vRanger 7.8 - Integration Guide for DR Series Disk Backup Appliance

Rapid Data Access (RDA)

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.

Installing and configuring your Quest DR Series

Installing the DR Series hardware

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest DR Series documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing your Quest DR Series system, review the full set of documentation, including: • Setting Up Your Quest DR Series System • Quest DR Series Systems Getting Started Guide • Quest DR Series Owner’s Manual • Quest DR Series System Administrator Guide

Installing the DR Series hardware

Installing and configuring your Quest DR Series

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest DR Series documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing your Quest DR Series system, review the full set of documentation, including: • Setting Up Your Quest DR Series System • Quest DR Series Systems Getting Started Guide • Quest DR Series Owner’s Manual • Quest DR Series System Administrator Guide

Prerequisites

Before installing the DR Series appliance, ensure that the following requirements have been met:

•	You must use a supported version of vRanger and the DR Series system. For more information, see Product requirements for integration.

•	An active network with available Ethernet cables and connections.

•	If the system has a 1 GbE network interface card (NIC), connect all NIC ports on the NIC daughter card. If the system has a 10 GbE NIC, connect both the 10 GbE ports on the NIC daughter card. Do not connect to 1 GbE ports if there is a 10 GbE NIC available on the system.

•	Network values required are IP addressing, network mask, default gateway, DNS suffix, primary (and optional) DNS server, and host name. If DHCP is selected, these values are populated based on your DHCP configuration. If DHCP is not selected, the values must be manually configured.

•	Defaults for the DR Series are:

▪	Default Static System IP: 10.77.88.99

 

NOTE: Default static system IP is used only when there is no DHCP server. The default IP can be used to configure the system using a point-to-point NIC connection.

▪	Subnet mask IP: 255.0.0.0

▪	Default iDRAC IP: 192.168.0.120

 

NOTE: For iDRAC connection, the login name is root and password is calvin.

•	On the first boot, you must set up the network and the host name for the Quest DR Series system.

•	Connect the Quest DR Series system to a keyboard and monitor when you set up the system for the first time. After the operating system and network are configured, the system can be managed using a remote browser interface.

•	To set up the Quest DR Series system, use an account with administrator privileges.