• vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
Integrating vRanger with a Quest DR Series appliance is achieved by adding the DR Series appliance to vRanger as a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository. The following steps describe the integration process at a high level, and provide links to the remaining topics for more exploration. Before implementing this solution in a production environment, read this information thoroughly.
1 Confirm integration requirements: Before starting the integration, confirm that you are using supported versions of vRanger and the DR Series software. For more information, see Product requirements for integration.
2 Install and configure the DR Series: To install your DR Series and integrate with vRanger, perform the following operations:
▪ Install the DR Series hardware: Assemble the rails, and install and connect the DR Series to your infrastructure.
▪ Log in and initialize the DR Series: Log in to the DR Series system CLI by using a local console keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) connection or an iDRAC connection. Configure your system network settings using the Initial System Configuration Wizard.
▪ Configure network settings: Ensure that you have an active network connection and a fully configured IP address.
▪ Register and configure your DR Series: Log in to the web interface and complete the registration process and Initial System Configuration Wizard, which includes password administration, Active Directory connection, and additional network configuration.
▪ Create a storage container: Containers function like a shared file system, which can be assigned a connection type of None (to be defined later), NFS/CIFS, or RDA (includes Rapid Data Storage [RDS] clients). Containers can then be accessed using Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), or RDA.
3 Install vRanger: Using the vRanger installer, install vRanger on a machine meeting the vRanger system requirements. For a high-level overview of the vRanger installation process, see Installing vRanger. For more information, see the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.
4 Create a Quest RDA repository: After vRanger is installed, add the DR Series to vRanger as a Quest RDA repository. Any backup written to this repository is deduplicated according to your DR Series configuration.
Product requirements for integration
To integrate vRanger with a DR Series appliance, you must be using one of the following supported product versions:
▪ 7.1 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for CIFS/NFS only
The following topics provide an overview of vRanger and the Quest DR Series appliances, and important information about the licensing required to integrate the two products.
What is vRanger?
vRanger is the leading VMware� data protection solution that also backs up and recovers Windows� physical servers and files with blazing speed and minimal storage requirements. With vRanger, you get comprehensive protection for both virtual and physical environments that you can manage from one intuitive interface.
vRanger has historically supported the Quest DR Series systems as repositories, but required that the Quest DR Series system was configured as an NFS share. vRanger extends this functionality to support the more advanced functionality offered by the DR Series, and allow direct configuration of Quest RDA repositories.
For virtual machine (VM) backup, a license for vRanger controls the number of source CPUs that you can configure for backup. For licensing purposes, a multi-core processor is counted as a single CPU. For physical backup, each server protected consumes one physical backup license.
Every VMware� ESXi� host for which vRanger is expected to provide protection must be properly licensed, both by VMware and in the vRanger Host Licensing tab.
The DR Series system is a high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance that is simple to deploy and manage, and offers unsurpassed Total Cost of Ownership benefits. Features such as innovative firmware and an all-inclusive licensing model ensure optimal functionality and the assurance of no hidden costs for desired future features.
Using Quest deduplication and compression algorithm technology, this system can achieve data reduction levels averaging 15:1. This reduction in data results in less incremental storage needs and a smaller backup footprint. By removing redundant data, the system provides deduplication and compression that delivers:
• Fast, reliable backup and restore functionality.
• Reduces media usage and power and cooling requirements.
• Improves overall data protection and retention costs.
• Reduces overall network traffic — as only unique data is transmitted.
• Allows for increased scalability through the addition of more RDA capable devices.
The benefits of data deduplication can be extended across the enterprise — through the deduplicated replication function — to provide a complete backup solution for multi-site environments.
Shorter Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and more attainable Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) can be assured as critical backup data remains on disk and online longer. Capital and administrative costs are diminished at the same time as internal service-level agreements (SLAs) are more easily met.
The DR Series includes the following:
• Advanced data protection and disaster recovery.
• Simple management interface — using the system GUI.
• Wide variety of data backup installations and environments.
The Quest DR Series contains data backup and management software preinstalled on a Quest hardware appliance, which provides you with a robust disk-based data backup capability installed on a deduplication-enabled appliance.
The system supports two interface types, and the system software manages the storage containers using the following interfaces:
• A command line interface (CLI)
• vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
Integrating vRanger with a Quest DR Series appliance is achieved by adding the DR Series appliance to vRanger as a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository. The following steps describe the integration process at a high level, and provide links to the remaining topics for more exploration. Before implementing this solution in a production environment, read this information thoroughly.
1 Confirm integration requirements: Before starting the integration, confirm that you are using supported versions of vRanger and the DR Series software. For more information, see Product requirements for integration.
2 Install and configure the DR Series: To install your DR Series and integrate with vRanger, perform the following operations:
▪ Install the DR Series hardware: Assemble the rails, and install and connect the DR Series to your infrastructure.
▪ Log in and initialize the DR Series: Log in to the DR Series system CLI by using a local console keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) connection or an iDRAC connection. Configure your system network settings using the Initial System Configuration Wizard.
▪ Configure network settings: Ensure that you have an active network connection and a fully configured IP address.
▪ Register and configure your DR Series: Log in to the web interface and complete the registration process and Initial System Configuration Wizard, which includes password administration, Active Directory connection, and additional network configuration.
▪ Create a storage container: Containers function like a shared file system, which can be assigned a connection type of None (to be defined later), NFS/CIFS, or RDA (includes Rapid Data Storage [RDS] clients). Containers can then be accessed using Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), or RDA.
3 Install vRanger: Using the vRanger installer, install vRanger on a machine meeting the vRanger system requirements. For a high-level overview of the vRanger installation process, see Installing vRanger. For more information, see the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.
4 Create a Quest RDA repository: After vRanger is installed, add the DR Series to vRanger as a Quest RDA repository. Any backup written to this repository is deduplicated according to your DR Series configuration.
Product requirements for integration
To integrate vRanger with a DR Series appliance, you must be using one of the following supported product versions:
▪ 7.1 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for CIFS/NFS only
The following topics provide an overview of vRanger and the Quest DR Series appliances, and important information about the licensing required to integrate the two products.
What is vRanger?
vRanger is the leading VMware� data protection solution that also backs up and recovers Windows� physical servers and files with blazing speed and minimal storage requirements. With vRanger, you get comprehensive protection for both virtual and physical environments that you can manage from one intuitive interface.
vRanger has historically supported the Quest DR Series systems as repositories, but required that the Quest DR Series system was configured as an NFS share. vRanger extends this functionality to support the more advanced functionality offered by the DR Series, and allow direct configuration of Quest RDA repositories.
For virtual machine (VM) backup, a license for vRanger controls the number of source CPUs that you can configure for backup. For licensing purposes, a multi-core processor is counted as a single CPU. For physical backup, each server protected consumes one physical backup license.
Every VMware� ESXi� host for which vRanger is expected to provide protection must be properly licensed, both by VMware and in the vRanger Host Licensing tab.
The DR Series system is a high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance that is simple to deploy and manage, and offers unsurpassed Total Cost of Ownership benefits. Features such as innovative firmware and an all-inclusive licensing model ensure optimal functionality and the assurance of no hidden costs for desired future features.
Using Quest deduplication and compression algorithm technology, this system can achieve data reduction levels averaging 15:1. This reduction in data results in less incremental storage needs and a smaller backup footprint. By removing redundant data, the system provides deduplication and compression that delivers:
• Fast, reliable backup and restore functionality.
• Reduces media usage and power and cooling requirements.
• Improves overall data protection and retention costs.
• Reduces overall network traffic — as only unique data is transmitted.
• Allows for increased scalability through the addition of more RDA capable devices.
The benefits of data deduplication can be extended across the enterprise — through the deduplicated replication function — to provide a complete backup solution for multi-site environments.
Shorter Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and more attainable Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) can be assured as critical backup data remains on disk and online longer. Capital and administrative costs are diminished at the same time as internal service-level agreements (SLAs) are more easily met.
The DR Series includes the following:
• Advanced data protection and disaster recovery.
• Simple management interface — using the system GUI.
• Wide variety of data backup installations and environments.
The Quest DR Series contains data backup and management software preinstalled on a Quest hardware appliance, which provides you with a robust disk-based data backup capability installed on a deduplication-enabled appliance.
The system supports two interface types, and the system software manages the storage containers using the following interfaces:
• A command line interface (CLI)
• vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
vRanger integration quick start for Quest� DR Series
Integrating vRanger with a Quest DR Series appliance is achieved by adding the DR Series appliance to vRanger as a Quest Rapid Data Access (RDA) repository. The following steps describe the integration process at a high level, and provide links to the remaining topics for more exploration. Before implementing this solution in a production environment, read this information thoroughly.
1 Confirm integration requirements: Before starting the integration, confirm that you are using supported versions of vRanger and the DR Series software. For more information, see Product requirements for integration.
2 Install and configure the DR Series: To install your DR Series and integrate with vRanger, perform the following operations:
▪ Install the DR Series hardware: Assemble the rails, and install and connect the DR Series to your infrastructure.
▪ Log in and initialize the DR Series: Log in to the DR Series system CLI by using a local console keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) connection or an iDRAC connection. Configure your system network settings using the Initial System Configuration Wizard.
▪ Configure network settings: Ensure that you have an active network connection and a fully configured IP address.
▪ Register and configure your DR Series: Log in to the web interface and complete the registration process and Initial System Configuration Wizard, which includes password administration, Active Directory connection, and additional network configuration.
▪ Create a storage container: Containers function like a shared file system, which can be assigned a connection type of None (to be defined later), NFS/CIFS, or RDA (includes Rapid Data Storage [RDS] clients). Containers can then be accessed using Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), or RDA.
3 Install vRanger: Using the vRanger installer, install vRanger on a machine meeting the vRanger system requirements. For a high-level overview of the vRanger installation process, see Installing vRanger. For more information, see the Quest vRanger Installation/Upgrade Guide.
4 Create a Quest RDA repository: After vRanger is installed, add the DR Series to vRanger as a Quest RDA repository. Any backup written to this repository is deduplicated according to your DR Series configuration.
Product requirements for integration
To integrate vRanger with a DR Series appliance, you must be using one of the following supported product versions:
▪ 7.1 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for RDA integration
▪ 4.0.3 or later — for CIFS/NFS only
The following topics provide an overview of vRanger and the Quest DR Series appliances, and important information about the licensing required to integrate the two products.
What is vRanger?
vRanger is the leading VMware� data protection solution that also backs up and recovers Windows� physical servers and files with blazing speed and minimal storage requirements. With vRanger, you get comprehensive protection for both virtual and physical environments that you can manage from one intuitive interface.
vRanger has historically supported the Quest DR Series systems as repositories, but required that the Quest DR Series system was configured as an NFS share. vRanger extends this functionality to support the more advanced functionality offered by the DR Series, and allow direct configuration of Quest RDA repositories.
For virtual machine (VM) backup, a license for vRanger controls the number of source CPUs that you can configure for backup. For licensing purposes, a multi-core processor is counted as a single CPU. For physical backup, each server protected consumes one physical backup license.
Every VMware� ESXi� host for which vRanger is expected to provide protection must be properly licensed, both by VMware and in the vRanger Host Licensing tab.
The DR Series system is a high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance that is simple to deploy and manage, and offers unsurpassed Total Cost of Ownership benefits. Features such as innovative firmware and an all-inclusive licensing model ensure optimal functionality and the assurance of no hidden costs for desired future features.
Using Quest deduplication and compression algorithm technology, this system can achieve data reduction levels averaging 15:1. This reduction in data results in less incremental storage needs and a smaller backup footprint. By removing redundant data, the system provides deduplication and compression that delivers:
• Fast, reliable backup and restore functionality.
• Reduces media usage and power and cooling requirements.
• Improves overall data protection and retention costs.
• Reduces overall network traffic — as only unique data is transmitted.
• Allows for increased scalability through the addition of more RDA capable devices.
The benefits of data deduplication can be extended across the enterprise — through the deduplicated replication function — to provide a complete backup solution for multi-site environments.
Shorter Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and more attainable Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) can be assured as critical backup data remains on disk and online longer. Capital and administrative costs are diminished at the same time as internal service-level agreements (SLAs) are more easily met.
The DR Series includes the following:
• Advanced data protection and disaster recovery.
• Simple management interface — using the system GUI.
• Wide variety of data backup installations and environments.
The Quest DR Series contains data backup and management software preinstalled on a Quest hardware appliance, which provides you with a robust disk-based data backup capability installed on a deduplication-enabled appliance.
The system supports two interface types, and the system software manages the storage containers using the following interfaces:
• A command line interface (CLI)
Understanding the Quest DR Series
• Available DR Series configurations
• DR Series features and concepts
IMPORTANT: The information presented in this topic is a summary of the full documentation. For more information, see the vRanger and Quest DR Series documentation.
Available DR Series configurations
The Quest DR Series system is a solution designed to reduce your backup data footprint using several comprehensive backup and deduplication operations that optimize storage savings.
The DR Series system consists of the following components:
• Software: The system software supports record linkage and context-based lossless data compression methods.
• Hardware/VM: Following are the hardware and virtual appliance (VA) types that support the DR Series:
▪ DR2000v system: A VM template in various capacities for VMware� ESXi� and Hyper-V� that can be deployed on our existing VM infrastructure.
▪ DR Series appliance: A rack-based appliance available in various configurations.
▪ Expansion shelf: The hardware system appliance supports the addition of external Quest PowerVault MD1200 data storage expansion shelf enclosures.
DR Series features and concepts
This topic provides an overview of the primary features and concepts in the Quest DR Series appliance.
• Deduplication and compression
The DR Series design uses various data-reduction technologies, including advanced deduplication algorithms, in addition to the generic and custom compression solutions that prove effective across many differing file types. Data deduplication and compression is addressed in the following areas:
• DR Series appliances: The DR Series backup and recovery appliances provide both efficient and high-performance disk-based data protection to leverage the advanced deduplication and compression capabilities in the DR Series software. Based on technology that is now part of the Quest Data Protection strategy, the DR Series provides a key component that performs backup, recovery, and data protection operations.
• Deduplication: This technology eliminates redundant copies of data and in the process it decreases disk capacity requirements and reduces the bandwidth needed for data transfer. Deduplication can be a major asset for companies that are dealing with increasing data volumes and require a means for optimizing their data protection.
• Compression: This technology reduces the size of data that is stored, protected, and transmitted. Compression helps companies improve their backup and recovery times while helping reduce infrastructure and network resource constraints.
In general, the DR Series appliances are Purpose Built Backup Appliances (PBBA) that offer advanced deduplication and compression capabilities to reduce the time and cost associated with backing up and restoring data. Based on deduplication and compression technology, the DR Series eliminates the need to maintain multiple copies of the same data. This product lets customers keep more data online longer and reduce the need for tape backup dependency.
Using its deduplication and compression technology, the DR Series can help achieve an expected data reduction ratio of 15:1. Achieving this reduction in data means that you need fewer incremental storage operations to run and it provides you with a smaller backup footprint. By removing redundant data, the DR Series deliver fast reliable backup and restore functionality, reduce media usage and power and cooling requirements, and improve your overall data protection and retention costs.
You can extend the benefits of data deduplication across the enterprise as well — using the DR Series deduplication replication function — to provide a complete backup solution for multi-site environments. With 32:1 deduplicated replication, up to 32 DR Series appliances can be replicated simultaneously to separate, individual containers on one central DR Series appliance. The DR Series uses compression with replication to shrink the data that is needed to be moved across the wire to a container.
Replication is the process by which the same key data is saved from multiple storage locations, with the goal being to maintain consistency between redundant resources in data storage environments. Data replication improves the level of fault-tolerance, which improves the reliability of maintaining saved data and permits accessibility to the same stored data. The DR Series system uses an active form of replication that lets you configure a primary-backup scheme. During replication, the system processes data storage requests from a specified source to a specified replica target, which acts as a replica of the original source data. This replica can then be cascaded optionally to a third location called a Cascaded replica for an additional copy.
Replicas and Cascaded replicas are read-only and are updated with new or unique data during scheduled or manual replications. The DR Series system can be considered to act as a form of a storage replication process in which the backup and deduplication data is replicated in real time or using a scheduled window in a network environment. In a replication relationship between two or three DR Series systems, this configuration means that a relationship exists between several systems. One system acts as the source and the other as a replica, with an optional third cascaded replica if you have chosen to keep two instances of replicated data in your backup workflow.
The DR Series supports the following file system protocols:
• Common Internet File System (CIFS)
RDA is developed by Quest and provides a logical disk interface for use with network storage devices. RDS allows for better coordination and integration between DR Series backup, restore, and optimized duplication operations with vRanger and Quest NetVault Backup.
The DR Series and vRanger integration is done using the Rapid OFS (ROFS) plug-in developed by Quest. The ROFS plug-in allows vRanger control over backup image creation, deletion, and duplication. RDS allows deduplication operations to happen on the client-side so that network traffic can be reduced.
The RDS protocol allows the supported backup applications to communicate directly with the DR Series and determine whether a specific chunk of data exists on the system. If the data exists, only the pointers need to be updated on the DR Series, and the duplicate chunk of data does not need to be transferred to the system. This process provides two benefits: it improves the overall backup speed, and also reduces the network load.
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