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1. 0 20 20 0 ccc cc eec cece cee ceececeeecees 125 Navigating the vmPRO Alerts Console 0 0 0 0 0 cece cece eee e eee e eee ce eee e eee ceececeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeees 130 Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 2 0 2 20 ccc cececcececcececceceecectececcececsececceceeeese 132 vmPRO GUI The following is an overview of the functions and options you can access from the Quantum vmPRO GUI Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 103 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Home Console The Home console displays a general status of the appliance including active alerts activity over the last 24 hours summaries of the servers and virtual machines VMs that the vmPRO device is managing and network throughput VMs Console The VMs console displays status information about the VMs that are resident on the appliance From this console you can modify a VM s settings select to use the Auto Export feature manage folders and manage servers and nodes Alerts Console The Alerts console displays a list of current and past alerts Use this console to manage vmPRO alerts Tasks Console The Tasks console displays backup and recovery information as well as history for these tasks From this console you can manage backup and recovery tasks and backup policies vmPRO GUI Menus Use the vmPRO GUI menus to access your appliance s SmartMotion features and operational controls to configure your appliance and to access help topics Refresh Butto
2. In the Resources pane locate the Provisioned Storage field Record the value in the Provisioned Storage field This value is the amount of provisioned storage for the VM 5 Repeat this process to record the provisioned storage for each VM to be backed up by the vmPRO appliance 6 Add all of the provisioned storage values together to calculate your vmPRO appliance s capacity needs Calculate your capacity needs using the vSphere Web Client 1 Open the vSphere Web Client Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 16 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing 2 From vCenter Inventory Lists select Virtual Machines to display the list of VMs within the vCenter Figure 13 Virtual Machines Grid ware vSphere Web Client Administrator VSPHERELOCAL Help Navigator X CG Virtual Machines 4 vCenter Inventory Lists LO Objects Virtual Machines Batid p Go pActions F a Filter ad Name State Status Provisioned Space Used Space Host CPI Gp vCenter6H2SJC1 Powered On Normal 601 53 GB 351 01 GB 737 Mt ee a Gp hy 33RC PoweredOn Normal 25 48 GB 17 86 GB 75 MH E AUT Win2003 FAT b 2 Gp hy i365 vsphere60 Powered On Normal 9 42 GB 5 43 GB 1 615 1 E AUT_win2003_FAT 10 3 GB hy 4 Powered Off Normal 4 84 GB 13 MB 0 MHz Ei AUT_win2003_FAT b 4 Gp hy win_2008r2 vsan_2 15TB PoweredOn Normal 1 53 TB 1543 GB OMHz EH AUT Win2003 FAT32 i Gh AUT Win2003 FAT32 PoweredOff Normal 23
3. Quantum vmPRO A Home aws A Alerts Il E Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help F gt Refresh Filesystem Contents as of Thu Jan 16 2014 10 34 07 AM Virtual Machines Folders Resources Servers Nodes o esx Label or Hostname Total Size of Exported VMs 10 20 85 10 1166 0 GB g x a Configure Configure 3 Inthe Servers pane review the list of servers configured for the vmPRO appliance 4 Inthe Servers pane click Configure to display the Configure Server List dialog box Use this dialog box to add ESX servers edit servers or delete servers See Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console Note You must add vCenter servers using the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard See Configuring a vCenter Server for a vmPRO Appliance 5 Inthe Nodes pane review the following information for all nodes assigned to the master appliance Column Description Label or Hostname The label or IP address assigned to the node Total Size of Exported VMs The total size of the VM disks that have been exported to the node s export directory and are available for SmartMotion backup 6 Inthe Nodes pane click Configure to display the Configure Node List dialog box Use this dialog box to edit a node s label email a notification regarding a node or delete a node See Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console vmPRO Auto Export Feature The vmPRO Auto Export feature automatically enables SmartView a
4. Browse this backup for Exchange edb file and transaction log directory Edb file No file selected Browse Log dir Use the same location as edb file a Click Browse Edb file to display the Select edb file dialog box Navigate to the edb file for the mailbox to recover select it and click OK to return to the Exchange Recovery Wizard c Click Browse Log dir to display the Select log directory dialog box d Navigate to the log directory for the mailbox to recover select it and click OK to return to the Exchange Recovery Wizard e Click Next to display the vCenter ESX server information page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 184 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Figure 141 vCenter ESX server information Page D Exchange Recovery Wizard x vCenter ESX server information Specify the vSphere server that is hosting the Exchange Server VM you wish to recover to Hostname Port 443 VMware User VMware Password ama mma me 3 In the following fields enter the credentials for the vSphere server that is hosting the Exchange server VM to recover Field Description Hostname The vSphere server s host name VMware User The user name needed to access the vSphere server VMware Password The password needed to access the vSphere server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 185 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 4 Click Next to display the Target Exchange Ser
5. Enable HotAdd Transport for all folders by default Select to enable HotAdd Transport for all folders within your vmPRO appliance See HotAdd Transport and Your vmPRO Appliance Skip reading of page file and swap partitions during backup For improved overall disk I O savings during a SmartMotion backup select this setting to enable Progressive Optimization to skip reading blocks of data associated with temporary transitional files on VMs See About vmPRO Advanced Settings Allow a SmartMotion backup to run even if the same policy is already running Select this setting to do the following e Start another scheduled SmartMotion backup of a policy even if that same policy is currently running e Start another SmartMotion backup immediately after a long running backup more than 24 hours has completed This method is not the preferred backup method and is not enabled by default 1Examples include virtual memory paging files and temporary files created during software installation Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 97 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Disallow backups when there is not enough datastore space for snapshot Select this setting to enable the vmPRO appliance to display an alert and stop a backup when the datastore is at a certain percentage of its total accessible capacity Inthe Allow no more than lt x gt datastore capacity field enter the percentage at which the vmPRO needs
6. Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration 3 Add vmPRO appliances to the group See Configuring vmP RO Groups The capacity based license is applied to all vmPRO appliances in the group Configuring vmPRO Groups When you configure a group for your network s multiple vmPRO appliances you need to first assign a vmPRO appliance as the master from which to manage all other appliances Once a master is defined you can add appliances to the group Configure groups from your VMware vSphere Client console Assign avmPRO appliance as the group s master appliance 1 Login to the VMware vSphere Client console for the vmPRO appliance to assign as the group s master 2 Display the Network Configuration screen See Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance 3 Select Group Membership and press Enter to display the Change Group Membership screen Figure 55 Change Group Membership Screen Create Group Change Group Membership 4 Arrow to Create a new group and press the spacebar to assign the current vmPRO appliance as the group master 5 Press Enter to save the assignment and exit the screen Assign vmPRO appliances to a group 1 Login to the VMware vSphere Client console for the vmPRO appliance to assign to a group 2 Display the Network Configuration screen See Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 59 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration
7. Virtual Machines Tab Quantum vmPRO Home A Alerts Mi Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help Refresh Filesystem Contents as of Wed May 7 2014 12 24 49 PM Virtual Machines Folders Resources Edit Selected VMs tax Select Columns V Automatically export new vits Name Size Exported VSS Log r CBT Gi 2 2 3 1363 upgrade 8 0 GB o amp Bi 201skSemetiome 1 068 mm a 3 1 2 6609 Gary 12 0 GB O amp ww 3 1 2 Gary 12 0 GB ino KJ KJ Gi GBEmptyThick 8 0 GB w o KO Gf aBEXT2EMptyThick 8 0 GB Dm tf Ka eowrutrthick 8 0 08 mw E EGENTFSEMptyThiek sowe NO KI KI KI Obytes NGI E Gg ka 62 0 GB mm o KO 2 0 08 no KO 12 068 mm a Gi another 10 disks vm 10 0 MB Dm g Gi another 10 disks vee 2 10 0 MB o 60 w E another 10 disks vit 3 10 0 MB E g E BAD Corrupt VMDK Obytes NO O amp g VM Name Exported Server Quiesce Enabled Folder Changed Block Tracking Enabled Alerts 3 Review the following information in the grid columns Note You can select the columns to display from the Select Columns drop down list as well as search for a specific VM by entering its name in the Search field Click Clear to clear any search criteria Column Description Name The name of each VM being managed by the vmPRO appliance The VMs are organized in folders Click the arrow next to a folder to view the list of VMs within the folder Server The server on which the VM is located Datastore The datastore ho
8. i Note This task assumes you are using a Windows operating system 1 Browse to the export share on your vmPRO host 2 Select all the VMs that you are backing up 3 Right click on the selected VMs and select Properties to display the Properties dialog box 4 In the Size field record the value This is the size of the capacity based license you need for your vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 17 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing Figure 14 Properties Dialog Box 442 Files 94 Folders Type All of type File folder All in 10 30 241 58 export 10 30 242 1 Size 6 20 TB 6 828 973 743 935 bytes Size on disk 6 20 TB 6 828 973 869 861 bytes Attributes Read only Hidden E Archive Calculate your capacity needs using your vmPRO GUI Note This task only applies to vmPRO versions 3 1 and newer 1 From your vmPRO GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console 2 Click on each folder to display the associated list of VMs within the vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 18 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing 3 Inthe Size column view the maximum allocated capacity of each VM Figure 15 VMs Console Size Column Quantum vmPRO amp Home aws A Alerts E Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Filesystem Contents as of Thu Dec 11 2014 11 27 47 AM Virtual Machines Folders Resources Edit
9. 2 Access the vmPRO Client console See Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 79 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Upgrades 3 Atthe commandline enter system upgrade 4 Confirm the upgrade The upgrade process automatically downloads and installs updates 5 To see updates in your vmPRO appliance s GUI start a new instance of the vmPRO appliance GUI Updating vmPRO Version 2 3 3 to vmPRO Version 3 X Upgrading from vmPRO version 2 3 3 to vmPRO version 3 X allows you to keep your vmPRO appliance s current configuration To perform this upgrade do the following 1 Deploy a vmPRO version 3 X appliance See vmPRO Setup and Configuration 2 Use the vmPRO Import Configuration feature from your current vmPRO version 2 3 3 appliance to save your current vmPRO configuration 3 Import your current vmPRO version 2 3 3 appliance s configuration file into your new vmPRO version 3 X appliance Upgrade Notes Before you upgrade your current vmPRO appliance review the following notes Group Upgrades When upgrading to vmPRO versions 3 0 or newer you must upgrade all vmPRO appliances within a group together Configuration Files e Before you import a configuration file the vmPRO appliance from which the configuration file originated must no longer be in use e Wedo not recommend importing the same configuration file to more than one vmPRO appliance e You can import configurat
10. Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before using Exchange Recovery Exchange Management Shell You must have a working Exchange Management Shell to successfully recover mailboxes on an Exchange server Microsoft Exchange You must have one of the following versions of Microsoft Exchange for mailbox recovery e Windows 2008R2 Exchange 2010 e Windows 2008R2 Exchange 2013 e Windows 2012R2 Exchange 2013 For systems that use Microsoft Exchange servers running Windows 2008R2 and Exchange 2010 the Window Management Framework 3 0 must be installed Target iSCSI Disk The vmPRO Exchange Recovery feature exports and mounts backup disk images of an Exchange server virtual machine VM to a target iSCSI disk Mapping eth0 to the iSCSI IP Address The vmPRO appliance accesses the target iSCSI disk using the eth0 network path which VMware tools automatically map to the iSCSI IP address Ensure that eth0 is mapped to the iSCSI IP address You will specify the iSCSI target in the wizard iSCSI Write Area Settings In addition the iSCSI target stores the recovered disk images of the Exchange server VM in its write area This write area is separate from the area that the iSCSI target uses to store backed up disk images You must configure each iSCSI target s write area by specifying the amount of space to reserve for the recovered disk images Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 174 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange
11. Note You must use version 1 3 or higher of the Quantum VSS agent Adding the Exchange Server to the Organization Management Domain Group When using the Quantum VSS agent to perform the backup of mailboxes on an Exchange server add the Exchange server to the Organization Management domain group within Microsoft Exchange Adding the Exchange server to the domain group enables the Quantum VSS agent to capture the mailbox database information during a backup Then during the recovery of an Exchange server s mailboxes the vmPRO can access the mailbox database information located on the backed up Exchange server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 175 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery If you do not add the Exchange server to the domain group you must manually locate the mailbox databases to recover by browsing to the Exchange server s database edb file and corresponding transaction log directory Add an Exchange server to the Organization Management domain group for Microsoft Exchange 2013 1 In alocal browser enter https lt Exchange Server IP Address gt ecp default aspx to access the Exchange admin center page for Microsoft Exchange 2013 2 Select the Permissions tab and then select the admin roles tab Figure 131 Exchange admin center admin roles Tab Exchange admin center admin roles permissions 7 R 3 Double click Organization Management to display the Role Group window Quantum vm
12. Schedule weekly Retention weekly Cancel J Run Manually activate a SmartMotion backup 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Backup to display the Run SmartMotion Backup dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 141 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 2 Inthe Selected Policy field select the appropriate backup policy to run Click Edit policy to display the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box Use this dialog box to edit the backup policy as needed See Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies 3 Click Run to run the SmartMotion backup 4 From the Task console s Backup tab view the progress of the SmartMotion backup See Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Create backup policies to direct SmartMotion Backups You can create a single backup policy or multiple backup policies for a vmPRO appliance Creating multiple backup policies allows for multiple backup and retention schedules as well as the use of multiple storage targets After creating backup policies you can define a default policy to use as a sample for creating future policies Considerations Consider the following before creating backup policies Folders to Back Up When your vmPRO appliance discovers a server it creates a folder for that server and its associated virtual machines VMs You can configure additional folders to organize VMs based on backup needs
13. such as by geographic location Assign backup policies to folders and their associated VMs Keep in mind that VMs can belong to only one folder at a time but folders can have multiple backup policies assigned to them A VM can be backed up multiple times with different backup policies Storage Targets Select the storage target to which SmartMotion will back up the selected VMs If needed you can configure new storage targets or edit existing storage targets Backup policies are controlled by the vmPRO appliance for which they were created regardless of storage targets Example If vmPRO A and vmPROB send data to the same storage target the data exported by vmPRO A is backed up and retained based on backup policies configured for vmPRO A This data is not affected by vmPRO B s backup and retention policies The same applies for vmPRO B where its backed up Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 142 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies data is sent and retained by backup policies configured for vmPRO B and not those configured for vmPRO A Backup and Retention Schedules Each vmPRO appliance can have multiple backup policies and each policy has its own schedule However a specific policy can run only once per day In addition in a group configuration only two backup policies can run simultaneously for the master appliance and any of its nodes Retention schedules define both the amount of backed u
14. Click the Discovery tab and select the vmPRO target portal Figure 149 iSCSI Initiator Properties Dialog Box Discovery Tab Targets Discovery Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Target portals The system will look for Targets on Following portals Address Port Adapter IP address 10 30 241 248 Default Default To add a target portal click Discover Portal Discover Portal To remove a target portal select the address above and then click Remove iSNS servers The system is registered on the Following iSNS servers Refresh Name To add an iSNS server click Add Server Add Server To remove an iSNS server select the server above and then click Remove Remove 5 Click Remove to remove the vmPRO target portal from the iSCSI Initiator Remove the iSCSI Target As your final clean up step you need to access your vmPRO GUI to remove the iSCSI target from your vmPRO appliance Remove the iSCSI target from your vmPRO appliance 1 Display the vmPRO GUI 2 Fromthe SmartMotion Backup menu select iSCSI Targets to display the iSCSI Targets dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 192 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery Figure 150 iSCSI Targets Dialog Box D iSCSI Targets x Disk iSCSI Target Authorized User Authorized Initiator Action recover images 7d0677
15. Home button to display the Home console 2 Inthe Active Alerts pane review the following information e Total number of active alerts e The date and time of the most recent alert e Ashort description of the most recent alert To view all alerts for your vmPRO appliance click the See all alerts link 3 In the Last 24 Hrs SmartRead pane view the amount of data that has been backed up within the past 24 hours Hold the cursor over a line or bar on the chart to see the date and time the data was backed up along with the total amount of data the total amount of data read backed up and the total amount of data skipped on the associated VMs 4 Inthe Last 24 Hrs I O Reduction pane view the amount of data reduction achieved within the past 24 hours Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 116 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 5 Inthe Summary pane review the following information Field Description Servers The total number of servers that the vmPRO appliance is managing VMs The total number of VMs that the vmPRO appliance is managing along with the number of VMs that are exported and the number of VMs requiring attention Click the Needs Attention link to display the Resources tab to access additional information regarding the VMs See Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console DXi Targets If DXi devices are configured for storage with CIFS or NFS shares displays the IP address for each DXi target Click this link t
16. VSAN is a cluster wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of ESX servers The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server which in turn manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores Delete an existing vCenter server from your vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the Servers tab to display the Servers page Figure 20 Servers Page S Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome Servers Licenses Select the type of server to add Servers File Sharing vCenter Server only 1 may be managed per appliance Storage ESX Server multiple ESX servers may be managed Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel Next gt gt 3 Select vCenter Server and click Next to display one of the following If you currently have a vCenter server configured the vCenter Server page displays a Click Delete vCenter to delete the current vCenter server b Atthe No vCenter is configured prompt click Add vCenter to display the Configure Server page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 25 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Figure 21 vCenter Server Page Welcome Licenses File Sharing Storage Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Servers vCenter server 10 30 241 28 Edit vCenter Delete vCenter Select the i
17. for each base disk The CBT file contains the changed blocks for the corresponding base disk The vmPRO appliance performs differential level backups with CBT as follows 1 Using SmartMotion backups the vmPRO appliance performs a full disk backup following the CBT reset time The CBT reset time indicates when to initiate a full disk backup thus resetting the CBT cycle For more information about CBT reset times see Configuring CBT on a vmPRO Appliance 2 After the full backup the vmPRO appliance runs differential backups on the disk until the next reset time at which point the vmPRO appliance runs another full disk backup to replace the previous full disk backup Note Keep in mind that the base disk s modification time is the start of the reset time while the CBT files have newer modification times Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 84 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support Figure 71 CBT Cycle A Initial Full Disk Backup pancbt vmd Differential Disk Backup CBT Reset Full Disk Backup pancbt vmd Differential Disk Backup export File System ii Note The CBT files are not complete disk images because they contain only the disk s changed data You cannot access the data in CBT files until you perform a full recovery of these files using the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard CBT Considerations Keep the following in mind when using CBT Versions e VMs must be runni
18. quantum upgrade RPMs Download the appropriate zip file containing the upgrade RPMs e If you are upgrading from a 2 x appliance download the zip file from http mosaic quantum com downloads QuantumvmPROU pgrade 2 X zip e If you are upgrading from a 3 0 x appliance download the two zip files from https mosaic quantum com downloads QuantumvmPROU pgrade from30x 1 of 2 zip and https mosaic quantum com downloads QuantumvmPR OU pgrade from30x 2 of 2 zip e If you are upgrading from a 3 1 x appliance download the zip file from https mosaic quantum com downloads QuantumvmPROU pgrade zip Note The upgrade zip file will contain one or more of these Quantum vmPRO upgrade RPMs unite base python and tools The zip file may also contain third party RPMs Install vmPRO software updates for a 2 X or 3 1 X appliance 1 Extract the RPM files from the zip file and place them in the vmPRO appliance s quantum upgrade folder 2 Access the vmPRO appliance s VMware vSphere Client console See Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 3 Atthe commandline enter system upgrade local 4 Confirm the upgrade which starts automatically after confirmation 5 Start a new instance of the vmPRO appliance s GUI to see the updates Install vmPRO software updates for a 3 0 X appliance 1 Extract the RPM files from the 1 of 2 zip file and place them in the vmPRO appliance s quantum upgrade folder 2 Access the vmPRO appliance s
19. to save changes Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 10 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Setting Description Network Reset Manually reset the network a With Network Reset selected press lt Enter gt to display a warning stating that resetting the network services may interrupt your data transfer Figure 7 Network Reset Warning b To proceed with the network reset press lt Enter gt otherwise press lt Esc gt DNS Server The method by which the DNS servers are assigned Edit the DNS Server assignment method a With DNS Server selected press lt Enter gt to display the Change DNS Server prompt Figure 8 Change DNS Server Prompt b Select either Automatic or Manual as the DNS server assignment method If you select Manual enter the DNS servers in the DNS1 3 fields as needed c Press lt Enter gt to save changes Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 11 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Setting Description Proxy Setting The http proxy setting assigned to the vmPRO appliance Use this proxy support to access the Internet You can configure proxy support for vmPRO software upgrades only See Updating vmPRO Versions 3 1 or Newer Edit the http proxy setting for the vmPRO appliance a With Proxy Setting selected press lt Enter gt to display the Change Proxy Setting prompt Figure 9 Chang
20. 201 Recovering Individual Files 0 000000000 0000000000000000 eee cece cece cece ceeecececceeceeeceeeceeeeeees 202 vmPRO Data Recovery Use the vmPRO Recover Virtual Machines Wizard to recover data Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 157 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery When you recover data the vmPRO appliance places the data in target datastores We recommend that before recovering data you verify that the target datastores have enough available space for the recovered data The vmPRO appliance does not warn you if there is not enough space on a target datastore before executing a batch operation Define the target datastores to which to recover data in the wizard The wizard supports the following data recovery options Virtual Machine VM Recovery Use this feature to recover VMs to an ESX or vCenter server When you recover VMs you can select to have the vmPRO appliance automatically register the VMs with the server or you can manually register the VMs with the server By registering VMs with the server you are adding them as new VMs to the server s inventory You can recover VMs backed up with SmartMotion and VMs backed up by a third party application The only difference between the two recovery processes is how the vmPRO appliance accesses the VMs to recover Topics Recovering Virtual Machines Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application Manually Registering a Recovered VM Exchange Recovery Use this
21. Advanced Configuration link to display the Advanced Server Configuration dialog box Figure 96 Advanced Server Configuration Dialog Box Advanced Server Configuration Server Ports Data Port 902 Usually 902 Mgmt Port 443 Usually 443 Cancel OK In the Data Port and Mgmt Port fields edit the server ports as needed and click OK to return to the Configure Server dialog box In the Authentication area s Username and Password fields edit the login credentials needed to access server read storage as needed In the Authentication area click Test Login to verify that the login credentials work Click Save to save updates and exit the dialog box Delete a server a b In the Actions column click K3 to remove the server from the vmPRO appliance At the prompt confirm the deletion Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 127 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Add an ESX server a Click Add Server to display the Configure Server dialog box Figure 97 Configure Server Dialog Box Add Server Mode NJ Configure Server Server Hostname Label Authentication Username root Enter the username and password of a amea n account that can login to the ESX Passwoi rd Server or vCenter and read storage Cancel b In the Server area s Hostname field enter the host name or IP address to assign to the server c In the Server area s Label field enter a label to assign to t
22. Configure NFS Use to configure an NFS file sharing protocol for the export and recover directories exported by the vmPRO appliance See Configuring an NFS Protocol fora vmPRO Appliance iSCSI Configure iSCSI Use to configure the iSCSI write area by defining the following e The storage target for the iSCSi backup e The maximum size of each iSCSI target s write area See Preparing For Exchange Recovery Email Configure Email Use to configure email sent from your vmPRO appliance See Configuring Email for a vmPRO Appliance Reports amp Alerts Configure Reports amp Alerts Use to create a list of recipients for emailed reports and alerts as well as to view reports and send reports See Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport fora vmPRO Appliance Advanced Settings Configure Advanced Settings Use to enable advanced features for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring Advanced Settings fora vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 109 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Menu Item Feature Users Configure User List Use to configure user access to your vmPRO appliance See Configuring Users fora vmPRO Appliance Downloads Configure Downloads Use to configure file download settings to accomplish the following e Enable the vmPRO appliance to download files e Define who can access downloaded files e Define wget commands for downloading files When the vmPRO appliance downloads files you can access the
23. Dec 15 14 52 08 History Command Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables vss query waiting yms discover handler discover handler Discover hypervisor Discover hypervisor Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Update configuration variables Node 10 20 83 12 10 20 83 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 10 20 85 12 Object feature feature feature feature feature feature feature 10 30 240 41 10 30 240 40 feature feature feature Status Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished 3 Review the following information associated with each task Column Description Time Command Node Object Status Quantum vmPRO User s Guide The status of the task The date and time on which the task began The description of the task such as Discover hypervisor The node on which the task occurred The object on which the task was performed T 137 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup This chapter contains the following topics and sections vmPRO SmartMo
24. Management window select Storage 5 Disk Management to display the system s mounted volumes and disk information in the center pane Figure 147 Computer Management Disk Management Pane File Action View Help e gt afi HO BB Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status c Actions 4 tt System Tools o Simple Basic Healthy OEM Partition 3 Disk Management Task Scheduler o C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dump Primary Partition 2t Event Viewer cs System Reserved Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Active Primary Partition 3 More Actions J Shared Folders Local Users and Groups M Performance g Device Manager E2 Storage iy Services and Applications n eee g 80x0 7 m p pa VP System Reserved C 39 MB 356 MB NTFS 297 70 GB NTFS Healthy OEH Healthy System Acti Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dump Primary Pa 3CD R0M 0 DVD D No Media H Unallocated If Primary partition 2 Right click the appropriate volumes on each disk mounted by the vmPRO appliance and then select Change Drive Letter and Paths to display the Change Drive Letter and Paths for New Volume dialog box Note Volumes mounted by the vmPRO appliance display QuantumExcRecv in the dialog box 3 Click Remove to dismount the volume 4 Right click each volume that you dismounted and select Offline to take the volumes offline Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 19
25. Manually initiate log truncation from the vmPRO appliance s GUI 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs Console 2 Click the Virtual Machines tab to display the Virtual Machines tab view as needed 3 Click Complete Backup VSS to truncate the transaction logs Note The Complete Backup VSS button displays only after backups are run for VMs that have log truncation enabled It can take up to an hour after the backup starts before the button displays Uninstalling the VSS Writer If you need to uninstall the Quantum VSS Writer use Add Remove Programs on the Windows Control Panel If you encounter an error uninstalling the VSS Writer update the Uninstall key in the Registry Editor Update the Uninstall key 1 From the VM s Windows Start menu select Run to open the Run dialog box 2 Inthe Open field enter regedit and click OK to display the Registry Editor 3 Navigate to the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall 13C110B5 F313 4bc5 B700 D7B4B6A70A49 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 94 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings 4 Change the value of UninstallString to the following including the quotes C Program Files VMware VMware Tools backupScripts d QuantumvSS exe uninstall Figure 75 Registry Editor Window IC S Tam Ble Edt Yew Favorkes Help 2 Name Data value not set Quantum vmPRO VSS Writer 0x01020000 16
26. Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome Licenses Licenses Support Site Credentials Servers Enter your support site user name email address and password to retrieve licenses from Quantum support site File Sharing User name Storage Password Backup Policies Email te pe cancel ow vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel 3 Click Cancel to display any licenses currently added to your vmPRO appliance and click Add License Manually to display the Licenses Add License page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 22 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Figure 19 Licenses Add License Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Licenses Licenses Add License Servers License File Sharing Storage Backup Policies Email Reports 8 Alerts Time amp NTP Cene jo vCenter Plugin Summary In the License field enter the license key Click OK to add the license to your vmPRO appliance Click the Summary tab to review your license updates on the Summary page mm A Click Save to save updates click Next to proceed to the final page of the wizard and click Finish to exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance vmPRO Servers When you set up your vmPRO appliance you must con
27. Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 50 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Figure 49 NFS General Configuration Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome File Sharing Licenses General Configuration Servers Enable NFS Access File Sharing Client Access Control Storage Backup Policies Export Hosts Options Actions Email export PA Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Add NFS Export Cancel lt lt Back j Next gt gt a Configure an NFS protocol 1 On the Configure NFS dialog box or NFS General Configuration page select the Enable NFS Access check box as needed 2 Click Add NFS Export to display the Add NFS Export dialog box or page Figure 50 Add NFS Export Dialog Box Add NFS Export Export L export v Host specification Host specification can be an IP address a subnet mask etc Options ro Comma separated list such as ro insecure anonid2500 no root squash 3 Inthe Export drop down list select one of the following directories that can be mounted as an NFS share e export Only data in the export directory can be mounted by the host defined in the Host specification field Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 51 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols e recover images Only data in the recover images directory can be mounted by the host defined
28. VMware vSphere Client console See Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 3 Atthe command line enter system upgrade local 4 Confirm the upgrade which starts automatically after confirmation Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 83 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support 5 After the upgrade completes extract the RPM files from the 2 0f 2 zip file and place them in the vmPRO appliance s quantum upgrade folder Access the vmPRO appliance s VMware vSphere Client console At the command line enter system upgrade local Confirm the upgrade which starts automatically after confirmation KO po wt o gt Start a new instance of the vmPRO appliance s GUI to see the updates vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support VSphere s Changed Block Tracking CBT identifies the disk blocks that have changed on a virtual machine VM since the previous backup allowing the vmPRO appliance to back up VMs at a differential level Differential level backups export only the data that has changed since the last full backup as opposed to backing up the entire VM disk When you use CBT with SmartMotion backups both network I O and backup times are reduced CBT Cycle When CBT is enabled for a VM the vmPRO appliance creates two kinds of files in the export file system e Afile for each base disk identified by flat vmdk which contains the full disk backup e A CBT file identified by pancbt vmdk
29. Virtual Machines tab to display the Virtual Machines Tab view In the VMs table locate and select one or more VMs to add to a folder 4 Click Edit Selected VMs to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box Figure 60 Configure Virtual Machine Dialog Box NG Configure Virtual Machine VM Info VM Name 8GBFullThick Server ESX Test Configuration Node 10 20 85 12 Folder 10 30 240 40 v v Exported Changed Block Tracking Enabled VSS Configuration Microsoft Windows based VMs Only Configure VSS Settings Cancel 5 Inthe Folder drop down list select the folder to which to assign the VMs 6 Click Save to exit the dialog box and add the VMs to the folder Additional Functions In addition to configuring folders you can also view use the following icons on the VMs Console Folders Tab L Displays the Configure Folder dialog box in which you can edit the folder s settings x Deletes the folder At the prompt confirm the deletion You cannot delete folders that contain VMs You must first move the VMs to another folder Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 67 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport Use Quantum vmPRO s Email Reports and Alerts features to send daily reports and alerts to recipients who need to stay informed about the vmPRO appliance Use the Quantum vmP
30. a CIFS share on a Windows system see Configuring a CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance Open Windows Explorer In the UNC Path field enter lt vmPRO Host_IP_Address gt recover files to access the recover files directory in the mounted CIFS share Navigate to the individual files to recover by using the following path storage target such as DXi Storage smartmotion_backups yyyy mm month of backup yyyy mm dd tttt date and time of backup server folder such as the IP address for an ESX server VM directory identified by a file system such as FAT small disk name identified by volume partition number identified by a number such as 0 1 2 files and directories Figure 159 recover files Directory Hierarchy 10 30 241 223vecover files Dx Storage smartmotion_backups 20 12 05 20 12 05 18 10 14 10 30 242 21 AUT_Win2003_FAT small AUT_Win2003_FAT volume 0 fotirs x Name Size Type Date Modified KZ quantum support A asdf File Folder 7 29 2011 11 55 AM EY quantum upgrade O amatrix File Folder 9 1 2011 7 30 PM BY recover Documents and Settings File Folder 8 23 2010 6 23 PM 3 fies Program Files File Folder 2 9 2011 9 52 AM D O 79ae2d97 Sbfa c1 2304 4feSSccebSed RECYCLER File Folder 5 5 2011 11 16AM 3 DX Storage QD System Volume Information File Folder 3 35 3 smartmotion_backups winoows File Folder 4 3 amp 2012 05 Qwmpub File Folder 8 3 201205 18 1014 B aurorrec saT OKB MS DOS Batch File 8
31. aaa 201 Recovering Individual Files occ c cece cece ccc cece ccc ce cece ec adaa aaaea adara iaaa 202 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide 205 5710 8 coef Oe LEU AN AA 206 Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 0 2 0 2 occ cece eee c eee cece ec ceececceeceeeeeees 207 vmPRO Console Commands autosupport 22 22 0220 2 022 c cc ccc c cece ec cece cece cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 211 vmPRO Console Commands cbt 2a tcec hatte cinch lok cond hao iedeanevabavsadadvimarueesebesaasde 212 vmPRO Console Commands config 0 2 e cece ccc e cece e oaa daadaa aaao oaran anean 212 vmPRO Console Commands filesys 00000 c cece cece cece cece cece ccc eeeeeceeeeeececeeceeeeeeeees 213 vmPRO Console Commands group 2 22 2 20 c cece cece cece cece cece cee eeecececececeeceecceceeesecees 214 vmPRO Console Commands help 00 ccc cece cece cece ccc e cece cece ee eeeceeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaeeeseeeaeees 215 vmPRO Console Commands import 215 vmPRO Console Commands log 0 20 20 c ccc e cece ec cece ccc ec cee cececececceeceeeeecceceeceeececeees 216 vmPRO Console Commands nagios 2 22 22 2 ce eee cece eee ec cece ee eeceeececeeceeceeeceeeeecees 217 vmPRO Console Commands net oie ccs sid te true ences vedaelsagsevasesdsbeceviewsdddece Paces wsissa sedis 217 vmPRO Console Commands ntp 22 2 2 202220222 cece cece cece cece cece ec
32. backup and for which to retain stored data In the Retain VMs for X weeks field enter the number of weeks for which to retain backed up data After the indicated number of weeks the backed up data is deleted from the storage target Example e Inthe Retain VMs from the following days field you select Monday and Friday e Inthe Retain VMs for X weeks field you enter 6 The backup runs every week on both Mondays and Fridays retaining all stored data for 6 weeks After 6 Mondays the backed up data is deleted from the storage target with the exception of the last 6 Friday backups After 6 Fridays the backed up data is deleted from the storage target with the exception of the last Monday backup i Note Weekly retention schedules only affect backups that occur after the schedule is defined for the policy Data backed up before a policy s weekly retention schedule is defined remains in the NAS target 152 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Time Interval Steps Monthly a Select the Monthly tab to run backups and retain data on a monthly basis Figure 114 Monthly Tab b Select the Enable the monthly backup schedule check box to activate your backup and retention schedule c Inthe Retain VMs from field select one of the following e Specific day Use to define a specific day of the month on which to run backups and begin the retention period In the subsequent drop down li
33. box or CIFS General Configuration page select the Enable CIFS access check box as needed 2 Inthe Authentication Method drop down list select Workgroup In the Workgroup name field edit the work group name as needed TUser name and password Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 45 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 4 Click Users to display Configure User List dialog box Figure 44 Configure User List Dialog Box a Configure User List x User name Privilege Actions j 4 sysadmin admin Add User Ok 5 Select the users to add to the work group and click OK to return to the Configure CIFS dialog box or CIFS General Configuration page Note User credentials must be configured before you can add a user to a work group See Configuring Users for a vmPRO Appliance 6 Select the Enable Quantum Support share check box to enable the Quantum support team to access the CIFS share when support is needed 7 Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box or save changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance AD Authentication Configure AD Authentication for your CIFS protocol to authorize user access based on AD domain controllers Users who are authenticated against th
34. date and time at which the alert was issued The severity of the alert such as warning The IP address for the node on which the alert occurred A message indicating the reason for the alert 2 When you have addressed an alert click Ki to delete it from this pane and move it to the Alert History pane Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 131 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 3 Inthe Alert History pane review the following information Column Description Time The date and time at which the alert was issued Severity The severity of the alert such as warning Node The IP address for the node on which the alert occurred Message A message indicating the reason for the alert Cleared Time The date and time at which the alert was deleted from the current alert list Cleared By The ID of the user who deleted the alert Note From the Select Columns drop down list you can select which columns display on the Alert History pane Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console Use the vmPRO Tasks console to manage SmartMotion Backup and Recovery tasks as well as to view history for these tasks The following three tabs are located on the Tasks console Backup Tab Use the Tasks Console Backup tab to view and manage SmartMotion Backup tasks and policies Navigate the Backup tab on the Tasks console 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the Tasks button to display the Tasks console Quantum vmPRO User s
35. deleted from the storage target with the exception of the last Friday backup of the year The backup and retention schedules continue backing up data every Friday and deleting stored data every year before the last Friday of the year i Note Setting any retention period to zero will keep backed up data indefinitely 4 Click OK to save your backup and retention schedules and return to the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 154 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Modifying SmartMotion Backup Policies Use the Available Backup Policies dialog box to modify an existing SmartMotion backup policy by doing any of the following e Designate a backup policy as the default backup policy e Edit a backup policy s configuration settings e Delete a backup policy from the vmPRO appliance Figure 116 Available Backup Policies Dialog Box N Available Backup Policies x Name Storage Schedule Start Time Retention Actions DEFAULT lt Not Configured gt Not scheduled Not configured 4 x MEP 1 10 20 85 9 10 20 85 Not scheduled Not configured VA x Create a new policy Set default policy OK Designate a Default Backup Policy 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Backup Policies to display the Available Backup Policies dialog box 2 Select the policy to set as your default backup policy and click Set default policy The vmPRO appliance assigns the def
36. display network statistics including live connections net tcpdump start lt tcpdump argument gt Use to begin a tcpdump that writes output to a file similar to tepdump 2010 09 20 09 54 log Any valid arguments for the tcpdump command can be used Example net tcpdump start c 100 executes tcdump c 100 You can run only one tcpdump at a time Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 218 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands ntp net tcpdump stop Use to stop a running tcpdump and print the file to which the data was being written Output files for tcpdump commands cannot exceed 8 MB If a single tcpdump file reaches 8 MB in size the system automatically stops running the command Older tcpdump log files are deleted to make room for new ones vmPRO Console Commands ntp Use ntp commands to configure and monitor the list of Network Time Protocol NTP servers that your vmPRO appliance can use to control its internal clock In addition use ntp commands to activate and deactivate NTP service for your vmPRO appliance as well as to sync the appliance with its NTP server ntp commands ntp add lt server gt Use to add a time server to the list of available NTP servers ntp del lt server gt Use to delete a time server from the list of available NTP servers ntp disable Use to deactivate the NTP service for your vmPRO appliance ntp enable Use to activate the NTP service for your vmPRO appliance nt
37. e Inthe Filter VM Name field enter the name of the VM to recover e Inthe Backup in the last xx days drop down list select to display VMs that have been backed up in the last 30 or 60 days or select to display all backup history e Click Update filter to update the list of VMs based on the filter criteria Select the VMs to recover by doing one of the following e Click Select All to recover all displayed VMs e Select the check box next to each VM to recover Note Click Select none to clear all current selections Inthe Recover from drop down list for each selected VM select the date and time of the backup from which to recover data Note If you are performing a recovery using iSCSI click Manage iSCSI Targets to display the iSCSI Targets dialog box Use this dialog box to view your current iSCSI targets as well as to remove iSCSI targets you no longer need See Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 181 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 5 Click Next to display the Select the type of recovery to perform page Figure 138 Select the type of recovery to perform Page DB Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Select the type of recovery to perform e VM Recovery Recover to vCenter ESX as a new VM Exchange Recovery Recover an Exchange mailbox from this backup iSCSI Export Export virtual disks from this backup as iSCSI targets on NL tar 6 Sele
38. e vmdk Use this command argument to list every vmdk file Example filesys find quantum export 192 168 1 110 quantum 4 export 192 168 1 110 quantum 4 quantum 4 vmx export 192 168 1 110 quantum 4 quantum 4 vmdk export 192 168 1 110 quantum 4 quantum 4 flat vmdk Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 213 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands group filesys list lt export path gt Without a specified command argument use to list everything mounted under the Quantum vmPRO export directory With an lt export path gt argument use to list only what is mounted in that path Example filesys list export 192 168 201 10 vmPRO Console Commands group Use the group commands to configure vmPRO groups for your network See vmPRO Group Configuration group commands group status Use to view the vmPRO appliance s current group membership group create master Use to make the current vmPRO appliance the master appliance for the group group join lt master gt Use to add the current vmPRO appliance to the group with the master identified inthe lt master gt argument group leave Use to remove the current vmPRO appliance from its current group If the appliance is the group s master you cannot remove it until all other appliances have been removed from the group group update master lt master gt Use to update the group master s new IP address host name for the current vmPRO appliance Run this comm
39. err in the import directory as well as all errors within the err files import list Use to list all files and directories within the import directory vmPRO Console Commands log Use the log commands to access vmPRO logs log commands log list Use to list all Quantum vmPRO logs log search lt phrase gt Use to search all log files for a character string The system handles strings as plain text meaning that it does not use regular expressions or pattern matching If the string contains one or more spaces enclose the string in quotes Use Ctrl C to exit the command log view lt log file gt Use to display the contents of the named log Use the log list command to find log names Use Ctrl C to exit the command log watch lt log file gt Use to display the most recent entries of the named log and to update the display any time a new message is added to the log Use Ctrl C to exit the command Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 216 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands nagios vmPRO Console Commands nagios Use the nagios commands to enable and disable the Nagios plugin for your vmPRO appliance as well as to check the status of the Nagios application For more information about using the Nagios plugin with your vmPRO appliance see External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance nagios commands nagios disable Use to disable the Nagios plugin on your vmPRO appliance nagios enable U
40. feature to recover mailboxes on an Exchange server The vmPRO appliance exports and mounts backup disk images of an Exchange server virtual machine VM to a target iSCSI disk The iSCSI target then pushes the disk images to a mailbox on a target Exchange server where you can access the recovered mailbox Before using the Exchange Recovery feature you need to set up both your vmPRO appliance and your system After the vmPRO appliance completes the Exchange Recovery process it initiates an automatic Exchange server cleanup You can manually perform this process if needed Topics Preparing For Exchange Recovery Recovering Mailboxes on an Exchange Server Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server iSCSI Export and Recovery Use this feature to recover your backed up data as disk images from a Windows based virtual machine VM or physical machine Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 158 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines With the iSCSI Export and Recovery feature your vmPRO appliance works with the Windows iSCSI Initiator to capture the VM s file system as a disk image On the same Windows system from which the iSCSI Initiator is running you can mount the VM disk image VMDK to access the files within the VM Topics iSCSI Export and Recovery Recovering VM Disks Using iSCSI Recovering Individual Files Using the vmPRO SmartView feature you can recover individual files within exported virtual machines VMs This p
41. gt gt 6 Click Update Licenses from Support Site to add any additional licenses to your vmPRO appliance Note If necessary you can use the Add License Manually option See below 7 Inthe Warning Threshold field enter a percentage of capacity used When the amount of the license being used reaches this percentage the vmPRO appliance issues an alert 8 Click the Summary tab to review your license updates on the Summary page 9 Click Save to save updates click Next to proceed to the final page of the wizard and click Finish to exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Target Based License When you configure your vmPRO appliance you can retrieve your target based license from the Web site where you received your initial contact email You need to manually add your license to your vmPRO appliance by copying the license key from the Web site and pasting it in the wizard Add a target based license to your vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 21 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing 2 Click the Licenses tab to display the Licenses Support Site Credentials page Figure 18 Licenses Support Site Credentials
42. in the Host specification field 4 Inthe Host specification field enter the IP address or host name for the host that can mount the specified data in the NFS share 5 Inthe Options field enter actions that users can take with the data in the NFS share such as ro for read only access or rw for read and write access Separate each option with a comma 6 Click Save to add the NFS protocol to the Client Access Control list on the Configure NFS dialog box or NFS General Configuration page 7 Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box or save changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Mounting Options Users can mount NFS shares from the NAS as a Linux network drive using lt vmPRO Host directory gt where vmPRO Host is the name of the host on which to mount the directory and directory is the directory to mount Note We strongly recommend using the NFS protocol for Linux client machines accessing the vmPRO export network file system If a Linux client machine uses the CIFS protocol specify the directio mount option at the mount command For example mount cifs o directio lt share gt lt mount point gt Additional Functions In addition to configuring NFS protocols you can also use the following icons on the Configure NF
43. name assigned to the disk as needed Inthe Target Datastore drop down list select the datastore to which to recover the disk Inthe Target Directory field enter the directory in which to place the disk Inthe Disk Provisioning drop down list select the provision type to assign to the disk either thick or thin Click Save to save updates and return to the previous page 4 Click Next to display the Verify the configuration of the VM to be restored page Figure 121 Verify the configuration of the VM to be restored Page a Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Verify the configuration of the VM to be restored datacenter ha datacenter resourcepool Resources hostsystem eng vsphere2 servername 10 30 240 41 vmdk 0 rename bh app v223 i365 vmdk vmdk 0 name bh app v223 i365 vmdk vmdk 0 dsname 4d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 vmdk 0 fpath vmfs volumes 4d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 bh_app_v223_i365 bh_app_v223_i365 vmdk vmdk 0 extent rename bh app v223 i365 flat vmdk vmdk 0 extent name bh app v223 i365 flat vmdk vmdk 0 directory bh app v223 i365 vmdk 0 type thin vmdk 0 size 8589934592 dsname 4d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 register after import 1 vmx name bh app v223 i365 vmx directory bh app v223 i365 version 5 vmuuid 564d2c15 7dc3 6b95 62e1 cb2d2c5d2fd7 on conflict rename folder vm 7 VM recovery will beg
44. non deduplicating storage devices Full and Differential Changed Block Tracking CBT backups impact storage usage by approximately the same amount as deduplication for the NAS target Non Deduplicating Storage Targets Non deduplicating NAS targets consume disk space more rapidly that their comparably sized deduplicating counterparts Full and Differential CBT backups impact these storage targets differently CBT backups generally reduce a backup by 15 30 depending on your environment Regardless of the type of NAS target the biggest factor to consider in setting a retention schedule is the rate at which the VMs generate unique data blocks VMs generating more unique data blocks use more storage Until you can observe the capacity growth rate we recommend setting a short retention schedule retaining data for only 7 to 14 days Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 145 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies Create backup policies to direct SmartMotion backups You can create either a single backup policy or multiple backup policies for a vmPRO appliance Creating multiple backup policies allows for multiple backup and retention schedules as well as the use of multiple storage targets Before creating backup policies for your vmPRO appliance we recommend reviewing the considerations outlined in vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies and Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Bac
45. or Newer Offline Upgrades If you do not have access to the Internet you can perform offline upgrades Before performing an offline upgrade you need to access and download the correct zip file containing the upgrade RPMs See Installing vmPRO Software Updates Offline Checking for vmPRO Software Updates You can configure your vmPRO appliance to automatically check for software updates When software updates are available a Software Updates Available bar displays above the main buttons of the vmPRO GUI Figure 67 Software Updates Available Bar i Tasks c Check for vmPRO software updates 1 From the Configure menu select Software Updates to display the Configure Software Updates dialog box Figure 68 Configure Software Updates Dialog Box Configure Software Updates x Quantum vmPRO can automatically check for new software updates from Quantum Checknow Last update check at 03 11 2015 5 05 10 AM V Check for updates daily v Available updates Package Name Version Repository pancetera base x86 64 3 313 pancetera pancetera python x86 64 3 313 pancetera pancetera tools x86 64 3 313 pancetera pancetera unite x86 64 3 7133 pancetera samba container qtm x86 64 1 3 6 23 14 pancetera Install 5 updates now Install Offline Updates Cancel oK Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 78 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration VmPRO Upgrades 2 Doone ofthe following to check for updates Check for updates no
46. page Figure 42 File Sharing Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome File Sharing Licenses What protocol will be used for file sharing Servers File Sharing Windows File Sharing CIFS M Storage V Unix File Sharing NFS Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel L lt lt Back JL Next gt gt j 3 Select the Windows File Sharing CIFS check box as needed and click Next to display the CIFS General Configuration page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 44 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Figure 43 CIFS General Configuration Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome File Sharing Licenses General Configuration Servers V Enable CIFS access File Sharing Authentication Method Workgroup bd Storage Workgroup name WORKGROUP Oo Pama Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Enable Quantum Support share Summary Cancel lt lt Back iza WorkGroup Authentication Configure Workgroup Authentication for your CIFS protocol to authorize user access based on credentials defined in the Configure User dialog box When you add users to a work group created for the CIFS protocol you authorize them to access the exported data on the CIFS share Configure Workgroup Authentication for a CIFS protocol 1 Onthe Configure CIFS dialog
47. restored Ep hy win_2008r2 vsan_2 15TB f Gp vCentersH2SJC1 3 From the grid select the vmPRO appliance 4 Click to launch the appliance s console The console displays the Quantum vmPRO version number and IP address for the appliance see the vSphere Client Console Tab figure above Log in to the vmPRO appliance s console 1 Click inside the Console screen and enter 1 to display the CLI 2 At the localhost login prompt enter the user name for the vmPRO appliance 3 Atthe Password prompt enter the password for the vmPRO appliance Additional Navigation Functions Use the following functions to navigate the vmPRO appliance s client console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 210 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands autosupport Function Description lt ctrl Use to free the cursor from the console alt gt Arrow Keys Use to navigate to different options Enter Use to access the setting on which the cursor is placed After changing the setting press lt Enter gt again to save the setting Spacebar Use to activate an input area X or Either of these characters inside the brackets indicates the option is selected such as X or I exit Use to exit the command line vmPRO Console Commands autosupport Use the autosupport commands to gather log files and to send the compiled packages to the provided email address Note Before using this command you must set up SMTP mail in the vmPR
48. select a virtual machine for recovery or iSCSI export check the box next to the VM name and select the version to recover Filter VM Name Backup inthe last 30 days v Update filter Select all Select none VM Name Server Host Resource Pool LI 2 2 3__i365 upgrade 10 30 240 40 eng vsphere1 hq Resources iaj LJ 3 1 2 6609 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vsphere1 hq Resources LI 3 1 2 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources IU andrew win2003 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources LJ bh_win_2008r2 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources Manage iSCSI Targets Manually Choose a VM es 2 As needed filter the list of VMs from which to select by doing the following e Inthe Filter VM Name field enter the name of the VM to recover e Inthe Backup in the last xx days drop down list select to display VMs that have been backed up in Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 195 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery the last 30 or 60 days or select to display all backup history e Click Update filter to update the list of VMs based on the filter criteria 3 Select the VMs to recover by doing one of the following e Click Select All to recover all displayed VMs e Select the check box next to each VM to recover Note Click Select none to clear all current selections 4 Inthe Recover from drop down list for each selected VM select the date and time of the backup from which to recover data No
49. servers and display them on the VMs console From the VMs console you can select the VMs to export SmarMotion can then back up data on the exported VMs to the NAS target VSAN VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN is a cluster wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of ESX servers The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server which in turn manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores vmPRO supports backing up virtual machines VMs from VSAN datastores to NAS targets as well as recovering VMs from the NAS targets back to VSAN datastores In addition you can use your vmPRO appliance to back up VMs from one type of datastore VSAN or non VSAN and then recover the VMs to the other type of datastore Example A VM backed up from a VSAN datastore can be recovered to a non VSAN datastore In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server as opposed to managing individual ESX servers For information about configuring servers and discovering VMs see vmPRO Servers Set Up Folders and Groups Set up folders within your vmPRO appliance to organize VMs for different backup needs such as backing up VMs by type or location In addition you can use folders in conjunction with the Group Management feature to facilitate multiple backup policies on a single vmPRO appliance For more information about creating folders a
50. the information displayed on the window 9 Click the Browse button to display the Choose file dialog box 10 Navigate to the configuration file from your vmPRO version 2 3 3 appliance 11 Select the file and click Open to import the configuration file into your vmPRO version 3 X appliance The vmPRO appliance automatically configures all settings using the imported configuration file Updating vmPRO Versions 3 1 or Newer If you are using vmPRO versions 3 1 or newer you can install software updates from your vmPRO appliance s GUI Use the Configure Software Updates dialog box to perform the update Update vmPRO versions 3 1 or newer 1 From the Configure menu select Software Updates to display the Configure Software Updates dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 81 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration VmPRO Upgrades Figure 70 Configure Software Updates Dialog Box Configure Software Updates x Quantum vmPRO can automatically check for new software updates from Quantum Checknow Last update check at 03 11 2015 5 05 10 AM V Check for updates daily Available updates Package Name Version Repository pancetera base x86 64 3 313 pancetera pancetera python x86_64 3 313 pancetera pancetera tools x86 64 3 313 pancetera pancetera unite x86 64 3 7133 pancetera samba container qtm x86 64 1 3 6 23 14 pancetera Install 5 updates now Install Offline Updates Cancel oK 2 Inthe Available updates list revie
51. vmPRO Appliance Multiple ESX or ESXi Server Configuration In environments with multiple ESX or ESXi servers and VMs you can deploy multiple vmPRO appliances on more than one ESX or ESXi server to increase overall performance and throughput See Configuring ESX Servers for a vmPRO Appliance VSAN Configuration In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter serverrather than as opposed to managing individual ESX servers VSAN is a cluster wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of ESX servers The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server which in turn manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores Caution Do not clone a vmPRO appliance Cloned appliances are not supported Quantum vmPRO Requirements Before installing your vmPRO appliance make sure that your environment meets or exceeds the following system requirements Both the default user name and password are sysadmin The vmPRO administrator can change these credentials as needed Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum vmPRO Requirements Component Requirements Virtual At least one ESX ESXi server versions 4 0 update 2 or later to host the vmPRO appliance and Server virtual machines VMs being backed up Keep the following items in mind when configuring your ESX ESXi servers e In environmen
52. web based user interface management configuration and operation 6 67612 Quantum DXi V Series User s Guide Describes Quantum s DXi V Series appliances DXi V1000 and DXi V4000 Web based user interface operations and configuration 6 67081 Quantum DXi Series Command Line Describes the CLI commands for DXi V Series Interface CLI Guide Software For the most up to date information on Quantum vmPRO see http www quantum com serviceandsupport index aspx Quantum vmPRO User s Guide xi Preface Contacts For information about contacting Quantum including Quantum office locations go to http www quantum com aboutus contactus index aspx Comments To provide comments or feedback about this document or about other Quantum technical publications send e mail to doc comments quantum com Getting More Information or Help StorageCare Quantum s comprehensive service approach leverages advanced data access and diagnostics technologies with cross environment multi vendor expertise to resolve backup issues faster and at lower cost Accelerate service issue resolution with these exclusive Quantum StorageCare services e Service and Support Website Register products license software browse Quantum Learning courses check backup software and operating system support and locate manuals FAQs firmware downloads product updates and more in one convenient location Get started at http www quantum com servicea
53. 0 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Remove the vmPRO Target Make sure to both disconnect the vmPRO target and remove the vmPRO target portal from the iSCSI Initiator before the removing the iSCSI target Remove the vmPRO target from your iSCSI Initiator 1 Open the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box 2 Click the Targets tab as needed and select the vmPRO target Figure 148 iSCSI Initiator Properties Dialog Box TargetsTab Targets Discovery Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Quick Connect To discover and log on to a target using a basic connection type the IP address or DNS name of the target and then click Quick Connect Target Quick Connect Discovered targets Refresh T Status To connect using advanced options select a target and then click Connect To completely disconnect a target select the target and aa then click Disconnect For target properties including configuration of sessions select the target and click Properties Connect Properties For configuration of devices associated with a target select the target and then click Devices Devices Cancel 3 Click Disconnect to disconnect the vmPRO target from the iSCSI Initiator Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 191 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 4
54. 08 0afa 3bde 1b10 iqn 1995 03 com quantum vmpro target7 iSCSI mep 10 20 9 101 x 977a2739e1e4 Q shares NFS_mep MEP1 2 2 3__i365 upgrade 2 2 3__i365 upgrade flat vmdk Add iSCSI Exports OK 3 For each iSCSI target to remove click Ki to delete it from the vmPRO appliance 4 Click OK to exit the dialog box ISCSI Export and Recovery Use the vmPRO appliance s iSCSI Export and Recovery feature to recover your backed up data as disk images from a Windows based virtual machine VM or physical machine The iSCSI Export and Recovery feature differs from VM recovery as follows e When you recover a backed up VM you are recovering an entire file system from the Network Attached Storage NAS target The VM s file system is added to the datastore s target server s inventory as a new VM which users can then access e With the iSCSI Export and Recovery feature your vmPRO appliance works with the Windows iSCSI Initiator to capture the VM s file system as a disk image On the same Windows system from which the iSCSI Initiator is running you can mount the VM disk image VMDK to access the files within the VM For more information about recovering entire VM file systems see Recovering Virtual Machines Prerequisites Before using the iSCSI Export and Recovery feature make sure your system meets the following prerequisites Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 193 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery Windows iSCSI Initiator Ins
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56. 2 Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Backups 2 22 220 220220cceccceccceccceeeeeeeeee 143 Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies 22 2 0 0 20 20 c cece cece ccc cc cece ccc ec eee ceceeececeeeceeeees 146 Modifying SmartMotion Backup Policies 2 0 2 0 00 00 c cece eee cece cece ccc ec eee eeceeececeeceeeeeeee 155 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery nnn 157 vmPRO Data Recovery 2 2 e eee eee ccc ee cece eee e cece cece eee eec cece cececeeeeeeeeeeeceeeceeereeeeerecreceees 157 Recovering Virtual Machines 2 0 2 0 0 20 c ccc cece cece cece cece ec cee eee eeececeeeceececeeeceeceecseeeeeee 159 Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application 0 00 0 20 2 cece ee ee cece cece ee 169 Manually Registering a Recovered VM 02 00 20 cece cece cece cece eee e cece cece eeceeeeececceeceeeseeeees 172 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide vV Contents Preparing for Exchange Recovery cece cece cece cece e ccc ecceececcceceeeeeceeececeeceeceeeceesees 174 Recovering Mailboxes on an Exchange Server 2 2 0 2 ccc ec eee cecceccecceccecseceeceece 180 Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 0 22 2 c cece ccc ec eee cec ccc ceceeeceeceeceeeesees 188 iSCSI Export and Recovery 0 2 0 La 193 Recovering VM Disks Using iSCSI e cece cece ccc cece eee ee cee ececeecceceeseeseeeeeee 195 Individual File Recovery 2 0 2 2 c cee
57. 3 10 30 242 21 boot in 1KB Confguration Settings 8 AUT_win2003_FAT32 smal E changeAndQuiesceDisks txt 1KB Text Document 5 z E CONFIG SYS OKB System fle 8 Ef 10 SYS OKB System file 8 og 5 MSDOS SYS OKB System fle 8 B asdf E2 intpetect com 47KB MS DOS Application 2 D amarix ntd 291KB File 2 a E3 Documents and Settinas S pagefile sys 524 288 KB System file 5 Recover an individual file from a Unix Linux system 1 Log on to your vmPRO appliance s console command line interface CLI Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 203 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Individual File Recovery 2 Atthe command line enter the mount command to mount the CIFS recover share For mounting a CIFS share on a Linux system see Configuring a CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance 3 Atthe command line enter cd lt vmPRO Host_IP_Address gt recover files to locate the recover files directory The recover files directory contains directories for each configured NAS target Each NAS target directory then contains the data exported from your vmPRO appliance See the directory structure in the preceding task 4 Ateach successive command line enter the appropriate cd command to drill down to and automatically mount the correct partition directory Note You can use the cd command to mount more than one partition There could be a short delay during the automatic mount process of multiple partitions 5 Access and recover the individ
58. 906268 hitp liwww quankum com 20121203 0x00000409 1033 Quantum Corporation C Program Files VMware VMvware Tools backupScripts d Quantum SS exe uninstall 0x00000001 1 Ox00000002 2 My Computer HKEY _LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstal 1 3C11065 F31 3 40 S B700 D7B4B6A70A49 Note If the Program Files directory is not located at C Program Files enter the actual location of the directory 5 Return to Add Remove Programs and uninstall the VSS Writer vmPRO Advanced Settings Use the following settings in the Configure Advanced Settings dialog box to configure additional settings for Progressive Optimization HotAdd Transport methods and SmartMotion backups vmPRO Advanced Settings Enable the file system integrity check during backup For Progressive Optimization to work correctly during SmartMotion backups you need to allow your vmPRO appliance to execute file system integrity checks on virtual machine VM disks prior to the backup Otherwise recovery issues could occur Select this setting to allow your vmPRO appliance to execute a file system integrity check on VM disks before performing a backup Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 95 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Enable HotAdd Transport for all folders by default Quantum vmPRO supports vSphere s HotAdd Transport feature With HotAdd Transport you can add and remove SCSI virtua
59. Backups Configure Folders Click the button to display the Configure Folder Assignments dialog box Use this dialog box to assign the backup policy to folders See below 4 Inthe Scheduled Backups and Retention pane click Configure to display the Configure Backup Schedules and Retention dialog box Use this dialog box to set backup and retention schedules See below 5 Click OK to save the policy and exit the dialog box Assign a backup policy to folders 1 Display the Configure Folder Assignments dialog box Figure 109 Configure Folder Assignments Dialog Box Configure Folder Assignments x Folders assigned to this policy Name CBT Schedule Create Folder MoveUp Move Down Available folders not assigned to this policy Name CBT Schedule 10 30 240 40 Reset every Sunday at 3 30 10 30 240 41 Reset every Sunday at 3 30 bh VMs Reset every Sunday at 3 30 La Cancel J OK 2 Inthe Available folders not assigned to this policy list select a folder to which to assign the backup policy 3 Click Move Up to move the folder to the Folders assigned to this policy list Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 148 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 4 Do the following as needed e Toremove a folder from the Folders assigned to this policy list select the folder and click Move Down The folder is moved to the Available folders not assigned to this policy list e Tocreate a new fo
60. Cente gi Summary Test Login Delete existing ESX servers from your vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 27 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 2 Click the Servers tab to display the Servers page Figure 24 Servers Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses Select the type of server to add Servers File Sharing Ce vCenter Server only 1 may be managed per appliance Storage ESX Server multiple ESX servers may be managed Backup Policies Email Reports 8 Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt J 3 Select ESX Server and click Next to display a list of existing ESX servers configured for your appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 28 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Figure 25 ESX Server List Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Actions Licenses Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt J 4 Inthe Actions column click K3 to remove each server from your appliance 5 Click Back to return to the Servers page Configure a vCenter Server 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum v
61. ESX2 10 30 240 41 443 902 Z x Add Server OK N Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 34 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 4 Click Add Server to display the Configure Server dialog box Figure 32 Configure Server Dialog Box Configure Server Server the ESX Server or vCenter Label The label is a convenient identifier that can be set to anything Open Advanced Configuration Authentication Username root Enter the username and password of an account that can login to the ESX Password Server or vCenter and read storage Test Login Access the Configure Server dialog box from the Configure menu 1 From the Configure menu select Servers to display the Configure Server List dialog box Figure 33 Configure Server List Dialog Box Configure Server List x Label Server Ports Actions ESX1 10 30 240 40 443 902 IZ 8 ESX2 10 30 240 41 443 902 4 1 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 2 Click Add Server to display the Configure Server dialog box Figure 34 Configure Server Dialog Box BS Configure Server Server the ESX Server or vCenter Label The label is a convenient identifier that can be set to anything Open Advanced Configuration Authentication Username root Enter the username and password of an account that can login to the ESX Password Server or vCenter and read storage
62. Guide 132 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 2 Click the Backup tab as needed Figure 102 Tasks Console Backup Tab Quantum vmPRO Home VMs Alerts mists SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help G Refresh Backup Recovery History Recent SmartMotion Backup Running View Policies Start Backup Abort Backup ph ble started at 10 46 AM on Fab 27 SmartMotion Task bh_bcks copying 11 VMs to 10 20 85 15 has been running for 5 minutes and 51 seconds Y Policy History gt bi bes 2 complete Y DEFAULT DEFAULT finished at 3 53 PM on Feb 26 VMs Folders VM Name bh app fedora 14878 bh app bh app r5609 bh app 15644 bh app 15754 bh app 15793 bh app v232 r4805 bh app v300 r5152 bh app v301 15525 bh dslinux bh vapp ym1 Nodes 4 Status 11 complete Queued 17 complete 0 complete Queued Queved Queved 0 complete Queved Queved Finished Error Copy type full full full full full File size Savings 8 0 GB 7 8 0 GB 12 0 GB 13 12 0 GB 030 12 0 GB 12 0 GB 8 0 GB 12 0 GB o 12 0 GB 256 0MB 40 0 MB 0 Elapsed Time 5 minutes and 5 minutes and 4 minutes and 5 minutes and 1 minute and Start Time End Time Feb 27 10 46 Feb 27 10 46 Feb 27 10 47 Feb 27 10 46 Feb 27 10 46 3 Inthe left pane review a list of SmartMotion Backup task
63. Guide 14 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing Exceeding License Capacity If you exceed your license capacity the vmPRO GUI displays a warning banner The vmPRO appliance continues to back up and restore data but the warning banner remains until you increase your license capacity Contact your Quantum sales representative to purchase additional capacity based licenses and then add the license s to your vmPRO appliance Figure 11 Capacity Exceeded Warning Banner CAPACITY EXCEEDED You have exceeded your licensed limit for the total size of exported VM s Please update your licensing Get licenses Quantum ymPRO D vms dy Alerts EM Tasks Smartmotion Backup Configure Opera Target Based License A target based license has no capacity limit or calculation but is limited to using just a single Network Attached Storage NAS device as a target in backup policies Target based licenses are available to customers who purchase a Quantum vmPRO 4000 product bundle or customers of the Quantum Service Provider program If you qualify for a target based license you can retrieve it from the Web site where you received your initial contact email You need to manually add your license to your vmPRO appliance Calculating Capacity Requirements for vmPRO Licensing To better estimate your vmPRO appliance s capacity needs we recommend calculating your capacity requirements using the vSphere Client or Web Client a Windows or L
64. IP address and port number using the following format lt IP_address port_number gt In the Username field enter the administrative user name for accessing the vSphere Client In the Password field enter the administrative password for accessing the vSphere Client Click OK to register the vmPRO plugin with the vCenter server Save changes and exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Restart your vCenter server Access the vmPRO appliance from your vSphere Client 1 2 3 Log in to your vSphere Client In the left pane select the vmPRO appliance Select the Quantum vmPRO lt IP address gt tab to display the vmPRO GUI in the tab Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 107 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus 4 Login to the vmPRO GUI See Accessing the vnPRO GUI Note If the vmPRO GUI does not load make sure Adobe Flash Player is installed on the system running the vSphere Client vmPRO GUI Menus Use the vmPRO GUI menus to access the following features SmartMotion Backup Menu Use the SmartMotion Backup menu to access the following features Menu Item Feature Backup Run SmartMotion Backup Use this feature to run a SmartMotion backup In addition you can edit a backup policy before running a SmartMotion backup See vmPRO Sma
65. Ka AA lN Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 6 67535 06 Rev A April 2015 Product of USA Quantum Corporation provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice COPYRIGHT STATEMENT 2015 Quantum Corporation All rights reserved Your right to copy this manual is limited by copyright law Making copies or adaptations without prior written authorization of Quantum Corporation is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law TRADEMARK STATEMENT Be Certain and the Q brackets design DLT DXi DXi Accent DXi V1000 GoVault Lattus NDX the Q logo the Q Quantum logo Q Cloud Quantum and the Q brackets design the Quantum logo Quantum Be Certain and the Q brackets design Quantum Vision Scalar StorageCare StorNext SuperLoader Symform and the Symform logo and design are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Products mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies All other brand names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners Quan
66. Manually Activating a SmartMotion Backup appliance When a DXi V Series appliance is managed by a vmPRO appliance disable the DXi V Series appliance from being exported If you want to back up your DXi V Series appliance replicate it to another DXi appliance NAS Targets If your NAS target is powered down or in a disconnected state the vmPRO GUI times out If you see messages or behavior to this effect check the status of your NAS target Proceed with a backup when the NAS target is behaving correctly Additional Backup and Recovery Solutions Quantum vmPRO can support your current backup and recovery solutions For more information about using Quantum vmPRO with your current backup and recover solutions see the product specific technical notes on the Quantum Support site and the online support article Using Quantum vmPRO with your backup solution Manually Activating a SmartMotion Backup If you need to manually activate a SmartMotion backup use the Run SmartMotion Backup dialog box After initiating the backup you can view the backup s progress and details from the Backup tab on the Task console From this tab you can also stop a SmartMotion backup See Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console Figure 105 Run SmartMotion Backup Dialog Box Run SmartMotion Backup Select the SmartMotion Policy to Run Selected Policy DEFAULT v Edit policy Storage 10 20 85 37 10 20 85 37 CIFS_MEP Copy mode Multiple copies
67. O appliance GUI See Configuring Email for a vmPRO Appliance autosupport commands autosupport send logs lt email address gt Use to email support packages to the email address given in the command autosupport upload logs nocreate Use to upload support packages to the Quantum Support site The nocreate flag tells the system not to create a support package since it has already been created autosupport upload report Use to upload reports the Quantum Support site Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 211 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands cbt autosupport set daily upload packages on off Use to activate or deactivate automatic uploading of support bundles when core files are generated i Note Using this command does not change settings configured for reports and alerts in the vmPRO appliance GUI See Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance vmPRO Console Commands cbt Use the Changed Block Tracking cbt command to reset the base disk s last modified time to the current time See vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support cbt command cbt reset all lt hypervisor gt lt vm name gt folder lt folder gt Use to reset the base disk s last modified time to the current time With this command you can reset all virtual machines VMs on the vmPRO appliance or specify an individual VM within a specific folder vmPRO Console Commands config Use the config command to co
68. O appliances within a group Assign folders and the VMs residing within them to be managed by the different appliances within a group distributing the backup load Folders that you create on the master appliance display for all appliances within the group Manage multiple differential Changed Block Tracking CBT backup rotation schedules Changed Block Tracking CBT enables differential backups or backing up of only new or changed information to significantly reduce the amount of data read from the VM and written to the Network Attached Storage NAS target Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 64 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Folders Configuring vmPRO Folders Configure folders to better organize virtual machines VMs and the schedule on which they are backed up You can assign SmartMotion backup policies to folders which in turn dictates the schedule for backing up the VMs in the folder Create Folders When creating folders you can assign a unique Changed Block Tracking CBT schedule to a folder In addition select the transport method for the vmPRO appliance to use in transferring VMDKs Create a folder on the vmPRO GUI 1 2 3 Click the VMs button to display the VMs Console Click the Folders tab to display the Folders Tab view Click Add Folder to display the Configure Folder dialog box Figure 58 Configure Folder Dialog Box DB Configure Folder Folder Changed Block Tracking Reset Sc
69. P4 x vCenter Plugin AE L x Samay 3 us pool ntp org PA Add NTP Server a Cancel lt lt Back L Next gt gt arte 3 Inthe Time Zone drop down list select the appropriate time zone for the vmPRO appliance Note The time zone of your vmPRO appliance must be the same as the time zone of the vCenter or ESX server s 4 Select the Enable NTP check box to enable an NTP server for your vmPRO appliance Select an NTP server for your vmPRO appliance by doing one of the following Select an existing NTP server e Inthe NTP Host field select the NTP server to use with your vmPRO appliance e Use the Actions column icons to do the following as needed o rai Use to edit the NTP server o Rad Use to delete the NTP server from the list of NTP hosts Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 74 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Users Add a new NTP server a Click Add NTP Server to display the Add NTP Server page b In the NTP Server field enter the NTP Server to use with your vmPRO appliance c Click Save to return to the Time amp NTP page with the new NTP server displayed in the NTP Host field d Select the NTP server to use with your vmPRO appliance 6 Save changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance v
70. PRO appliance Plan for available capacity in your backup target Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance You can modify virtual machine VM configuration settings from the Virtual Machines tab on the VMs console You can modify a single VM s configuration settings or select multiple VMs for which to modify these settings Modify VM configuration settings 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console 2 Click the Virtual Machines tab as needed 3 Select one VM or multiple VMs for which to modify configuration settings 4 Click Edit Selected VMs to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box For asingle VM The VM s name and server display in the VM Name and Server fields respectively Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 123 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Figure 92 Configure Virtual Machine Dialog Box Single VM Ng Configure Virtual Machine x VM Info VM Name 8GBFullThick Server ESX Test Configuration Node 10 20 85 12 a Folder L 10 30 240 40 D4 J V Exported Changed Block Tracking Enabled VSS Configuration Microsoft Windows based VMs Only Configure VSS Settings For multiple VMs The number of selected VMs displays in the VM Name field The Server field is unpopulated Figure 93 Configure Virtual Machine Dialog Box Multiple VMs Configure Virtual Machine x VM Info VM Name 4 VMs selected Server Configuratio
71. PRO User s Guide 176 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 4 In the Members list click the plus icon to display the Select Members window Figure 132 Select Members Window Lhang tawa WUN Leng pantun coeyMacronctt kahanga Secunt DA 5 Inthe displayed list select Exchange Servers and click add to add the name to the Organization Management domain group 6 Click ok to return to the Role Group window with Exchange Servers displayed in the Members list Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 177 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Figure 133 Role Group Window Members List 7 Click Save to save changes and exit the window Add an Exchange server to the Organization Management domain group for Microsoft Exchange 2010 1 In alocal browser enter https lt Exchange Server IP Address gt ecp to access the Exchange Server page for Microsoft Exchange 2010 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 178 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 2 Select the Roles and Auditing tab and then select the Administrator Roles tab Figure 134 Exchange Server Administrator Roles Tab Exchange Server g RB 4 Roles amp Auditing Administrator Roles Loe Sone Role Groups Sie Hygiene Management Crganization Management Public Folder Management Double click Organizat ion Management to display the Role Group window In the Members lis
72. RO Autosupport feature to include the Quantum support team on daily report and alert emails as well as to upload a daily report to the Quantum support site Uploading reports to the Quantum support site enables SmartRead statistical analysis and facilitates pro active support from the Quantum support team To take advantage of daily reports and email alerts as well as Autosupport configure both the Email feature and the Reports and Alerts feature on your vmPRO appliance i Note Standard edition customers can upload reports but they cannot access the support site To take full advantage of the Autosupport feature either purchase additional capacity or purchase a service contract For more information go to www quantum com Configuring Email for a vmPRO Appliance Configure your vmPRO appliance s Email feature to send daily reports and alerts to recipients who need to stay informed about the vmPRO appliance You can configure your appliance s Email feature from the Configure menu or the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard After entering credentials for your appliance s Email feature you can verify that the credentials are correct by sending a test email Display the Configure Email dialog box e From the Configure menu select Email Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 68 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport Figure 61 Configure Email Dialog Box DN Configure Email x Sender Email Addres
73. RO User s Guide 206 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO ntp e smartmotion e tsm e VSS ii Note All network commands reflect the network related to the vmPRO appliance Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO Use the VMware VSphere Client or Web Client console to use the command line interface CLI for your vmPRO appliance Launch the vSphere Client console for vmPRO 1 Log into your VMware vSphere Client Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 2 Inthe vSphere Client s left pane select your vmPRO appliance Figure 160 vSphere Client Left Pane j 10 20 87 251 vSphere Client ile Edit View Inventory Administration Plug ins Help F Home b gg Inventory p l6 Inventory na 6 0 amp DEER 10 20 87 251 Quantum vmPRO 3 2 1 DXiTest B DXi V1000 2 3 BLD81 N Summary ResourceAllocation Performance Events Console Permissions E Quantum vmPRO 3 2 1 close tab X 8 bagabag What is a Virtual Machine lu A virtual machine is a software computer that like a Virtual Machines physical computer runs an operating system and applications An operating system installed on a virtual machine is called a guest operating system Because every virtual machine is an isolated computing environment you can use virtual machines as desktop or wo
74. Recovery Configure an iSCSI target s write area settings 1 From the Configure menu select iSCSI to display the Configure iSCSI dialog box Figure 130 Configure iSCSI Dialog Box DB Configure iSCSI x iSCSI Write Area When your backup virtual disks are exposed as iSCSI targets writing to the iSCSI disk does not modify your backup data Instead the writes are stored on a storage device of your choosing Storage for iSCSI Write Area No Storage configured v Maximum size per target so Gigabytes 2 Inthe Storage for iSCSI Write Area drop down list select the target iSCSI to which to recover Exchange server disk images or select Create new Storage to configure an iSCSI storage target See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups 3 Inthe Maximum size per target field enter the amount of space to reserve for the recovered disk images in gigabytes 4 Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box Target Exchange Server The iSCSI target pushes the recovered mailboxes to a mailbox on a target Exchange server Make sure that the target mailbox has enough available space for the recovered mailbox Otherwise the Exchange Recover will fail You will specify the target Exchange server from the wizard Quantum VSS Agent The vmPRO Exchange Recovery feature performs best when the Quantum VSS agent performs the backup of mailboxes on an Exchange server To enable the Quantum VSS Agent see Quantum VSS Writer
75. S dialog box or NFS General Configuration page Displays the Edit NFS Export dialog box or page Use this page to edit the NFS protocol s settings IN x Deletes the NFS protocol from the vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 52 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups To perform SmartMotion backups you need to configure NAS targets to which to export data When configuring NAS targets define a device to use as the NAS target along with the protocol share sub folder and mount options You can configure NAS targets from the SmartMotion Backup menu or the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Display the Configure Storage dialog box 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Storage to display the Available Storage dialog box Figure 51 Available Storage Dialog Box Ni Available Storage x Name Host Backup folder Status Actions nasi nasi inast a andrew smartmotion Mounted pagg 10 30 241 153 10 30 241 153 10 30 241 153 vmPRO Pavalus Mounted L R Add Storage OK 2 Click Add Storage to display the Configure Storage dialog box Figure 52 Configure Storage Dialog Box N Configure Storage x Storage Configuration Hostname Nickname Device Quantum DXi v Protocol NFS v Share aa Sub folder Mount options mem pe Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 53 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sh
76. SANEDL DULCE DANE DALE BG NABAGO SLELDLULALAG tae 73 NA AA KANA 75 vmPRO Upgrades ene eo ee IO en ER Poe OR ee raara r oreen 77 vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support 2 0 0 20200 e cece cece cece c cece eee ecceceeceeceeececeeeeeceeees 84 Quantum VSS AA HAAAY 88 vmPRO Advanced Settings lt 3 cco tice decee esi oe aT GON LEGAL A NAL wa cebyoaemn gut Daaa Daaa aan aaan 95 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 4 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Setup and Configuration After installing your Quantum vmPRO appliance you need to configure both network and appliance settings e Use the VMware vSphere Client console to configure network settings e Use the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard in the vmPRO GUI to initially configure appliance settings e Use the vmPRO GUI to configure additional appliance settings or to edit appliance settings as needed Installation Notes Refer to the following notes for information about installing your vmPRO appliance View step by step instructions If you have not yet installed your Quantum vmPRO appliance see the Quantum vmPRO Download and Installation Guide You need a valid email address and password to access the guide For Standard Edition users Documentation community support and other resources are available through Forum V Quantum s online support forum for virtualization products For Tivoli Storage Manager TSM We recommend installing the TSM Linux agent after you i
77. Selected VMs Cigar Select Columns v V Auton Name Node z no vss LogTr CBT amp 10 30 240 40 GN 2 2 3_i365 upgrade 10 29 85 KI KI KI 2DiskSameName 10 70 NO KI NO 2DiskSameName 1 10 p NO NO KI hi 8GBEmptyThick 10k KI NO KI Gi GBEXT2EmptyThick 10 po NO KI KI hi 8GeFullthick 10 30 NO NO NO G0 EGENTFSEmptyThick 10 24 85 NO KI NO Gi EGENTFSEmptyThick 2 10 201p5 NO NO NO GD andrew msad 10 20 8 KI KI NO andrevenephele 2 10 20 85 NO KI KI 4 Use each VM s maximum allocated capacity to calculate your vmPRO appliance s capacity needs Adding Licenses to a vmPRO Appliance Use the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard to add licenses to your vmPRO appliance Based on the type of license that you are installing use one of the following methods Capacity Based License When you configure your vmPRO appliance you can retrieve your capacity based license from the vmPRO support site Upon retrieval your license is automatically added to your vmPRO appliance You can then set a capacity warning threshold which triggers your vmPRO appliance to generate an alert when you are nearing your license s capacity Add a capacity based license to your vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 19 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing 2 Click
78. Test Login Access the Configure Server page for ESX servers from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 36 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 2 Click the Servers tab to display the Servers page Figure 35 Servers Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses Select the type of server to add Servers File Sharing Ce vCenter Server only 1 may be managed per appliance Storage ESX Server multiple ESX servers may be managed Backup Policies Email Reports 8 Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt J Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 37 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 3 Select ESX Server and click Next to display the Server list Figure 36 Server List Welcome Licenses Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Policies Email vCenter Plugin Summary Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Servers Hostname Label Actions aaa een E Add Server Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 38 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 4 Click Add Server to display the Configure Server page Figure 37 Configure Server Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcom
79. Thesystem to which you are backing up the VM must have enough free disk space If the system does not have enough free disk space the VSS backup will fail For more information see http technet microsoft com en us library cc708051 v ws 10 aspx e Each of the Windows system s VMs have the most up to date version of VMware Tools installed e VSS requires VMware Tools to be current If a VM is configured for VSS but does not have a current version of VMware Tools the following warnings appear on the vmPRO GUI Warnings VMs Console o The VSS column displays a red YES for the VM Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 89 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer o An error message displays when you mouse over a VM with a red YES in the VSS column Alerts Console An alert message displays for a VM that does not have a current version of VMware Tools The message continues to display until you do one of the following o Update VMware Tools for the VM and rediscover the VM o Disable VSS for the VM VSS Resources Use the following links to learn more about VSS e For more information how VMware can use VSS see Designing Backup Solutions for VMware vSphere e For more information about AD recovery see How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 or Active Directory Backup and Restore Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups Before beginning a Vo
80. _ Use the original configuration no changes to datastore and directory from the time it was backed up _ Change each virtual disk s configuration Cancel Back next 2 Populate the following fields and check boxes as needed Field Check Box Description New VMX Name The name of the VM s configuration file Enter a new name for the configuration file or keep the original name for the file Datastore for the VMX The datastore to which to recover the VM s configuration file Select a target datastore from the drop down list Directory for the VMX The directory in which to place the VM s configuration file Enter a new directory or keep the original directory structure for the file Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 162 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Field Check Box Description Action on Conflict Select one of the following options if a VM name or directory name conflict occurs during the VM recovery e stop The vmPRO appliance stops the recovery process You will need to rename either the original VM directory or the VM directory being recovered and then restart the recovery process e rename The vmPRO appliance continues the recovery process and registers the recovered VM with a new name using the following convention lt VM_name gt 1 If lt VM_name gt 1 exists the appliance uses the next sequential number such as lt VM_name gt 2 The vmPRO appliance uses this sam
81. a more easily identifiable name for the NAS target as necessary Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 55 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 4 Inthe Device drop domn list select one of the following NAS targets NAS Target Description Quantum DXi Use a Quantum DXi device as your NAS target Before you can use a DXi device as a NAS target The DXi appliance must be configured with either a CIFS or NFS share that is accessible to your vmPRO appliance See the Quantum DXi User s Guide for your DXi system for information about configuring your DXi device If you are using the CIFS protocol with your DXi device Populate the following fields a CIFS User The user name defined for the DXi device s NAS configuration settings b CIFS Password The password defined for the DXi device s NAS configuration settings Data Domain Use a Data Domain appliance as your NAS target If you select this option e The Fastcopy user field and Show SSH Key button display e vmPRO assigns sysadmin as the fast copy user Do the following to add the SSH key to your Data Domain applicance a Click Show SSH Key to display the SSH Key popup b Copy the SSH key c Usetheadminaccess add ssh keys command on your Data Domain appliance Generic Use ageneric NAS as your storage target 5 Inthe Protocol drop down list select a file sharing protocol either CIFS or NFS to assign to your NAS storage tar
82. a vmPRO Appliance When you configure an NFS file sharing protocol for your vmPRO appliance you are defining the file systems and hosts that can access the exported vmPRO data You can configure an NFS file sharing protocol from the Configure menu or the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard In addition you can edit or delete NFS protocols from these locations Display the Configure NFS dialog box e From the Configure menu select NFS Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 49 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Figure 47 Configure NFS Dialog Box Configure NFS x General Configuration V Enable NFS Access Client Access Control Export Hosts Options Actions export Zi R Add NFS Export Display the NFS General Configuration page 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the File Sharing tab to display the File Sharing page Figure 48 File Sharing Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome File Sharing Licenses Sh What protocol will be used for file sharing File Sharing V Windows File Sharing CIFS Storage V Unix File Sharing NFS Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt 3 Select the Unix File Sharing NFS check box as needed and click Next to display the NFS General Configuration page
83. ab Quantum vwmPRO amp Home vms d Alerts mins SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help G Refresh Start Time Elapsed Time Progress 3 Review the following information for each VM that was included in the most recent SmartMotion Recovery Name The name of the VM recovered during the recovery task Status The status of the VM s recovery progress such as Finished Start Time The time at which the recovery task began on the associated VM Elapsed Time The amount of time that the recovery task took for the associated VM Progress The current progress of the recovery task for the associated VM Note Click Recover VMs to start a SmartMotion Recovery task See vmPRO Data Recovery History Tab Use the Tasks Console History tab to view a detailed list of tasks Navigate the History tab on the Tasks console 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the Tasks button to display the Tasks console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 136 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 2 Click the History tab as needed Figure 104 Tasks Console History Tab Quantum ymPaO one Gime anons mma SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help G Refresh Backup Recovery Time Dec 15 15 37 13 Dec 15 15 32 13 Dec 15 15 27 12 Dec 15 15 22 12 Dec 15 15 17 11 Dec 15 15 12 11 Dec 15 15 07 10 Dec 15 15 06 32 Dec 15 15 05 31 Dec 15 15 05 30 Dec 15 15 05 10 Dec 15 15 05 10 Dec 15 15 02 09 Dec 15 14 57 09
84. age D Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Select the type of recovery to perform VM Recovery Recover to vCenter ESX as a new VM _ Exchange Recovery Recover an Exchange mailbox from this backup _ iSCSI Export Export virtual disks from this backup as iSCSI targets ca Cancel 6 Select VM Recovery to recover the selected VMs as new VMs on the appropriate vCenter or ESX server 7 Click Next Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 161 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines 8 Depending on whether you are recovering a single VM or multiple VMs use one of the following tasks to complete VM recovery Recover a single VM 1 Onthe Select the type of recovery to perform page select VM Recovery to display the Select a target virtual machine configuration page The page displays the name of the VM selected for recovery as well as the original name of the VM s configuration file Figure 120 Select a target virtual machine configuration Page Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Select the target virtual machine configuration Configuration VM Name Original VMX Name New VMX Name 2 2 3 i365 upgrade vmx Datastore for the VMX DevStoragei x Directory for the VMX 2 2 3 i365 upgrade Action on Conflict rename v stop rename Sy Regt wer ene connyursuern nur ine veeRups DD Virtual Disk Configuration e Use the above datastore and directory same location as the VMX
85. ame name and CHAP secret that was configured on the target for this initiator The name will default to the Initiator Name of the system unless another name is specified Name iSCSI_mep Target secret eeececccccoces E Perform mutual authentication To use mutual CHAP either specify an initiator secret on the Configuration page or use RADIUS Use RADIUS to generate user authentication credentials E Use RADIUS to authenticate target credentials o J cad 6 Connect to the iSCSI target from the vmPRO appliance a Select the Enable CHAP log on check box to encrypt the password needed to access the target b Inthe Name field enter the user name created for the vmPRO iSCSI user See the Prerequisites section of About iSCSI Export and Recovery c Inthe Target secret field enter the password assigned to the vmPRO iSCSI user d Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box 7 Inthe Connect To Target dialog box click OK to display an AutoPlay dialog box which you can use to access your mounted VMDK Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 199 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery Figure 157 AutoPlay Dialog Box for iSCSI Target aaa _ Local Disk E a General options Open folder to view files J using Windows Explorer ob Use this arti for miaa dows Backup karin up rad siari a s Read View more AutoPlay options in Control Panel 8 Ope
86. and only afternet set hostname is run on the group master Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 214 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands help vmPRO Console Commands help Use the help command to list a summary of top level commands Enter a command argument to list all command options for the argument help commands help Use to list a summary of available top level commands help lt command argument Use to list all command options for the defined lt command argument Example quantum bsmith gt help ssh showing commands that start with ssh ssh disable ssh enable ssh status i Note To list all of an argument s options you can also enter the lt command argument without using the help command For example you can enter ssh to receive the same response as you do when you enter help ssh vmPRO Console Commands import Use the import commands during a single step recovery from the import directory import commands import mkdir lt directory name gt Use to create a directory under the import directory Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 215 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands log import rmdir lt directory name gt Use to remove the directory from the import directory import edit lt cfg file gt Use to edit the cfg file found in the import directory such as import my_directory vmname cfg import show errors lt directory name gt Use to list all error files
87. app vml bh vapp vml vnx use file info 0x7 76057fae40 direct io 0 Random I O datastore fs 1 i detect E 2014 12 15 07 05 32 377330 dataszore_fs_open path 4d261e25 9a4d14ab 1d49 00238b647153 same name same nam2 vmx oe fuse file info 0x7 76075fde40 direct ic 0 Random I O datastore fs 3 2014 12 15 07 05 35 507556 Retrieved datastorel 20 bh vapp vml kh vapp vml vmx in 0 seconds datastore fs 2014 12 15 07 05 35 592316 Retrieved DevStoragelt same name same rame vmx in 0 seconds 2014 12 15 07 05 3 753214 dataszore fs open path 4d435169 1475bc74 634b 90e62232ac23 bh app v232 r4805 bh app v232 r4805 vmx fase file info x7f7607ffee40 direct io 0 Random I O dmesg 2014 12 15 07 05 3 810520 datascore fs open path 4d261e25 9a4d14ab 1d49 00238b647153 gary_test_O gary test_0 vnx datastore fs 5 dmesg old fuse file info Ox7i 76057fae40 direct ic 0 Random I O files fs 2014 12 15 07 05 32 991481 Retrieved datastorel 20 bh app v232 r4805 bh app v232 r4805 vmx in 0 seconds P 2014 12 15 0 5 3 022878 Retrieved DevStoragel gary_test_0 gary_test_0 vmx in 1 seconds import fs v 2014 12 15 07 05 3 244665 datassore fs open path 4d264d25 8b6275cb 3e5 00238b647153 Jerrys vmPRO 2 3 2 Jerry L Gather Support Logs for Technical Support Select the Log Files tab as needed Click datastore_fs and look for Obtained and using Transport Mode hotadd in the vie
88. aring Protocols Display the Storage Configuration page 1 From the Configuration menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the Storage tab to display the Storage page Figure 53 Storage Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome Storage Licenses Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Policies aa Add Storage Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 54 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 3 Click Add Storage to display the Storage Configuration page Figure 54 Storage Configuration Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Storage Licenses Storage Configuration Servers Hostname Nickname File Sharing Device Quantum DXi v Protocol NFS X Storage Share Sub folders 35757 Backup Policies Mount options Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP Save Storage vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel i lt lt Back JL Next gt gt J Configure NAS targets for SmartMotion backups 1 Display the Configure Storage dialog box or the Storage Configuration page 2 Inthe Hostname field enter the NAS target s IP address or host name Caution Take care to enter the correct host name or IP address for the target If you enter an incorrect target identifier the exported data may not be stored 3 In the Nickname field enter
89. ate a staging area on a host other than your vmPRO appliance You can create a staging area on any Network Attached Storage NAS device that is accessible to both the third party application and the vmPRO appliance 2 Ensure that the directory in which the VM is located is in the staging area along with the following files Note The VM s directory should have the same name as the VM File Description lt VM name gt flat vmdk The full base disk image lt VM name gt pancbt vmdk If you use Changed Block Tracking CBT the file containing the changed blocks since the last full disk image was written You should have the latest of these files for each flat file See vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support lt VM name gt vmx The VM s configuration file 3 Add the staging area to the vmPRO appliance as additional storage to allow the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard to access the staging area See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups Recover a VM backed up with a third party application 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Recover to display the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 170 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Figure 126 Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Ng Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x To select a virtual machine for recovery or iSCSI export check the box next to the VM name and select the version to recover Filter VM Name Ba
90. ation Quantum VSS Writer Click the Virtual Machines tab to display the list of VMs as needed 3 Select the VMs for which to enable quiesce and click Edit Selected VMs to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box 4 Click Configure VSS Settings to display the Configure VSS Login dialog box Figure 74 Configure VSS Login Dialog Box Multiple VMs Configure VSS Login x VM Info VM Name 5 VMs selected Server Getting Started with VSS Welcome If this is your first time configuring VSS for your VM s please take a minute to review our documentation Before you can enable VSS for your Microsoft Windows based VMs you will need to prepare the VM configuration View VSS Install Documentation VSS Configuration Microsoft Windows OS Only Quiesce Enabled Yes vj Log Truncation Enabled No Login information is required for log truncation and installing or upgrading the Quantum VSS agent from vmPRO Windows login Password Test the Configuration on 1 VM To install or upgrade the Quantum VSS agent please select only 1 VM Lama soe From the Quiesce Enabled drop down list select Yes From the Log Truncation Enabled drop down list select Yes as needed For more information about log truncation see Using Log Truncation for VSS Backups 7 Populate the following fields if you enabled log truncation a Windows login Enter the user name to access the Windows system on which lo
91. ault status to the policy and places an asterisk next to it in the Name column 3 Click OK to save settings and exit the dialog box Edit a backup policy s configuration settings 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Backup Policies to display the Available Backup Policies dialog box 2 Select the policy to edit and click ra to display the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box in edit mode Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 155 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Figure 117 Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy Edit Mode N SmartMotion Policy Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy x Name DEFAULT Copy Mode multiple copies v Email Backup Report Backup vmPRO Configuration Assigned Folders and Storage VM Folders Siae Bck_1 10 20 85 37 7 Edit Storage 10 20 85 37 10 20 85 37 CIFS MEP Configure Folders Scheduled Backups and Retention Weekly Automatically backup on Mon and retain for 1 week Scheduled backups will begin at 12 00 am Configure Note The Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box in edit mode includes a table displaying the VM folder assignments for the existing backup policy Otherwise the dialog box and steps taken to edit the policy are the same as when creating a backup policy 3 Edit the policy s configuration settings as needed See Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies Delete a backup policy from the vmPRO applian
92. ays Click I Agree to agree to the vmPRO licensing terms After you agree to the licensing terms the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard displays If the wizard does not automatically display access it from the Configure gt Config Wizard menu Click Next to display the Licenses page and install the license s for the vmPRO appliance See Adding Licenses to a vmPRO Appliance Click Next to display the Servers page and configure the appropriate vCenter or ESX server for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring a vCenter Server for a vmPRO Appliance or Configuring ESX Servers for a vmPRO Appliance Note When configuring a server for your vmPRO appliance you can select either a single vCenter server to manage ESX servers OR you can select one or more standalone ESX servers You cannot manage both a vC enter server and ESX servers directly from your appliance If the configuration includes a VSAN datastore select the single vCenter server Click Next to display the File Sharing page and configure the protocol either CIFS or NFS with which to export the vnPRO appliances file systems See NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Click Next to display the Storage page and configure the network storage for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups Click Next to display the Backup Policies page and configure the backup policies for your vmPRO appliance See Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies Cl
93. bed Quantum vmPRO User s Guide ix Preface e Data sizes are reported in base 1000 rather than base 1024 For example o 1MB 1 000 000 bytes o 1GB 1 000 000 000 bytes o 1TB z 1 000 000 000 000 bytes Product Safety Statements Quantum will not be held liable for damage arising from unauthorized use of the product The user assumes all risk in this aspect This unit is engineered and manufactured to meet all safety and regulatory requirements Be aware that improper use may result in bodily injury damage to the equipment or interference with other equipment WARNING Before operating this product read all instructions and wamings in this document and in the Quantum Products System Safety and Regulatory Information Guide ADVARSEL L s alle instruktioner og advarsler i dette dokument og i Informationsvejledning vedr rende system sikkerheds og lovbestemmelser for Quantum produkter f r produktet betjenes AVERTISSEMENT Avant d utiliser ce produit lisez toutes les instructions et les avertissements de ce document et du Guide d informations sur le syst me la s curit et la r glementation de Quantum WARNUNG Lesen Sie vor der Inbetriebnahme dieses Produkts alle Anleitungen und Warnungen in diesem Dokument und im System Sicherheits und Betriebsbestimmungen Handbuch fur Quantum Produkte ADVERTENCIA Antes de hacer funcionar este producto lea todas las instrucciones y advertencias de este documento y de la Gu a
94. ce 1 From theSmartMotion Backup menu select Backup Policies to display the Available Backup Policies dialog box Select the policy to delete from the vmPRO appliance and click Ki to display the Confirm delete popup box Click Yes to confirm the deletion and remove the policy from the vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 156 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery This chapter contains the following topics and sections vmPRO Data Recovery 2 Ja 157 Recovering Virtual Machines coco cece ccc cece cee cee cee ce eee cece eee neeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeenes 159 Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application 2 c ccc e eee e eee ee cece ee 169 Manually Registering a Recovered VM 0 220 202 occ cece cece c ccc e cece e aaao aadar aaoo adarra 172 Preparing for Exchange Recovery c cece cece cece cece cece cece ceecceceeeeeceeececeeeeceeceeeees 174 Recovering Mailboxes on an Exchange Server 2 2 0 2 2 cece cece cece ec eccceceeececceeceeceecees 180 Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 0 20 20 0 20 c cee ceeccececcceccecceceeccecceececeeeees 188 iSCSI Export and Recovery 20 20 a 193 Recovering VM Disks Using iSCSI 0 00 00 20 0c cece ccc cece eee cece ec cece addaa aooaa daarnaa 195 Individual File Recovery c ccc e cece cece e eee e cece eee eee e eee ences ceee eee eeeeeeeeeesersereeeseesees
95. ced Settings Condition 2 Target VMs that are managed by the same vCenter server configured for the vmPRO appliance In this case the vnPRO must manage the ESX server through the vCenter server Target VMs under a vCenter server must also share the same storage and the ESX server hosting the vmPRO appliance must also have access to the shared storage set up for the VMs vSphere s HotAdd Licensing Requirements You must meet the following licensing requirements for your version of vSphere vSphere Version Licensing Required 5 1 and newer Does not require special licensing to use HotAdd Transport 5 0 Requires Enterprise editions and higher with HotAdd licensing enabled 4 1 Does not require special licensing to use HotAdd Transport 4 0 update 2 Requires an Advanced Enterprise or Enterprise Plus license Verification When you enable HotAdd Transport in the Advanced Configuration dialog box you are only requesting that the vmPRO appliance use this transport method Enabling HotAdd does not guarantee that the vmPRO appliance will use it Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 99 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Verify that the vmPRO appliance used HotAdd Transport Use one of the following verification options a From your vmPRO appliance s GUI select Help gt vmPRO System to display the vmPRO Appliance Status dialog box Figure 77 vmPRO Appliance Status Dialog Box vmPRO Appliance Status
96. certain percentage of its total accessible capacity Configuring Advanced Settings fora vmPRO Appliance Use the settings in the Configure Advanced Settings dialog box to configure additional settings for Progressive Optimization the HotAdd Transport method and SmartMotion backups Configure advanced settings for a vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Advanced Settings to display the Configure Advanced Settings dialog box 1Examples include virtual memory paging files and temporary files created during software installation Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 96 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Figure 76 Configure Advanced Settings Dialog Box DB Configure Advanced Settings x Global Virtual Machine Settings V Enable the file system integrity check during backup Enable HotAdd Transport for all folders by default v Skip reading of page file and swap partitions during backup _ Allow a SmartMotion backup to run even if the same policy is already running Disallow backups when there is not enough datastore space for snapshot Allow no more than g0 datastore capacity i Cancel OK 2 Select the check box next to any of the following settings as appropriate Enable the file system integrity check during backup Select this setting to allow your vmPRO appliance to execute a file system integrity check on VM disks before performing a backup See About vmPRO Advanced Settings
97. cess 4 level Note You cannot edit the sysadmin user s access level i Note You can also access this dialog box from the Operations gt Change My Password menu Deletes the user At the prompt confirm the deletion Note You cannot delete the sysadmin user vmPRO Upgrades You can upgrade your Quantum vmP RO software either online or offline Note When upgrading to vmPRO versions 3 0 or newer you must upgrade all vmPRO appliances within a group together Note When upgrading from 2 1 4 or prior to to 2 3 and newer we recommend increasing the memory allocation on the vmPRO appliance to 1280 MB You can increase memory by editing the Quantum vmPRO VM settings in the VI Client Online Upgrades e If you are upgrading from vmPRO versions 3 0 or older you can perform the upgrade from your vmPRO appliance s Client console See Updating vmPRO Versions 2 X to 2 3 3 and 3 0 X to 3 X Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Upgrades e If you are upgrading from vmPRO version 2 3 3 to vmPRO 3 X you need to deploy a new vmPRO version 3 X appliance first You can then import your current configuration file from your vmPRO version 2 3 3 appliance into the newly deployed 3 X appliance See Updating vmPRO Version 2 3 3 to vmPRO Version 3 X e If you are upgrading from vmPRO versions 3 1 or newer you can perform the upgrade from your vmPRO appliance s GUI See Updating vmPRO Versions 3 1
98. cessing the vmPRO GUI a 105 Embedding the vmPRO GUI in the vSphere Client 2 00 00 20 c cece cece eee cece eee ec eee ceeeeeeeee 105 VINIPRROGUIIMGNUS ics tc Aa deacra Asai oae dela tatenengrwesdaabosaniatpeidastawcesaseatth ka a a dane 108 Navigating the vmPRO Home Console 0 00 2 00220 c cece cece cece cece c eee eececeeceeececeecceeeeeeeees 115 Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 0 220 000 cece cece cece eee c eee ce cece ceceeceeceecceceecceereseeeees 117 vmPRO Auto Export Feature 2 0 2 2 200 220 c cece cece ccc ccc cece cece cee ccececececeeeeeseeeseeeseeees 122 Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance 0 20 00 c cece cece eee eee ecceececeeeeeee 123 Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console 0 20 2 0 02 ccc e cc ecc cece cece ee ceeeeecees 125 Navigating the vmPRO Alerts Console 0 0 0 20 cc cce cece cece ccc ec ccc oaaao aaao addaa oaoa rara 130 Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 20 00 2022 0 cece cece cee cc ec ec cece eee cecceceeceeceeceeeceeeeeseees 132 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup aaaea 138 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup 2 22 2 220 220 22cc cece cece cece cece cece a A DPLI onnan 138 Manually Activating a SmartMotion Backup 0 2 0 2 e cece cece cee cee cece cece eee eee eeeeneeeneees 141 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 2 2 20 00 22 2 0c ccc ccc cece eee ec cece cceccceceeeceeeseeeeeeees 14
99. ckup Policy dialog box 2 Inthe SmartMotion Policy pane do the following Field Check Box Action Name Enter a name to assign to the backup policy for easy identification Copy Mode Select one of the following options for the drop down list e multiple copies Save multiple copies of a virtual machine VM Retention schedules are applied to the multiple VM copies See Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Backups e one copy Save just one copy of a VM Retention schedules do not apply to this option because only one backup copy exists Email Backup Report Select this check box to email a Backup Report to the recipients identified on the Reports amp Alerts dialog box or Report amp Alert Configuration page See Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance Backup Select this check box to back up a copy of the vmPRO appliance s vmPRO Configuration configuration file See vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 147 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 3 Inthe Assigned Folders and Storage pane do the following Field Button Action Storage Select one of the following options from the drop down list e A storage target in which to store backed up data If needed click Edit Storage to edit the storage target s settings e Create new Storage to create a new storage target to which to back up data See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion
100. ckup in the last 30 days Update filter Select all Select none VM Name Server Host Resource Pool 2 2 3 i365 upgrade 10 30 240 40 eng vsphere1 hq Resources 3 1 2 6609 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources LJ 3 1 2 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherei hq Resources L andrew win2003 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources LI bh win 2008r2 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources Manage iSCSI Targets Manually Choose a VM 2 Click Manually Choose a VM to display the Select directory dialog box Figure 127 Select directory Dialog Box Select directory Xx Current Directory storage all 10 20 85 40 10 20 86 22 Selected storage Ee 3 Double click the appropriate storage location and then the appropriate folder until the list of VMs displays 4 Select the VM s to recover and click OK to return to the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 171 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines 5 To complete the recovery process proceed with step 5 from the Recover VMs Backed Up with SmartMotion task in the Recovering Virtual Machines topic Manually Registering a Recovered VM You must manually register a recovered virtual machine VM if you did not select to automatically add it to a server s inventory during recovery When the VM is registered with a server it is added to the server s inventory and automatically disco
101. controllers to use in authenticating access Separate each domain controller with a comma OR e Enter an asterisk to use any available domain controllers to authenticate access Note If you need to remove a vmPRO appliance from a domain controller you must do so manually 8 Select the Enable Quantum Support share check box to enable the Quantum support team to access the CIFS share when support is needed 9 Doone of the following From the Configure CIFS dialog box a Click OK to display the CIFS Change popup reminding you that active connections will be disconnected if you continue b Click OK to display the Join Domain dialog box c In the Username field enter a user name for an account with authority to join the domain d In the Password field enter the password for the account e Click Join to join the domain and exit the dialog box From the CIFS General Configuration page a In the Username field of the Domain Joining Credentials pane enter a user name for an account with authority to join the domain b In the Password field of the Domain Joining Credentials pane enter the password for the account c Click Join Domain Now to join the domain d Save changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Quantum v
102. ct Exchange Recovery to recover mailboxes on an exchange server and click Next to display the Exchange Recovery Wizard Set up for the Exchange recovery 1 Access the Exchange Recovery Wizard 2 Doone of the following depending on whether you use the Quantum VSS agent to perform backups of your Exchange server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 182 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery If the Quantum VSS agent is enabled Figure 139 Select database by name Exchange Recovery Wizard Select the Exchange database which contains the mailbox you would like to recover Ce Select database by name Database Name Exchange Server Database Description SSTest W2012E2013 newSSTest W2012E2013 gary test W2012E2013 QO Browse this backup for Exchange edb file and transaction log directory Browse Edb file No file selected Log dir Use the same location as edb file Browse 09 a Select the Select database by name check box as needed b Select the Exchange database that contains the mailbox to recover c Click Next to display the vCenter ESX server information page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 183 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery If the Quantum VSS agent is not enabled Figure 140 Browse this backup for the Exchange edb file and transaction log directory Exchange Recovery Wizard Select the Exchange database which contains the mailbox you would like to recover
103. ctions 1 1 NIN x x RN Figure 125 Configure policy mappings Page Set a policy to map original datastores to new datastores Option Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Configure policy mappings x Target Datastore Source Datastore Count Actions DevStorage1 2 Pj 8 Add new px me os 3 Depending on which option you selected do the following to configure your restore policy Set a policy to map virtual machines to datastores a Click Add new policy to display the Configure Target Datastore dialog box b In the Target Datastore drop down list select the datastore to which to recover the VMs Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 168 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines c In the VMs to recover to the target datastore list select each VM to recover to the selected datastore d Click Save to save updates and return to the Configure policy mappings dialog box with your new mappings displayed e Click Next to display the Confirm your recovery configuration page f Review the recovery settings and click Start to begin the recovery Set a policy to map original datastores to new datastores a Click Add new policy to display the Configure Target Datastore dialog box b In the Target Datastore drop down list select the datastore to which to recover the VMs c In the Datastores to map to the target datastore list select each datastore to recover to the selected datastore
104. d Click Save to save updates and return to the Configure policy mappings dialog box with your new mappings displayed e Click Next to display the Confirm your recovery configuration page f Review the recovery settings and click Start to begin the recovery Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application You can use the vmPRO Recover Virtual Machines Wizard to recover virtual machines VMs backed up with a third party application Note If you are recovering a VM with both Active Directory AD and VSS enabled the VSS restore process reboots the VM twice These reboots can take several minutes During this time we recommend that you do not attempt to use the VM See Quantum VSS Writer Considerations e Before using the wizard restore the VM using your third party application e Create a staging area from which the vmPRO appliance can access the VM e After recovering a VM backed up with a third party application manually delete the files from your staging area Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 169 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Create a staging area from which the vmPRO appliance can access the VM 1 Create the staging area in which to place the VM by doing one of the following If the vmPRO appliance can access the location to which you restored the VM Use the restore location as your staging area If the vmPRO appliance cannot access the location to which you restored the VM Cre
105. d b P7 vmPRO Base7125 node2 nvram 8 48KB 3 12 20 Non vol vsanDat gt EJAUT Win2003 F a a Register VM 293KB 3 13 20 Virtual vsanDat vmware 5 1121 VI j b C9 B160r754 5c7a r B Download fror Datastore 158 93 3 12 20 VM Log vsanDat 3 vmPRO XM Delete File 84234 3 4 201 Virtual vsanDat Bm vmPRO Base712 a Ea Copy to gt C0 1957f754 e425 3 5p Move to gt Co hy i365 vsphereb mj Rename to gt C885c1055 5724 gt vmPRO Base712z gt 59 96561754 7645 5 b C9 Win2008r2 Exchz gt 89420355 2ff5 af gt Pahv win 2NN8r2 vs Right click the vmx file and select Register VM to display the Register Virtual Machine wizard In the Name field edit the name of the VM as needed In the Select inventory location list select the folder in which to place the registered VM Click Next to display the Host Cluster page In the displayed list select the host or cluster on which to run the VM Click Next to display the Resource Pool page In the displayed list select the resource pool in which to run the VM Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 173 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 12 Click Next to display the Ready to Complete page and click Finish to add the VM to the server s inventory Preparing for Exchange Recovery Before using the vmPRO Exhange Recovery feature make sure that the following prerequisites are met Prerequisites
106. d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 bh app v223 i365 bh app v223 i365 vmdk vmdk 0 extent rename bh app v223 i365 flat vmdk vmdk 0 extent name bh app v223 i365 flat vmdk vmdk 0 directory bh app v223 i365 vmdk 0 type thin vmdk 0 size 8589934592 dsname 4d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 register after import 1 vmx name bh app v223 i365 vmx directory bh app v223 i365 version 5 vmuuid 564d2c15 7dc3 6b95 62e1 cb2d2c5d2fd7 on conflict rename folder vm a VM recovery will begin on Start Check recovery progress under the Tasks tab If you have chosen not to automatically register the VM use the vSphere client to add the recovered VM to inventory Cancel Back start 5 Review the recovery settings and click Start to begin the recovery Configure policy mappings 1 Onthe Select a policy for recovering your virtual machines page select either Set a policy to map virtual machines to datastores or Set a policy to map original datastores to new datastores Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 167 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines 2 Click Next to display the Configure policy mappings page Configure policy mappings Target Datastore DevStorage1 DevStorage2 Figure 124 Configure policy mappings Page Set a policy to map virtual machines to datastores Option Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x VMs to Restore A
107. de informaci n normativa del sistema y de seguridad de los productos de Quantum VARNING Las igenom alla instruktioner och varningar i detta dokument och i Quantums produktsystem sakerhet och reglerande informationsguide innan denna produkt anvands BHUMAHVE epea Hayanom skcnnyataluu maHHoro 3AeNUA NPOUTUTe BCe NHCTpYKUMN Nn NpegynpexgeHna NPVBeAeHHbIe B HACTOALLIEM JOKYMeHTe n B PyKoeodcmee No cucmeme mexHuke 6esonacHocmu u deuicmeyrolwluM HOpMamueam KomnaHuu Quantum BA A Win Sk AA Sh Sal tc AB amp Quantum m 2 AFA KE Hi iti GF MAA RNC Sh COST XC Ont CEE EBA GES Quantum vmPRO User s Guide xX Preface DD MESS KE AA PA PHQuantum NE NAE OAN DAN SP SSAA O PS NANA BEAR BEKI Quantum 7 fib KAS BE AVE AS AAR PP AG BA AHA a AFIILEMAN ca Rae ATER Quantum Em ZPE AMA AAEM PIER AS HA KI ng ok PILAT NON NI71Y2A NNATNAI NININA 7 NX NI AT AWM YW N7YINA N97 MATNX Quantum xin WAY NINI NINDA NINNA NYNA YTNATNITNA Related Documents The following Quantum documents are also available for Quantum vmPRO Document Document Title Document Description Number 6 67534 Quantum vmPRO Release Notes Presents compatibility and support information about the latest release of Quantum vmPRO 6 67728 Quantum vmPRO Open Source Lists open source software components and Licenses associated licenses used in Quantum vmPRO 6 66527 Quantum Vision User s Guide Describes the Quantum Vision
108. e Servers Licenses So Configure Server Servers Server File Sharing Hostname Enter the hostname or IP address of the ESX Server or vCenter Storage Label The label is a convenient identifier that Fa can be set to anything Backup Policies Open Advanced Configuration Email Authentication Reports amp Alerts 2 Username root Enter the username and password of PULSO an account that can login to the ESX Center Plugin Password Server or vCenter and read storage vCenter Plugin Summary Test Login Gana Configure an ESX server for your vmPRO appliance 1 2 3 4 Display the Configure Server dialog box or the Configure Server page as appropriate In the Hostname field of the Server pane enter the host name or IP address to assign to the server In the Label field of the Server pane enter a label to assign to the server as needed In the Server pane click the Open Advanced Configuration link to display the Advanced Server Configuration dialog box Figure 38 Advanced Server Configuration Dialog Box Advanced Server Configuration Server Ports Data Port 902 Usually 902 Mgmt Port 443 Usually 443 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 39 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 5 Inthe Data Port and Mgmt Port fields edit the server ports as needed and click OK to return to the Configure Server dialog box 6 Inthe Username and Password fields of the Authentication pane enter the login crede
109. e Chapter 3 provides basic instructions for navigating through the vmPRO appliance graphical user interface GUI e Chapter 4 provides detailed instructions for backing up data with the vmPRO appliance e Chapter_5 provides detailed instructions for recovering data with your vmPRO appliance e Appendix A provides information about basic vmPRO CLI commands Notational Conventions This manual uses the following conventions Convention Example User input is shown in bold monospace font DARTinstall Computer output and command line examples are shown in DARTinstall monospace font User input variables are enclosed in angle brackets http lt ip_address gt cgi bin stats For UNIX and Linux commands the command prompt is implied DARTinstall is the same as DARTinstall File and directory names menu commands button names and data upload window names are shown in bold font Menu names separated by arrows indicate a sequence of menus to Utilities gt Firmware be navigated The following formats indicate important information Note Note emphasizes important information related to the main topic Caution Caution indicates potential hazards to equipment or data WARNING Warning indicates potential hazards to personal safety e Right side of the system Refers to the right side as you face the component being described e Left side of the system Refers to the left side as you face the component being descri
110. e Client Register the vmPRO appliance as a vCenter plugin 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the vCenter Plugin tab to display the vCenter Plugin page Figure 80 vCenter Plugin Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome vCenter Plugin licenses Quantum vmPRO can be optionally registered as a vCenter plugin Servers No vCenter plugin registered Storage Register plugin Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel L lt lt Back Jl Next gt gt J Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 106 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Embedding the vmPRO GUl in the vSphere Client 3 DN om Click Register plugin to display the Register vCenter Plugin page Figure 81 Register vCenter Plugin Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome vCenter Plugin licenses Quantum vmPRO can be optionally registered as a vCenter plugin Servers Su Register vCenter Plugin File Sharing Enter a vCenter administrative username and password to register the vCenter plugin Storage o vCenter Server ame e Backup Polides cr Email Username Password Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary In the vCenter Server field enter the IP address or resolvable host name of your vCenter server If you need to register your vCenter plugin using an alternate port enter the
111. e Proxy Setting Prompt b Select Http proxy and edit the values in the Server and Port fields to assign a new proxy server c Select Require authentication and edit the values in the Username and Password fields to require login credentials when using the proxy server d Press lt Enter gt to save changes Group Membership The group membership assigned to the vmPRO appliance See Configuring vmPRO Groups System Shutdown Manually shut down or restart the system a WithSystem Shutdown selected press lt Enter gt to display the System Power Control prompt Figure 10 System Power Control Prompt System Power Control b Type lt S gt to shut down the system or type lt R gt to restart the system Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 12 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance When you first access your vmPRO appliance s GUI the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard guides you through the setup of your appliance The following task provides a road map for navigating this wizard Refer to individual topics for detailed instructions on configuring each component of your vmPRO appliance Initially configure your vmPRO appliance using the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 1 10 11 12 Log in to your vmPRO GUI See Accessing the vmPRO GUI The first time you log in to your vmPRO GUI the End User License Agreement dialog box displ
112. e convention in renaming a duplicate directory Add the VM to vSphere ESX Select to automatically add the VM to the vSphere or ESX server s inventory after restore inventory If the VM is not originally from a vCenter or ESX server or if you want to manually register the VM with a different server clear this check box Register with the configuration If you selected to automatically add the VM to the server s inventory from the backup select if you want to register the VM to the same location from which it was backed up If the VM is not originally from a vCenter or ESX server or if you want to manually register the VM with a different server clear this check box 3 Inthe Virtual Disk Configuration field select one of the following options Virtual Disk Configuration Description Use the above datastore and Recovers the VM with the configuration defined in the fields above directory Use the original configuration Recovers the VM with its original configuration Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 163 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Virtual Disk Configuration Description Change each virtual disk s configuration a Customize each disk s configuration on the VM Click the Edit Configuration link to display the Virtual Disk Configuration dialog box Inthe Virtual Disk Number drop down list select the disk number for which to configure settings Inthe Target Disk Name field edit the
113. e to automatically bundle system logs into a support package b Click Download Support Package to download the system logs to a local server c Click Upload Support Logs to Quantum to send the bundled system logs to Quantum technical support Figure 84 Gather Support Logs Dialog Box o Gather Support Logs x Use this tool to create support packages to assist Quantum technical support Create Support Package Upload Support Logs to Quantum OK Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 112 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Menu Item Feature Export vmPRO Export vmPRO Configuration Configuration Use to save a copy of your vmPRO appliance s current XML configuration file Use this file to do the following e Restore your vmPRO appliance s configuration in the event of a disaster recovery scenario e Transfer the configuration settings of an existing vmPRO appliance group to a new vmPRO appliance group Export the XML configuration file a Follow the instructions on the displayed Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import page b Note the name and location of the group s configuration file when you download it Figure 85 Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Save a copy of your configuration Provided below is a link to a file containing configuration information for this vmPRO Please note this package contains password information and should only be provid
114. eation and removal of a VM snapshot This function is required by the VMware API The removal and creation of a snapshot for each VM can be a time consuming process when activating or deactivating CBT on multiple VMs CBT and Retention Schedules During differential disk backups CBT needs to access data from the flat vmdk file and the corresponding database entry For this reason the retention schedule for the backup policy does not initiate partial deletions of full backups Instead full backups differential backups and associated database entries are deleted at same time by the same retention schedule Configuring CBT ona vmPRO Appliance Do the following to configure Changed Block Tracking CBT on your vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 86 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support Enable CBT for Virtual Machine VMs You must enable CBT for each VM on which you are performing differential backups from the VMs Console Virtual Machines tab For detailed steps on how to enable CBT for VMs see Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO appliance Schedule a CBT Cycle Reset By default the CBT cycle is reset each Sunday at 03 30 At this point the vmPRO appliance performs a full backup of all CBT enabled VMs After the full disk backups complete the vmPRO appliance performs differential backups of the VMs until the next Sunday at 03 30 If needed you can modify the CBT reset sch
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116. ecececeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeseeees 219 vmPRO Console Commands nW 0 22 22 2c eee eee eee eee 220 vmPRO Console Commands smartmotion 020 2 ee cee eee eee ences 221 vmPRO Console Commands SNMP 2 0 22 cece ec ce eee c cece ccc e eee e eee eeceeeceeeceeeaeeeeeeeceeeuseeues 222 vmPRO Console Commands ssh 222 vmPRO Console Commands system o ccc e cece cece ec eee ee cece ceceeceeceeeeecceececeeeeeeeeeee 223 vmPRO Console Commands tsm ooo eee eee eee 225 vmPRO Console Commands vss aaa 225 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide vi Contents External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Vii Preface This manual introduces the Quantum Quantum vmPRO and discusses e Configuration e Appliance interface e System Operations e Basic troubleshooting Audience This manual is written for Quantum vmPRO operators and administrators It is assumed that this audience has at least a basic understanding regarding the use and function of the following products and applications e Windows Operating Systems e Linux Operating Systems e VMware e Backup and recovery systems Document Organization Following is a brief description of chapter contents Quantum vmPRO User s Guide viii Preface e Chapter 1 provides an overview of the vmPRO appliance e Chapter 2 provides detailed instructions for configuring your vmPRO appliance
117. ecover directories as CIFS or NFS shares that users can mount to their local machines Machine Before performing SmartMotion backups you need to configure NAS target devices to which to export data Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 42 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Configuring a CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance When you configure a CIFS protocol for your vmPRO appliance you are defining who can access the exported data in the CIFS share Use Workgroup or Active Directory AD Authentication to define user access Authenticated users can mount the CIFS share as a Windows network drive on their local machine Accessing CIFS Authentication Configuration You can configure authentication for a CIFS protocol from the Configure menu or the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Display the Configure CIFS dialog box e From the Configure menu select CIFS Figure 41 Configure CIFS Dialog Box RS Configure CIFS x General Configuration V Enable CIFS access Authentication Method Workgroup v Workgroup name WORKGROUP Users V Enable Quantum Support share Display the CIFS General Configuration page 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 43 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 2 Click the File Sharing tab to display the File Sharing
118. ecovery Policy Option Description Keep the original configuration The vmPRO appliance recovers the VMs to their original datastores following the original directory structure If the original directory still exists on the datastore the vmPRO appliance renames the directory in which the recovered VMs are placed Example e You want to recover all VMs to their original Datastore A using the original directory_xyz e ThevmPRO appliance recovers the VMs to Datastore A but directory_xyz is still intact on the datastore e ThevmPRO appliance creates directory_xyz_1 on Datastore A and places the recovered VMs in this renamed directory Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 165 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Recovery Policy Option Description Set a policy to map virtual The vmPRO appliance recovers the VMs to datastores that you machines to datastores define on the Configure policy mappings page This page displays when you click Next See below The vmPRO appliance uses the recovered VMs original directory structure Example e You define Datastore B as the recovery target for VMs 1 2 and 3 e VMs 1 2 and 3 originally resided on Datastore A in directory_xyz e ThevmPRO appliance recovers VMs 1 2 and 3 to Datastore B creating directory_xyz for the recovered VMs Set a policy to map original The vmPRO appliance recovers all VMs files and disks from one datastores to new datastores datastore to an
119. ed to administrators e db package tar bz enc Import a saved configuration In the box below select a saved configuration file that you would like to import and then click Import The configuration of this vmPRO will be set to the saved copy including login information The update may take a few minutes to complete WARNING Before importing a configuration the vmPRO from which the configuration package originated must no longer be in use Importing the same configuration to multiple vmPRO appliances is not supported and can cause undesired results Importing is only supported to vmPRO appliances with factory default settings Select the package Choose File No file chosen Import Quantu nPRO Thu Nov 13 15 01 32 2014 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 113 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Menu Item Feature Import Import vmPRO Configuration vmPRO Configuration Use to import a previously saved XML configuration file into the current vmPRO appliance Only vmPRO appliances with factory default settings support importing XML configuration files Import an XML configuration file a Follow the instructions on the displayed Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import page b Browse to the location of the exported configuration file and double click it to import the configuration settings Figure 86 Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Save a copy of your confi
120. edule from the Configure Folders dialog box In addition after CBT is enabled for a VM you can perform a one time immediate reset of a base disk s modified time from the appliance s VMware vSphere Client console A base disk s modified time is the last time the vmPRO appliance completed a full disk backup for the VM Note Do not reset your CBT cycle to the same time at which backups are occurring Instead reset your CBT cycle to start a few hours before your backups to ensure that all CBT enabled VMs have been reset before backups begin Modify a CBT reset schedule 1 Click the VMs button to display the VMs Console 2 Click the Folders tab to display the Folders Tab view 3 Inthe Folders table locate the folder that contains the VM for which to modify the CBT reset schedule 4 For the appropriate folder click VA to display the Configure Folder dialog box Figure 72 Configure Folder Dialog Box Configure Folder Folder Changed Block Tracking Reset Schedule The time and frequency which the last modified time of each CBT enabled VM s base disk is reset to the current time The default schedule is Sundays at 03 30 Time 03 v 30 v Frequency Every v Sunday v of the month 1 Transport Method Select the transport method to use for VMs in this folder View the HotAdd Transport warning Use the global default set using Configure gt Advanced Settings v 5 Inthe Time drop do
121. el The label assigned to the node A label allows you to easily identify nodes You can enter any alphanumeric combination for a node label If the node does not have a label this field will be blank Node The IP address assigned to the node Role The role assigned to the node if the node is part of a group Perform the following actions as needed Assign a label to a node a Inthe Actions column click Z to display the Configure Node dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 129 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Alerts Console Figure 100 Configure Node Dialog Box Configure Node Node Hostname Label b Inthe Label field enter a label to assign to the node c Click Save to save the node s label and return to the Configure Node List dialog box Email a notification Ko e Inthe Actions column click The node emails a report regarding its status using the email settings configured on the Configure Email dialog box See Configuring Email fora vmPRO Appliance Delete a node a Inthe Actions column click b Atthe prompt confirm the deletion 5 Click OK to save updates and exit the dialog box Navigating the vmPRO Alerts Console Use the Alerts console on the vmPRO GUI to review and manage a list of current alerts After you have addressed an alert you can delete it from the list of current alerts Doing so moves the alert to an Alert History list which you can use to determ
122. enable VSS for your Microsoft Windows based VMs you will need to prepare the VM configuration View VSS Install Documentation VSS Configuration Microsoft Windows OS Only V Quiesce Enabled requires VMware Tools _ Log Truncation Enabled Login information is required for log truncation and installing or upgrading the Quantum VSS agent from vmPRO Windows login Password Install or upgrade Quantum VSS agent Select the Quiesce Enabled check box Select the Log Truncation Enabled check box as needed Fore more information about log truncation see Using Log Truncation for VSS Backups 7 Populate the following fields if you enabled log truncation or to automatically install or upgrade the VSS writer a Windows login Enter the user name to access the Windows system on which log truncation or an automatic install upgrade is occurring b Password Enter the password to access the Windows system on which log truncation or an automatic install upgrade is occurring 8 Click Install or upgrade Quantum VSS agent to install the VSS Writer onto the VM as needed Note The installation or upgrade process can take some time if you are configuring a large number of VMs 9 Click Save to save changes and exit the dialog box To enable quiesce for multiple VMs 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs Console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 92 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configur
123. enses General Configuration Servers V Enable CIFS access File Sharing Authentication Method Active Directory X Staen NB HA Storage Domain Name A fully qualified domain name NETBIOS Name WORKGROUP The name if it is different than the Backup Policies DNS domain name max 15 chars Email Valid Users Comma separated list Reports amp Alerts Valid Groups Comma separated list Time amp NIP Domain Controller s Comma separated list Use to use any available domain controllers vCenter Plugin KA Enable Quantum Support share Summary Domain Joining Credentials You must enter a valid username password with administrative access for the domain to join the domain We will not save your domain joining credentials Username Administrator Password Join Domain Now Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt 3 Inthe Domain Name field enter the fully qualified domain name for your AD s host Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 47 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 4 Inthe NETBIOS Name field enter the NetBIOS name of the AD 5 In the Valid Users field enter a list of AD defined users who can access the CIFS share Separate each user with a comma 6 In the Valid Groups field enter a list of AD defined groups that can access the CIFS share Separate each group with a comma 7 Inthe Domain Controller s field do one of the following e Enter a list of domain
124. er 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Time Interval Steps Annually a Select the Annual tab to run backups and retain data on an annual basis Figure 115 Annual Tab b Select the Enable the annual backup schedule check box to activate your backup and retention schedule c Inthe Retain VMs from field select one of the following e Specific date Use to define a specific date on which to run backups and begin the retention period In the subsequent drop down lists select the specific month and day The first backup of the year Use to begin the retention period on the first backup of the year e The last backup of the year Use to begin the retention period on the last backup of the year A Caution An annual backup is scheduled only if you select the Specific date option Use The first backup of the year and last backup of the year options to define retention policies only and then schedule backups to run daily or weekly d Inthe Retain VMs for X years field enter the number of years for which to retain backed up data After the indicated number of years the backed up data is deleted from the storage target Example e You select The last backup of the year e Inthe Retain VMs for X years field you enter 1 e You schedule backups to run weekly on Fridays The backup runs every week on Fridays retaining all stored data for 1 year After 1 year of backups the backed up data is
125. er s Guide 40 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Your vmPRO appliance uses Network Attached Storage NAS targets as follows User Accessible Shares The vmPRO appliance exports the export and recover directories as Network Attached Storage NAS targets After being exported pre configured users can access the export and recover directories as mounted shares Use these directories to access the following lexport The export directory gives you direct access to the virtual machines VMs running on the ESX server recover The recover directory gives you access to the VMs backed up data File Sharing Protocols For users to access exported data you must first configure file sharing protocols to present the directories in a format that you and other network users can access Configure one or both of the following file sharing protocols Protocol Description CIFS A Common Internet File System CIFS file sharing protocol is typically used with Windows based servers When you configure a CIFS file sharing protocol define the users who can access the CIFS share NFS A Network File System NFS file sharing protocol is typically used with Linux based servers When you configure an NFS file sharing protocol define the file systems and hosts that can access the NFS share Consideration Keep in mind that the operating system OS r
126. es Menu Item Feature Help Contents Quantum vmPRO Online Help Use to access the Quantum vmPRO Help Online Help Quantum vmPRO Knowledge Base Use to access Knowledge Base articles addressing vmPRO functionality installation and other topics About About Quantum vmPRO Use to access information about your vmPRO appliance such as the privacy statement copyright and patent information version and Flash runtime version Licensing Quantum vmPRO Licensing Use to view information about the vmPRO appliance s license Displayed Information e Type of license e Total licensed capacity e Current capacity usage e Expiration date e Number of days remaining until the expiration date End User License Quantum vmPRO End User License Agreement Use to access and accept the Quantum vmPRO End User License Agreement vmPRO System vmPRO Appliance Status Use to view your vmPRO appliance s log files network information disk information CPU information memory statistics and GUI errors From this dialog box you can also access the Gather Support Logs dialog box Navigating the vmPRO Home Console Use the vmPRO Home console to view a general status of the appliance including active alerts activity over the last 24 hours summaries of the servers and virtual machines VMs that the vmPRO device is managing and network throughput Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 115 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Home Console F
127. ese domain controllers can access the exported data on the CIFS share Requirements To use authentication with your vmPRO appliance e You must use a server with Windows 2003 or 2008 e Your vmPRO appliance s main DNS server must be in the same domain as the vmPRO appliance See Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 46 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Configure AD Authentication for a CIFS protocol 1 Onthe Configure CIFS dialog box or CIFS General Configuration page select the Enable CIFS access check box as needed 2 Inthe Authentication Method drop down list select Active Directory to display additional authentication fields in the CIFS General Configuration Page Figure 45 Configure CIFS Dialog Box Authentication Method N Configure CIFS x General Configuration V Enable CIFS access Authentication Method Active Directory w aa ay Domain Name A fully qualified domain name The name if it is different than the NETELOG Name MORKCROUP DNS domain name max 15 chars Valid Users Comma separated list Valid Groups Comma separated list Domain Controller s gt Comma separated list Use to use any available domain controllers V Enable Quantum Support share Figure 46 CIFS General Configuration Page Active Directory Authentication Fields Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome File Sharing Lic
128. ew your current iSCSI targets as well as to remove iSCSI targets you no longer need See the Remove the iSCSI Target task in Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 8 Inthe iSCSI Initiator IP Address field enter the address of the computer on which the iSCSI Initiator is running 9 Inthe iSCSI User drop down list select one of the following e The user created for the iSCSI Initiator e Create New User to display the Configure User dialog box Use this dialog box to create a user for the iSCSI Initiator See Configuring Users fora vmPRO Appliance 10 Inthe Password field enter the 12 to 16 character password assigned to the iSCSI user 11 Click Export Selected Disks to export the selected VMDKs to the iSCSI target 12 Click OK to exit the wizard Recover disk images from the iSCSI Initiator 1 Open your iSCSI Initiator 2 Discover the vmPRO a Click the Discovery tab to display the Discovery page b Click Discover Portal to display the Discover Target Portal dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 197 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery c In the IP address or DNS name field enter the IP address of your vmPRO appliance d Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box 3 Click the Targets tab of the iSCSI Initiator to display the vmPRO appliance in the Discovered targets field Figure 155 Targets Page p iSCSI Initiator Properties 8 Targets Discovery Favorite Target
129. exit the Configure Email dialog box or save changes and exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance Configure your vmPRO appliance to send daily reports and alerts to recipients who need to know about the status of the appliance In addition enable Autosupport to facilitate pro active support from the Quantum support team Note Make sure your firewall allows access to support Quantum com on port 443 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 70 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport Display the Configure Reports amp Alerts dialog box e From the Configure menu select Reports amp Alerts to display the Configure Reports amp Alerts dialog box Figure 63 Configure Reports amp Alerts Dialog Box N Configure Reports amp Alerts x Report amp Alert Configuration Recipients Comma separated list of email addresses which receive reports and alert emails _ CC Quantum Support Team dl autosupport report quantum com Email a report every day Include CSV attachment on SmartMotion reports V Upload a report to Quantum support site http mosaic quantum com every day Uploading daily reports enables SmartRead statistica
130. feature in which the appliance automatically finds all VMs that are candidates for export See Discovering Servers fora vmPRO Appliance View Report Quantum vmPRO Report Use to view a report of yourvmPRO appliance s daily activity Report Contents e Current alerts for the vmPRO appliance e Licenses configured for the vmPRO appliance e Servers configured for the vmPRO appliance e VMs discovered by the vmPRO appliance e SmartMotion statistics for the vmPRO appliance e History of commands given to the vmPRO appliance e Performance history for the vmPRO appliance e Statistics for VMs on the vmPRO appliance e Status of the vmPRO appliance e Logfiles for the vmPRO appliance Synchronize With Synchronize Time Time Server Use to synchronize your vmPRO appliance with the time server Synchronizing your vmPRO appliance with the time server a Inthe Synchronize Time dialog box click Sync Now b After the synchronization has completed click OK to exit the dialog box Figure 83 Synchronize Time Dialog Box Synchronize Time x Synchronize system time with the time servers Current Time Wed May 23 2012 09 49 02 AM Sync Now OK Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 111 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Menu Item Feature Gather Support Logs Gather Support Logs Use to create and upload support packages to assist Quantum technical support Creating and uploading support packages a Click Create Support Packag
131. figure its server or servers Quantum vmPRO Supported Servers Quantum vmPRO supports the following types of servers Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 23 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Note When configuring a server for your vmPRO appliance you can select either a single vCenter server to manage ESX servers OR you can select one or more standalone ESX servers You cannot manage both a vCenter server and ESX servers directly from your appliance vCenter Server Configure a single vCenter server hostname for VM discovery If you have the option of using a vCenter server we recommend that you do so Because vCenter servers auto discover all ESX hosts they allow for ease of use and reduced management overhead Note In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server rather than as opposed to managing individual ESX servers VSAN is a cluster wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of ESX servers The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server which in turn manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores ESX Server Configure one or more standalone ESX servers For information regarding vSphere ESX host datastore and storage considerations see the vSphere ESX Host Notes and Best Practices section of the Quantum vmPRO Best Practices Guide Discovering Servers Before the vmPRO app
132. files at http lt vmPRO_appliance_IP address gt api download Configure downloads for a vmPRO appliance a Select the Enable downloadable files from Quantum vmPRO check box to allow files to be downloaded from the vmPRO appliance b Select the Require HTTP Authentication check box to require user authentication to access downloaded files from the vmPRO appliance c Inthe wget command field enter additional wget commands or edit existing ones as needed d Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box Figure 82 Configure Downloads Dialog Box Configure Downloads V Enable downloadable files from Quantum vmPRO If enabled only authenticated user accounts can download from the appliance wget no check certificate https lt ip address gt ap download Software Updates Configure Software Updates Use both to schedule and check for vmPRO software updates See Updating vmPRO Versions 3 1 or Newer Config Wizard Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Use to access a wizard to guide you through configuration steps for licenses servers file sharing storage backup policies email reports and alerts time and NTP and vCenter plugins See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 110 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Operations Menu Use the Operations menu to access the following features Menu Item Feature Discover Now Discovery Use to initiate the vmPRO Discovery
133. g the last mailbox recovery clear the Keep this window open to do additional recoveries from this database check box The vmPRO appliance recovers the last mailbox and automatically activates the Exchange server cleanup process and closes the wizard Note If you abort a mailbox recovery you will see mailboxes continue to be moved to the target mailbox for a period of time due to a time delay between the abort command and the Exchange server s suspension of the recovery Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server During the recovery of an Exchange server the vmPRO appliance configures iSCSI disks and a recovery database on your Exchange server The appliance automatically cleans up this configuration when the Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 188 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery recovery process is complete or when you exit the Exchange Recovery Wizard by using the back cancel or X buttons If you close the vmPRO GUI without exiting the Exchange Recovery Wizard or if the browser crashes when a recovery is running the vmPRO appliance does not automatically clean up the configuration changes made to your Exchange server If this occurs you must do a manual cleanup of your Exchange server Removing the Recovery Database Use your Exchange Management Shell to dismount and remove the recovery database from your Exchange server Remove the recovery database from the Exchange server 1 2 Open your Exc
134. g truncation or an automatic install upgrade is occurring b Password Enter the password to access the Windows system on which log truncation or an automatic install upgrade is occurring 8 Click Test the Configuration on 1 VM to validate that the VSS configuration is compatible with the selected VMs Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 93 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer Note The system tests the configuration on one of the selected VMs After you save the configuration the system will then test the configuration on all selected VMs and notify you of any errors 9 After receiving confirmation that the VSS configuration is compatible with one VM click Save to enable quiesce for the VMs and save changes Using Log Truncation for VSS Backups To avoid overfilling a Windows system disk or partition with log files which can lead to application downtime it is important to truncate transaction logs after a VSS backup completes Enable log truncation on the Configure VSS Login dialog box see Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups After log truncation is enabled SmartMotion automatically truncates logs after a backup has completed successfully If you are not using SmartMotion you need to manually initiate log truncation after a backup completes Use the vmPRO appliance s GUI see below or the vmPRO appliance s VMware Console see vmPRO Console Commands vss to manually initiate log truncation
135. get Inthe Share field enter the name of the exported file system being accessed from the NAS target In the Sub folder field enter a directory within the file system as needed Inthe Mount options field enter the location to which you are mounting the NFS or CIFS shares e To provide file level access to the backups at the lt vmPRO Host_IP gt recover files directory on a CIFS share enter the IP address or host name of the NAS target See Individual File Recovery e If you are using a Scalar LTFS appliance with an NFS share enter the following NFS mount option rsize 1048576 wsize 1048576 timeo 12000 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 56 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration i Note For recommendations regarding Linux system mount options see Configuring an NFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance For mounting CIFS shares see Configuring a CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance 9 Doone of the following to save the NAS target From the Configure Storage dialog box a Click OK to add the NAS target to the Available Storage dialog box b Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box From the Storage Configuration page a Click Save Storage to add the NAS target to the Storage page b Save changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initial
136. guration Provided below is a link to a file containing configuration information for this vmPRO Please note this package contains password information and should only be provided to administrators e db package tar bz2 enc Import a saved configuration In the box below select a saved configuration file that you would like to import and then click Import The configuration of this vmPRO will be set to the saved copy including login information The update may take a few minutes to complete WARNING Before importing a configuration the vmPRO from which the configuration package originated must no longer be in use Importing the same configuration to multiple vmPRO appliances is not supported and can cause undesired results Importing is only supported to vmPRO appliances with factory default settings Select the package Choose File No file chosen Import Quantum vmPRO Thu Nov 13 15 01 32 2014 Change My Password Configure User Use to change the password for the currently logged in user This function changes the user s password for both the vmPRO GUI and the vmPRO s Console Command Line CLI interface See Configuring Users fora vmPRO Appliance Logout Logout Use to log out of the vmPRO GUI Figure 87 Logout Dialog Box A Logout now Cancel Logout L mt j Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 114 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Home Console Help Menu Use the Help menu to access the following featur
137. guration Wizard Considerations Before configuring ESX servers consider the following items Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 33 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Server Management When configuring a server for your vmPRO appliance you can select either a single vCenter server to manage ESX servers OR you can select one or more standalone ESX servers You cannot manage both a vCenter server and ESX servers directly from your appliance If you currently have a vCenter server configured for your appliance you need to delete it before adding an ESX server See Configuring a vCenter Server fora vmPRO Appliance VMware VSAN In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server rather than managing individual ESX servers VSAN is a cluster wide resource that exists as datastores on a cluster of ESX servers The vmPRO appliance manages VSAN through a vCenter server which manages the ESX servers housing the VSAN datastores Access the Configure Server dialog box from the VMs Console 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console 2 Click the Resources tab as needed 3 Inthe Servers pane click Configure to display the Configure Server List dialog box Figure 31 Configure Server List Dialog Box NY Configure Server List x Label Server Ports Actions ESX1 10 30 240 40 443 902 Z pi
138. hange Management Shell At the prompt enter Get MailboxDatabase Select Object Name to display the vmPRO Recovery database name Figure 144 Obtain the Recovery Database Name C N Get MailboxDatabase Select Object Name Mailbox Database 0013642993 test database diff part same disk lvmPRO Recovery iqn 1995 83 com quantum vmpro target1 At the prompt enter Dismount Database database name gt to display a confirmation prompt Enter Y to confirm the dismount Figure 145 Dismount the Recovery Database Jismount Database vmPRO Recovery ign 1995 83 com quantun vnpro target1 con quantu ro This may result in reduced availability for mailboxes in Help Cd At the next prompt enter Remove MailboxDatabase identity lt database name gt to display a confirmation prompt Enter Y to confirm the removal Figure 146 Remove the Recovery Database Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 189 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Dismount Volumes from Your Local System The vmPRO appliance adds one or more disks to your system It adds more than one disk when the Exchange database and transaction logs are on different disks When the Exchange database and transaction logs are on the same disk but in different partitions the vmPRO appliance mounts two volumes on that disk You need to dismount each volume on each disk that the vmPRO appliance added Remove vmPRO mounted volumes 1 From the Computer
139. he server as needed d In the Server area click the Open Advanced Configuration link to display the Advanced Server Configuration dialog box Figure 98 Advanced Server Configuration Dialog Box Advanced Server Configuration Server Ports Data Port 502 Usually 902 Mgmt Port 443 Usually 443 Cancel OK e Inthe Data Port and Mgmt Port fields edit the server ports as needed and click OK to return to the Configure Server dialog box f Inthe Authentication area s Username and Password fields enter the login credentials needed to access server read storage g Inthe Authentication area click Test Login to verify that the login credentials work h Click Save to save updates and exit the dialog box 5 Click OK to save updates and exit the dialog box Nodes From the Resources tab you can edit a node s label email a notification regarding a node or delete a node Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 128 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console To manage nodes from the Resources tab 1 2 3 On the vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console Click the Resources tab as needed In the Nodes pane click Configure to display the Configure Node List dialog box Figure 99 Configure Node List Dialog Box B Configure Node List x Label Node Role Actions 10 20 85 5 unknown VA 2 x OK The dialog box displays the following information for each node Column Description Lab
140. hedule The time and frequency which the last modified time of each CBT enabled VM s base disk is reset to the current time The default schedule is Sundays at 03 30 Time 03 v 30 x Frequency Every v Sunday w ofthe month 1 Transport Method Select the transport method to use for VMs in this folder View the HotAdd Transport warning Use the global default set using Configure gt Advanced Settings v came sm In the Name field enter a name for the folder 5 Inthe Changed Block Tracking Reset Schedule area edit the CBT schedule as needed See Configuring CBT on a vmPRO Appliance In the Transport Method area select one of the following methods to use in transferring the VM disks VMDKs within the folder Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 65 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Folders Transport Method Description Use the global default The vmPRO appliance uses transport method settings defined in the Configure Advanced Settings dialog box See Configuring Advanced Settings fora vmPRO Appliance Attempt to use HotAdod fall The vmPRO appliance uses the HotAdd transport method to transfer back to NBD VMDKs HotAdd provides a non network based method of transferring VMDKs from the source VM to the vmPRO appliance If HotAdd cannot be used for transporting data such as when the target VMs are not on the same ESX server as the vmPRO appliance the vmPRO appliance u
141. higher 3 Double click the appropriate QuantumVSS exe file to open the installer 4 Follow the installer s instructions to complete the installation of the Quantum VSS writer Configure virtual machines VMs being backed up with VSS For each VM being backed up using VSS you must first enable quiesce for file system consistency In addition you can select to enable log truncation as well as to configure the vmPRO appliance to automatically install and upgrade the VSS writer onto each VM You can enable quiesce and test the VSS configuration for multiple VMs at the same time however you can only install or upgrade the Quantum VSS agent on one VM ata time To configure a single VM being backed up with VSS 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs Console 2 Click the Virtual Machines tab to display the list of VMs as needed 3 Selecta VM for which to enable quiesce and click Edit Selected VMs to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 91 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer 4 Click Configure VSS Settings to display the Configure VSS Login dialog box Figure 73 Configure VSS Login Dialog Box Single VM Ni Configure VSS Login x VM Info VM Name Server Getting Started with VSS Welcome If this is your first time configuring VSS for your VM s please take a minute to review our documentation Before you can
142. i Chapter 1 Quantum vmPRO This chapter contains the following topics and sections Quantum vmPRO a a a bbb bbb bbb bb bbb bbb bbb bbb bbb bebe bbe beeeeeees 1 Quantum vmPRO Quantum vmPRO is a lightweight agentless backup and recovery application that protects data in its native format Deployed as a virtual appliance on a VMware vSphere ESX or ESXi server Quantum vmPRO works directly with the guest operating system OS of any virtual machine VM designated for data protection The vmPRO appliance backs up data in its native virtual machine disk VMDK file format to a Network Attached Storage NAS backup target You can access the backed up data down to the file level using any standard file browser In addition you can achieve easy drag and drop restores of whole VMs or individual files within seconds from a standard file browser You can also pair Quantum vmPRO with a Quantum DXi appliance to replicate backed up data to another disk target or to the cloud This replication allows for fast restores and bootable VMs from the data replication DR location without the need of a backup application at a secondary location Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 1 Chapter 1 Quantum vmPRO Figure 1 vmPRO Workflow Diagram ESX Host am Ga APP APP Los os os Email File amp Print CRM VM VM VM Q s Z Ng H C3 a pi PO wa NO vSphere or Z a APP Changed blocks NAS Rep
143. ication to back up data you must use that application to recover the entire VM See Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application Prerequisite Before you can access the mounted CIFS share you must configure the Mount options setting on the vmPRO appliance to point directly to the location of the SmartMotion backups This setting provides file level access to the backups at the lt vmPRO Host_IP gt recover files directory on the CIFS share For instructions on how to configure the Mount options setting see Configuring NAS Targets for Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 201 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Individual File Recovery SmartMotion Backups Supported File Systems and Dynamic Disks The vmPRO SmartView feature supports only a limited number of types of file systems dynamic disks and partitions Review the following table to view a list of supported and unsupported file systems dynamic disks and partitions Supported File Systems Dynamic Disks and Partitions Unsupported File Systems Dynamic Disks and Partitions Extended file systems ext 2 3 and 4 File Allocation Table FAT file systems New Technology File Systems NTFS Supported file systems that are embedded in logical volume manager LVM 2 volumes that do not span multiple virtual disks Disks with Master Boot Record MBR partitions Disks with GUID Partition Table GPT partitions Windows 2003 simple dynamic disks with a single part
144. ick Next to display the Email page and configure email for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring Email for a vmPRO Appliance Click Next to display the Reports amp Alerts page and configure report and alert settings for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance Click Next to display the Time amp NTP page and configure the time and NTP server for your vmPRO appliance See Configuring an NTP Server for a vmPRO Appliance Click Next to display the vC enter Plugin page and register the vCenter plugin for your vmPRO GUI as needed See Embedding the vmPRO GUI in a vSphere Client Click Next to display the Summary page and review your configuration updates Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 13 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing 13 Click Save to save all configuration updates and then click Next to display the final page of the wizard The final page provides next steps to take in using your vmPRO appliance 14 Click Finish to exit the wizard vmPRO Licensing Quantum vmPRO uses capacity based licenses as its main licensing format Target based licenses are available to customers who purchase a Quantum vmPRO 4000 product bundle or customers of the Quantum Service Provider program Capacity Based License A capacity based license is enforced based upon the total allocated capacity of all virtual machines VMs exported to a single vmPRO appliance When you c
145. igure 88 Home Console Quantum vmPRO Enone amp Alerts m Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help G Refresh L Feb 19 10 29 21 3 hrs ago Snapshot creation failed for VM openfiler 2 3 x86 64 on server 10 30 240 40 vmPRO can not access this VM if the problem persists Servers Please verify that you can manually take a snapshot for this VM 10 20 85 25 See all alerts VMs 83 Last 24 Hrs SmartRead Eiai 62 70 Needs Attention 19 60 DXi Targets so 2 Configured DXi 40 in the tast 24 hrs you moved 394 2 8 GB of data at a peak rate of 9 6 Feb 19 11 03 39 MB s a Tota 5 0 GB imbined Receive Transmit Read 4 8 GB Skipped 125 3 MB w 8 k F na 5 8 1230 1340 1450 1600 1710 1820 1930 2040 2150 2300 0010 0120 0230 0340 0450 0600 0710 0820 0930 1040 1150 Bh Read Skipped 5 x wiry i NI UU J Ca Mm 5 y ga Si puri y amp o Last 24 Hrs 1 0 Reduction Ayan funy Y A 21 9 MB s Receive 18 4 MB s 60 Transmit 3 6 MB s M ds SmartRead saved you 266 9 GB of Next update in 9 seconds data movement reducing primary 40 STOP j storage I O by an average of 67 7 1230 1340 1450 1600 1710 1820 1930 2040 2150 2300 0010 0120 0230 0340 0450 0600 0710 0820 0930 1040 1150 Percentage 1 O Reduction Navigate the vmPRO Home console 1 Log into the vmPRO appliance GUI to display the Home console If you are on a different tab click the
146. in on Start Check recovery progress under the Tasks tab If you have chosen not to automatically register the VM use the vSphere client to add the recovered VM to inventory Cancel Back start 5 Review the recovery settings and click Start to begin the recovery Recover multiple VMs 1 Onthe Select the type of recovery to perform page select VM Recovery to display the Select a policy for recovering your virtual machines page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 164 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Figure 122 Select a policy for recovering your virtual machines Page N Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Select a policy for recovering your virtual machines a Keep the original configuration Virtual machines are copied back to their original datastores with the same directory names If a directory already exists on the datastore the directory for the recovered virtual machine will be renamed J Set a policy to map virtual machines to datastores All disks of a virtual machine will be placed on the same datastore Directories will remain the same J Set a policy to map original datastores to new datastores For example all virtual machines or disks found on datastore1 will be recovered to datastore2 V Attempt to add the VM to vSphere ESX inventory after restore using the original configuration treat pac nest 2 Select one of the following recovery policy options R
147. ine when the alert was addressed and by whom the alert was addressed Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 130 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Alerts Console Figure 101 Alerts Console Quantum vmPRO Home 2 VMs aaters E Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help G Refresh Time Jul 04 12 44 29 Jul 01 16 21 16 Jul 01 13 50 57 Alert History Severity warning warning warning Node 10 20 85 5 10 20 85 5 10 20 85 5 Message The following ISCSI targets have been exported for more than 24 hours Unused iSCSI targets should be removed to free up resources iqn 1995 03 com quantum vmpro target7 iqn 1995 03 com quantum vmpro target8 lqn 1995 03 com quantumivmpro target9 Export warnings for server 10 30 240 41 2 VMs cannot be exported x Export warnings for server 10 30 240 40 12 VMs cannot be exported and 2 VMs have an export warning x Time Sep 09 00 00 04 Severity warning Select Columns Node Message Cleared Time Cleared By 10 20 85 5 SmartMotion scheduled backup failed 3004 There are no exported VMs assigned to the folders on this Oct 03 10 03 25 policy test 1 Q 3004 Navigate the vmPRO Alerts console 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the Alerts button to display the Alerts console The top pane displays the number of current alerts and a list of each individual current alert as follows Column Time Severity Node Message The
148. inux operating system OS or the vmPRO GUI versions 3 1 and newer Note If you have configured your vmPRO to support Upload a report to Quantum support site every day see Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance Quantum can tell you what capacity you are currently using Calculate your capacity needs using the vSphere Client 1 Open your vSphere Client 2 Inthe left pane select a virtual machine VM to be backed up by the vmPRO appliance and then click the Summary tab in the right pane Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 15 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing Figure 12 Summary Tab Quantum vmPRO 3 3 Getting Started Summary CEE Performance Events Console Permissions General Resources Guest Os Other 2 6 x Linux 64 bit Consumed Host CPU 45 MHz VM Version z Consumed Host Memory 900 00 MB CPU 1vCPU Active Guest Memory 153 00 MB Memory 1280 MB sai Memory Overhead 78 20 MB VMware Tools Running 3rd party Independent lareereterage b GE IP Addresses 10 20 85 20 View all Used Storage 4 76 GB Storage 7 Drive Type Capacity DNS Name localhost VMStorage 1 Non 55D 7 54 TB State Powered On m 4 Host TrainESXiTest quantum com Active Tasks Network Type vSphere HA Protection N A V VMNetwork Standard port group Commands I Shut Down Guest Di Suspend A Restart Guest Gp Edit Settings Open Console
149. ion you need to create a staging area from which the vmPRO appliance can access the VM See Recovering VMs Backed Up with a Third Party Application Recovering One or Multiple VMs You can recover either one or multiple VMs at a time Whichever option you choose you need to define the backup date from which to recover the data and a configuration to use in restoring the VMs and associated disks and files Viewing Recovery Status Both during and after the recovery process you can use the Tasks console to view the progress of the recovery See Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console Note If you are recovering a VM with both Active Directory AD and VSS enabled the VSS restore process reboots the VM twice These reboots can take several minutes During this time we recommend that you do not attempt to use the VM Recover VMs backed up with SmartMotion 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Recover to display the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Figure 118 Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Recover Virtual Machines Wizard To select a virtual machine for recovery or iSCSI export check the box next to the VM name and select the version to recover Filter VM Name Backup inthe last 30 days v Update filter Select all Select none VM Name Server Host Resource Pool LI 2 2 3__i365 upgrade 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources SI LJ 3 1 2 6609 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources LI 3 1 2 Gary 10 30 240 40 e
150. ion files only to vmPRO appliances with factory default settings Import your vmPRO version 2 3 3 appliance s configuration file to your vmPRO version 3 X appliance 1 From your vmPRO 2 3 3 appliance s GUI select Help gt About to display the About Quantum vmPRO dialog box 2 Verify that your vmPRO software is version 2 3 3 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 80 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration VmPRO Upgrades Figure 69 About Quantum vmPRO Dialog Box O About Quantum vmPRO x Quantum vmPRO Flash runtime information Adobe Windovs Flash WIN 11 2 202 235 on Windows XP Copyright 2008 2011 Quantum Inc All rights reserved See online help for additional copyright and licensing information Quantum vmPRO is protected by one or more of the following pending U S Patent Applications 12 433 935 61 230 872 61 230 892 61 230 878 61 230 909 View Additional GUI Copyright Information ji Privacy Statement J OK 3 From the Operations menu select Save vmPRO Configuration to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import window B Review the information displayed on the window 5 Click the db package tar bz2 link to download the upgrade file Note Remember the location to which you download the upgrade file 6 Access your vmPRO version 3 X appliance s GUI 7 From the Operations menu select Import vmPRO Configuration to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import window 8 Review
151. isplay the Add to Inventory wizard 7 In the Name field edit the name of the VM as needed and click Next to display the Resource Pool page 8 Inthe Resource Pool pane select the location in which to place the VM 9 Click Next to display the Ready to Complete page and click Finish to add the VM to the server s inventory Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 172 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Manually register a recovered VM using the vSphere Web Client gai a E a O O o N O on Open a vSphere Web Client From vCenter Inventory Lists select Datastores to display a list of datastores Select the datastore to which to add the VM Locate and open the VM directory that was created during the recovery process Figure 129 Datastore Files List ware vSphere Web Client ft U Administrator VSPHERELOCAL Help Q Searc Navigator 4 vsanDatastore Actions v 4 Datastores 9 Summary Monitor Manage Related Objects vsanDatastore amp Virtual Machines Settings Alarm Definitions Tags Permissions Scheduled Tasks Files E Hosts vsanDatastore vmPRO Base7125 node2 Q Searcl aAacoBbB ee x w H vsanDatastore Name Size Modified Type Path gt C vmPRO Base712 Sdd sf Folder vsanDat gt m 0056f754 8005 8 dvsData Folder vsanDat gt EJAUT_Win2003_F vmPRO Base7125 node2 vmsd 0 00KB 3 4 201 File vsanDat gt C3 9cabf454 250
152. ition i Note If there are multiple partitions on a Windows 2003 dynamic disk you can only access files on the first partition Recovering Individual Files Windows dynamic disks that span multiple drives Windows dynamic disks that are striped Windows dynamic disks that use RAID Windows 2008 dynamic disk file level access Dynamic volumes that span multiple disks Volumes that span multiple virtual disks Solaris Unix file systems UFS File systems on raw un partitioned disks Physical logical LVM partitions that have been created on raw un partitioned disks Disk partition tables that are converted from GPT to MBR Recover individual files within an exported virtual machine s disk by mounting the CIFS share on your local system You can recover individual files from a mounted CIFS share only This feature does not support NFS shares You can access the share from either a Windows or Unix Linux operating system OS e From a Windows OS mount the CIFS share and then navigate to the files in the CIFS share using Windows Explorer Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 202 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Individual File Recovery e Froma Unix Linux OS mount the CIFS share and then navigate to the files in the CIFS share using the change directory cd command from your vmPRO appliance s console command line interface CLI Recover individual files from a Windows system 1 Mount the CIFS recover share For mounting
153. its client console 2 Edit each of the following settings as needed Setting Description Hostname The host name for the vmPRO appliance Edit the host name a With Hostname selected press lt Enter gt to display the Change Hostname prompt Figure 4 Change Hostname Prompt Change Hostname localhost_ b Inthe Hostname field enter a new host name c Press lt Enter gt to save changes Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 9 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Setting Description Search Domains The search domains assigned to the vmPRO appliance The vmPRO appliance combines the search domain with the host name to create a fully qualified domain name FQDN Edit search domains a With Search Domains selected press lt Enter gt to display the Change Search Domains prompt Figure 5 Change Search Domains Prompt b Inthe domaint1 6 fields enter search domains as needed These fields are limited to 256 characters c Press lt Enter gt to save changes Network The network interface for the vmPRO appliance Edit the method by which the appliance s IP addresses are assigned a With Network selected press lt Enter gt to display the Address Assignment Method prompt Figure 6 Address Assignment Method Prompt eth MAC Address BB 8C 29 49 C7 DA b Select to assign the appliance s IP addresses by either DHCP or Manual c Press lt Enter gt
154. k eee NGI Gp hy 33RC PoweredOn Normal 25 48 GB 17 86 GB 75MH EN AUT Win2003 FAT 2X2 Gp hy i365 vsphere60 Powered On Normal 9 42 GB 5 43 GB 1 6151 E AUT Win2003 FAT fb 3 Gi hy 4 Powered Off Normal 4 84 GB 13 MB 0 MHz E AUT Win2003 FAT fb 4 Gp hy win_2008r2 vsan_2 15TB PoweredOn Normal 1 53 TB 1543 GB OMHz GH AUT Win2003 FAT32 i Gh AUT Win2003 FAT32 Powered Off Normal 23 17 GB 21 51 GB 0 MHz GH AUT Win2003 FAT 5GB bug6a Eh AUT_Win2003_FAT fo 2 PoweredOff Normal 25 17 GB 8 01 GB 0 MHz Gl AUT Win2003 FAT 5GBThin 1 Eh hy 4 restored Powered Off Normal 4 84 GB 32 MB 0 MHz E AUT_Win2003_FAT_SGBThin b i vmPRO Base7125 node2 PoweredOff Normal 13 47 GB 8 03 GB 0 MHz Eb hy 33RC Gi vmPRO Base7125 node1 Powered Off Normal 13 47 GB 12 GB 0 MHz a hy 4 Gi vmPRO Base7096 0nVSAN Powered Off Normal 26 74 GB 11 13 GB 0 MHz E hy 4 restored E vmPRO Base7118 Powered Off Normal 25 48 GB 12 GB 0 MHz op hy i365 vs phere60 Gi W2K8vCenter Powered Off Normal 42 18 GB 6 11 MB 0 MHz hy ntfs 1TB amp hy ntfs 1TB Powered Off Normal 1 TB 1 TB 0 MHz E hy test Gb PanceteraRestore 10 30 204 45 14273 Powered Off Normal 1 5 TB 1 2 KB 0 MHz Gi hy win_2008r2 vsan Eh AUT Win2003 FAT 5GBThin 1 PoweredOff Normal 13 17 GB 8 76 GB 0 MHz Eh AUT_Win2003_FAT fo 1 Powered Off Normal 7 17 GB 6 GB 0 MHz 4 i Hi 32 Objects 7 E PanceteraRestore 10 30 204 4 fir AUT_Win2003_FAT fb 2 E9 hy win_2008r2 vsan
155. kups Access the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box e Doone of the following a From the Tasks tab click View Policies to display the Available Backup Policies dialog box b Click Create a new policy to display the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box Or a From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Backup Policies to display the Available Backup Policies dialog box b Click Create a new policy to display the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box Figure 107 Available Backup Policies Dialog Box Available Backup Policies Name Storage Schedule Start Time Retention Actions DEFAULT lt Not Configured gt Not scheduled Not configured VA R MEP 1 10 20 85 9 10 20 85 Not scheduled Not configured Sb pi Create a new policy M Set default policy ok Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 146 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Figure 108 Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy Dialog Box a Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy x SmartMotion Policy Name Copy Mode multiple copies X V Email Backup Report iV Backup vmPRO Configuration Assigned Folders and Storage Storage Ma esi sinagad mm No Storage configured X Please select a Storage location Configure Folders Scheduled Backups and Retention Daily Automatically run backup Scheduled backups vill begin at 12 00 am Configure Cancel oK Create a backup policy 1 Display the Configure SmartMotion Ba
156. l analysis on the Quantum support site and facilitates pro active support from the Quantum team Format HTML v Men tenrttow Send apr tow Cancel ok j Display the Report amp Alert Configuration page 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 71 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport 2 Click the Reports amp Alerts tab to display the Report amp Alert Configuration page Figure 64 Report amp Alert Configuration Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Reports amp Alerts Licenses Report amp Alert Configuration Servers Recipients Comma separated list of email addresses which receive File Sharing reports and alert emails Storage V CC Quantum Support Team di autosupport report quantum com Backup Polides V Email a report every day Include CSV attachment on SmartMotion reports Email kaaa Format HTML v Reports amp Alerts ALMA Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt Configure reports alerts and Autosupport fora vmPRO appliance 1 2 Display the Configure Reports amp Alerts dialog box or the Report amp Alert Configuration page In the Recipients field enter the email addresses to which to send reports and alerts Separate each email address with a comma Select the CC Qua
157. l hard disks while your vmPRO appliance is running SCSI HotAdd provides a convenient method for transporting virtual disk data from guest virtual machines VMs directly to the ESX ESXi host on which they are running HotAdd improves performance and provides a non network based method of transferring data from the source VM to your vmPRO appliance for backup purposes Select this setting to enable HotAdd Transport for all folders within your vmPRO appliance Skip reading of page file and swap partitions during backup For improved overall disk I O savings during a SmartMotion backup select this setting to enable Progressive Optimization to skip reading blocks of data associated with temporary transitional files VMs Temporary and transitional files are not required for a full system restore and so it is safe not to back up these files lon Allow a SmartMotion backup to run even if the same policy is already running Select this setting to do the following e Start another scheduled SmartMotion backup of a policy even if that same policy is currently running e Start another SmartMotion backup immediately after a long running backup more than 24 hours has completed This method is not the preferred backup method and is not enabled by default Disallow backups when there is not enough datastore space for snapshot Select this option to enable the vmPRO appliance to display an alert and stop a backup when the datastore is at a
158. lder click Create Folder to display the Configure Folder dialog box Use this dialog box to create new folders to which to assign the backup policy See Configuring vmPRO Folders 5 Click OK to save folder assignments and return to the Configure SmartMotion Backup Policy dialog box Set backup and retention schedules 1 Display the Configure Backup Schedules and Retention dialog box Figure 110 Configure Backup Schedules and Retention Dialog Box Configure Backup Schedules and Retention x Y Automatically start scheduled SmartMotion backup at Time 12am v 00 v Daily Weekly Monthly Annual Configure the daily retention period to keep copies of your daily VM backups for a specific number of days V Enable the daily backup schedule Retain VMs for To days Setting retention to O will keep the backups indefinitely Lama 2 Set the time at which to automatically run the SmartMotion backup by doing the following a Select the Automatically start scheduled SmartMotion backup at check box b In the Time field s drop down lists select the hour and minute values at which to begin the backup Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 149 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 3 Do the following to define your backup and retention schedule intervals Time Interval Steps Daily a Select the Daily tab to run backups and retain data on a daily basis b Select the Enable the daily back
159. liance can connect to newly added servers it must discover the servers The discovery process is typically an automatic process You can manually discover servers as needed When the discovery process is complete you can view your configured servers and their virtual machines VMs on the VMs console See Navigating the vnPRO VMs Console Configuring a vCenter Server fora vmPRO Appliance Configure a vCenter server from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Considerations Before configuring a vCenter server consider the following items Single vCenter Server Support You can only use a single vCenter server for your vmPRO appliance If an existing vCenter server is configured for your appliance you must delete it before adding anew vCenter server Managing Through a vCenter Server When configuring a server for your vmPRO appliance you can select either a single vCenter server to Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 24 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers manage ESX servers OR you can select one or more standalone ESX servers You cannot manage both a vCenter server and ESX servers directly from your appliance Before adding a new vCenter server you must delete any ESX servers that are configured for your appliance In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your vmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server rather than managing individual ESX servers
160. licate DO EE g ee Bockup TECEETD a E Be w a PPPOE a Storage th CIFS or NFS Backup Bona vmPRO parnge SmartMotion At the heart of vmPRO is SmartMotion SmartMotion provides the backup services of vmPRO by initiating a scheduled push of specified VMDK files to any specified NAS target The target can be resident on a plain NAS device or on a deduplication system such as the Quantum DXi SmartView SmartView can present the ESX environment as a virtual NAS file system in either a CIFS or NFS share format Through this presentation SmartView provides users easy access to VMs located on ESX servers Progressive Optimization Progressive Optimization a patented background application runs on VMDK files whenever a read of the virtual file system is initiated It filters out white space and deletes unused blocks of data reducing the use of host network and storage resources by up to 75 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 2 Chapter 1 Quantum vmPRO Additional vmPRO Highlights Quantum vmPRO provides the following additional functions and capabilities e Without the need for proprietary backup applications recovers archived data from any medium including disk tape and cloud e Supports full manageability within a vCenter console including Virtual SAN VSAN configurations e Provides Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS support for Windows Shadow Services e Auto discovers VMs for better protection in dynamic environmen
161. lly perform a system upgrade Before performing a manual upgrade you need to manually copy the upgrade files to the upgrade directory After copying the files to the upgrade directory youcanrunthe system upgrade local command to manually upgrade your vmPRO See Installing vmPRO Software Updates Offline Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 224 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands tsm vmPRO Console Commands tsm Use the Tivoli Storage Manager tsm commands to install and control the TSM client service from your vmPRO appliance s console tsm commands tsm install Use to run the TSM install script provided by the Quantum RPM You must install this script before using TSM tsm edit dsmsys Use to edit the TSM dsm sys file tsm edit dsmopt Use to edit the TSM dsm opt file tsm dsmc lt dsmc arguments gt Use to run the dsmc command to back up and restore data from TSM tsm enable Use to enable the installed TSM client service tsm disable Use to disable the installed TSM client service tsm status Use to view the status of the installed TSM client service tsm restart Use to restart the installed TSM client service vmPRO Console Commands vss Use the Volume Shadow Copy Service vss commands to list virtual machines VMs being backed up with VSS as well as to control log truncation for VMs with completed VSS backups Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 225 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide Ex
162. lugin with arguments to specify the host address and command check_nrpe H lt Quantum vmPRO appliance address gt c lt command gt Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 227 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance Supported Commands Command Description check_disk Check the disk space on the appliance file system check_load Check the system load average over the last 1 5 or 15 minutes check_snmp Check the status of SNMP on the appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 228
163. lume Shadow Copy Service VSS backup you must prepare the Windows system on which a VSS backup is being performed by installing the Quantum VSS Writer and configuring the system s virtual machines VMs Install the Quantum VSS Writer On each Windows system for which you are enabling VSS backups you must install the Quantum VSS Writer You can manually install the Quantum VSS Writer or you can configure the vmPRO appliance to automatically install the VSS Writer See Configure virtual machines VMs being backed up with VSS on the next page i Note Manually installing the VSS Writer does not require the Windows system s credentials However you will need to supply the Windows system s user name and password to have the vmPRO appliance automatically install the VSS Writer Manually install the Quantum VSS Writer 1 From the Windows system on which you are installing the VSS Writer open a Web browser and navigate to lt vmPRO IP gt quantum support vss Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 90 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer 2 Navigate to one of the following folders as appropriate Folder Description 2003 Contains the QuatumVSS exe file that supports Windows 2003 2008 and Contains the following two sub folders higher e 32bit Contains the QuantumVSS exe file that supports 32 bit servers of Windows 2008 or higher e 64bit Contains the QuantumVSS exe file that supports 64 bit servers of Windows 2008 or
164. ly Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Additional Functions In addition to configuring NAS targets you can also use the following icons on the Available Storage dialog box or Storage page VA Displays the Configure Storage dialog box or Storage Configuration page Use this dialog box or mmaya page to edit the NAS target s settings x Deletes the NAS target from the vmPRO appliance vmPRO Group Configuration If a single vmPRO appliance does not provide enough throughput to complete backups in the desired window of time you can deploy additional vmPRO appliances in the network to provide the necessary throughput To deploy multiple vmPRO appliances within a single network configure the vmPRO appliances as a group Group configuration streamlines the management of multiple vmPRO appliances and the virtual machines VMs backed up by the appliances You can configure and manage all appliances and VMs in a group from the assigned master appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 57 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration Keep in mind that the vmPRO appliances in a group relationship can export only one vCenter server If two standalone appliances are joined together the appliance in the master role is given export priority over its assigned appliances Configure groups from your VMware vSphere Client console You can then manage groups and backups from the master vmPRO appliance s GUI Prerequisites Before configu
165. ly increase backup times For more information about selecting VMs for export see Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance and Configuring a vCenter Server for a vmPRO Appliance Set Up Storage Set up NAS targets to which to back up data such as a Quantum DXi appliance This data is stored in the NAS device as a VM disk image However users cannot directly access this stored data Instead the vmPRO appliance communicates to the device over a CIFS or NFS protocol both to store backed up VM disk images and to recover the stored VM disk images The vmPRO appliance presents the stored data to authorized users and machines in the export and recover directories as CIFS or NFS shares For more information about setting up NAS targets see Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups Create Backup Policies Create backup policies to direct SmartMotion backups When you create a backup policy you can specify the folders to be backed up assign the NAS target for the backed up data set a schedule for the backup and define a retention schedule for the backed up data For more information about creating backup policies see vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Additional Notes Before using SmartMotion Backup review the following information DXi V Series Appliances DXi V Series appliances such as DXi V1000 or DXi V4000 should not be backed up by a vmPRO Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 140 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup
166. mPRO Configuration Wizard Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 29 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 2 Click the Servers tab to display the Servers page Figure 26 Servers Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses Select the type of server to add Servers File Sharing Ce vCenter Server only 1 may be managed per appliance Storage ESX Server multiple ESX servers may be managed Backup Policies Email Reports 8 Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt J Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 30 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 3 Select vCenter Server and click Next to display the Configure Server page Figure 27 Configure Server Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses So Configure Server Servers Server File Sharing Hostname Enter the hostname or IP address of the ESX Server or vCenter Storage Label The label is a convenient identifier that Fa can be set to anything Backup Policies Open Advanced Configuration Email Authentication Reports amp Alerts 2 Username root Enter the username and password of WEAN an account that can login to the ESX Center Plugin Password Server or vCenter and read storage vCenter Plugin Summary Test Login ana 4 Inthe Hostname field of the Server pane enter the host name or IP address assigned
167. mPRO User s Guide 48 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Mounting a CIFS Share as a Windows Network Drive Mount a CIFS share as a Windows network drive to access the export recover images and lrecover files directories through Windows In addition you can use drag and drop functionality to copy data from the share to your local machine Note We strongly recommend using the NFS protocol for Linux client machines accessing the vmPRO export network file system If a Linux client machine uses the CIFS protocol specify the directio mount option at the mount command For example mount cifs o directio lt share gt lt mount point gt Note A system administrator must first configure the NAS target to enable client CIFS mounting See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups To mount your CIFS share as a Windows network drive 1 Display Windows Explorer 2 Click Map network drive to display the dialog box 3 Inthe Drive field select the drive letter to which to map the CIFS share 4 Inthe Folder field enter lt vmPRO Host_IP directory gt where vmPRO Host IP is the IP address for your vmPRO appliance and directory is the name of the directory that you mount as the CIFS share 5 Select the Reconnect at logon and Connect using different credentials check boxes as needed 6 Click Finish to mount the CIFS share as a network drive Configuring an NFS Protocol for
168. mPRO Users Configure users both to define the level of access they have to the vmPRO appliance and to assign them authentication credentials for accessing the appliance Access Levels When you configure new users for your vmPRO appliance you can assign them one of the following access levels Access Level Description User Limits users to basic operations and revokes configuration privileges Admin Grants full access to and use of the vmPRO appliance You camnot edit the sysadmin user s access level Authentication Credentials Assign users authentication credentials to give them access to both the vmPRO Command Line Interface CLI Console and the vmPRO GUI How the vmPRO appliance authenticates users a When logging into the vmPRO GUI and CLI a user enters assigned credentials a user name and password b The vmPRO appliance compares the credentials the user enters to the credentials assigned in the Configure User dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 75 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Users c If the credentials match the user is authenticated and given access to the vmPRO CLI Console and vmPRO GUI In addition to granting access to the vmPRO CLI Console and vmPRO GUI you can use authentication credentials to grant access to exported CIFS shares See Configuring a CIFS Protocol for a vmPRO Appliance Configuring Users for a vmPRO Appliance Configure users both to define the level of acce
169. mands smartmotion eee eee eee eee eee 221 vmPRO Console Commands snmp cece ecececeeececeeeeeeececeseeeeeeeseeees 222 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 205 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands SSI asc jc kaw GALA G ka ain ppop ty PUNAN BANAL abaka Ap PAG ALA 222 vmPRO Console Commands system occ cece cece cece cece cece ec ceecceceeceeceeccecseeeeereee 223 vmPRO Console Commands tsm 20 2 eee eee eee 225 vmPRO Console Commands VSS 2 eee ncn eee eee 225 External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance 2 2 0 2 2c eee eee cece eee ec eee cecceeeeee 226 vmPRO CLI Guide You configure most settings for your vmPRO appliance using the vmPRO GUI or the VMware vSphere Client Console Configuration Wizard You can also perform a limited number of functions from the vmPRO appliance s VMware vSphere Client console command line interface CLI Examples e If your vmPRO appliance does not have Internet access you can perform an offline upgrade using the console command line e Ifyou use NTP servers to control your vmPRO appliance s internal clock you can configure NTP time servers from the console command line For instructions on accessing the console command line see Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO Supported Console Commands e autosupport e cbt e config e filesys e e a 2 i Cc mb F agio e n e 3 Dm Quantum vmP
170. n _ amp Refresh Click to update the vmPRO GUI display to the most current information Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 104 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Accessing the vmPRO GUI Accessing the vmPRO GUI Your primary means of interacting with the Quantum vmPRO appliance is through its GUI Use the following task to assist you in accessing the vnPRO GUI Access the vmPRO GUI 1 Ina Web browser s address field enter the IP address of the vmPRO appliance to display the Quantum vmPRO Login page Figure 79 Quantum vmPRO Login Page Quantum vmPRO User name Password Default User sysadmin Default Password sysadmin Remember me on this computer Forgot your password Technical Training Documentation ales Videos to help you get started Answers for common questions Copyright 2008 2014 Quantum Corporation http www quantum com 2 Inthe User name field enter the user name for the appliance The default user name is sysadmin 3 Inthe Password field enter the password for the appliance The default password is sysadmin 4 Click OK to display the vmPRO GUI Embedding the vmPRO GUI in the vSphere Client If you use a vCenter server for your vmPRO appliance you can embed the vmPRO GUI directly into your vSphere Client To use this feature a Quantum plugin must be registered with the vCenter server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 105 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Embedding the vmPRO GUI in the vSpher
171. n Node Do not change v Folder Do not change v Exported Do not change X CBT Enabled Do not change v VSS Configuration Microsoft Windows based VMs Only Configure VSS Settings 5 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 124 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 5 Modify the following settings as needed Field Option Node From the drop down list select a different node to assign to the VM or VMs Folder From the drop down list select a different folder to assign to the VM or VMs Exported bala single VM select the check box to tag the VM for SmartMotion ackup e For multiple VMs select Yes or No from the drop down list to indicate whether the VMs should be tagged for SmartMotion backup e Fora single VM select the check box to enable Changed Block Tracking CBT for the VM e For multiple VMs select Yes or No from the drop down list to enable CBT for the VMs See vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support Change Block Tracking CBT Enabled 6 Toconfigure VSS settings for the VM s click Configure VSS Settings to display the Configure VSS Login dialog box See Quantum VSS Writer Note You can configure VSS settings for Microsoft Windows based VMs only 7 Click Save to save updates and exit the dialog box Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console You can manage your vmPRO appliance s servers and nodes from the Resources tab on the VMs console Servers From the Reso
172. n increase your backup throughput by assigning virtual machines VMs to the vmPRO appliances or nodes within the group Your backup throughput increases Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 61 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration by using multiple nodes to perform your network s VM backups rather than using a single appliance to perform the entire network s VM backups You must manage all vmPRO appliances in a group from the master appliance s GUI e View all nodes assigned to the master appliance on the VMs Console gt Resources tab See Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console e View VM node assignments on the VMs Console gt Virtual Machines tab See Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Assign VMs to nodes 1 From the master vmPRO appliance s GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console Note If you access a subordinate vmPRO appliance s GUI it displays a warning reminding you to use the master appliance s GUI to manage the appliance Click Go to master to access the master vmPRO appliance s GUI 2 Select the Virtual Machines tab as needed 3 Inthe VMs table locate and select one or more VMs to which to assign a node 4 Click Edit Selected VMs to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box See Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance 5 Inthe Node drop down list select a node to assign to the selected VM s 6 Click Save to save changes and exit the dialog box Importing
173. n the folder Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 120 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Column Description Transport Method The method used to access the data of the VMs within the folder during SmartMotion backups global default HotAdd with fall back to NBD or NBD only See Configuring vmPRO Folders CBT Reset The day and time on which the change block tracking schedule is reset for the VMs within the folder See Configuring CBT ona vmPRO Appliance Actions The following action icons Z Click to edit the folder The Configure Folder dialog box displays See Configuring vmPRO Folders a Click to back up the folder The Run SmartMotion Backup dialog box displays See vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Li Click to delete the folder 4 Click Add Folder to display the Configure Folder dialog box Use this box to configure a new folder See Configuring vmPRO Folders Resources Tab Use this tab to view and manage both servers configured for the vmPRO appliance as well as nodes assigned to the appliance if it is a group master See Managing vmPRO Groups Navigate the Resources tab on the VMs Console 1 On the vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console Nodes are subordinate vmPRO appliances in a group configuration Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 121 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 2 Click the Resources tab as needed Figure 91 VMs Console Resources Tab
174. n your mounted VMDK to access its files Caution Do not close the iSCSI Initiator after connecting to the target vnPRO appliance If you close the iSCSI Initiator the AutoPlay dialog box will not display and you will be unable to access the files on the VMDKs without repeating the discovery and connection process Abort an iSCSI export 1 Display the iSCSI Targets dialog box by doing one of the following e From the SmartMotion Backup menu select iSCSI Targets e From the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard click Manage iSCSI Targets Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 200 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Individual File Recovery Figure 158 iSCSI Targets Dialog Box iSCSI Targets x iSCSI Target Authorized User Authorized Initiator Action Disk recover images 7d067708 0afa 3bde 1b10 iqn 1995 03 com quantum vmpro target7 iSCSI mep 10 20 9 101 x 977a2739e1e4 Q shares NFS_mep MEP1 2 2 3__i365 upgrade 2 2 3__i365 upgrade flat vmdk Add iSCSI Exports OK J 2 Select the VMDK being exported to an iSCSI target 3 Click RK to abort the export 4 Click OK to save updates and exit the dialog box Individual File Recovery Using the vmPRO SmartView feature you can recover individual files within exported virtual machines VMs by mounting CIFS shares to your local system Note You cannot recover individual files from NFS shares Note This process is separate from the VM recovery process If you use a third party appl
175. nd SmartMotion capabilities for any new virtual machine VM discovered in the vCenter inventory By default when you deploy a new appliance the Auto Export feature is enabled Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 122 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Auto Export Tips Review the following tips before using Auto Export Unattended Backups The Auto Export feature is convenient for unattended backups of remote isolated or fully automated vSphere environments In addition this feature assists with scheduled backups for systems where VMs are frequently moving between servers When Auto Export is enabled the vmPRO appliance recognizes when VMware moves VMs Capacity Threshold Alerts Keep in Mind that automatic does not mean set and forget Each VM that is backed up consumes space on the target storage device As the population of VMs grows so do the storage requirements To monitor storage requirements set the threshold at which you want to receive alerts regarding your capacity See Adding Licenses toa vmPRO Appliance Large Environments Use Auto Export with caution especially when enabling the feature in large environments Excessive additions of VMs during a backup may overburden the storage target causing the backup to run longer than anticipated Account for any new VMs that may be automatically exported typically due to a vMotion DRS operation that relocates VMs onto a vSphere host that is being managed by the vm
176. nd groups for your vmPRO appliance see vmPRO Folders and vmPRO Group Configuration Configure Changed Block Tracking Configure vSphere s Changed Block Tracking CBT feature to enable SmartMotion backups to complete faster CBT identifies the VMDK blocks that have changed since the last backup SmartMotion uses this information to back up only the changed data on VMDKs reducing network I O and backup times Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 139 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup For more information about configuring CBT see vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support Configure the Quantum VSS Writer Configure the Quantum Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS Writer to perform VSS backups for Windows based VMs on an Active Directory AD Domain Controller The VSS Writer prepares Windows for a VMware snapshot to back up the VM s data It then automates a non authoritative restore of the Windows AD Domain Controller when the VM is restored For more information about configuring the Quantum VSS Writer see Quantum VSS Writer Select VMs for Export After your servers are configured and discovered select the VMs to export e For ESX servers you can select to export individual VMs or entire folders organizing the VMs e For vCenter servers you can select individual VMs entire folders organizing the VMs or the entire vCenter server Note We do not recommend exporting entire vCenter servers because this type of export can exponential
177. ndsupport index aspx e eSupport Submit online service requests update contact information add attachments and receive status updates via email Online Service accounts are free from Quantum That account can also be used to access Quantum s Knowledge Base a comprehensive repository of product support information Get started at https onlineservice quantum com e StorageCare Guardian Securely links Quantum hardware and the diagnostic data from the surrounding storage ecosystem to Quantum s Global Services Team for faster more precise root cause diagnosis StorageCare Guardian is simple to set up through the internet and provides secure two way communications with Quantum s Secure Service Center Learn more at http www quantum com ServiceandSupport Services Guardian Information Index aspx For further assistance or if training is desired contact the Quantum Customer Support Center Quantum vmPRO User s Guide xii Preface Region Support Contact North America 1 800 284 5101 toll free 1 720 249 5700 EMEA 800 7826 8888 toll free 49 6131 324 185 Asian Pacific 800 7826 8887 toll free 603 7953 3010 For worldwide support http www quantum com serviceandsupport index aspx Worldwide End User Product Warranty For more information on the Quantum Worldwide End User Standard Limited Product Warranty http www quantum com serviceandsupport warrantyinformation index aspx Quantum vmPRO User s Guide xii
178. ne of the following options e Export the entire vCenter Exports your entire vCenter server and all associated ESX hosts Note We do not recommend exporting entire vCenter servers as this type of export can exponentially increase backup times e Export a subset of the vCenter Exports selected ESX hosts Select the hosts to include in the export Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 32 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 12 Click Next to display the vCenter server in the Servers list Figure 30 Servers List Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses Status Hostname Label Error Message IV 10 30 241 28 Denver vCenter Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Policies Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary There were O errors logging into the configured servers Cancel lt lt Back Jl Next gt gt J 13 Save changes and exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Configuring ESX Servers for a vmPRO Appliance Configure ESX servers from one of the following locations in your vmPRO GUI e The Configure Server dialog box which you can access from the VMs console or the Configure menu e The Configure Server page which you can access from the Quantum vmPRO Confi
179. nfigure your appliance s system date and time as well as to create a new HTTPS SSL certificate for your appliance Note You will configure most settings for your vmPRO appliance using the vmPRO GUI or the VMware vSphere Client Console Configuration Wizard See vmPRO Setup and Configuration config commands config set date MM DD YYYY HH MM SS Use to set the system date and time Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 212 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands filesys config set time zone lt timezone gt Use to set the system time zone vmPRO uses standard time zone names such as US Pacific Asia Tokyo and Europe Paris You can view a complete list of time zones on the Quantum Support site See http www quantum com serviceandsupport index as px config create https certificate Use to create a new HTTP SSL certificate for your vmPRO appliance i Note If you have the vmPRO appliance GUI open refresh the browser for the new certificate to take effect vmPRO Console Commands filesys Usethe filesys commands to list file systems within the defined parameters filesys commands filesys find csearch term vmx vmdk Use to list known files and directories e lt search term Use this argument to limit listings by the term entered The lt search term gt argument can be the whole file or directory name or part of the file or directory name e vmx Use this command argument to list every vmx file
180. ng virtual hardware versions 7 or higher e Werecommend using only paid versions of VMware ESX or ESXi servers Free versions have various application programming interface API limitations that keep the vmPRO appliance from functioning as designed e The ESX server must be version 4 0 update 2 or above If you are using ESX 4 1 reverting a snapshot resets CBT for that VM Resolve the reset Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 85 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support a Remove all snapshots from the appliance b On the VMware vSphere Client console enter the following command cbt reset lt hypervisor gt lt VM gt VM Transfers Transferring a VM with Storage vMotion disables CBT Standard vMotion when only the ESX host changes for the VM but the VM disk stays in the same storage location does not disable CBT Load Balancing Using vMotion on VMs for load balancing during a backup can cause the backup to fail if you do not have one of the following e vmPRO 3 0 1 and newer e vCenter Server version 5 In these versions vMotion is disabled on the VMs prior to the start of the backup process For vCenter 4 x you need to configure the VMs so that vMotion does not run during a backup Multiple vmPRO Appliances Multiple appliances cannot manage the same VM using CBT Activating and Deactivating CBT Activating or deactivating CBT ona VM triggers the immediate and simultaneous cr
181. ng vspherel1 hq Resources LJ andrew win2003 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources LJ bh win 2008r2 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources Manage iSCSI Targets J Manually Choose a VM J Cancel Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 160 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines 2 As needed filter the list of VMs from which to select by doing the following e Inthe Filter VM Name field enter the name of the VM to recover e Inthe Backup in the last xx days drop down list select to display VMs that have been backed up in the last 30 or 60 days or select to display all backup history e Click Update filter to update the list of VMs based on the filter criteria 3 Select the VMs to recover by doing one of the following e Click Select All to recover all displayed VMs e Select the check box next to each VM to recover Note Click Select none to clear all current selections 4 Inthe Recover from drop down list for each selected VM select the date and time of the backup from which to recover data Note If you are performing a recovery using iSCSI click Manage iSCSI Targets to display the iSCSI Targets dialog box Use this dialog box to view your current iSCSI targets as well as to remove iSCSI targets you no longer need See Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 5 Click Next to display the Select the type of recovery to perform page Figure 119 Select the type of recovery to perform P
182. ns Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 226 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP You can use SNMP version 2c for external read only monitoring of your vmPRO environment SNMP allows access to any object in a system s branch of a tree within your vmPRO environment Configure SNMP from your vmPRO appliance s Client console For a list of vmPRO supported SNMP commands see vmPRO Console Commands snmp In addition Quantum vmPRO supports the Management Information Base MIB Il as the information repository for SNMP System Statistics MIBs MIB Description 1 3 6 1 4 1 2021 4 Memory 1 3 6 1 4 1 2021 9 Disks var and var cores only 1 3 6 1 4 1 2021 10 Load 1 3 6 1 4 1 2021 11 CPU 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 System information such as uptime 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 Interfaces eth0 only 1 3 6 1 2 1 4 Networking Nagios For UNIX Linux systems you can use Nagios for external monitoring of certain aspects of your vmPRO appliance in addition to SNMP Use the Nagios remote plugin executor NRPE add on to plug Nagios into your vmPRO appliance Use your vmPRO appliance s Client console to enable and disable the Nagios plugin for your vmPRO appliance In addition you can check the status of the Nagios application from this console See vmPRO Console Commands nagios Execute monitoring commands from the external Nagios application Use the following check_nrpe p
183. nstall your Quantum vmPRO appliance For more information refer to Installing and using the TSM Client on a Quantum vmPRO virtual appliance Configuration Tips Use the following tips to configure your vmPRO appliance Group Configuration If you plan to use more than one vmPRO appliance as part of your backup solution set up the appliances in a group configuration See Configuring vmPRO Groups Multiple VLAN Configuration If multiple virtual local area networks VLANs are present configure the vmPRO network on the VLAN that has access to the ESX or vCenter server s to be protected If you use third party backup software its client that connects to the vmPRO network must be able to access the VLAN as well Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum vmPRO Requirements DHCP Configuration Although the vmPRO appliance automatically acquires a network address in environments with dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP we recommend configuring a static IP address during configuration See Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Active Directory Integration On Windows backup servers you can integrate the vmPRO appliance with an Active Directory AD domain to use any authenticated user ID for CIFS backups When there is not an AD integration you must use a local user ID with the same user context as the vmPRO admin user for CIFS backups See Configuring a CIFS Protocol fora
184. ntials needed to access server read storage 7 Inthe Authentication pane click Test Login to verify that the login credentials work 8 Depending on where you configured the ESX server do the following From the Configure Server dialog box a Click Save to save updates and return to the Configure Server List dialog box b Verify that the server has been added to your appliance and click OK to exit the dialog box From the Configure Server page a Click Save and click Next to return to the Configure Server List b Verify that the server has been added to your appliance c Save your changes and exit the wizard A Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Discovering Servers for a vmPRO Appliance The vmPRO appliance must discover all servers before using them This discovery process usually occurs automatically If the automatic discovery process does not discover a new server you can manually discover servers Manually discover servers e From the Operations menu select Discover Now to display the Discovery Started alert box Figure 39 Discovery Started Alert Box Discovery Started Pa A discovery operation has been queued and should complete within a few minutes When the discovery process is complete the alert box no longer displays Quantum vmPRO Us
185. ntum Support Team check box to include the Quantum support team on all report and alert emails Select the Email a report every day check box to send daily report and alert emails 5 Select the Include CSV attachment on SmartMotion reports check box to include a plain text form of the SmartMotion reports which can be read by programs such as Microsoft Excel Select the Upload a report to Quantum support site every day check box to upload a daily report to the Quantum support site Note This check box is available only on the Configure Reports amp Alerts dialog box In the Format drop down list select the format in which to send the email either HTML or plain text Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 72 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO NTP Servers 8 Click OK to save changes and exit the dialog box or save changes and exit the wizard Caution Any time you make configuration updates from the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard you must exit the wizard using the Summary tab to save your updates See Initially Configuring a vmPRO Appliance Additional Functions Use the following buttons on the Configure Reports amp Alerts dialog box as needed Button Function View Report Now Use to view the Quantum vmPRO Report See vmPRO GUI Menus Send Report Now Use to send the report immediately The vmPRO appliance sends the report to all recipients entered in the Recipients field and posts it on the Quantum suppor
186. o La 77 Checking for vmPRO Software Updates Z Ja 78 Updating vmPRO Versions 2 X to 2 3 3 and 3 0 X to 3 X ooo c cece ec ceceeceeceeeeeees 79 Updating vmPRO Version 2 3 3 to vmPRO Version 3 X 0 0 20 e cece eee cece ec eec eee ceceeceeeeeeeeees 80 Updating vmPRO Versions 3 1 or Newer a 81 Installing vmPRO Software Updates Offline 2 occ ccc c cece ccc ceceecceeeeececeeceeeees 82 vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support 2 220 202 0c eee cece cece c cece eee eceeceeceeeeeececeeseeceeees 84 Configuring CBT onavmPRO Appliance 2 0 2 0 occ cece ccc ccc ec ccc eeceeceecceceeceeceeceees 86 CARTE VSS VV PILE tench kak el ha ee oe aa cents Neots Ka AUN gana hagad CNS thd at een a aces BA 88 Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups ooo cece eee eee eee eee 90 Using Log Truncation for VSS Backups aaa eae ded Hutgndes send KABAHAN Ae eee eared dent 94 Uninstalling the VSS Writer c eee c cece cece cece cece eececeveceeeeeceeeceeeeereees 94 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide iv Contents vmPRO Advanced Settings 0 0 cece ec c cece cece cece cece cece eeeceeeeeeeececeeeceeeecreceesees 95 Configuring Advanced Settings fora vmPRO Appliance 0 0 02 cc cece econ cece cece ee eee 96 HotAdd Transport and Your vmPRO Appliance 20 2 0 22002 20cc cece eee cecc cece cecccecceeeeees 98 Chapter 3 vmPRO GU oono aaa a n 103 PR as a a A AE E 103 Ac
187. o open the native management interface for the DXi device If more than one DXi device is available for extra storage the x Configured DXi link displays Click this link to display the Available Storage dialog box See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups 6 Inthe Network Throughput pane review the speed at which the current session is processing the following data LDF r BY oY Description Combined A combination of both received and transmitted data Received Received data such as data being recovered Transmit Transmitted data such as data being backed up e Click the appropriate tab or link to display the corresponding data type e Click Stop to stop the data refresh feature e Click Start to restart the data refresh feature Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console The VMs console displays status information about the virtual machines VMs that are resident on the appliance From this console you can modify a VM s settings select to use the Auto Export feature manage folders and manage servers and nodes The following three tabs are located on the VMs console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 117 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Virtual Machines Tab Use this tab to view and manage VMs Navigate the Virtual Machines tab in the VMs console 1 On the vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console 2 Click the Virtual Machines tab as needed Figure 89 VMs Console
188. one or more VMs and click Edit Selected VMs at the upper left of the grid to display the Configure Virtual Machine dialog box Use the dialog box to modify the selected VMs configuration settings See Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 119 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 6 Select the Automatically export new VMs check box located at the upper right of the grid to enable the Auto Export feature See vmPRO Auto Export Feature Folders Tab Use this tab to view and manage folders Navigate the Folders tab in the VMs console 1 2 On the vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console Click the Folders tab as needed Figure 90 VMs Console Folders Tab Quantum vmPRO A Home avs di Alerts E Tasks SmartMotion Backup Configure Operations Help Refresh Filesystem Contents as of Mon Nov 17 2014 11 48 12 AM Virtual Machines Folders Resources Add Folder Folder Name Number of VMs Total Size of Exported VMs Transport Method CBT Reset Actions 10 30 240 40 so 937 7 GB Using default Reset every Sunday at 3 30 PA a x 10 30 240 41 44 409 6 GB Using default Reset every Sunday at 3 30 4 a x Review the following information in the grid columns Column Description Folder Name The name of the folder Number of VMs The number of VMs within the folder Total Size of Exported VMs The total size of exported data for the VMs withi
189. onfigure your vmPRO appliance you can retrieve your capacity based license from the vmPRO support site Upon retrieval your license is automatically added to your vmPRO appliance You can then set a capacity warning threshold which triggers your vmPRO appliance to generate an alert when you are nearing your license s capacity Determining Maximum Allocated Capacity VMware provides the information your vmPRO appliance needs to determine the maximum allocated size of each VM that has been selected for export Even though the VM may only be using a percent of its allocated capacity the vmPRO appliance uses the maximum allocated capacity for its calculations Example A VM has a maximum allocated capacity of 250 GB but it is only using 115 GB The vmPRO appliance still uses the 250 GB for its capacity based licensing calculations Because an exported VM s maximum allocated size counts toward your capacity license we advise that you do not export a VM until you want to include it in your backups To better estimate your capacity needs we recommend calculating your capacity requirements using VMware Windows or the vmPRO GUI See Calculating Capacity Requirements for vmPRO Licensing i Note If you have configured your vmPRO to support Upload a report to Quantum support site every day see Configuring Reports Alerts and Autosupport for a vmPRO Appliance Quantum can tell you what capacity you are actually using Quantum vmPRO User s
190. ora vmPRO Appliance 3 Select Group Membership and press Enter to display the Change Group Membership screen 4 Arrow to Update Master and press the spacebar to update the master appliance s information 5 Inthe Master field enter the IP address or resolvable host name of the group s new master appliance Press Enter to save changes and exit the screen Reboot each vmPRO appliance See vmPRO Console Commands system Leave group Use this option to remove avmPRO appliance from its current group When you remove a vmPRO appliance from a group it no longer uses the group s backup policies You must configure new backup policies for the appliance either from its new master appliance or as a standalone appliance If you are going to use the vmPRO appliance as a standalone appliance you need to provide its own license You cannot remove a master appliance from a group until all other appliances have been removed Remove a vmPRO appliance from a group 1 Log into the VMware vSphere Client console for each subordinate vmPRO appliance 2 Display the Network Configuration screen See Configuring Network Settings fora vmPRO Appliance 3 Select Group Membership and press Enter to display the Change Group Membership screen 4 Arrow to Leave group and press the spacebar to remove the appliance from its current group 5 Press Enter to save changes and exit the screen Managing vmPRO Groups When you have a vmPRO group configured you ca
191. ort information about NetWorker media and save sets The mminfo command can produce several different reports depending on the specified flags nw recover recover arguments Use to browse the saved file index and recover selected files from the NetWorker system vmPRO Console Commands smartmotion Use smartmotion commands to control SmartMotion backups from your command console smartmotion commands smartmotion abort policy name gt Use to abort the identified SmartMotion backup smartmotion backup policy name gt Use to start the identified SmartMotion backup smartmotion set policy lt policy name gt schedule never daily lt hr gt lt mn gt email enabled disabled Use to set parameters for a SmartMotion backup policy smartmotion show policy lt policy name gt Use to show the identified SmartMotion backup policy smartmotion status lt policy name gt Use to show the status of the identified SmartMotion backup smartmotion sync Use to start a SmartMotion backup of the default policy Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 221 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands snmp vmPRO Console Commands snmp Use Simple Network Management Protocol snmp commands to configure SNMP for your vmPRO appliance snmp commands snmp disable Use to disable SNMP for your vmPRO appliance snmp enable Use to enable SNMP for your vmPRO appliance snmp reset rocommunity Use to rese
192. other datastore that you define on the Configure policy mappings page This page displays when you click Next See below Example e You define a policy to recover all VMs files and disks originally on Datastore A to Datastore B e ThevmPRO appliance uses this recovery policy and recovers VMs files and disks originally on Datastore A to Datastore B 3 Select the Attempt to add the VMs to vSphere ESX inventory after restore using the original configuration check box to register the recovered VMs to the appropriate server s inventory Note If you select this option we recommend removing the original VMs from the server before restoring them The vmPRO appliance does not rename the restored VMs which could cause identification issues if you have both the original and restored VMs with the same name on the server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 166 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines 4 Click Next to display the Verify the configuration of the VM to be restored page Figure 123 Verify the configuration of the VM to be restoredPage DB Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Verify the configuration of the VM to be restored datacenter ha datacenter a resourcepool Resources hostsystem eng vsphere2 servername 10 30 240 41 vmdk 0 rename bh app v223 i365 vmdk vmdk 0 name bh app v223 i365 vmdk vmdk 0 dsname 4d4851e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 vmdk 0 fpath vmfs volumes 4
193. p data to store and the amount of time for which to store the data on a Network Attached Storage NAS target For information about setting retention schedules see Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Backups Configuration File Backup Within a backup policy you can select to back up an encrypted copy of the vmPRO appliance s current configuration file This file contains all configuration data needed to restore the vmPRO appliance When SmartMotion backs up a vmPRO appliance s configuration file it sends the file to the base directory of the NAS target This base directory follows the hierarchy convention of lt Storage Sub folder gt lt YYY_MM gt lt YYY_MM_DD_HHMMSS gt To restore the configuration file use the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import feature Access this feature as well as the configuration file from the vmPRO GUI to which you are restoring the vmPRO appliance s configuration For more information about the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import feature see vmPRO GU Menus Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Backups Retention schedules define both the amount of backed up data to store and the amount of time for which to store the data on a Network Attached Storage NAS target You can define retention schedules when you configure SmartMotion backup policies Retention schedules apply only when multiple copies of a virtual machine VM are backed up Single copies of backed up VMs are stored indefini
194. p reset Use to read through the list of time servers and to identify changes to the list of servers ntp show Use to display the list of time servers available to your vmPRO appliance ntp sync Use to synchronize your vmPRO appliance with its assigned NTP server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 219 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands nw vmPRO Console Commands nw Use NetWorker nw commands to access your NetWorker agent nw commands nw install Use to run the Tivoli Storage Manager TSM install script provided by pancetera integ networker RPM You must install this script before using NetWorker nw uninstall Use to uninstall the NetWorker agent nw edit servers file Use to edit the NetWorker server file nw set nsrports lt number of ports gt Use to set the range of Networker s nsrports The port range begins at 7937 nw show nsrports Use to show NetWorker port settings nw enable Use to start the NetWorker agent nw disable Use to stop the NetWorker agent nw restart Use to restart the NetWorker agent nw status Use to show service NetWorker status and network statistics netstat nlp grep nsrexecd nw save lt save arguments gt Use to save files directories or entire file systems to the NetWorker server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 220 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands smartmotion nw mminfo lt mminfo arguments Use to rep
195. r Use the Exchange Recovery Wizard to recover mailboxes on an Exchange server You can view the status of a mailbox recovery on the Tasks console See Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console Use the following tasks to recover a mailbox on an Exchange server After the vmPRO appliance completes the recovery process it initiates an automatic Exchange server cleanup process See Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 180 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Access the Exchange Recovery Wizard 1 2 3 4 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Recover to display the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Figure 137 Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Pol Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x To select a virtual machine for recovery or iSCSI export check the box next to the VM name and select the version to recover Filter VM Name Backup in the last 30 days v Update filter Select all Select none VM Name Server Host Resource Pool U 2 2 3__i365 upgrade 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources E3 LJ 3 1 2 6609 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources LI 3 1 2 Gary 10 30 240 40 eng vspherel hq Resources LJ andrew win2003 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources LJ bh win 2008r2 10 30 240 41 eng vsphere2 Resources a Manage iSCSI Targets Ja Manually Choose a VM J Cancel As needed filter the list of VMs from which to select by doing the following
196. r13 local s Kandis Koelsch 2495 217 8 MB 228 392 293 bytes 97d377df c12d 4761 91 qa ex12r13 ex12r13 local G V Keep this window open to do additional recoveries from this database Target Mailbox Option Recover to the mailbox with the same name on this server Recover to an existing mailbox Recovery Options Conflict Resolution Option Keep Source Target Root Folder The automatic cleanup of the recovery database and iSCSI disks on your Exchange server will occur when you exit this wizard See the User s Guide for manual cleanup steps if the GUI is closed before exiting this wizard cancel Back star 2 In the mailbox list select the mailbox to recover Note You can recover only one mailbox at a time 3 Select the Keep this window open to do additional recoveries from this database check box to return to this page after the selected mailbox is recovered 4 Inthe Target Mailbox Option area select one of the following Option Description Recover to the mailbox with the Places the recovered mailbox in the target mailbox with the same name on this server same name Recover to an existing mailbox Places the recovered mailbox in the target mailbox specified in the Mailbox name field Inthe Mailbox name field enter the target mailbox s name Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 187 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 5 In the Recovery Options area indicate the following recove
197. ring groups do the following to ensure that the group deployment of virtual machines VMs works correctly Network Connectivity and DNS Resolution Confirmation Confirm that each vmPRO appliance being assigned to the group has network connectivity and DNS resolution If IP routing issues or DNS resolution failures occur in a group deployment backups can fail Confirm that a vmPRO appliance can communicate with the other appliances in the group 1 Open the VMware vSphere Client console 2 Atthe commandline enter the net ping command or enter the ping appliance name gt command if using DNS 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each appliance vmPRO Version Confirmation Verify that all vmPRO appliances in the group are upgraded to the same version of Quantum vmPRO such as 3 2 Folder Configuration Set up folders on your master vmPRO appliance to use in organizing VMs and backup policies See Configuring vmPRO Folders Group Mode Licensing Group Configuration is also advantageous because it allows you to use a single capacity based license for the entire group of vmPRO appliances The exported capacity of all appliances counts toward the capacity of the license Use Group Mode Licensing 1 Install the capacity based license on the vmPRO appliance that is the master for the group See Adding Licenses toa vmPRO Appliance 2 Configure the vmPRO appliance as the group master See Configuring vmPRO Groups Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 58
198. rkstation environments as testing environments or to consolidate server applications Virtual machines run on hosts The same host can run many virtual machines Basic Tasks vSphere Client Shut down the virtual machine II Suspend the virtual machine 6p Edit virtual machine settings 3 Inthe vSphere Client s right pane select the Console tab to display the appliance s console The console displays the Quantum vmPRO version number and IP address for the appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 208 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO Figure 161 vSphere Client Console Tab localhost Quantum vmPRO 3 2 1 7638 ww quantum com Launch the vSphere Web Client console for vmPRO 1 Login to your VMware vSphere Web Client 2 From vCenter Inventory Lists select Virtual Machines to display the list of virtual machines VMs within the vCenter Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 209 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO Figure 162 vSphere Web Client Virtual Machines Grid ware vSphere Web Client LE Administrator VSPHERELOCAL Help __ Navigator X Virtual Machines 4 vCenter Inventory Lists cO Objects Virtual Machines bia iy ta C bp DB 6p Actions L Q Filter Nama State Status Provisioned Space Used Space Host CPI f Gp vCenter6H2SJC1 Powered On Normal 601 53 GB 351 01 GB 737 M
199. rocess is separate from the VM recovery process You can access and recover individual files within the exported VMs by mounting CIFS shares to your local system You can recover individual files from a mounted CIFS share only This feature does not support NFS shares You can access the share from either Windows or Unix Linux systems Topics Individual File Recovery Recovering Individual Files VSAN vmPRO supports backing up virtual machines VMs from VSAN datastores to Network Attached Storage NAS targets as well as recovering VMs from the NAS targets back to VSAN datastores In addition you can use your vmPRO appliance to back up VMs from one type of datastore VSAN or non VSAN and then recover VMs to the other type of datastore Example A VM backed up from a VSAN datastore can be recovered to a non VSAN datastore db Note In environments using VMware s Virtual SAN VSAN configuration you must set up your VmPRO appliance to manage the configuration through a vCenter server rather than managing individual ESX servers See vmPRO Servers Recovering Virtual Machines Use the vmPRO Recover Virtual Machines Wizard to recover virtual machines VMs Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 159 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Recovering Virtual Machines Considerations Selecting VMs to Recover From the wizard you can easily select to recover VMs backed up with SmartMotion To recover VMs backed up with a third party applicat
200. rtMotion Backup Recover Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Use this feature to recover virtual machines VMs or mailboxes on an exchange server See vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Targets iSCSI Targets Use this feature to view and manage virtual disk backups that you have exported as iSCSI targets See Recovering VM Disks Using iSCSI Backup Policies Available Backup Policies Use this feature to create a new policy set a default policy edit an existing policy edit the folder assignments for the policy or delete a policy See vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Storage Available Storage Use this feature to add edit or delete storage See Configuring NAS Targets for SmartMotion Backups Configure Menu Use the Configure menu to access the following features Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 108 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI vmPRO GUI Menus Menu Item Feature Servers Configure Server List Use to add an ESX server to the vmPRO appliance modify an existing server s configuration or delete a server from the appliance You must add vCenter servers using the Configuration Wizard See Configuring a vCenter Server fora vmPRO Appliance See Configuring ESX Servers fora vmPRO Appliance or Managing Servers and Nodes from the VM Tab CIFS Configure CIFS Use to configure a CIFS file sharing protocol for the export and recover directories exported by the vmPRO appliance See Configuring a CIFS Protocol fora vmPRO Appliance NFS
201. ry options as needed Option Description Conflict Resolution Option Specifies the action for the Mailbox Replication Service MRS to take if multiple matching messages exist in the target mailbox From the drop down list select one of the following e Keep Source Keeps the source message and deletes all other matching messages e Keep Latest Keeps the latest message and deletes all other matching messages e Keep All Keeps all matching messages Target Root Folder Specifies the top level folder in which to restore data Enter a target root folder as appropriate If you do not enter a target root folder the vmPRO appliance restores data to the top of the folder structure in the target mailbox In doing so the appliance merges content under existing folders and creates new folders when they do not already exist in the target mailbox 6 Click Start to recover the mailbox After the mailbox is recovered one of the following happens If you did not select the Keep this window open to do additional recoveries from this database option The vmPRO appliance automatically activates the Exchange server cleanup process and closes the wizard If you selected the Keep this window open to do additional recoveries from this database option The Mailbox Successfully Recovered dialog box displays a Click OK to return to the Select mailbox to recover page b Continue restoring mailboxes as needed c Before startin
202. s From Address ems t This is the email address used in the From field on all email sent by the vmPRO appliance This email address must be allowed to send mail using the SMTP server The email address vill also be used as the recipient in the event that a password reset is necessary so an administrator s address should be used SMTP Server Host hostname of SMTP server Port 25 LL Use TLS Use SMTPAUTH Username SMTP login name Password password _ Log Debug Messages SMTP diagnostics are logged to the messages log Paa Jl o Display the Email Configuration page 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the Email tab to display the Email Configuration page Figure 62 Email Configuration Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Email Licenses Email Configuration Servers From Address email to use as the sender This is the email address used in the 5 From field on all email sent by the E vmPRO appliance This email address He Sharma SMTP Server hostname of SMTP server must be allowed to send mail using the Storage nG a configured SMTP server Port 25 LL Use TLs Backup Policies Lj Use SMTPAUTH Email EG Username SMTP login name Password password Reports amp Alerts re gt Time amp NTP asi Some Test Emai vCenter Plugin Summary Cancel lt lt Back Jl Next gt gt J Quantum vmPRO User s G
203. s Volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Quick Connect DNS name of the target and then click Quick Connect Target Discovered targets To discover and log on to a target using a basic connection type the IP address or Quick Connect Name ign 1995 03 com quantum vmpro target8 Status Inactive To connect using advanced options select a target and then dick Connect To completely disconnect a target select the target and then dick Disconnect For target properties induding configuration of sessions select the target and dick Properties For configuration of devices associated with a target select the target and then dick Devices More about basic iSCSI connections and targets jiii a cancel 4 Select the vmPRO appliance and click Connect to display the Connect To Target dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Apply 198 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery 5 Click Advanced to display the Advanced Settings dialog box Figure 156 Advanced Settings Dialog Box Ce a General IPsec Connect using Local adapter Default X Initiator IP Default z Target portal IP Default x CRC Checksum E Data digest E Header digest V Enable CHAP log on CHAP Log on information CHAP helps ensure connection security by providing authentication between a target and an initiator To use specify the s
204. s in the following drop down lists e Running Currently running backup policy tasks e Policy History Completed backup policy tasks sorted by folders 4 Select a task for which to display the following details Feb 27 10 47 Note Select the VMs Folders Nodes or Errors tab as needed The Errors tab displays only when errors exist Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 133 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console a Ele Column VMs VM Name Status Error Copy type File size Savings Elapsed Time Start Time End Time Folders Folder Num VMs Status Num Errors Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Description The name of the backed up virtual machine VM The status of the backup task for the associated VM such as Finished The number of errors that occurred for the backup task if any The type of backup task for the associated VM such as partial or full For more information regarding partial or full backups see vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support The amount of data that was backed up for the associated VM The percentage of saved disk space for the associated VM and backup task The amount of time that the backup task took for the associated VM The time at which the backup task began for the associated VM The time at which the backup task ended for the associated VM The folder for which the backup task was run The number of VMs within the folder that
205. se to enable the Nagios plugin on your vmPRO appliance nagios status Use to check the status of the Nagios plugin vmPRO Console Commands net Use net commands to access and monitor network settings edit network hosts and initiate or stop a tcpdump net commands net hosts add lt IP_address gt lt host list gt Use to add one or more hosts to your network net hosts del lt IP_address gt Use to delete a host from your network net hosts reset Use to delete all hosts from your network Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 217 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands net net hosts show Use to display all hosts for your network net nslookup lt hostname IP_address gt Use to check for DNS to IP or IP to DNS mapping Use this command for debugging network problems net ping lt hostname gt Use to confirm a connection between the vmPRO appliance and a host net reset Use to reset network service net set hostname lt hostname IP_address gt Use to set a host name or IP address for the vmPRO appliance net show config all Use to display the current network driver settings for the Quantum vmPRO Ethernet interface net show dhcp Use to display Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP details net show hostname Use to display the current host name used by the vmPRO appliance net show routes Use to display all entries in the IP routing table net show status Use to
206. sed virtual machines VMs on an Active Directory AD Domain Controller The VSS Writer prepares Windows for a VMware snapshot to back up the VM s data It then automates a non authoritative restore of the Windows AD Domain Controller when the VM is restored When you restore a Windows AD Domain Controller from a snapshot image the vmPRO appliance automatically boots the VM in the restore mode and performs necessary steps to prevent an update sequence number USN rollback These steps ensure that directory replication works correctly Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 88 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer Supported Systems You can perform VSS backups only on systems for which the vmPRO appliance and Quantum VSS Writer support application consistent quiescing and non authoritative recovery from snapshot images Application Consistent Quiescing VmPRO supports application consistent quiescing of the following Windows systems e Windows 2003 32bit 64bit e Windows 2008 32bit 64 bit e Windows 2008 R2 e Windows 2012 Non Authoritative Recovery The VSS Writer supports automating non authoritative recovery from a snapshot image of the following e AD e Exchange 2007 e Exchange 2010 e Windows Server 2012 e SQL Server 2008 e SQL Server 2012 Troubleshooting Failed VSS Backups If a VSS backup fails make sure that the VMs being backed up are configured correctly In addition make sure of the following e
207. ser s Guide 7 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance The vmPRO appliance installs with default network settings You can edit these settings from the appliance s VMware vSphere Client console Use the following tasks to help you access your appliance s Network Configuration screen on the Client console and configure network settings Access your vmPRO appliance s Network Configuration screen on the Client console 1 Access the vSphere Client console See Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 2 Figure 2 vSphere Client Console localhost Quantum vmPRO 3 2 1 7638 was quantum com 3 Click inside the console and press lt Enter gt to display the Login prompt 4 Atthe Username prompt enter the vmPRO appliance s user name The default user name is sysadmin 5 Atthe Password prompt enter the vmPRO appliance s password The default password is sysadmin Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 8 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance 6 Press lt Enter gt to display the Network Configuration screen Figure 3 Network Configuration Screen Hostname Hostname This virtual appliance is named localhost lt Enter gt Change lt Esc gt Logout Configure your vmPRO appliance s network settings 1 Access your vmPRO appliance s Network Configuration screen on
208. ses the network block device NBD transport method If you select this option click the View the Hot Add Transport warning link to display the HotAdd Warnings pop up We recommend reviewing the displayed information Figure 59 HotAdd Warnings Pop up HotAdd Warnings HotAdd Transport will attempt to attach other VMs disks to the vmPRO when possible to increase backup performance Never delete a vmPRO if it has more than one disk attached Deleting a vmPRO with multiple disks attached will delete disks that belong to other VMs For more information about HotAdd Transport see Configuring Advanced Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Use NBD only The vmPRO appliance uses the NBD transport method to transfer VMDKs The NBD transport method reads a VM s disk over a network interface This transport method adds to your network s traffic If the VMDK holds large amounts of data transfer times can be long The NBD transport method is the default and the vmPRO appliance uses it when HotAdd is not available 7 Click Save to exit the dialog box and add the new folder to the Folders table Assign VMs To Folders After creating folders assign VMs to them from the Virtual Machines tab on the VMs Console You can assign more than one VM at a time to a folder To assign VMs to folders 1 Click the VMs button to display the VMs Console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 66 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Folders 2 Click the
209. ss they have to the vmPRO appliance and to assign them authentication credentials for accessing the appliance Configure a new user for a vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Users to display the Configure User List dialog box Figure 66 Configure User List Dialog Box a Configure User List x sysadmin admin 4 tari user 4 Add User OK 2 Click Add User to display the Configure User dialog box 3 In the User name field enter a user ID to assign to the user 4 Inthe Password field enter a password to assign to the user Note Users enter these credentials to access both the vmPRO CLI console and the vmPRO GUI 5 Inthe Confirm field re enter the user s password to confirm that you entered it correctly Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 76 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration VmPRO Upgrades 6 In the Privilege drop down list select one of the following access levels to assign to the user Access Level Description user Limits users to basic operations and revokes configuration privileges admin Grants users full privileges for accessing and using the vmPRO appliance 7 Click Save to return to the Configure User List dialog box with the new user s ID displayed Additional Functions In addition to configuring new users you can also use the following icons in the Configure User List dialog box sit Displays the Configure User dialog box in which you can edit the user s password and ac
210. st select the specific day of the month The first backup of the month Use to begin the retention period on the first backup of the month e The last backup of the month Use to begin the retention period on the last backup of the month A Caution A monthly backup is scheduled only if you select the Specific day option Use The first backup of the month and last backup of the month options to define retention policies only and then schedule backups to run daily or weekly d Inthe Retain VMs for X months field enter the number of months for which to retain backed up data After the indicated number of months the backed up data is deleted from the storage target Example e You select The last backup of the month e Inthe Retain VMs for X months field you enter 3 e You schedule backups to run weekly on Fridays The backup runs every week on Fridays retaining all stored data for 3 months After 3 months of backups the backed up data is deleted from the storage target with the exception of the last Friday backup of the month The backup and retention schedules continue backing up data every Friday and deleting stored data every 3 months before the last Friday of the month Note Monthly retention schedules only affect backups that occur after the schedule is defined for the policy Data backed up before a policy s monthly retention schedule is defined remains in the NAS target Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 153 Chapt
211. store containing the backed up VM disk and the datastore containing the proxy VM Keep in mind that your vnPRO appliance is standing in as the proxy for the original VM from which the disk is backed up Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 101 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Example Datastore containing VM disk VMFS block size 1MB Datastore containing VM disk VMFS block size 1MB Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Datastore containing proxy VM vmPRO appliance VMFS block size 1MB Datastore containing proxy VM vmPRO appliance VMFS block size 2MB 102 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI This chapter contains the following topics and sections Naa a AA 103 Accessing the vmPRO GUI a 105 Embedding the vmPRO GUI in the vSphere Client 0 20 00 0 02 c ccc ccc eee cece cece ccc ec eee ceceeeeeeees 105 ARE CUA aaa tan tma eE Nak aa ated Ea aa a aea di R pede EE NANANA toate 108 Navigating the vnPRO Home Console 2 0 20 2 cece cecec ce ceccececcececcececceceececeececseceses 115 Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 2 0 00 20 c cece cece cece cece cece eecceceeececeeceeceeececeeeeeeees 117 vmPRO Auto Export Feature 0 200 220 cece cc cece cece cece cece cee na a cence ceeeeeseceeeeteeeees 122 Modifying VM Settings from the vmPRO Appliance 2 0 0 20 2 cece eee ce eee ceececcececceceees 123 Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console
212. t click the plus icon to display the Select Members window Figure 135 Select Members Window Foker A Adminstrator delegated Setup D discovery Maragomert D inepe admira Enterprise Read only Do D brhinge Servers exchange Trusted Subsys B change wiedows Perm wrchangeLegacyirterop giid fb2 D nak Desk 1 selected of 21 sotal Add gt Eechange Servers remcoe WOE10 eng quantum com Lsers COM Microwoft barange Sec n comy Microsoft Exchange Sec mcom Users WBE 10 eng quantum com Liers WOOT OAng quantum com Mirah Bechange Sec WO6E10 eng quantum com Microsoft Exchange Sec 5 Inthe displayed list select Exchange Servers and click Add to add the name to the Organization Management domain group Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 179 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery 6 Click OK to return to the Role Group window with Exchange Servers displayed in the Members list Figure 136 Role Group Window Members List Organization Management Write scope Defaut Orgarzabonal unit Rolex dp add Ramova Nare Active Directory Permissions Address Lets Audit Logs Cmdlet Extension Agents Databaso Availabilty Groups Members Display Name BA AAmiristranor Administrator bh Exchange Servers Exchange Servers D server Management Sarvar Management 7 Click Save to save changes and exit the window Recovering Mailboxes on an Exchange Serve
213. t site if you enabled the auto support feature vmPRO NTP Servers Use Network Time Protocol NTP servers with your vmPRO appliance to control the system date and time Configuration Considerations Set up NTP servers for your vmPRO appliance based on your environment e The vmPRO appliance and all ESX or ESXi hosts should have their date and time synchronized to an NTP server e The vmPRO appliance and the vCenter server must have their date and time synchronized to the same NTP server Note The time zone of your vmPRO appliance must be the same as the time zone of the vCenter or ESX server s Configuring an NTP Server for a vmPRO Appliance Use the Time amp NTP page of the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard to configure an NTP server for the vmWare environment in which your vmPRO appliance resides Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 73 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO NTP Servers Configure an NTP server for your vmPRO appliance 1 From the Configure menu select Config Wizard to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard 2 Click the Time amp NTP tab to display the Time amp NTP page Figure 65 Time amp NTP Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Time amp NTP Licenses Time Zone Servers Time Zone 8US Pacific Ng File Sharing Serene NTP Configuration Backup Policies V Enable NTP Email NTP Host Actions Reports amp Alerts Sie paolntp org Z TA RAIF 1 us pool ntp org
214. t the read only community string to public snmp set rocommunity lt community string gt Use to set the read only community string to the named argument snmp status Use to show whether SNMP is enabled and to print the current read only community string vmPRO Console Commands ssh Use Secure Shell ssh commands to enable or disable SSH service for vmPRO appliance s network ssh commands ssh disable Use to disable the SSH service for your vmPRO appliance s network Attempted logins through SSH fail Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 222 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands system ssh enable Use to enable the SSH service for your vmPRO appliance s network By enabling the SSH service you are allowing SSH logins to your vmPRO appliance ssh status Use to display whether the SSH service is enabled and running along with the process ID number and all active SSH sessions vmPRO Console Commands system Use system commands to reboot restart shut down or upgrade your vmPRO appliance You can also use the system commands to access system information system commands system reboot Use to reboot the vmPRO appliance system restart services all Use to restart all services for the vmPRO appliance system status all Use to view service statuses for the vmPRO appliance system show date Use to display the current system day of the week date and time for the time zone Quant
215. tab See Managing Servers and Nodes from the VMs Console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 63 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Folders 7 Reboot all new nodes either from the VMware vSphere console or from each appliance s console command line interface CLI See vmPRO Console Commands system vmPRO Folders By default your vmPRO appliance organizes virtual machines VMs in folders named for their respective vS phere ESX hosts These folders are separate from the existing folders within the vSphere Client The separate folders in your vmPRO appliance s GUI allow you to refine and optimize the backup loads across your appliance or group of appliances e lf you add a vCenter server your VMs appear in a single initial folder with the name of that vCenter server e If you add one or more ESX servers your VMs appear in folders corresponding to the ESX hosts on which they reside You can also configure your own folders on the vmPRO appliance to do the following Manage multiple backup policies to facilitate higher throughput Divide your VMs among several folders to assign multiple backup policies to a single VM Although VMs can only belong to one folder folders can have multiple policies enabling multiple policies to apply to a single VM You can also use folders to stagger full backups across different weeks to avoid having full backups running close together Manage the distribution of backups across multiple vmPR
216. tallation The Windows iSCSI Initiator must be installed on your Windows system typically in the Administrative Tools folder If you need to download the iSCSI Initiator you can do so from http Awww microsoft com en us download details aspx id 18986 iSCSI User Configuration For authentication and security purposes the Windows iSCSI Initiator requires a unique user Using the Configure User dialog box create a user for the iSCSI Initiator You must assign the iSCSI user a 12 to 16 character password See Configuring Users fora vmPRO Appliance iSCSI Write Area Settings The iSCSI Initiator adds each exported disk image as a file to the iSCSI target s write area storage You must configure the iSCSI write area settings for these files See the Target iSCSI Disk section of Preparing For Exchange Recovery iSCSI Configuration Notes Keep the following in mind when using the iSCI Initiator to recover VM file systems iSCSI IP Address The VMDK is exported to a specific IP address for the iSCSI Initiator Other iSCSI Initiators cannot discover the vmPRO appliance or its exported VMDKs Target vmPRO Appliances e Target vmPRO appliances on the iSCSI Initiator consume system resources We recommend that you remove unused targets from your iSCSI Initiator e The iSCSI Initiator keeps track of how long a target is active and it generates a warning when the target has been exposed for more than 24 hours Note You cannot delete a
217. target vmPRO appliance when it is connected to the iSCSI Initiator iSCSI User You cannot edit or delete the iSCSI user or password created on your vmPRO appliance when the following occurs e The vmPRO appliance is connected to the iSCSI Initiator e The iSCSI user is connected to the target iSCSI disk through the iSCSI Initiator Reboots When a vmPRO appliance is rebooted its connection to the iSCSI Initiator is lost along with all previously written data In addition previously exported VMDKs are no longer available After a reboot you must perform a new iSCSI export and recovery Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 194 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery Recovering VM Disks Using iSCSI Use the following workflow to recover virtual machine disk images VMDKs using iSCSI Figure 151 iSCSI Recovery Workflow Use the iSCSI Initiator both to discover the vmPRO appliance andto mountthe exported VMDK to the target iSCSI disk From the target iSCSI disk access the files within the VMDK as you would any other files on a Windows operating system Export the VMDK from your vmPRO appliance to the Windows system on which the iSCSI Initiator is located Export VMDKSs to an iSCSI target 1 From the SmartMotion Backup menu select Recover to display the Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Figure 152 Recover Virtual Machines Wizard Recover Virtual Machines Wizard To
218. te If you are performing a recovery using iSCSI click Manage iSCSI Targets to display the iSCSI Targets dialog box Use this dialog box to view your current iSCSI targets as well as to remove iSCSI targets you no longer need See Manually Cleaning Up the Exchange Server 5 Click Next to display the Select the type of recovery to perform page Figure 153 Select the type of recovery to perform Page D Recover Virtual Machines Wizard x Select the type of recovery to perform VM Recovery Recover to vCenter ESX as a new VM _ Exchange Recovery Recover an Exchange mailbox from this backup O iSCSI Export Export virtual disks from this backup as iSCSI targets cancel Back JA next Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 196 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery iSCSI Export and Recovery 6 Select iSCSI Export and click Next to display the Enable Disks for iSCSI Export dialog box Figure 154 Enable Disks for iSCSI Export Dialog Box N Enable Disks for iSCSI Export x To select a disk to be iSCSI exported check the box next to the disk name Disk iSCSI Target Authorized User Authorized Initiator L 2 2 3 i365 upgrade flat vmdk LJ 2 2 3 i365 upgrade 1 flat vmdk O disk s selected to be iSCSI exported Manage All iSCSI Targets Create New User OK 7 Select the check box next to each VMDK to export to the iSCSI target Note Click Manage All iSCSI Targets to display the iSCSI Targets dialog box Use this dialog box to vi
219. tely Important Concepts Review the following before defining new retention schedules for currently running backup policies Daily Retention Schedules If you define a new daily retention schedule for a backup policy all data backed up through this policy Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 143 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies both before and after the retention schedule is defined is deleted at the defined daily interval If you do not want to delete data backed up prior to defining the retention schedule define a weekly or monthly retention schedule instead Weekly and monthly schedules only apply to backups completed after the change to the policy s retention schedule Weekly and Monthly Retention Schedules Weekly and monthly retention schedules only affect backups that occur after the schedule is defined for the policy Data backed up before a policy s weekly or monthly retention schedule is defined remains in the NAS target Multiple Retention Schedules You can set SmartMotion backup and retention schedules to run daily weekly monthly annually or on any combination of those intervals When setting multiple schedules keep the following in mind e Backups occur for the shortest interval of time defined e All retention schedules are followed Example You schedule a backup policy to run both daily and weekly The actual backups occur every day because that is the shorter of
220. tems to export Export the entire vCenter not recommended for large VM environments Ce Export a subset of the vCenter gt _ By Rack oO 10 30 242 44 O 10 30 242 48 Cancel Figure 22 No vCenter Is Configured Page Welcome Licenses Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Po Email Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP vCenter Plugin Summary Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Servers No vCenter is configured Addvcenter Delete vCenter Cancel Quantum vmPRO User s Guide lt lt Back Next gt gt lt lt Back Jl Next gt gt J 26 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers Note If you are adding an ESX server click Back to return to the Servers page See Configuring ESX Servers for a vmPRO Appliance If there is not another vCenter server configured the Configure Server page displays Figure 23 Configure Server Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses So Configure Server Servers Server File Sharing Hostname Enter the hostname or IP address of the ESX Server or vCenter Storage Label The label is a convenient identifier that can be set to anything Backup Policies Open Advanced Configuration Email Authentication Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP Username root Enter the username and password of co an account that can login to the ESX Center Plugin Password Server or vCenter and read storage v
221. ternal Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance vss commands vss query Use to list all virtual machines VMs waiting for the VSS backup to complete vss backup complete query all lt vm uuid gt Use to perform log truncation on VMs with a completed backup Use the query argument to list VMs that are waiting for log truncation Specific VM To run log truncation for a specific VM from the returned list enter the list number of the VM All VMs To run log truncation on all listed VMs use the a11 argument VM UUID To run log truncation for a VM using its universally unique identifier uuid use the lt vm uuid argument vss backup fail query all lt vm uuid gt Use to remove VMs with a completed backup from the log truncation waiting list Use the query argument to list VMs that are waiting for log truncation Specific VM To remove a specific VM from the log truncation waiting list enter the list number of the VM All VMs To remove all listed VMs from the log truncation waiting list use the a11 argument VM UUID To remove a VM from the log truncation waiting list using the VM s universally unique identifier uuid use the lt vm uuid gt argument External Monitoring Support for a vmPRO Appliance You can use external monitoring applications for the devices in your vmPRO environment to catch issues that require administrative attention Quantum vmPRO supports the following external monitoring applicatio
222. the Licenses tab to display the Licenses Support Site Credentials page Figure 16 Licenses Support Site Credentials Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard Welcome Licenses Licenses Support Site Credentials Servers Enter your support site user name email address and password to retrieve licenses from Quantum support site File Sharing Storage User name Password Backup Policies Email sig ions te pe L cancel ox vCenter Plugin Summary 3 Inthe User name field enter your Quantum support email address In the Password field enter your Quantum support password Click OK to retrieve your license from the Quantum support site and click Next to display any licenses currently added to your vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 20 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Licensing Figure 17 Licenses Current Licenses Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcomes Licenses Lio Serial No Feature Description Email Address Expiration Actions CX1315CAC00168 backup capacity 4096 mitch pancetera com Never Pi Servers File Sharing Storage Backup Policies Email Update Licenses from Support Site J Add License Manually Reports amp Alerts Time amp NTP Configure Capacity Warning Threshold The percentage of capacity usage at which vmPRO vill issue an alert vCenter Plugin as Warning Threshold 30 percent Summary Cancel lt lt Back J L Next
223. the Retain VMs from field select the day of the week on which both to run your backup and to delete retained files d Inthe Retain VMs for X weeks field enter the number of weeks for which to retain backed up data After the indicated number of weeks the backed up data is deleted from the storage target Example a Inthe Retain VMs from field you select Monday b Inthe Retain VM for X weeks field you enter 6 The backup runs every week on Monday at the indicated time retaining all stored data for 6 weeks After 6 weeks the backed up data is deleted from the storage target The backup and retention schedule continues on this 6 week interval i Note Weekly retention schedules only affect backups that occur after the schedule is defined for the policy Data backed up before a policy s weekly retention schedule is defined remains in the NAS target Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 151 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Time Interval Steps Weekly Advanced Mode Figure 113 Weekly Tab Advanced Mode Quantum vmPRO User s Guide a Select the Weekly tab to run backups and retain data on a weekly basis Select the Enable the weekly backup schedule check box to activate your backup and retention schedule Click the Advanced Mode link to display the Advanced Mode view Inthe Retain VMs from the following days field select each day of the week on which both to run the
224. the two defined intervals The daily schedule s retention is set for 8 days and the weekly schedule s retention is set for 5 weeks with Sunday being the day on which to retain backup data The vmPRO appliance backs up data every day and it deletes data every 8 days excluding data backed up on the last 5 Sundays This data is retained for 5 Sundays due to the weekly retention schedule Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 144 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Figure 106 Retention Schedule Example BU BU BU BU BU BU BU BU Delete BU BU BU BU BU BU BU BU Delete BU BU BU BU BU BU BU BU Delete BU BU BU BU BU BU BU BU Delete BU BU BU BU BU BU BU BU Delete BU BU BU Daily Backups BU Deleted Backups Delete Day on which 8 previous backups are deleted with the exception of the first 5 Sundays i Note When you run a manual backup it is treated like a daily backup for retention purposes For example if you run a manual backup on a day when there is not a backup policy scheduled the backup is saved as a daily backup and the daily retention schedule is applied to it NAS Targets and Retention Schedules When setting a retention schedule consider the type of NAS target to which you are backing up data Deduplicating NAS Targets DXi systems and deduplicating NAS targets generally achieve a 10 1 to 20 1 reduction in aggregate backup volume enabling greater retention periods than with comparably sized
225. tion Backup 2 2 20 20 22022002 ee cece ccc cece cece cece cece ce ceceeeceeceeeseteeeeeeeeees 138 Manually Activating a SmartMotion Backup 0 20 20 20 La 141 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies 2 2 2 200 200 2200 c ccc cece cece ccc ec cece ccecccecceeceeeeeeeseeees 142 Retention Schedules for SmartMotion Backups 2 2 0000000000000000 0000000202222222 143 Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies 2 2 0 2 0 0 c 0 ccc e cece ccc ccc e cece ccc ceceecceececeeececeees 146 Modifying SmartMotion Backup Policies 0 20 00 0 00 coe cece eee cece ccc ec eee eeceeececeeeeeeeeees 155 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup The vmPRO SmartMotion Backup feature provides backup services for your vmPRO appliance by initiating a scheduled push of specified virtual machine disk VMDK files to any specified Network Attached Storage NAS target The target can be resident on a plain NAS device or on a deduplication system such as a Quantum DXi system Most SmartMotion backups run based on a schedule you set In addition you can manually activate a SmartMotion backup as needed Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 138 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Prerequisites Before you can use the SmartMotion Backup feature you must first do the following Configure Servers and Discover VMs Configure servers for your vmPRO appliance The vmPRO appliance can then auto discover all virtual machines VMs within the
226. to display the alert and stop the backup 3 Click OK to save settings and exit the dialog box HotAdd Transport and Your vmPRO Appliance Quantum vmPRO supports vSphere s HotAdd Transport feature With HotAdd Transport you can add and remove SCSI virtual hard disks while your vmPRO appliance is running SCSI HotAdd provides a convenient method for transporting virtual disk data from guest virtual machines VMs directly to the ESX ESXi host on which they are running HotAdd improves performance and provides a non network based method of transferring data from the source VM to your vmPRO appliance for backup purposes Enable HotAdd Transport in the Advanced Settings dialog box See Configuring Advanced Settings for a vmPRO Appliance i Note For hypervisors under moderate to heavy system loads Quantum tests show significant performance improvement for backup throughput when HotAdd Transport is enabled Prerequisites Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before enabling HotAdd Transport VM Conditions Before enabling HotAdd Transport keep in mind that the HotAdd Transport feature can only access VMs if one of the following conditions is met If neither condition is met the transport method automatically reverts to the network block device NBD transport method Condition 1 Target VMs that are on the same ESX server as the vmPRO appliance Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 98 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advan
227. to the server In the Label field of the Server pane enter a label to assign to the server as needed 6 In the Server pane click the Open Advanced Configuration link to display the Advanced Server Configuration dialog box Figure 28 Advanced Server Configuration Dialog Box Advanced Server Configuration Server Ports Data Port 502 Usually 902 Mgmt Port 443 Usually 443 7 In the Data Port and Mgmt Port fields edit the server ports as needed and click OK to return to the Configure Server page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 31 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Servers 8 Inthe Username and Password fields of the Authentication pane enter the login credentials needed to access server read storage In the Authentication pane click Test Login to verify that the login credentials work 10 Click Save to save updates and display the vCenter server page Figure 29 vCenter Server Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard x Welcome Servers Licenses vCenter server 10 30 241 28 Servers Edit vCenter Delete vCenter File Sharin B z Select the items to export Storage E A Export the entire vCenter not recommended for large VM environments ckup Policies Serine E Ce Export a subset of the vCenter Email gt _ By Rack Reports amp Alerts Ei Time amp NTP E 10 30 242 44 vCenter Plugin F 10 30 242 48 Summary Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt 11 Select o
228. ts e Uses the vStorage API with Changed Block Tracking to access both running and idle VMs e Supports vSphere 4 x vSphere 5 x and vSphere 6 0 environments Quantum vmPRO User s Guide Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration This chapter contains the following topics and sections vmPRO Setup and Configuration c cece ccc ccc eee cece cece cee ceceeceeeceeeecceeeeeeceeeees 5 Quantum vmPRO Requirements 2 0 c cece cece eee anoen cee ec cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeceeeeeeeaeees 6 Configuring Network Settings fora vmPRO Appliance 0 0 202 o cece eee e cece c cece eee ceeceeceeceees 8 Initially Configuring avmPRO Appliance 22 2 0 20 2 o cece eee cece ee cece cee eccececceceececeececeececees 13 vVMPRO Licensing naaa Aha aag eea BO ALE e UOCEELELLEE a NG Gaano 14 VMPRO Servers ada AA paha Apa aaa NAUNA inka ka a ba ah UN LAGUNA Bp OLA pa NAA haa LANA Ga ba 23 NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 22 ccc ccc cece cece cece ec ceceeceecceccecceeceeseeeeees 41 vmPRO Group Configuration 0 0 20 c cece cece ec cece cececceceececeececeececeececcececcececseceeseceeees 57 vmPRO Folders tts ep tech NBA ag alan elas ail te oh cote Bo AGE ANA LA el ln She es 64 vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport 2 22 2 0 00 2 c cc ecc ccc ecceecccceccecceccecceeceeneeeeeees 68 vmPRO NTP Servers nn occ cc cee na LAG BLOG ins BAGAL BANG NG NAG BLUGAE NG
229. ts with numerous ESX ESXi servers hosting multiple VMs we recommend deploying a vmPRO appliance on each ESX ESXi server e We recommend using paid versions of VMware ESX or ESXi servers Free versions have various API limitations that keep vmPRO from functioning as designed e You can manage your ESX ESXi server s directly or through VMware vCenter If you have the option of using a vCenter server we recommend that you do so Hardware e 12GB of free disk space Host 1280 MB of free RAM Sewer e Gigabit NIC port for data movement on the vmPRO host server Network We recommend that you perform the following tasks in configuring your network est e Configure a static IP address Server e Configure your network on the VLAN that has access to the vCenter or ESX ESXi servers to be protected If you use third party backup software its client that connects to the vmPRO network must be able to access the VLAN as well Web Any modem Web browser that supports Adobe Flash Player plug in 9 X or higher Browser Client Flash Player Adobe Flash Player plug in 9 X or higher plug in Client Microsoft One of the following versions of Microsoft Exchange for mailbox recovery Exelange Windows 2008R2 Exchange 2010 Servers e Windows 2008R2 Exchange 2013 e Windows 2012R2 Exchange 2013 For systems that use Microsoft Exchange servers running Windows 2008R2 and Exchange 2010 the Window Management Framework 3 0 must be installed Quantum vmPRO U
230. tum specifications are subject to change Quantum vmPRO User s Guide ii Contents Preface u s viii ULI AA PAGA r r A E COREA viii Chapter 1 Quantum vmPRO ooe aaa a n 1 Quantum vmMPRO act ttn 2a cep oadewetbdakantsaeieadat siaeckiamesece EA 1 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration 1100110170101XXXX 4 vmPRO Setup and Configuration aaa 5 Quantum vmPRO Requirements 2 22 2 20 20 2222 aaa 6 Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance 0 0 20 0 020 2 c cece cc eee eee cececceceececeecees 8 Initially Configuring avmPRO Appliance 22 2 0 200 2 c eee cece cece eee cece cee ec cececceceececeececcecesees 13 vmPRO Licensing AA 14 Calculating Capacity Requirements for vmPRO Licensing 1 1 15 Adding Licenses to a vmPRO Appliance 0 0 00000000000000 00a 0000da oaaao aaa 111201 19 ala AA 23 Configuring a vCenter Server for a vmPRO Appliance 1 1 2 Q a 24 Configuring ESX Servers for a vmPRO Appliance 2 2 2 XX cece eee cece cececceceececeeeeees 33 Discovering Servers for a vmPRO Appliance 0 0 2 20 c cece cece ec cececcececcececceccececeeceees 40 Quantum vmPRO User s Guide iii Contents NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols 2 0 cece cece ccc ec eee ceceeeeeceeccecceececeeeceees 41 Configuring a CIFS Protocol fora vmPRO Appliance 0 20 00 0 ccc e cee
231. ual files from the mounted partitions Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 204 E Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide This appendix contains the following topics and sections APR CUA ha npa ng ag an naag a POE pa PG na a 206 Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 2 Ha 207 vmPRO Console Commands autosupport 22 2 2 2 0 22022 c cece cece cece cece ccc ceceeeceeeeeeeseeees 211 vmPRO Console Commands CDG ooo os cose Boga dk ten ceace ter zsnsebeciniGubndebnsmdauiicdiahadiseneedinabs 212 vmPRO Console Commands config 0 0 c cece cece cece eee e adadda aood daara oodaran 212 vmPRO Console Commands filesys 0 20022 e cece cece cece cee cee cecceeceeececceceeceeeceeeeee 213 vmPRO Console Commands group 2 22 22 cece cece ccc ec cece ec eecceceeecececececcecceceeeceeeseeees 214 vmPRO Console Commands help 1 2 0000 0 ccc ccecceecececeeecceseeeseeseeetseeseees 215 vmPRO Console Commands import 215 vmPRO Console Commands log 0 20 2 ccc e cece eee e cece eee cece eee eee eceeeeeeeeeeeeseeseneenaeees 216 vmPRO Console Commands nagios 2 20 e eee e eee e eee oao oaaao aooaa araa adana aona 217 vmPRO Console Commands net ee 217 vmPRO Console Commands ntp 22 222 20 22 cece cece cece cece cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeseeees 219 vmPRO Console Commands mw oe eee cece eee nee eee eee 220 vmPRO Console Com
232. uide 69 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Emails Reports Alerts and Autosupport Configure the Email feature for your vmPRO appliance 1 2 Display the Configure Email dialog box or the Email Configuration page In the From Address field enter the email address from which to send the vmPRO appliance s reports and alerts Note We recommend entering an administrator s address in the From Address field since the address entered in this field is also used as the recipient address when a password reset is needed 3 In the Host or SMTP Server field enter the host for the vmPRO appliance s SMTP server In the Port field enter the port for the vmPRO appliance s SMTP server 5 Select the Use TLS check box to use transport layer security TLS when sending emails over the Internet as needed Select the Use SMTPAUTH check box to use SMTP authentication in accessing the email server as needed If you select this option do the following a In the Username field enter the login name for accessing the SMTP server b In the Password field enter the password for accessing the SMTP server Select the Log Debug Messages check box to log debugged emails in the Support Logs See vmPRO GUI Menus Note This field only displays on the Configure Email dialog box Click Send Test Email Now to send a test email from the email address entered in the From Address field Click OK to save changes and
233. um vmPRO User s Guide 223 Appendix 1 vmPRO CLI Guide vmPRO Console Commands system system show license Use to display the vmPRO appliance s licenses and associated information Example quantum vmPR5152 gt system show license SmartView License Information Expires in 66 days Licensed sockets 20 system show uptime Use to display the amount of time that has passed since the vmPRO appliance s last reboot system show version detail all Use to display the version numbers of the Quantum components The a11 option lists version numbers for all open source packages used by Quantum vmPRO Updates to the open source packages are included in standard Quantum vmPRO updates system shutdown Use to shut down the vmPRO appliance system stackdump controller Use to create a stack trace of the controller process system upgrade local Use to check for Quantum vmPRO updates If updates are available the command automatically downloads and installs the updates which are typically 2 MB The automatic system upgrade process uses port 443 and opens updates Quantum com If your system uses a firewall you may need to change your port settings as appropriate The process uses signed private key public key encryption to verify and authenticate the updates The process does not update an open GUI To see updates in a GUI close the browser and start a new instance of the vmPRO appliance GUI Use the local argument to manua
234. unning on the VMs could dictate the best file sharing protocol to use Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 41 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration NAS Targets and File Sharing Protocols Example In cases where Windows systems need to directly access backed up files from a CIFS share select a CIFS protocol Or In cases where Linux host integration is a priority select an NFS protocol Note We strongly recommend using the NFS protocol for Linux client machines accessing the vmPRO export directory If a Linux client machine uses the CIFS protocol specify the directio mount option at the mount command For example mount cifs o directio lt share gt lt mount point Back End Storage The vmPRO appliance exports SmartMotion backups to NAS devices such as a Quantum DXi device This data is stored in the NAS device as a VM disk image Users cannot directly access this stored data Instead the vmPRO appliance communicates to the device over a CIFS or NFS protocol both to store backed up VM disk images and to recover the stored VM disk images The vmPRO appliance presents the stored data to authorized users and machines in the recover directory as CIFS or NFS shares see above Figure 40 NAS Presentation Example vmPRO exports SmartMotion backups over a protocol to the NAS device vmPRO Appliance p vmPRO recovers stored VM disk images over a protocol from the NAS device vmPRO presents data in the Jexport and r
235. up schedule check box to Figure 111 Daily Tab f a ka activate your backup and retention schedule c Inthe Retain VMs for X days field enter the number of days for which to retain backed up data After the indicated number of days passes the backed up data is deleted from the storage target Example Inthe Retain VMs for X days field you enter 10 The backup runs daily at the indicated time retaining all stored data in the storage target for 10 days After 10 days the backed up data is deleted from the storage target The backup and retention schedule continues on this 10 day interval A Caution If you define a new daily retention schedule for a backup policy all data backed up through this policy both before and after the retention schedule is defined is deleted at the interval you have defined If you do not want to delete data backed up prior to defining the retention schedule define a weekly or monthly retention schedule instead Weekly and monthly schedules apply only to backups completed after the change to the policy s retention schedule Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 150 Chapter 4 vmPRO SmartMotion Backup vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Policies Time Interval Steps Weekly Basic Mode a Select the Weekly tab to run backups and retain data on a weekly basis Fi 112 Weekly Tab Basi Hai ANG om b Select the Enable the weekly backup schedule check box to activate your backup and retention schedule c In
236. upported to vnPRO appliances with factory default settings Select the package Choose File No file chosen Import Quantum vmPRO Thu Nov 13 15 01 32 2014 b Follow the instructions on the displayed Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import page to download the configuration file Make sure to note the name and location of the group s configuration file when you download it 2 Import the group s configuration file into the new master vmPRO appliance by doing the following a d From the Operations menu of the new master appliance s GUI select Import vmPRO Configuration to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Click Choose File to navigate to the original group s exported configuration file Select the file and click Open to return to the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import page with the file displayed next to the Choose File button Click Import to import the configuration file to the new master appliance 3 For each node in the original group that needs to be replaced deploy a new vmPRO appliance See the Quantum vmPRO Installation Guides Note You need a valid email address and password to access the Quantum vmPRO Installation 4 Add each new vmPRO appliance to the new group See Configuring vmPRO Groups Reassign the VMs from the original group to the new group nodes See Managing vmPRO Groups Remove the original nodes from the new master appliance s VMs Console gt Resources
237. urces tab you can add ESX servers edit servers or delete servers Note You must add vCenter servers using the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Wizard See Configuring a vCenter Server for a vmPRO Appliance Manage servers 1 On the vmPRO appliance GUI click the VMs button to display the VMs console 2 Click the Resources tab as needed Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 125 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console 3 Inthe Servers pane click Configure to display the Configure Server List dialog box Figure 94 Configure Server List Dialog Box N Configure Server List x Label Server Ports Actions ESX1 10 30 240 40 443 902 VA pi ESX2 10 30 240 41 443 902 VA x Add Server OK SSS ee The dialog box displays the following information for each server Column Description Label The label assigned to the server Server The server s IP address Ports The server s ports 4 Perform the following actions as needed Edit a server a Inthe Actions column click 4 to display the Configure Server dialog box Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 126 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console f g Figure 95 Configure Server Dialog Box Edit Server Mode a Configure Server Test Login cnet Se In Server area s Label field edit the label assigned to the server as needed Note When you are editing a server the Hostname field is view only In the Server area click the Open
238. using the VM s data Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 118 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Column Description Node The IP address of the vmPRO appliance managing the VM Size The maximum allocated capacity for the VM s virtual disks Exported Whether the VM has been added to the vmPRO appliance s export directory If the VM has been exported and a SmartMotion backup policy is configured for the VM s folder then the VM will be backed up to the defined storage target vss Whether the VSS operation is set to run during a SmartMotion backup of the VM See Quantum VSS Writer This option is only available for Windows based VMs LogTr Whether log truncation has been enabled for the VM See Using Log Truncation for VSS Backups CBT Whether Changed Block Tracking has been enabled for the VM See vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support 4 Click on a VM to view summary information in the following fields at the bottom of the console Field Description VM Name The name assigned to the VM Server The server on which the VM is located Folder The folder in which the VM is located Alerts Whether alerts exist for the VM Exported Whether the VM is backed up Quiesce Enabled Whether quiesce has been enabled for the VM See Preparing a Windows System for VSS Backups Change Block Tracking Whether Change Block Tracking has been enabled for the VM See Enabled vSphere Changed Block Tracking Support 5 Select
239. ver page Figure 142 Target Exchange Server Page a Exchange Recovery Wizard x Target Exchange Server Specify the Exchange Server which will be the target of the mailbox recovery A temporary recovery database will be created on this server VM Name IP address Windows Username Windows Password r IN ta 5 In the following fields enter the credentials for the target Exchange server VM Field Description VM Name The name of the target Exchange server VM IP address The IP address of the target Exchange server Windows Username The Windows user name needed to access the target Exchange server Windows Password The Windows password needed to access the target Exchange server Note Because Exchange Recovery requires administrator access to the target Exchange server VM you must provide Windows credentials with administrator privileges 6 Click Next to activate the recovery database setup When the setup has completed the Select mailbox to recover page displays Recover mailboxes on an Exchange server 1 Display the Select mailbox to recover page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 186 Chapter 5 vmPRO Data Recovery Preparing for Exchange Recovery Figure 143 Select mailbox to recover Page Exchange Recovery Wizard x Select mailbox to recover DisplayName ItemCount TotalItemSize MailboxGUID OriginatingServer Aleta Umanzor 2498 217 8 MB 228 403 381 bytes b9ffie4f 97fc 4b3c 99a2 qa ex12r13 ex12
240. vered by the vmPRO appliance In addition the VM is automatically exported if you have Automatically export new VMs enabled on the VMs Console See Navigating the vmPRO VMs Console Manually register a recovered VM using the vSphere Client 1 Using a vSphere Client log in to the ESX or vCenter server where the VM resides 2 Inthe left pane select the server to which to add the VM 3 Click the Summary tab to display the server s general and resource information 4 Inthe Resources pane right click the storage location of the recovered VM and select Browse Datastore to display the Datastore Browser dialog box Figure 128 Resources Pane Storage Location Performance Configuration Local Users amp Groups Events Permissions a Resources CPU usage 3316 MHz Capacity Fitter ervenn NATEN me 4x 2 333 GHz Memory usage 20507 00 MB Capacity YTEYY ANYA YEY NYT AYAN IYAN NG 32766 91 MB Storage Drive Type Capacity B dstastore7 1 in Non SSD N A k8 VMStorage 1 Non 55D 7 54 TB Browse Datastore Rename Network Type VMNetwork Standard port group Unmount SNTesti Standard port group Delete amp SNTest2 Standard port group Refresh SNTest3 Standard port group SNTest4 Standard port group Properties m Copy to Clipboard Ctrl C 5 Locate and open the VM directory that was created during the recovery process 6 Rick click the vmx file and select Add to Inventory to d
241. vmPRO Group Configuration 3 Select Group Membership and press Enter to display the Change Group Membership screen Figure 56 Change Group Membership Screen Join Group Change Group Membership 4 Arrow to Join a pre existing group and press the spacebar to assign the current vmPRO to a group 5 Inthe Master field enter the IP address or resolvable host name for the group s master appliance 6 Inthe Password field enter the master appliance s password 7 Press Enter to save changes and exit the screen The vmPRO appliance is now part of the master appliance s group Additional Configuration Options Use the following options on the Change Group Membership screen of your vmPRO appliance s VMware vSphere Client console to further configure groups Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 60 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration Configuration Option Description Update master If a master appliance s IP address or host name changes use this option to update that information for each VM appliance in the group After updating the master appliance s information for an assigned vmPRO appliance you must reboot the appliance for the change to take effect Update a master appliance s information for each subordinate appliance in the group 1 Log into the VMware vSphere Client console for each subordinate vmPRO appliance 2 Display the Network Configuration screen See Configuring Network Settings f
242. vmPRO Group Configurations You can transfer the configuration settings of an existing vmPRO appliance group to a new vmPRO appliance group After the transfer the new group functions as the original group did Import group configurations 1 Export the group s configuration file by doing the following a From the Operations menu of the master appliance s GUI select Export vmPRO Configuration to display the Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import page Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 62 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Group Configuration Figure 57 Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Page Quantum vmPRO Configuration Save and Import Save a copy of your configuration Provided below is a link to a file containing configuration information for this vmPRO Please note this package contains password information and should only be provided to administrators e db package tar bz2 enc Import a saved configuration In the box below select a saved configuration file that you would like to import and then click Import The configuration of this vmPRO will be set to the saved copy including login information The update may take a few minutes to complete WARNING Before importing a configuration the vmPRO from which the configuration package originated must no longer be in use Importing the same configuration to multiple vmPRO appliances is not supported and can cause undesired results Importing is only s
243. w e Click Check now The vmPRO appliance checks for software updates and lists new updates in the Available updates list Configure the vmPRO appliance to automatically check for updates a Select the Check for updates check box b In the drop down list select daily or weekly to indicate how often the appliance checks for updates 3 Update the vmPRO software as needed Updating vmPRO Versions 2 X to 2 3 3 and 3 0 X to 3 X Use your vmPRO appliance s VMware vSphere Client console command line interface CLI to perform software updates for vmPRO versions 2 X to 2 3 3 and 3 0 X to 3 X Upgrade Notes Before you upgrade your current vmPRO appliance review the following notes Firewalls and Ports This online upgrade process uses port 443 and opens updates Quantum com If your system uses a firewall you may need to change your port settings as appropriate The process uses signed private key public key encryption to verify and authenticate the updates Upgrade Size Updates are typically no smaller than 17 MBs and no larger than 284 MBs Proxy Support Configure proxy support to access the Internet as needed See Configuring Network Settings for a vmPRO Appliance Group Upgrades When upgrading to vmPRO versions 3 0 or newer you must upgrade all vmPRO appliances within a group together Update vmPRO versions 2 X to 2 3 3 and 3 0 X to 3 X 1 Close your vmPRO appliance s GUI The process does not update an open GUI
244. w the following information for available software updates Column Description Package Name The name of the software update package Version The version of the software update package Repository The repository in which the software update package is located 3 Click one of the following buttons to update your vmPRO software Button Function Install x updates now Installs updates online from the Quantum repository To use this option your vmPRO appliance must have direct access to the Quantum repository Install Offline U pdates Installs updates in offline mode See Installing vmPRO Software Updates Offline If your vmPRO appliance is located at a dark site use this option 4 At the reboot prompt click OK to begin the update After the software update has completed the vmPRO appliance reboots 5 After the vmPRO appliance reboots log off the vmPRO GUI and close the browser Log back on to the vnPRO GUI for the software updates to take effect Installing vmPRO Software Updates Offline If your vmPRO appliance does not have Internet access you can perform an offline upgrade Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 82 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration VmPRO Upgrades Requirements Before performing an offline upgrade make sure of the following Read and Write Access The vmPRO appliance must have read and write access to lt vmpro host gt quantum upgrade Note At this time you must use CIFS shares for exporting
245. were included in the backup task The status of the backup task for the associated folder such as Finished The number of errors that occurred for the backup task if any 134 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console Tab Column Description Nodes Node The node on which the backup task was run Num VMs The number of VMs on the node that were included in the backup task Status The status of the backup task on the associated node such as Finished Error VM Name The name of the VM for which the backup error occurred Error Message The reason for the error 5 Click the following buttons as needed Button Function View Policies Displays the Available Backup Policies dialog box Use this dialog box to create a new policy set a default policy edit an existing policy or delete a policy See Creating SmartMotion Backup Policies Start Backup Displays the Run SmartMotion Backup dialog box Use this dialog box to start a SmartMotion Backup See vmPRO SmartMotion Backup Abort Backup Use to stop a selected SmartMotion Backup Recovery Tab Use the Tasks Console Recovery tab to manage SmartMotion Recovery tasks Navigate the Recovery tab on the Tasks console 1 Onthe vmPRO appliance GUI click the Tasks button to display the Tasks console Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 135 Chapter 3 vmPRO GUI Navigating the vmPRO Tasks Console 2 Click the Recovery tab as needed Figure 103 Tasks Console Recovery T
246. wing pane If you see this message the vmPRO appliance used HotAdd Transport Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 100 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration vmPRO Advanced Settings Use one of the following verification options a Login to your VMware vSphere Client b Inthe vSphere client s left pane right click on your vmPRO appliance and select Edit Settings to display the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box Figure 78 Virtual Machine Properties Dialog Box aie TU e Quantum vmPRO 7004 Virtual Machine Properties Hardware Options Resources Virtual Machine Version 7 Memory Configuration F Show All Devices Add 1280 Ka MB v Memory Size Hardware Summary HG Memory 1280 MB f CPUs 1 Video card Video card VMCI device Restricted SCSI controller 0 LSI Logic Parallel Hard disk1 Virtual Disk CD DVD drive 1 cdrom1 E Network adapter1 VM Network Us8 controller Present 8 Floppy drive 1 floppy0 Maximum recommended for best lt performance 32 GB Maximum Hot Add Memory for this lt power on 3GB lt q Current configuration value 1280 MB Help ox caei c Select the Hardware tab as needed and verify that a new virtual disk is added each time a VM disk is backed up Limitation with Mismatched Block Size When using HotAdd Transport the Virtual Machine File System VMFS block size must be the same in both the data
247. wn lists select the hour and minute at which to reset the CBT schedule Quantum vmPRO User s Guide 87 Chapter 2 vmPRO Setup and Configuration Quantum VSS Writer 6 In the Frequency field select one of the following options First Radio Button Every v Sunday vy ofthe month Reset the CBT schedule for a selected interval and day of the month a In the first drop down list select one of the following intervals at which to reset the CBT schedule Every First Second Third Fourth or Last b In the second drop down list select the day of the month on which to reset the CBT schedule for the chosen interval Example If you select First and Sunday the CBT schedule is reset on the first Sunday of every month Second Radio Button Onthe 1 v st of each month Reset the CBT schedule to a specific day each month e Inthe drop down list select the date 1st 31st of each month on which to reset the CBT schedule 7 Click Save to save changes and exit the dialog box Perform a one time immediate reset of a base disk s modified time 1 Access your appliance s Client console See Accessing the vSphere Client Console for vmPRO 2 Atthe commandline enter cbt reset all lt hypervisor gt lt vm name gt folder lt folder gt The base disk s last modified time is reset to the current time Quantum VSS Writer Enable the Quantum Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS Writer to perform VSS backups for Windows ba
248. x Log Files Network Disk CPU Memory GUI Errors ConsoleKit history a DavStoragelt BillsThinTest BillsThinTest vmx in 0 seconds 2014 12 15 07 05 34 322616 dataszore fs open path 4d4351e9 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 trunk 6903 trunk 6303 vmx fuse file info 0x7f76057fae40 direct ic 0 Random I 0 2014 12 15 07 05 34 482959 dataszore fs open path 4d264d25 8b6275ch 3e5f 00238b647153 VSS IEST W2K3 VSS IEST controller 1 W2K3 vmx fuse 76075fde40 direct io 0 Random 1 0 2014 12 15 07 05 Retrieved datastorel 20 trunk 6903 trunk 6903 vmx in 0 seconds 2014 12 15 07 Retrieved Dev5torage2 VS5 TEST W2K3 VSS TEST W2K3 vmx in 0 seconds 2014 12 15 0 datas ore open path 4d435169 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 QuantumNephele controller 4 Gary QuantunNephele Gary vmx fuse file info 0x7 76061f5e40 direct io 0 Random I 0 controller 5 2014 12 15 07 05 34 955340 dataszore fs open path 4d264d25 8b6275cb 3e5f 10233b647453 vCenter 5 5 Gary vCenter 5 5 Gary vmx fusz file nfo 0x7f76057fae40 direct io 0 Random I 0 14 12 15 07 05 3 041023 Retrieved datastorel 20 QuantumNephele Gary QuantumNephele Gary vmx in 1 seconds boot log controller controller 2 controller 3 controller emergency 20 20 mon 2014 12 15 07 05 3 149167 Retrieved DevStorage2 vCanter 5 5 Gary vCenter 5 5 Gary vmx in 1 seconds 2014 12 15 07 05 32 304686 dataszore fs open path 4d435169 1475bc74 634b 90e6ba32ac23 bh v

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