Dell PowerVault DL2000 Owner's manual

Brand: Dell

Model: PowerVault DL2000

Type: Owner's manual

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Dell PowerVault DL2000 is an easy-to-use and affordable disk backup solution that provides fast, reliable backups and restores for small businesses. With its simple setup and intuitive management interface, you can protect your valuable data in just a few clicks.

Key features:
- Fast backup and restore speeds of up to 160MB/s
- Up to 2TB of storage capacity
- RAID 1, 5, and 10 support for data protection
- Hot-swappable drives for easy maintenance
- Remote management capabilities
Use cases:
- Backing up critical business data, such as financial records, customer information, and product data

Key features:
- Fast backup and restore speeds of up to 160MB/s
- Up to 2TB of storage capacity
- RAID 1, 5, and 10 support for data protection
- Hot-swappable drives for easy maintenance
- Remote management capabilities
Use cases:
- Backing up critical business data, such as financial records, customer information, and product data

Continuous Data Protection

PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance

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CurrentSituation

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ThePowerVaultDLBackup‐to‐DiskAppliance–PoweredbySymantecBackupExecofferstheindustry’sonlyfully

integratedbackup‐to‐disk solutionwithsoftwarefactoryinstalled.IndustryleadersDellandSymantechaveco‐

developedthisofferingtogiveyoueasiermanagementcapabilitiesofthebackup‐to‐diskenvironment.It’s

anideal

wayforanyITdepartmenttoachievefaster,morereliablebackupsandrestores.Inaddition,theapplianceincludes

continuousdataprotectioncapabilitiesdesignedtoprotectsystemsimmediatelyastheychange..

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Today’sWindowsbasedorganizationsfacemanychallengeswhenitcomestodataprotection.First,datavolumes

continue

togrowat40percentto60percenteachyear,makingitincreasinglydifficultforadministratorstobackup

mission‐criticaldatainacceptabletimeframes(orwithinavailablebackupwindows).Additionally,instanton‐demand

datarecoveryisbecomingincreasinglyvitalforbusinessoperations.Whiletraditionaltapebackupshaveproven

effective

overtheyears,theirreliabilityhasbeenquestioned,andtoday’sbusinessclimatedemandsfaster,more

efficientbackupsandon‐demandrecovery.

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TheOpportunity

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Disk‐baseddataprotection,specificallycontinuousdataprotection,providestheopportunitytoaddresstheseissues

inarevolutionaryway.Continuousdataprotection:

• Eliminatestheneedforbackupwindows

• Enablesfilerecoveryinseconds

• AllowsenduserstorecovertheirowndatawithoutcontactingIT

• Deliversa

complete,integrateddisk‐to‐disk‐to‐tapesolution

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Continuousdataprotectionallowsanyorganizationtomanagedatagrowth,improvereliability,andspeedupdata

recoveryanditimprovesoveralldataprotectionwithoutweighingdownITincostlyhigh‐administrationsolutions.

Continuous Data Protection

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TheSolution:PowerVaultDLBackup‐to‐DiskAppliancewithSymantec™BackupExecContinuous

ProtectionServer

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ThePowerVaultDLBackup‐to‐DiskApplianceincludesBackupExecContinuousP r otection Server(CPS),a

complementtoBackupExecforWindowsServersspecificallydesignedfordisk.BackupExecCPSrevolutionizes

backupsbyeliminati ngbackupwindows,improvingbackupreliability,andfeaturingtheindustry’sfirstWeb‐based

end‐userfileretrieval.It

integrateswithBackupExecforWindowsServerstodeliveracompletedisk‐to‐disk‐to‐tape

solution.Thissolutionimprovesdataprotectionandreducestheadministrativecomplexityassociatedwith

traditionaldataprotectionpractices.Continuousdataprotectioneliminatestheneedforfull,incremental,or

differentialbackupsbyprotectingdataimmediate ly andthen

continuouslybackingituptodisk.Italsodecreases

thecomplexityofcurrentmethodologiesaswellashelpingreducethecostofthemediaused.

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BecauseWindowsfileserverdataiscontinuouslyprotectedondisk,itcanberecoveredquicklyandenduserscan

restoretheirownfileswithoutcontacting

ITwhichimprovesservicelevelswithoutincreasedITheadcountor

administrativecost.

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UnderstandingTraditionalandContinuousDataProtection

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Asyouconsiderasuitabledataprotectionstrategyforyourorganization,itisimportanttounderstandthe

differencesbetweentraditionaltape‐based,traditionaldisk‐based,andcontinuousdisk‐baseddataprotection

offerings.

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TraditionalTapeBackups

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KeyBenefits

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Traditionally,tapebackupshaveproventobeaneffectiveandinexpensivemeansfordataprotectionandrecovery.

Thekeybenefitsoftraditionaltapebackupsinclude:

• Inexpensivemediumtostoredata

• Portableformatthatcaneasilybemovedoffsite

• Familiartoadministrators,who knowandunderstand

tapebackups

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KeyDrawbacks

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Asusefulastapebackupsare,therearethreekeychallengeswithtape.Firstisreliability.InaByteandSwitch

survey

(1)

,aboutonequarter(25.6percent)ofsurveyrespondentssaidtheirbackupsfailatleasttwiceaweek

becauseofthefailureofthetapecartrid ges (52.9percent)andthetapedrives(45percent).Thesecondchallengeis

complexity.Tapelackstheflexibilityandsimplicitythatmanyorganizationsneedtodayin

adataprotection

solution.Lastisspeed.Asdatavolumesincrease,tapebackupsaretakinglonger.Afewnotabledrawbackstotape

backupsinclude:

• Highimpactonproductionserver(backupsmustoccurduringoff‐peakhours)

• Onlyalimitednumberofserversbackedupatonetime

(1) http://storagemagazine.techtarget.com/magPrintFriendly/0,293813,sid35_gci1052905,00.html

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• Once‐a‐daybackups—onlycaptureasinglepointofrecovery

• Increasinglycomplexmanagement(incrementals,differentials,multivendorsolutions,andsoon)

• Questionablereliability

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Recovery

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Thepointofprotectingdataisensuringthatitisrecoverablewhenneeded.Withtapebackups,however,recovery

canbeatime‐consuming,bottlenecked

processthatmakesitdifficulttogettherightfiletotherightpersonatthe

righttime.Keydrawbackstotaperecoveryinclude:

• Recoverycanbelengthyandcumbersome.

• Onlytrainedadministratorscanrecoverdata.

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BackupProcess

1. Afullbackupofeachfileserverisperformed

atascheduledtimeonceaweek.

2. Incrementalbackupsofeachfileserverareperformeddaily,duringoff‐peakhours.

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RecoveryProcess

1. Userssubmitafilerestorerequesttoadministrators.

2. Administratorslocatethetape(s);mountit,designatethefilefromthepointofthelastbackup,and

restore

totheuser.

Disk‐BasedBackups

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Keybenefits

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Disk‐basedbackupsprovideseveralkeybenefitsthatarenotrealizedwithtape.First,backupsaretypicallyfaster

andmoreefficient,whilerecoverytimeimprovessignificantly.Additionally,disktraditionallyprovidesamore

reliableformatfordataprotection.Benefitsinclude:

• Faster,moreefficientbackups

• Morereliablebackups

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• Fasterandeasierrecovery

• Possibilitytobackuptotapeforlong‐termarchivalandoffsitestorage

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Keydrawbacks

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Whiledisk‐basedbackupssignificantlyimprovedataprotectionandrecovery,theystillhavesomedrawbacks:

• Potentialimpactonproductionservers(stillrequireabackupwindow)

• Databacked

uptodisk,possiblyusingtapeemulation(sequentially,butnotcontinuously)

• Databackedupinbackupformat—ITadministrationstillneededforrestores



Recovery

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Becausethebackupresidesondisk,itismuchfastertorestore.Thereisnoneedtolocatethetape,loadit,andthen

reloadthedata.Itisfasterandmoreefficient.



BackupProcess

1. Afullbackupofeachfileserverisperformedonceaweek.

2. Incremental/differential

backupsofeachfileserverareperformeddaily,duringoff‐peakhours.

3. Backupscanbemigratedtotapeforlong‐termdataprotectionordisasterrecovery.



RecoveryProcess

1. Userssubmitafilerestorerequesttoadministrators.

2. Administratorsquicklyrestorethefilefromdiskatthepointof

thelastbackup.

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ContinuousDisk‐BasedBackups

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Keybenefits

Continuousdataprotectionrevolutionizesdataprotectionbyofferingthecorebenefitsofdisk‐baseddata

protection(fasterbackups,near‐instantrestore),whilelesseningsomeofthehardshipsofcurrentbackups.Key

benefitsinclude:

• Helpensurethatdataisalwaysprotected

• Onlycaptureschangedportionoffiles

(block‐levelchanges)

• Simplifiesbackups—eliminatesincrementals,fulls,andsoon

• Canbackupmultiplefileserverssimultaneously

• Minimizesbackupwindowsforprotectedsystems

• Leveragestapebackupsforlong‐termarchivalandoffsitestorage

• Filesinnativeformat,enablingend‐userrecovery

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KeyDrawbacks

• May

notprovidetape‐basedbackup,whichisstillneededforlong‐termdataprotectionoroff sitestorage

• Maynotintegratewiththecurrent backupsolution 

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Recovery

Instant,flexible,andgranularrecoveryisacentralfocalpointforcontinuousdisk‐basedprotection.CPSsignificantly

reducesITadministrationwhileimprovingservicelevels

andend‐userproductivity.Enduserscanfindandretrieve

filesinsecondswithoutcontactingIT.

Keybenefitsinclude:

• Providesinstantaneousrecovery

• Enablesenduserstoretrievetheirownfiles

• Enablesrecoveryoffilesfrommultiplepointsintime



BackupProcess

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1. Userssavefilestofileservers(businessserver).

2. ContinuousProtectionAgentstreamsfilechangestoBackupExecCPS.

3. Microsoft®VolumeShadowCopyService(VSS)snapshotsprovideversioningandgranularpoint‐in‐time

recoveryoffiles.

4. BackupExecmediaserverprovidesbackuptotapeforlongertermretention

oroffsitestorage.



RecoveryProcess

1. AdministratorsorenduserscanretrievepreviousversionsoffilesusingsimpleWeb‐basedrecovery.

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BackupExecContinuousProtectionServerKeyBenefits



EliminatesBackupWindows

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SymantecBackupExecofferstheContinuousProtectionServertohelpensurethatyourdataisalwaysprotected

andavailable.Asacontinuousdisk‐baseddataprotectionsolution,CPSnoteswhenafilechangesandhelpsensure

thechangeiscapturedandprotected.Itonlycapturesgranularor

block‐levelchanges,notthewholefile,reducing

theimpactonnetworkperformance.Notonlyisthemostrecentdataprotected,butmultipleversionsoffilesare

alsocapturedandavailableforrecoveryorretrievalthroughtheuseofsnapshots.Snapshotsrepresentaspecific

pointintimeoftheCPSbackup

destination.Snapshotscanbecreatedmanuallyorscheduledtooccuronaperiodi c

basiswithintheCPSadminconsole.Snapshotsareretainedforadefaultperiodof24hoursunlessspecified.CPS

integrateswithMicrosoftVolumeShadowCopyServices(VSS).VSSrequiresaminimumof300MBofspacebefore

anysnapshotshavebeentaken.Additionalspacerequirementsdependonthesizeofthedatabeingprotectedand

thefrequencyinwhichthesnapshotsareoccurring.Themorefrequentthesnapshots,thegreaterthespace

requirementswillbeforstoringthesnapshots.



BackupExeccontinuousdataprotectionhelpseliminatethe

ever‐shrinkingbackupwindowfacedbyorganizations

byprotectingdataw heneverafilechanges—contin uously.Thismeansnomorebackupwindow,becauseITisnot

performingthetraditionalfull,incremental,ordifferentialbackupsofbusiness‐criticaldataonfileservers.This

simplifiesmanagementandreducescosts:

• Protectsdataimmediatelyandcontin uously

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• Noimpactontheproductionbusinessserver

• Protectsonlychangeddata

• Continuouslyprotectsmultipleserverssimultaneously



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Figure:ContinuousProtectionDeployment

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DeliversWeb‐BasedFileRetrieval

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BackupExecContinuous ProtectionServeralsoreducesoveralladministrationcostsusingBackupExecRetrieve—a

simpleWebinterfacethatenablesenduserstoretrievepreviousversionsoffilesprotectedbyContinuous

ProtectionServerwithoutcontactingIT.Empoweringenduserstoretrievetheir

ownfilesfreesupITtofocuson

otherbusiness‐criticalneedsoftheorganization.Retrievinglost,corrupted,oroverwrittendataisaseasyas

searchingforanddownloadingafilefromtheInternet.Thereisnobackuptapetoloca teorloadandnodatato

restoretofind

thecorrectfile.Bestofall,thereisnoclientsoftwareoragentstoinstallonindividualdesktopsand

laptops.UsersonlyneedastandardWebbrowser,makingdataretrievaleasierthanever:

• SimpleWebsearchengine–likeexperience

• Foradministratorsorendusers

• Nospecialsoftwareneeded—onlya

standardbrowser

• Nospecialtrainingneeded

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Figure:BackupExecRetrieveprovidesWebBasedF ileRetrieval

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ProvidesComprehensiveProtection:JustAddData

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Builtonthetried,trusted,andprovenBackupExectechnology, BackupExecforWindowsServersdelivers

continuousdisk‐baseddataprotectioncombinedwithtraditionaldataprotectiontoprovideacomprehensivedisk‐

to‐disk‐to‐tape

solution,protectingbusiness‐criticalfiles,databases,andapplications.

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Centralizedadministrationprovidesscalablemanagementofdistributedbackupandremoteservers.Anintuitive

interfaceandwizardssimplifydataprotectionandrecoveryproceduresforanyleveluser andanysizenetwork.

Sophisticateddatabaseandgroupwareagentsprovideonlineprotectionand granularrecovery.Even

entry‐level

systemrecoveryisintegratedintotheBackupExecsolution.BackupExecdeliversacomprehensivediskandtape‐

basedsolution:

• Comprehensivedisk‐to‐disk‐to‐tapedataprotection

• Fromapplicationstofileserverstoworkstations

• IntegratedmanagementbymeansofBackupExecSmartLink

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Whileproductivityand

resourcescontinuetobeamajorfocusfororganizationsofallsizes,theBackupExec

SmartLinkintegrationsimplifiesmanagementformanytasks—lettingITmanagemorewithless.

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Features/BenefitsHighlights

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ProvidesContinuousDataProtection

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BackupExecprovidesreal‐timeprotectionofWindows fileservers.Theinstantthatfilesarechangedorcreated,

theyareprotectedbyBackupExecCPStechnology.Afterthefirstcopyofafileisprotected,onlythechanged

portionofthatfileisprotected—attheblock

level—byCPS.Thisefficientdataprotectiontechnologyreducesthe

amountofdatamovingacrossthenetw ork andtheamountofdatatoprotect—andrecover.Additionally,Backup

ExecCPSenablesITandenduserstoretrievenotonlythecurrentversionoffiles,butalsopreviousversions.

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ProvidesWeb‐BasedFile

Retrieval

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BackupExecincludesBackupExecRetrieve,asimpleWeb‐basedfileretrievalthatletsusersretrievetheirown

files—withoutITintervention.Searchingissimplebecausefilesareindexedbynameandtype.Nootherdata

protectionsolutionoffersthissimplicityorfunctionality.BecauseitusesastandardWebbrowserto

enableusersto

retrievelost,overwritten,orcorruptedfiles,thereisnosoftwaretoinstallorupdateonindividualworkstations.

RecoveringafileoritspreviousversionsisaseasyasclickingalinktodownloadafilefromtheInternet,including

previousversionsoffiles.Itissimpleto

deploy,easytouse,andhelpsimproveservicelevelswithoutaddition

administrationoverhead.

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ProvidesaTotalSolution

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EquippedwithBackupExecCPS,BackupExeccombinescontinuousdisk‐baseddataprotectionwithtape‐baseddata

protectionmanagement,providingcomprehensivedisk‐to‐disk‐to‐tapefunctionality.Administratorscanmonitor

continuousprotectionjobs

fromtheBackupExecadministrationconsole.

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DoesNotRequireActiveDirectoryorSQL

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BackupExecCPSsoftwarecanrunbyitselfonastand‐aloneserveroronthesameserverwithBackupExecfor

WindowsServers.ItdoesnotrequireanyotherMicrosoftserversorcomponentstorunand

itdoesnotrequirethe

protectionservertobeinthesamedomainasthefileserversitbacksup.

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ProvidesBandwidthThrottling

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Administratorscanmanageandcontrolnetworkresourceusebygrantingthemaximumbandwidthcontinuous

protectioncanuseforeitherLANsorWANs.Thishelpsadministrators,especiallythose

lookingtoeliminate

hardware,media,andadministrationinremoteofficesandtocentralizedataprotection,ensurethatdatais

continuouslyprotectedwithminimaldisruptiontoongoingbusinessactivities.

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ProvidesSnapshotManagementandGrooming

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BackupExecCPSprovidessnapshotmanagementwhichgivesadministratorsincreasedflexibilityandgranularityin

managingtheirpoint‐in‐timesnapshots.BecauseBackupExecCPSleveragesVSSforsnapshots,amaximumof64

snapshotscanbesavedonthestoragevolume.However,CPSisunique,asit

enablesadministratorstodefine

snapshotpoliciesthatcontrolthespecificperiodsoftimesnapshotsareretained.Specifically,administratorscan

decidetoholdontoeachsnapshotforhourly,daily,weekly,andmonthlyintervals,providinggreaterflexibilityand

maximizingthe64snapshotsavailability.

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AutomaticallyRecoversfromNetworkOutages

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BackupExecCPS

canautomaticallyrecoverfromanetworkoutagethathasinterruptedcontinuousprotection.This

feature,calledAutoResume,isespeciallyusefulforWANconnectionsand remoteoffices.Intheevent ofa

connectivityissue,changeswilljournalontheprotectedfileserveruntilconnectivitywiththeprotectionserverhas

beenreestablished.

Uponreconnecting,theCPSwillautomaticallyresumecontinuousprotection,withouttheneed

formanualresynchronizationand/oradministratorintervention.

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RemoteOfficeDeployment:ContinuousProtectionServer 

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ContinuousProtectionServeris anidealsolutionforprotectingremoteofficeenvironmentsthatareconnectedover

Wide‐AreaNetworks(WAN).AkeyconcerninWANenvironments

isthatWANlinkstendtobemuchslowerthan

LocalAreaNetworkconnections.ContinuousProtectionServerhelpsminimizetheimpactoftheslowconnectionby

onlytransmittingtheblocklevelchangesfromtheremoteofficebacktothecentral officeWhenplanningaremote

officedataprotectionstrategyit

isimportanttoconsiderthefollowingitems:.

• AmountofProtectedData

• NetworkBandwidth

• DataSeeding

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Figure:RemoteOfficeDeployment

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AmountofProtectedData

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OneofthekeyfactorsinsizingyourdataprotectionenvironmentusingContinuousProtectionisdeterminingthe

amountofdatathatwill besentoverthenetworkfromtheprotectedsystemstothePowerVaultDLBackup‐to‐Disk

Appliance.Aftertheinitial

dataiscopiedfromtheprotectedserverstotheappliance,Contin uousProtectionServer

onlycopiesnewandchangeddatafromtheprotectedsystems.Asimplecalculationfordeterminingtheamountof

datatobetransmittedis:

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Datachangerate(GB)perhour+newdatarate(GB)perhour=

totaldata/hr

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NOTE:ContinuousProtectionServertransmitsonlythechangeddata(blocks)exceptforsmallfiles.Ifafileissmaller

than1MB,thentheentirefilewillbetransmitted.

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NetworkBandwidth

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AnotherkeyfactorinsizingyourdataprotectionenvironmentusingContinuousProtectionServeristheavailable

networkbandwidthforbackupoperations.Networkbandwidthisdependentonthetypeofnetworkdeployedin

thedataprotectionenvironment.Thetheoreticalmaximumnetworkthroughputvaluesareasfollows:

• 10/100Ethernet:1.0

MB/sec–10MB/sec

• GigabitEthernet(GbE):100MB/sec

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Theseratesaretheoreticalmaximums,andactualthroughputcanbesu bstantiallyless.Aconservativeestimateis

toassumethattheamountofdatathatcanbetransferredis70%ofthetheoreticalmaximum.Applying 70%tothe

theoreticalmaximumsgives

thefollowingnetworkperformance:

• 10/100Ethernet:0.7MB/sec–7MB/sec(42MB/min–420MB/min)

• GigabitEthernet(GbE):70MB/sec(4.2GB/min)

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Itisimportanttocomparetheamountofdatathatcanbetransmittedoverthebackupnetworkwiththeamountof

datathatisexpected

tochangeandbeprotectedoverthatnetwork.Whenmakingthiscomparison,itis

recommendedtousetheconservativeestimateforthemaximumamountofnetworkbandwidthavailableto

accountforitemssuchaslatencyandoverhead.Ifthenetworkbandwidthisunabletomeettherequirementsfor

theamount

ofdatabeingprotected,additionalnetworksornetworkinterfacesmayberequiredtosupportthe

throughputrequirementstoprotectthedata.

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InstallingContinuousProtectionServeronthePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskAppliance

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NOTE:ThefollowingstepsassumethePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskappliancehasbeensetupandconfiguredfor

operationutilizingtheautomaticdiskprovisioning.Inaddition,theappliancewillneedtoberestartedduringthis

processtocompletetheinstallationofCPS.

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BackupExecContinuous ProtectionServerrequiresdriveletter

accesswheninstalledonthePowerVaultDLBackup

toDiskAppliance.AspartofnormalapplianceoperationsBackupExecwillautomaticallyconfigureandmanagethe

disksattachedtothesystem.However,drivelettersarenotassignedtothevirtualdisksinthesystemaspartofthis

process.Inorderto

supporttheinstallationofBackupExecContinuousProtectionserver,atleastonedriveletter

mustbeavailabletostorethedataprotectedbyCPS.Adrivelettercanbeassignedtooneormorevirtualdisks

attachedtotheappliancebyperformingthefollowingsteps:

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1. StarttheWindowsServer

ManagerandSelectStorage‐>DiskManagement.Windowswilldisplayallofthe

disksattachedtothesystem.TheVirtualDiskscreatedbyBackupExecarelabeledBEVirtualDisk.

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Figure:WindowsServerDiskManagement

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2. DetermineavirtualdiskwheretheCPSdatawillbestored.ThislocationisreferredtoasaCPSBackup

DestinationfromwithinCPS.LeftclickonthevirtualdiskandselectChangeDriveLetterandPathfromthe

popupmenu.

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Figure:VirtualDisks

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3. ClickAddfromthepopupmenu.Selectanavailabledrivelettertoassigntothevirtualdisk.SelectOkto

continue.

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Figure:AssigningadrivelettertoaVirtualDisk

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4. UsingWindowsExplorer,createafolderonthevirtualdiskthatwillstoretheCPSdata.Itisnot

recommendedtousetheBEControlorBEDatadirectoriesonthevirtualdisktostoretheCPSdata.These

folderscontaintheBackupExecconfigurationinformationandbackupdatafromBackupExec

defined

backups.Inthisexample,thefolderCPSDatahasbeenmanuallycreatedtostoretheCPSdata.

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Figure:ViewofBackupExecVirtualDiskfromWindows

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5. ThesestepscanberepeatedifadditionalvirtualdiskswillbeusedasdestinationstostoreCPSdata.

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ThesystemisnowreadyforinstallationofContinuousProtectionServer.

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1. LocatetheBackupExecContinuousProtectionServermediathatisincludedwithyourPowerVaultDL

BackuptoDiskAppliance.

InsertthemediaintotheopticaldriveofthePowerVaultDLBackuptoDisk

Appliance.

2. TheSymantecBackupExecContinuousProtectionServerBrowserwillappear.SelectStarttheBackupExec

ContinuousProtectionServerInstallation.

3. TheWelcomescreenappears.ClickNexttocontinue.

4. SelectIacceptthetermsof

thelicenseagreementtoacceptthelicenseagreement.ClickNexttocontinue.

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5. TheEnvironmentPreCheckappears.CorrectanyitemsthatareflaggedwithaRedX.ClickNextto

continue.

6. EnterthelicensekeysforContinuousProtectionServer.TheBackupExecAgentforWindowsSystemsis

usedtolicenseContinuousProtectionServer.Thelicensekeysareincludedwiththe

PowerVaultDLmedia

kit.ClickNexttocontinue.

7. SelecttheoptionstoinstalllocallytothePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskAppliance.Seethescreenshot

belowfortheoptionstoinstall.ClickNexttocontinue.

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Figure:CPSLocalInstallOptions

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8. EnterthenameofanewBackupGroup.ABackupGroupisalogicalgroupofmachinesprotectedbyCPS.If

morethanoneBackupGroupiscreated,onlymachineswithinthesameBackupGroupwillbeabletosee

eachotherintheCPSAdministrativeConsole.ClickNextto

continue.

9. EnterthenameandpasswordofAdministratoraccountfortheCPSservicestouse.ClickNexttocontinue.

10. ThenetworkinterfaceusedbytheContinuousManagementServicewillneedtobespecifiedifmultiple 

networkinterfacesaredetected.Selectanetworkinterfacetouseforthe

service.ClickNexttocontinue.

11. Specifythesupportfolderlocations forCPS.

a. SystemCacheDirectory–ThedirectorywhereCPScanstoreSystemStateandShadowCopy

Componentsforbackuppurposes.

b. JournalDirectory–Containsthedynamicchangesthatoccurduringthebackupprocess

c. IndexingDirectory

–HoldsindexesofthesnapshotscapturedontheCPSserver



ClickNexttocontinue.

12. Theinstallationsummaryappears.Verifyallselections.ClickInstalltocontinue.

13. Oncetheinstallationiscompletedtheappliancewillneedtoberestarted.ClickFinishtocompletethe

processandrestarttheappliance.

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NowthatCPShasbeeninstalled,thefollowingconfigurationstepsmustbeperformedtoconfiguretheappliancefor

CPSbackupoperations:

1. InstallingContinuousProtectionAgentsonremotesystems

NOTE:ThisstepisnotrequiredifaBackupExecAgentforWindowsSystemisalreadyinstalledona

remoteserver.

AnagentmustbeinstalledoneachremotesystembeingprotectedbyCPS.

2. CreatingBackupDestinations–Backupdestinationsarethelocations thatcon tai ntheCPSbackupdata

3. CreateBackupJobs–DeterminethedatathatisprotectedbyCPS.

4. Seedthedata–Dataseedingisthe

processofcreatinganinitialcopyofthebackupdataoutsidetheBackup

ExecContinuousProtectionServerframeworkbeforeanycontinuousprotectionjobshavebeenrun.Thisis

notrequired;however,copyingtheinitialdatausingthismethodologyisbeneficialinenvironmentswhere

continuousprotectionjobsarerunoverslow

networkconnectionssuchasaWideAreaNetwork(WAN).

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Figure:ContinuousProtectionServerGettingStartedScreen

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ThisdocumentisnotintendedtocovertheinstallationofContinuousProtectionAgents.PleaserefertotheBackup

ExecContinuousProtectionServerAdministrator’sGuideforinformationoninstallingagents.



Backupdestinationsmustbesetupbeforebackupjobscanbeconfigured.FromtheGettingStartedScreen,select

Step2–CreateBackup

Destinations.TheBackupDestinationWizardwillappear.

1. ClickNexttocontinue.

2. Enteranameanddescriptionforthebackupdestination.Thisinformationisused tohelpuniquelyidentify

thebackupdestination.ClickNexttocontinue.

3. Backupdestinationscanbestoredonsystemswherethecontinuousprotectionagent

ormanagement

servicehasbeeninstalled.Inthisexam ple,thedestinationwillbestoredonthePowerVaultDLBackupto

DiskAppliance.SelectthecomputernameintheComputerdropdownofthePowerVaultDLBackuptoDisk

Appliance.ClickNexttocontinue.

4. Determinethepathonthecomputerwhere

thedatawillbestored.IfaBackupExecVirtualDiskisbeing

usedtostorethedata,itisrecommendedthatthedatabestoredin theCPSData(orsimilarfolder)created

onthevirtualdiskintheprevioussection.DonotstorethedataintheBEControlor

BEDatafoldersthatare

presentontheBackupExecVirtualDisk.Note:Rememberthepathasitwillbeneededlateraspartofthe

seedingprocess.

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5. Thenextstepisdeterminingthesnapshotscheduleforthebackupdestinations.Snapshotscanbecreated

atregularintervalstoprovideapointintimeviewofthedatainthebackupdestination.Setaschedulefor

thesnapshotsandclickNexttocontinue.

6. Retentionperiodsareusedto

determinehowlongeachsnapshotisavailablebeforebeingoverwritten.Set

aretentionscheduleforthesnapshotsandclickNexttocontinue.

7. Thepropertiesforthebackupdestinationhavebeenspecified.ClickFinishtocompletethesetupprocess.



RefertotheBackupExecContinuousProtectionServ erAdministrator’sGuidefor

informationonconfiguringCPS

backupjobs.Anexamplejobconfigurationisprovidedinthenextsectioninordertoillustratetheprocessofdata

seeding.

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