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NetVault Plug-in for NDMP 11.1 - Application Notes for Hitachi NAS

Installation and configuration prerequisites

Installation prerequisites

In addition to the installation prerequisites covered in the Quest NetVault Backup Plug‑in for NDMP User’s Guide, verify that the following requirements are met:

Hardware requirements: For information about Hitachi NAS (HNAS) Servers, see the Hitachi Data Systems website at: http://www.hds.com
Software requirements: For information about software requirements and supported filer operating systems, see the Quest NetVault Backup Compatibility Guide available at: https://support.quest.com/technical-documents
NOTE: The installation and configuration procedures are described in the Quest NetVault Backup Plug‑in for NDMP User’s Guide.

Configuration prerequisites

In addition to the configuration prerequisites covered in the Quest NetVault Backup Plug‑in for NDMP User’s Guide, verify that the following requirements are met:

Start the NDMP Service: On the Hitachi NAS Server, configure the NDMP services to start at boot time.
Create a user account for NDMP backups and restores: Create a user named “ndmp” on the filer using either the HNAS command line interface or web interface. Consult the relevant filer documentation for instructions on creating a user account. Log in with this user account when adding the NDMP Server or reconfiguring the plug-in authentication details.
Configure NDMP options on the Hitachi NAS filer: Before adding the Hitachi NAS filer to the NetVault Backup Server, configure the following NDMP options on the filer.
Set SCSI Reserve/Release to “None”: ndmp-option reserve_devices none
Set Mover Window Adjust to “None”: ndmp-option mover_window_adjust none
Assign aliases to devices: Before adding the Hitachi NAS filer to the NetVault Backup Server, assign aliases to devices.
You can use the CLI command ndmp‑device-assigned-name-set to assign aliases. Use the device node name, such as mt_d0l1. Do not use the subsystem or absolute path, such as /dev/mt_d0l1.
Configure the “NDMP Server Type” setting: This setting is only applicable to filers running BlueArc OS or HNAS firmware 8.x and later. It is configured while adding the NDMP Server to specify the backup mode for the filer. The plug-in client offers the following selections in the NDMP Server Type list:
Allocate the backup device to the Hitachi NAS Server: After adding a device to the NetVault Backup Server, allocate this device to the Hitachi NAS Server. To complete this step, see the relevant filer documentation.

Assumptions

It is assumed that the users implementing the procedures described in this document have expertise in the following areas:

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