Dell PowerVault 110T DLT1 Manual
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Page 1: Media Migration
Media migration Dell PowerVault DL backup to Disk Appliance powered by Symantec... -
Page 2: Executive Summary
Media Migration Executive summary During the operation of the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL backup to Disk Appliance Powered by Symantec Backup Exec™, it may become necessary to migrate or copy backup data from one appliance to another. Depending on the appliance configuration, this data may reside on disk, tape, or both. - Page 3 Figure 1: Example selection of a storage resource to be migrated From the DL Backup to Disk Appliance Console, launch Dell’s OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). Select Virtual Disks from the appropriate PERC 6/e Adapter as seen in Figure 2 and locate the hardware name of the resource to be migrated as determined in step 1.a.
- Page 4 Media Migration Figure 2: OMSA view of storage resource to be migrated Determine and make note of which physical disks the Disk Group is comprised of by either 1) using the Blink task (see Figure 3) and then manually viewing the physical drives (now blinking) associated with the resource on the MD1000 Storage Enclosure;...
- Page 5 Media Migration Figure 3: Selection of the Blink task in OMSA Figure 4: Physical disks associated with the resource to be migrated...
- Page 6 From the target PowerVault DL Appliance Console, launch Dell’s OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool. Import the migrated Disk Group(s) using OMSA. Refer to the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) User Guide for specific steps. Note: Use the OMSA procedure for importing foreign configurations.
- Page 7 Media Migration Cataloging the migrated disk group The virtual disks contained in the migrated Disk Group must be cataloged in Backup Exec once the virtual disks have been imported and inventoried on the new PowerVault DL Appliance. Cataloging the virtual disks allows Backup Exec to read and store the information contained in the virtual disks which includes: •...
- Page 8 Media Migration It may be necessary to migrate backup sets stored on tape media from one PowerVault DL Appliance to another. In order to migrate tape media from one appliance to another, the tape media must be exported from the tape library attached to the original appliance.
- Page 9 Media Migration On the PowerVault DL Appliance that you wish to import the tape media into, you must create an import media job to insert media into your robotic library so that the Backup Exec database is updated. The Backup Exec import media job fully supports robotic libraries with portals.
- Page 10 Media Migration then select Auto-inventory after import is completed. Run Now to have the import media operation run. Select Cataloging migrated tape media The tape media must be cataloged once the tape media has been imported and inventoried on the new PowerVault DL Appliance.
- Page 11 Media Migration Launch Backup Exec 12.5 and install the correct number of Library Expansion Option licenses to support the PowerVault Tape Library. On the navigation bar, click Devices. Select the robotic library. Click Inventory. The tape library will inventory each cartridge within the library.
- Page 12 Media Migration Copying Data Sets Specific media sets can be copied from one PowerVault DL Appliance to another. Copying sets involves the duplicate operation to copy media sets from one appliance to another. Perform the following steps to copy media sets from one appliance to another: On the source appliance, create a backup-to-disk folder where the data will reside on the target appliance.
- Page 13 Media Migration folders as the local path on the appliance set in Step 1. Complete the wizard. Devices tab from Backup Exec. Right-click Select the the backup-to-disk folder created in the previous step and select Inventory from the pop-up menu. Once the backup-todisk folder has been inventoried, the contents must be cataloged.
- Page 14 Media Migration Disk Group(s) from other systems (e.g., another Dell PowerEdge Server with attached storage enclosures) may be migrated to a PowerVault DL Appliance. Perform the following steps to migrate a Disk Group from one system to a targeted PowerVault DL Appliance: Determine the Disk Group for migration.
- Page 15 PowerVault DL Appliance. Summary The need to migrate or copy backup data from one Dell PowerVault DL Appliance to another is handled via straightforward processes and procedures. Depending on the appliance configuration, this data may reside on disk, tape, or both. The procedures contained herein provide a direct...