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HP D2D NAS
Integration with Symantec™ Backup Exec™
2010
Abstract
This guide provides step by step instructions on how to configure and optimize Symantec Backup Exec 2010 in order to back
up to HP D2D Backup Systems using a CIFS backup target.
HP Part Number: EH985-90932
Published: February 201 1
Edition: 1

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  • Page 1 Abstract This guide provides step by step instructions on how to configure and optimize Symantec Backup Exec 2010 in order to back up to HP D2D Backup Systems using a CIFS backup target. HP Part Number: EH985-90932 Published: February 201 1...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 201 1 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.21 1 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Configuring AD Authentication Mode..................6 To join a domain.........................6 To create shares and grant access permission................8 2 Configure Backup Exec to use D2D CIFS Share..........12 Create a D2D CIFS target for backup..................12 Create a Backup Exec Backup-to-disk folder................13 3 Configure a backup rotation scheme............18 To create a media set......................18...

  • Page 4: Configure The D2D Cifs Server

    Backup Exec media server is not a member of an AD Domain. AD: In this mode the D2D CIFS server becomes a member of an Active Directory Domain. In order to join an AD domain the user needs to provide credentials of a user who has permission to add computers and users to the AD domain.

  • Page 5: Configuring User Authentication Mode

    Configuring User Authentication mode Select the User authentication mode on the D2D Web Management Interface and click Update to create a local user account on the D2D Backup System. Provide a User Name and Password for the new user. Use Server Manager to create a correspondingly named user on the Windows server that hosts the Backup Exec Media server.

  • Page 6: Configuring Ad Authentication Mode

    Configure Backup Exec services to use the correct Domain account. To join a domain Connect to the D2D Web Management Interface, navigate to the NAS — CIFS Server page, click Edit and choose AD from the drop-down menu. Provide the name of the domain that you wish to join, e.g “mydomain.local”...
  • Page 7 DNS Management Tool. (From the command line type dnsmgmt.msc or launch DNS from the Administrative Tools menu). Create a new Host(A) record in the forward lookup zone for the domain to which the D2D Backup System belongs with the hostname and IP address of the D2D Backup System.

  • Page 8: To Create Shares And Grant Access Permission

    To create shares and grant access permission Now that the D2D Backup System is part of a domain and can be managed, it is possible to create shares and grant access permission to them for domain account users or groups.
  • Page 9 To this empty MMC window add the Shared Folders snap-in. Select File — Add/Remove Snap-in ..., then select Shared Folders from the left-hand pane. Click Add > and in the dialog box choose the computer to be managed and select Shares from the View options.
  • Page 10 Note that the Folder Path field contains an internal path on the D2D Backup System. Save this customized snap-in for future use. Select the Share Permissions tab and Add a user or group of users from the domain. Specify the level of permission that the users will receive and click Apply.
  • Page 11 NOTE: In some cases, when switching the D2D Backup System from No Authentication or User Authentication mode to AD mode, it may be necessary to log out and back into a Windows client before it is possible to access the D2D shares.

  • Page 12: Configure Backup Exec To Use D2D Cifs Share

    Create a D2D CIFS target for backup If a new D2D CIFS share has not already been created as part of the authentication configuration process in the previous section, it is now necessary to create a new CIFS NAS share.

  • Page 13: Create A Backup Exec Backup-To-Disk Folder

    Enter a name for this folder that Backup Exec will use to identify it. A best practice is to use the name of the D2D Backup System and share name in order to easily identify where this backup-to-disk folder resides.
  • Page 14 The next step is to provide the path to the backup-to-disk folder, this is the path to the CIFS share on the D2D Backup System. There is no need to mount the D2D CIFS share as a Windows drive letter because the full path including domain extension or IP address with share name will allow direct access to the D2D share.
  • Page 15 An exception to this rule is when D2D replication is being used when it may be beneficial to use a smaller file size in order to start replicating backup files before the whole backup completes. However this may reduce backup performance, if the D2D Backup System is heavily loaded with other backups or housekeeping processes.
  • Page 16 Windows operating system will report that the previous file is closed before the D2D Backup System actually closes the file. It is recommended that no more than four backup jobs run concurrently to a D2D share - the maximum number of concurrent jobs setting is used to prevent more than four concurrently open files.
  • Page 17 Once complete the Backup-To-Disk device will be created and presented on the Devices page in Backup Exec. At creation time two small configuration files will be created on the D2D CIFS share (Changer.cfg and Folder.cfg). Create a Backup Exec Backup-to-disk folder...

  • Page 18: Configure A Backup Rotation Scheme

    D2D CIFS share (25000), which should be more than adequate.
  • Page 19 To create these media sets, go to the Media page of the Backup Exec interface and select New Media Set from the Tasks panel. An example of a media set configuration for the Daily Incremental Backup is shown. It is also useful to change the Media overwrite options. From the Tools —...

  • Page 20: To Create Backup Policy

    To create backup policy Once media sets have been created, a new backup policy can be created from the Job Setup page on the Backup Exec User interface. There is a default backup policy that is similar to the required scheme in this example, so copying this provides a start point for modification. Once copied the new template can be renamed and edited to match the rotation scheme in the example, the policy already consists of three individual job templates for Daily, Weekly and Monthly backups.
  • Page 21 Select the backup method (Incremental, full, etc) Disable verify Set compression to either Hardware if available” or None. (The D2D Backup System will always deduplicate and compress the data; enabling software compression will slow the backup job and result in a worse deduplication ratio so should NOT be selected.) Lastly modify the schedule to meet the requirements of the template type.
  • Page 22 Once the three existing templates have been modified, a new Yearly template needs to be created using the same principles. The default template rules ensure that Weekly backups supersede Daily Backups and Monthly backups supersede Weekly backups, if start times conflict, and can remain. Three further rules can be created to ensure that Yearly backups supersede the other three backup types.
  • Page 23 The last step in the process is to create backup jobs based on the Policy and Selection Lists. Select the New Jobs Using this policy option from the tasks panel, then select the Selection lists for which jobs will be generated. The jobs will be created and will run according to the schedule and rotation scheme defined.

  • Page 24: Housekeeping Considerations

    Housekeeping considerations For the initial backups new Backup-To-Disk files will be created for every new backup, however, as soon as sessions reach their protection expiration, Backup Exec will overwrite each file in turn as a new job starts. Because the backups are configured to use one Backup-To-Disk file per backup the housekeeping process will not start until the new backup has completed and thus will not interfere with the backup.

  • Page 25: About This Guide

    System with D2D NAS CIFS shares using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Intended audience This guide is intended for users who install, operate and maintain the HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System. This guide assumes a basic working knowledge of Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and that it has been installed correctly by loading the appropriate Media Agents and licences.

  • Page 26: Hp Technical Support

    Table 1 Document conventions (continued) Convention Element Monospace text File and directory names System output Code Commands, their arguments, and argument values Monospace, italic text Code variables Command variables Monospace, bold text Emphasized monospace text WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death. CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
  • Page 27 To make comments and suggestions about product documentation, please send a message to storagedocs.feedback@hp.com. All submissions become the property of HP. Documentation feedback...

  • Page 28: Index

    Index access permissions, media set, AD authentication, configuring, audience, Pointer(PTR) record, authentication modes, related documentation, backup policy, backup rotation scheme best practices, services, 6, backup-to-disk folder, share best practice, 13, check accessible, symbols in text, check share accessible, technical support CIFS server, CIFS targety, service locator website,...

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