Open-E Backup to Attached Tape Drive

Backup to attached Tape
Drive using Open-E DSS V6

Software Version: DSS ver. 6.00 up13
Presentation updated: March 2010

Backup to attached Tape Drive

TO SET UP A BACKUP TO AN ATTACHED TAPE DRIVE,
PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

1. Hardware configuration

2. Creating Volume Group, NAS Volume and
snapshot

3. Configure the Backup to use with a Tape Drive

4. Create the Restore from Backup

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1. Hardware configuration

Data residing on the DSS V6 is backed
up from RAID Array to the Tape Drive. Data Server (DSS)
IP Address: 192.168.0.220

RAID Array

Volume Group (vg00)

NAS volume (lv0000) Tape Drive

Share: Data Backup

Snapshot of lv0000:
snap00000

Restore
Share: Restore from Backup

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Data Server (DSS)
IP Address: 192.168.0.220 2. Creating Volume Group, NAS Volume and Snapshot Volume

Under the
„CONFIGURATION” tab,
select “volume manager” and
next Vol. Groups.

Volume Groups (vg00)

In the Unit manager add the
selected physical units (Unit
S000) to create a new volume
group (in this case, vg00) and
click apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)
IP Address: 192.168.0.220 2. … Continue

Volume Groups (vg00)

NAS volume (lv0000)

Select the appropriate volume
group (vg00) from the list on
the left and create a new NAS
volume of the required size.
This logical volume lv0000 will
be the source of the local
backup.

After assigning an appropriate
amount of space for the NAS
volume, click the apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)

Snapshot

To run the local backup
process, you must first define a
new Snapshot volume in the
Volume manager for the
volume to be backed up.

After assigning the appropriate
amount of space for the
Snapshot volume, click the
apply button.

Option:
Instead of selecting:
„Just create snapshot volume”
you can select: „Assign to volume lv0000”.
In such case you can skip the next slide.
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Data Server (DSS)

NAS volume
(lv0000)

Snapshot

Assign snap00000 to the logical
volume to be backed up (in this
example - lv0000) and click the
apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)
IP Address: 192.168.0.220 3. Configure the Backup to be used with the Tape Drive

Under the “CONFIGURATION”
tab, select the “NAS settings”
menu.

Local Backup

Check to Use local backup
box. Also select, Default share
on LV as lv0000, and click the
apply button.

NOTE:
In order to increase safety of the backup to
the tape drive, it is recommended to place
database on another volume (e.g. lv0001).

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Data Server (DSS)

Under the “CONFIGURATION”,
select the “NAS resources”
and Shares.

Shares: Data

A tree listing of the NAS shared
volumes (Shares) will appear
on the left side of the DSS V6
web GUI. In the example, a
shared volume named
Data has been created on
lv0000.

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Data Server (DSS)

Under the “MAINTENANCE”,
select “backup” menu

Backup pools: Pool02week

In the “Create new pool”, enter
a name for the pool and select
Tape retention after. In this
example, enter 2 weeks (14
days) and click on the create
button.

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Data Server (DSS)

Next, choose Tape Drive, in
the Backup devices tree.

Backup devices: Tape Drive

In „Label new tape”, enter a
Name for the Tape , and select
the Pool. In this example
choose Pool02week and click
the apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)

After the DSS V6 WEB page
has been reloaded, the new
Backup device tapes
(Tape001) should appear.

Backup devices: Tape001

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Data Server (DSS)

Next ,select Backup tasks. In
the “Create new backup task”
function enter a name for the
backup tasks and select the
Logical volume. In this
example choose lv0000

Backup tasks: BackupTask001

Next, you must select the
shares for the local backup
(Data). Move the Available
shares to be used for the local
backup to the Assigned shares
area by clicking button.

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Data Server (DSS)


In the “Create new backup
task” function, select the
Snapshot volume and select
Store on pool. In this
example, snap0000 and
Pool02week
Next, select the backup Level
(e.g. incremental) check box,
Compress data, and click the
apply button.

NOTE:
Most of the tape devices have internal
compression for the data. If your tape
device has internal compression, you can
skip this option “Compress data”.

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Data Server (DSS)

After the DSS V6 WEB page
has been reloaded, the new
Backup tasks should appear.
Next, click BackupTask001, in
the Backup tasks tree.


In the “Create new schedule
for backup” function, enter a
Comment for the new
schedule and Select time. In
this example we will use the
Weekly and check the box for
all of days of the week. Select
time for the start task (8 pm).
Next, click the apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)

After clicking button in the
Backup tasks, shows the
status of the backup tasks.


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Data Server (DSS)

The Backup tasks function
shows the backup task running
at 8 pm.


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Data Server (DSS)

Under the “STATUS”, select
“tasks” and Backup


Click on the “Runnings tasks”
to display detailed information
on the current Backup task.

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Data Server (DSS)

After the end of the Backup all
data from "Data" share are
located in „Tape001”. Showing
us that 3.29 Gb of 60Gb has
been backed up.

Backup device: Tape001

The configuration of Backup is
now complete.

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Data Server (DSS)
IP Address: 192.168.0.220 4. Create a Restore from the Backup

Under the “CONFIGURATION”
tab, select the “NAS
resources” menu

Shares: Restore from Backup

In order to execute the Restore,
you must create a new share.
Click Shares on the left side of
the DSS V6 web GUI. In the
example, a shared volume
named Restore from Backup
has been created on lv0000.

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Data Server (DSS)

Under the “MAINTENANCE”
tab, select the “restore” menu.

Restore task: RestoreTask

In the “Create new restore
task”, check the box
BackupTask001. Enter a
name for the Restore tasks
name (e.g. RestoreTask), and
select the destination share in
the Restore to field. In this
example, choose Restore from
Backup share. Next, click on
the apply button.

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Data Server (DSS)

Next, click on the “Restore
Task” name


On the “Restore task”, to
display detailed information on
the current restore task

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Data Server (DSS)

Under the “STATUS” tab,
select “tasks” and Restore
from backup.

Restore tasks: RestoreTask

On the “Runnings tasks” to
display detailed information on
the current Restore from
backup task.

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Data Server (DSS)

After the end of the Restore
Backup in “Backup Restore
tasks”, you can start the task
again.


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Data Server (DSS)

After the end of the Restore
from Backup all data from the
„Data” share are available on
the “Restore from Backup”
share.

Share: Restore from Backup

The configuration of the Restore
from Backup is now complete.
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