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DR Series Software 3.2.6 - Administrator Guide

Introduction to the DR Series System Documentation Understanding the DR Series System Setting Up the DR Series System Hardware Configuring the DR Series System Settings Managing DR Series Storage Operations Monitoring the DR Series System Using Global View Using the DR Series System Support Options Configuring and Using Rapid NFS and Rapid CIFS Configuring and Using Rapid Data Access with Dell NetVault Backup and with Dell vRanger Configuring and Using RDA with OST
Understanding RDA with OST Guidelines Terminology Supported RDA with OST Software and Components Best Practices: RDA with OST and the DR Series System Setting Client-Side Optimization Configuring an LSU Installing the RDA with OST Plug-In Configuring DR Series System Information Using NetBackup Backing Up Data From a DR Series System (NetBackup) Using Backup Exec With a DR Series System (Windows) Understanding the OST CLI Commands Understanding RDA with OST Plug-In Diagnostic Logs Collecting Diagnostics Using a Linux Utility Guidelines for Gathering Media Server Information
Configuring and Using VTL Configuring and Using Encryption at Rest Troubleshooting and Maintenance Supported Ports in a DR Series System Getting Help

The Dell 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 provide the assurance of no hidden costs for valuable future features.

 
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, later references in this guide to "the system" or "DR Series system" are used interchangeably to represent the Dell DR Series system.

A purpose-built disk platform, the DR Series system provides advanced deduplication and compression technology to store data most efficiently. The DR Series hardware appliances are 2U, rack-based, system backup storage repositories, that include deduplication and compression technology in their operating systems. A virtual machine (VM) version is also available (that is combined with a DR Series hardware appliance) to provide robust, disk-based data backup capability on VMs, while taking advantage of a deduplication-enabled appliance.

Using Dell deduplication and compression algorithm technology, a DR Series system can achieve data reduction levels ranging from 10:1 to 15:1. This reduction in data results in less incremental storage needs and a smaller backup footprint. By taking advantage of deduplication and compression features and removing redundant data, the system:

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Delivers fast, reliable backup and restore functionality
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Reduces media usage and power and cooling requirements
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Improves overall data protection and retention costs

The benefits of data deduplication can be extended across the enterprise—through the deduplicated replication functionality—to provide a complete backup solution for multi-site environments. The shorter Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and attainable Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) are also 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 system includes the following features:

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Advanced data protection and disaster recovery
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Two management interfaces, a command line interface (CLI) or a system graphical user interface (GUI) for the system software to manage storage containers
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Wide variety of data backup installations and environments
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A simple installation process that provides full, intuitive remote setup and management capabilities

The DR Series system is available in a variety of drive capacities and is ideal for SMB, enterprise, and remote office environments. For details about specific drive capacities and types available in the DR Series system, see the DR Series System Interoperability Guide or the latest DR Series System Release Notes.

 
NOTE: DR Series system hardware also supports the use of external data storage expansion shelves (also known as expansion enclosures). An added expansion shelf enclosure must be equal to or greater than each DR Series system internal drive slot capacity (0–11). For more information about expansion enclosures, see the topic, “Expansion Unit Limits,” in the Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide and the related Expansion Shelf topics in this guide.
 
 

About the DR Series System

About the DR Series System

The Dell DR Series system is a backup and recovery solution designed to reduce your backup data footprint by using a number of comprehensive backup and deduplication operations that optimize storage savings. The DR Series system is available in the following models:

DR2000v—a Virtual Machine (VM) template for ESX and Hyper-V.
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DR4000—which consists of pre-installed DR Series system software on a Dell PowerEdge R510 appliance platform.
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DR4100—which consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a Dell PowerEdge R720xd appliance platform.
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DR6000—which consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a Dell PowerEdge R720xd appliance platform. This differs from the DR4100 by including a higher level of base system hardware.
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DR4300e—which consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a modified Dell PowerEdge R730xd appliance platform.
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DR4300—which consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a modified Dell PowerEdge R730xd appliance platform and offers a higher base capacity than the DR4300e.
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DR6300—which consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a modified Dell R730xd appliance platform and offers a higher base capacity than the DR4300.

The DR Series system consists of the following components:

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Software — System software is pre-installed, which supports record linkage and context-based lossless data compression methods.
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Hardware/VM — The hardware and virtual appliances that support the DR Series systems are listed below:
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DR2000v system: a VM template in various capacities for ESX and HyperV that can be deployed on existing VM infrastructure.
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DR4000 system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and two cabled 2.5-inch SAS drives for the operating system. The operating system is installed on two 2.5–inch internal drives that are in a RAID 1 configuration in the DR4000 system.
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DR4100 system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and includes two 2.5-inch drives that are hot-pluggable in the rear.
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DR6000 system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and includes two 2.5-inch drives that are hot-pluggable in the rear.
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DR4300e system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and includes two 2.5-inch drives that are hot-pluggable in the rear.
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DR4300 system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and includes two 2.5-inch drives that are hot-pluggable in the rear.
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DR6300 system: Includes twelve 3.5–inch SAS or Nearline SAS chassis drives that are hot-swappable, two power supplies for power redundancy, and includes two 2.5-inch drives that are hot-pluggable in the rear.
 
NOTE: For the DR4000, DR4100 and DR6000 systems, there is a global hot spare for both OS and data drives. For the DR4300e, DR4300 and DR6300 systems, there is a dedicated hot spare for data drives only (and not for OS drives).
 
NOTE: For slot locations for the twelve 3.5–inch drives in the hardware appliance-based DR Series system types, see the topic, “DR Series System and Data Operations.”
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Expansion shelf—The hardware system appliance supports the addition of external Dell PowerVault MD1200 (for DR4000, DR4100, DR6000 systems) and MD1400 (for DR4300e, DR4300, DR6300 systems) data storage expansion shelf enclosures. Adding an expansion shelf provides additional data storage for the DR Series system and also requires a license. Each added expansion shelf enclosure must be equal to or greater than each DR Series system internal drive slot capacity (0–11). For more information, see the topic, “Expansion Unit Limits,” in the Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide and the related Expansion Shelf topics in this guide.
Drive and Available Physical Capacities

The internal system drive capacity and available physical capacities of the DR Series system vary, depending on the system type and the drives installed. For details, see the Dell DR Series System Interoperability Guide, which describes the internal system drive capacity and available physical capacity (in decimal and binary values) in the hardware DR Series systems. It also includes the available capacities per virtual machine operating system (OS) for the DR2000v.

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DR Series Data Storage Concepts

DR Series Data Storage Concepts

Encryption at Rest
Streams vs. Connections
Replication
Replication Seeding
Reverse Replication
Reverse Replication: Alternate Method

The topics in this section present several key data storage terms and concepts that help you to better understand the role that the DR Series system plays in meeting your data storage needs.

 
 
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