1 / # nfso -po nfs_use_reserved_ports=1