Imation DataGuard T5R manual

User Man ual D A T A GU ARD APPLIANCES Firmware V ersio n 12 ( 03 .01 . 49 0 0.12. upg) August, 201 3[...]

Getting Started ..................... 1 Unpacking The Dataguar d Appliance ............................................... 1 Client Opera ting Sy stems Supported ............................................. 1 Bro wsers Supported ............................. 1 Cloud Pro viders Supported ................ 1 Backup Softw are Support ed ............. [...]

BRO WSERS SUPPORTED The DataGuar d management user interface applica tion can be used with these web br owsers: • Int ernet Explorer 7 and abo ve • Fir efo x 3 and abov e • Saf ari 5 and abov e • Google Chr ome 8 and abov e CL OUD PRO VIDERS SUPPORTED The DataGuar d Appliance is compatible with the follo wing online data stor ag[...]

IMPORT ANT SAFETY INS TRUCTIONS This de vice complies with part 15 of the FC C Rules. Operation is subject t o the follo wing two conditions: (1) This de vice may not cause harmful int erfer ence, and (2) this de vice must acc ept any int erfer ence r eceiv ed, including interfer ence that ma y cause undesired oper ation. Note: T his equipment has [...]

SPECIFICA TIONS Proc essor Intel ® A tom™ Pr ocessor D2 700 , 2. 13GHz Memory 2GB DDR3 RAM HDD T ype 3.5" 3Gb/ s SA T A Number of HDD Upto4HDD(R4)•Upt o5HDD(T5R) Po wer Supply 2x250W(R4)•1x250W(T5R) Po wer Management Po wer scheduling on/ o; wak e-on-LAN; HDD spin-down; MAID 2. 0 [...]

FRONT P ANEL —R4 The fr ont panel pro vides acc ess to the har d drive carriers, po w er button, and one USB 2.0 c onnection (USB Port 1). The bezel ( shown attached) includes an L CD display . Featur e Description Network LEDs Indicators flash when netw ork connection is active . USB Port Supports USB 2.0 f or One-Plug- Auto-Servic e ( OP AS), [...]

Featur e Description Ethernet Ports and Indicator LEDs Allow s connection to a LAN or dedicated s tor age network or subnet. T he LED at the left of each port glow s briefly when a link is established, and blinks when the port is being used. The LED at the right of each port glow s green at 1000 Mbps and amber at 100 Mbps. A t 10 Mbps, the indicat[...]

FRONT P ANEL — T5R The fr ont panel pro vides acc ess to the har d drive carriers, RD X cartridge, po wer button, one USB 2. 0 connection (USB Port 1) and L CD display . Featur e Description Network LEDs Indicators flash blue when netw ork connection is active . USB Port Supports USB 2.0 f or One-Plug- Auto-Servic e ( OP AS), k eyboar d, USB pri[...]

Featur e Description Reset Lets an administr ator perform a hardw are reset. See page 9 for details. eSA T A Port Pro vides connection to e xternal SA T A storage . USB Ports Connections ar e numbered 1–5 for r eference in the Management Interf ace. Port 1 (USB 2.0) is on the fr ont panel. Ports 2–3 (upper and lo wer right) support USB Specifi[...]

Figure 1 Figure 2 Follo w the instructions below t o install or r eplace har d disk driv es, connect the DataGuard Applianc e to the network, and po wer it on. If y our DataGuard Appliance shipped with har d drives alr eady installed, use these instructions for r eplacing a hard driv e. UNL OCK AND OPEN SECURITY DOOR (T5R ONL Y) Using the ke y incl[...]

INSERT ASSEMBLED CARRIER INT O EMPTY BA Y With the har d drive secur ely fast ened to the carrier , it can be inserted into the empty ba y on the DataGuard Appliance. F ollow these st eps: 1. Pick up the assembled driv e carrier . 2. Slide the carrier most of the wa y into the empty bay . 3. With a fingertip , push against the right side of the ca[...]

USE L CD P ANEL CONTROLS The L CD display and c ontrols on the fr ont panel let you monitor vital sy stem statistics, check the firm ware v ersion, configure IP settings, and reboot or shut do wn the device . T o re view s ystem s tatus, pres s the Select button r epeatedly . The display will c ycle thr ough these elev en categories of s ystem in[...]

RD X DOCK AND CARTRIDGES— T5R The T5R has a built-in RD X dock that pro vides additional capabilities for data management. Y ou can use RD X cartridges to mak e secondary backups for o-sit e storage , tr ansfer large da ta sets to and fr om the DataGuard Applianc e, or seed an online cloud sys tem. All functions are contr olled through the Dat[...]

The DataGuar d Management Interface w orks with most popular web br owsers t o let you manage the R4 or T5R. Once the de vice is pow ered on, is connect ed to the network and has an IP addr ess, the DataGuard Management Int erface can perform c onfiguration and maintenanc e functions. u Sing tHe d A t A g uArd m AnA gement i nterF A Ce T o use the[...]

S YS TEM ST A TUS Sy stem Status alerts ar e linked t o menus with configurable options and more inf ormation. • Click on Controller , V oltage, T emperatur e, PSU (R4 only) Cooling Unit, CPU, or Memory t o view the Component List on the Devic e tab. • Click Logical Drive t o view the L ogical Drive Management menu on the Stor age tab. ?[...]

BA CKUP S T A TUS This ar ea displays the f ollowing back up types, plus the most r ecent and ne xt scheduled backup times. T o view the details of e xisting backups, or to cr eate a new back up, click the “Mor e” link at the top right. This will open the NA S tab and Backup menu item, as sho wn below . C reA ting A n ew b A Ckup • Local B[...]

DEVICE T AB From this tab , y ou can re view har dwar e configuration details f or individual hard driv es, sys tem components and attached de vices such as e xternal st orage or uninterruptible po wer supplies. The main panel of this tab show s the Front Vie w of the DataGuard Appliance and includes a menu with the follo wing items: • Wizard[...]

SETUP WIZARD T o use the Setup Wizard for c onfiguring disk settings, log in to the DataGuard Management Int erface and click the De vice tab. o ne -C liCk S etup T o use the One-Click Setup option, follow the instructions belo w . From the De vice tab, click Wizar d on the left menu. The Wizar d will show thr ee options: One-Click Setup, Basic Se[...]

b ASiC S etup If y ou pref er to o verride the automa tic RAID lev el configur ation, or want t o configure IP settings for the DataGuar d Appliance, follo w these instructions: 1. From the De vice tab, click Wizar d on the left menu, then click Basic Setup . The activ e screen will displa y network settings and devic e name configuration. 2. En[...]

1. From the De vice tab, click W izard on the left menu, then click Manual Setup . The St orage tab will open to the Disk Arr ay menu item. 2. Click the Creat e Disk Arra y button at top right . T he window will e xpand to sho w a front view of the Da taGuard Applianc e, with configur ation options in te xt fields, menus and check bo x es. 3. In [...]

C reA te l ogiCAl d riveS Aft er creating a disk arra y , you need to cr eate a logical driv e on it, follo wing the steps below . 1. Click the Stor age tab, then the Logical Driv e menu item t o show this panel: 4. In the Create Logical Driv e window , complete the r equired settings: a. In the Alias field, enter up to 32 char acters (including l[...]

C reA te F ile S yStem Aft er you crea te one or mor e logical drives on the NAS, y ou need to crea te a file sy stem. Click the Crea te File Sy stem for NA S button t o jump to the File S ys tem menu on the St orage tab . Y ou can also click the Stor age tab and then the File Sys tem menu. T he follo wing panel will appear: This panel will displa[...]

FRONT VIEW Front V iew display s information about the DataGuard Applianc e and any installed driv es. v iew d rive i nFormA tion • Mov e your pointer o ver the image of a driv e carrier to see the devic e ID, ph ysical capacity and oper ational status for that har d driv e. Click on the carrier image for mor e detailed information. S Ho w u n[...]

BA CK VIEW Select the Back Vie w menu item to displa y the DataGuar d Appliance back panel. • Mov e your pointer o ver the po wer supply , Ethernet, USB, and eSA T A network ports to see po wer supply status, c onnected devic e status, and network inf ormation. • Click Show Internal C omponents to displa y a virtual view of the internal c[...]

COMPONENT LIS T From the De vice tab, select the Component Lis t menu item t o display the devic e ID, oper ational status, enclosure type , and status description of all enclosures. T o view details, click the r ed triangle at right. A panel like the one belo w will appear . De vice > Component Lis t > Ov erview e nCl oSure • Vi ew : ?[...]

De vice > Component Lis t > Contr oller > Settings C ontroller • Vie w > Information: ✴ Contr oller ID ✴ Part Number ✴ Serial Number ✴ Alias ✴ Readiness Sta tus ✴ Opera tional Status ✴ Po wer On T ime ✴ Boot Loader V ersion ✴ Firmw are V ersion ✴ Softwar e V ersion ✴ SCSI Prot ocol Supported ✴ Cache Usage Pe[...]

led • Mo ve y our pointer o ver LED and click the Settings butt on to set LED options. • Use the Daily option t o schedule a time period each day to turn on LEDs. • Use the pull-do wn menus to set a range of time t o turn on LEDs by hour:minute t o hour:minute. • Click the Save button to apply and sa v e these settings. Devic e [...]

Contr oller Setting Description Contr oller Setting Description Contr oller ID ID of the contr oller for which settings ar e to be configur ed. The ID itself is not configur able. Alias Allow s you to cr eate a name f or the DataGuard Applianc e. Enable SMART Log Check the bo x to enable or uncheck to disable SMAR T Log. SMART Polling Interv al E[...]

PHY SICAL DRIVE From the De vice tab, click the Phy sical Drive menu it em to displa y a list of phy sical drives. Phy sical Drive Information Description ID Show s the identifier number of the physical driv e. Status Gra y , yello w , and red icons ( see ex amples at right). Model Display s the make and model of the drive . T ype Serial Adv anced[...]

Global Phy sical Driv e Settings Description Enable W rite Cache Helps optimize performanc e for multiple stream backup, r estoration and elimina tion of redundant data ( deduplication). Diers fr om contr oller-lev el cache because phy sical drive writ e caches are not prot ected. If po wer is lost or a driv e is phy sically remo ved fr om the a[...]

UNINTERRUPTIBLE PO WER SUPPL Y (UPS) Ev ery DataGuard Appliance allo ws the use of an uninterruptible po wer supply (UPS) that supports the APC UPS pr otocol. T he UPS can be connect ed by USB or Ethernet. F ollow these st eps to configur e UPS featur es: 1. From the De vice tab, click the UPS menu item. 2. Click the Setup button at the upper righ[...]

DIA GNOSTIC Use the Diagnostic menu to run basic function diagnos tics for the follo wing items: • Physical Driv es (SMART) • Network Port 1 • Network Port 2 • IP Routing • DNS Setting The r esults are present ed as a simple Pass or Fail f or each test. T he message ”Please W ait” will appear if the test has not y et be[...]

ST ORA GE T AB The simplest w ay to c onfigure installed disk driv es is to use the Setup Wizar d from the Devic e tab and select One-Click Setup or Basic Setup (see page 16). F or other configur ations, begin with the Stor age tab. From ther e, you can cr eate, manage, and delet e disk array s, logical driv es, and spare driv es. Befor e config[...]

Stor age > Disk Arra y > Crea te Disk Arr ay (R4) Stor age > Disk Arra y > Crea te Disk Arr ay (T5R) DISK ARRA Y C reA te A d iSk A rrA y From the S tor age tab, click the Disk Arr ay menu item. T hen click the Crea te Disk Arr ay butt on at the upper right of the panel. Y ou can now enter the settings for a ne w disk arra y . 1. In the[...]

m AnA ge d iSk A rrA yS Y ou can also use the Management Interfac e to change the configur ation of an existing disk arr ay: 1. From the S tor age tab, click the Disk Arr ay menu item. A list of disk arra ys will appear on the panel. 2. Mov e your point er ov er a disk array t o show the av ailable options: Vie w , Settings, Locate , and Delete. ?[...]

rAid l evelS RAID arra ys distribut e data o v er multiple hard driv es. RAID lev els oer dier ent wa ys of managing the wa y data will be written to and r ead from those hard driv es. Some configur ations are optimiz ed for speed, others for r edundancy . T o choose the best RAID le vel for y our purposes, begin by checking the standar d pr[...]

C ommon rAid l evelS S uppor ted RAID Le ve l Description Performanc e RAID 0 Stripe Data is split e venly acr oss multiple disks, striping with no parity , no mirroring, no error checking and no redundancy . A disk failure will destr oy the arr ay and the pr obability of failur e increases with the number of disk added to the arr ay . Data blocks [...]

L OGICAL DRIVE C reA te l ogiCAl d rive Aft er creating a disk arra y , you need to cr eate a logical driv e on it. The logical driv e can use part or all of the av ailable stor age capacity in the disk arra y . If the DataGuard Appliance will be used as data s tor age on an iSCSI SAN, y ou will need to set the capacity of the iSCSI driv e during c[...]

l ogiCAl d rive m AnA gement T o view information about a logical driv e and adjust paramet ers, follow these steps: 1. From the S tor age tab, click the Logical Driv e menu item. The lis t of logical driv es will appear . 2. Mo ve y our pointer o v er the logical driv e to displa y the av ailable options. • Click V iew to display inf ormation[...]

SP ARE DRIVE An unassigned har d driv e can be assigned as a spar e drive t o replace a failed har d drive in a RAID v olume. One that is active and c onnected is known as a “hot” spar e drive. • If a hard driv e fails within a r edundant RAID logical driv e, and a spare driv e is present, the s yst em uses the spare driv e to r ebuild the[...]

Options of Stor age > File Sys tem d eFrA gment A tion T o perform or schedule defragmentation of the driv es, do the following: From the S tor age tab, click File S yst em . Mov e your pointer o ver r ow of the listed File S ystem t o rev eal the Defragmentation option. Click the link to vie w the V olume Defragmentation menu. 1. T o begin defr[...]

i SCSI T ARGET The iSCSI S AN prot ocol sends and rec eives SCSI c ommands ov er IP networks, making r emote data st orage f acilities appear as local disks. Serv ers running iSCSI initiator softw are can use the DataGuard Appliance t o acc ess disk v olumes. Use the iSCSI settings menu to configur e these services. Ev ery Imation DataGuard Applia[...]

i SCSi n ode S ettingS From the S tor age tab, click iSCSI T arget > iSCSI > Node > Settings to display the iSCSI Node Settings menu used f or iSCSI target c onfigura tion. The c onfigura tion settings are described in the table belo w . Menu Description Node Name This is the tar get name used by an initia tor when logging on with iSCSI [...]

i SCSi CHAp Challenge-Handshake A uthentication Protoc ol ( CHAP) is a security prot ocol used for authentication of iSCSI initiators, tar gets, or both. If CHAP is used, be sure t o enable uni-directional or bi-directional CHAP authentication in the iSCSI Node Settings menu. Setting up CHAP for iSCSI clients 1. From the S tor age tab, click iSCSI [...]

LUN MAP MANA GEMENT The L UN Map function allows y ou to contr ol which storage arr ay s are visible to specified c omputers as a means of ac cess c ontrol for a SAN. T o enable LUN Mapping: 1. Check the Enable LUN Masking option. T o add an initiator: 2. From the L UN Map tab, click the LUN Map menu item. 3. Click the A dd Initiator butt on at th[...]

ADMINISTRA TION T AB SUBS YS TEM INFORMA TION The A dministration tab enables y ou to manage the DataGuar d Appliance subs ys tem, monitor e vents, manage back ground activities, perform firmw are updates, r estor e fact ory default settings, and sa v e a configur ation report. A vailable sy st em information includes: • Alias (if assigned) [...]

NETW ORK T CP /IP Settings Description Network Speed Max Supported Speed and 100 Mbps. DHCP When enabled, all IP settings will be assigned b y a DHCP serv er . When disabled, IP settings need to be configur ed manually using the remaining entry fields. IP Addr ess The IP addr ess of the netw ork interf ace. If ent ering this manually make sur e I[...]

dHCp S erver F unCtion The DataGuar d Appliance includes an embedded DHCP server tha t can be used to function on the subnet or dedicat ed network to which it is attached. Mak e sure it is appr opriate or desirable t o enable DHCP service befor e using it. T o configur e DHCP Serv er Settings: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Network me[...]

tCp /ip S ettingS 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Network menu item, mo ve the pointer o ver the desir ed ID, and click the T CP /IP Settings icon. 2. Select a Network Speed fr om the pull-down menu. 3. T o set IP Properties, choose one of tw o methods: ✴ Check the bo x marked Obtain an IP Addr ess automatically fr om a DHCP; or ✴ E[...]

NAS USER m AnA ge u Ser And g roup A CCountS T o add a new NAS User: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the NAS User menu item. 2. Click the Creat e User button. In the Cr eate User windo w , complete the requir ed settings: ✴ User Name ✴ Password ✴ Retype Pas sw ord ✴ Permissions (Den y- Ac cess, R ead-Only , Read- Write ) 3. Click th[...]

T o add multiple new NAS Users: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the NAS User menu item. 2. Click the Creat e Multi Users button. In the Cr eate Multi Users window , complete these fields: ✴ Start Inde x (number appended to user name) ✴ Quantity (number of users to cr eate) ✴ User Name (prefix) ✴ Password ✴ Retype Pas sw ord ✴ [...]

SERVICE Use the various Servic e options to configur e settings for standar d network functions such as T elnet , SS H , SNMP , as well as P XE Service , W eb Virtual Hos ting and iSCSI Boot Service . T o view the a vailable categories: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Service menu item. 2. Mov e your point er ov er the name of any serv[...]

w eb v irtu Al H oSt The W eb Virtual Host Settings option lets y ou creat e one or more embedded web hos ts on the DataGuard Appliance. A w eb host allow s the DataGuard Applianc e to function as a web serv er for public web site hosting or w eb services that can be deliv ered by HTTP t o a client bro wser connecting t o the devic e from the Inter[...]

EVENTS Runtime ev ents are the most r ecent e vents sinc e the last DataGuard Appliance startup . These are useful for auditing usage , identifying trends, and tr acing problems. The Management Int erface also displa ys NVRAM ev ent logs, which remain a vailable ev en after a r estart. T o view Runtime Ev ents or NVRAM Events: 1. From the A dminist[...]

BA CK GROUND A CTIVITY Backgr ound activity includes monitoring for data int egrity and hard driv e performance. T o see which processes ar e active, and t o configur e others for use, click the Backgr ound Activity menu item on the Adminis tration tab. Y ou will then have ac cess to the f ollowing functions: m ediA p A trol Media Patr ol monitors[...]

p rediCtive d A t A m igrA tion (pdm) PDM is the migra tion of data from a suspect driv e (a drive with bad sectors ) to a spare driv e. Unlike Rebuilding, PDM c onstantly monitors driv es and automatically c opies data to a spar e drive before the suspect driv e fails and the logical driv e goes Critical. PDM also counts the number of media errors[...]

b A Ckground A Ctivity S CHedule S etup The back ground activities Media Patr ol , Redundancy Check and Spar e Check can be scheduled during o-peak hours. T o add a scheduled backgr ound activity: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Background A ctivity menu item. 2. Click the Scheduler button. 3. Click the A dd Schedule button and c omp[...]

b A Ckground A CtivitieS S ettingS Backgr ound activities can be configured t o use more or fe w er sy stem r esources. Settings should be balanced ac cor ding to netw ork demands. If the DataGuard Appliance will be heavily used, f or e xample, perf ormance will be a higher priority . T o change backgr ound activity settings, click the “Settings[...]

PERFORMANCE MONIT OR The Perf ormance Monit or menu item sho ws a graphical r epresentation of the performance of the Da taGuard Applianc e. Performanc e Category Logical Driv e Physical Driv e Port Bandwidth ✓ ✓ ✓ Cache Usage ✓ Dirty Cache ✓ Maximum Latency ✓ ✓ ✓ A ver age Latency ✓ ✓ ✓ Minimum Latency ✓ ✓ ✓ IO reques t[...]

MESS A GE ALERT The DataGuar d Appliance can be configur ed to send e-mail or SMS alerts when certain e vents occur . T o set up e-mail alerts: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Message Alert menu item. 2. Click the Policy button, then check the bo x es for which alerts y ou want t o send. Click the S ave button to apply the ne w setting[...]

NETW ORK SECURITY Network Security P olicy determines ho w access t o the DataGuard Management Interf ace is handled. A ccess Pr otection enables and configur es secure connections, implements block policies for IP addres ses that fail the secur e connection challenge, and determines which connection pr otocols ar e allow ed. T o set up Security P[...]

CONFIGURA TION FILE This fea ture lets y ou export c onfigur ation files for use in other installations, or as backup files f or restor ation in case of failur e. T o import or e xport a sy stem c onfiguration file, f ollow these s teps: T o import an existing c onfigura tion file: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Configuration F[...]

IMPORT /EXPORT USERS T o import user account information files, f ollow these s teps: 1. From the A dministration tab , click Import Users . 2. Click the Bro wse butt on ( or Choose File button) and choose the pre viously sav ed file. 3. Click the Submit button. An imported file can be cr eated using a simple te xt progr am, or with Microsoft W [...]

REST ORE F A CT ORY DEF AUL T This function allo ws you t o restor e any or all settings to their def ault values, including: CIF Settings FTP Settings AFP Settings SNMP Settings NFS Settings W ebD A V Settings Network Settings T o restor e the factory def ault settings: 1. From the A dministration tab , click the Restore F actory Default menu item[...]

NAS T AB Adminis trators can use the Back up menu in the DataGuard Management Interf ace t o configur e backup settings. Backup destinations can be locally c onnected har d driv es or RD X cartridges, or online remot e storage servic es such as Dropbo x, Amazon S3, and OpenStack. A dministr ators can also cr eate Snapshot Backups and back up the D[...]

REMO TE BA CKUP ( CLIENT) A remot e data backup can be made from one DataGuar d Appliance ( Client) to another (Serv er). Follow these s teps t o creat e a Client backup: 1. From the NAS tab, click the Remot e Backup menu item, then click the Remote Client tab . 2. Click the Creat e button and c omplete the r equired settings in the Creat e Remote [...]

L OCAL BA CKUP The DataGuar d Appliance can make data back ups to local drives connect ed by USB or eS A T A. T o configure L ocal Backup settings, click the NAS tab, select the Local Backup menu item, and select the L ocal Backup tab. C onfigurable settings include: Setting Description Backup Method ( choose one ) Add Dir ectory —Creates a ne [...]

b A Ckup to uSb USB Ports 2–5, on the back panel of the DataGuar d Appliance, can be used for backing up local folders t o a suitable USB storage de vice. USB Port 1 on the fr ont panel can be used to r estor e data to the DataGuar d Appliance fr om a USB storage de vice. T o configure data back up to a USB dir ect attached sy stem, follo w thes[...]

b A Ckup to e SA t A T o configure data back up t o a direct attached sy stem via the eSA T A port, make sur e the eSA T A devic e is connect ed and pow ered on, then follo w these steps: 1. From the NAS tab, click the Local Back up menu item, then click the Local Backup tab . 2. Mov e your point er ov er the e S ATA ro w and click on Settings . 3[...]

b A Ckup uSing m A C oS t ime m A CHine The DataGuar d Appliance can be used with T ime Machine, a backup utility included with Mac OS X 10.5, 10 .6 and 10.7 . T o create a T ime Machine backup, f ollow these s teps: 1. Make sur e your Mac is running and c onnected t o the same network as the DataGuard Applianc e. 2. Set up a Logic Driv e to be use[...]

b A Ckup to A mAzon S3 An administr ator can back up the contents of the Da taGuard Applianc e to an Amaz on Simple Stor age Service (Amazon S3) serv er with an Amazon ac count. T o creat e an Amazon S3 backup , follow these st eps: 1. From the NAS tab, click the Cloud Backup menu it em, then click the Amazon S3 tab. 2. Click the Creat e button and[...]

b A Ckup to d ropboX An administr ator can back up the contents of the Da taGuard Applianc e to a Dr opbox serv er . T o create a Dr opbox back up, follo w these steps: 1. From the NAS tab, click the Cloud Backup menu it em; then click the Dropbo x tab. 2. Click the Creat e button and c omplete the r equired settings in the Creat e Dropbox Back up [...]

Configur e the follo wing settings for OpenStack Back up: Setting Description Local Path Click to select the folders t o back up to OpenStack, or choose the folder to tr ansfer data from the OpenStack cloud. Direction Select Download (fr om OpenStack to devic e ) or Upload (from de vice to OpenStack). Authentication Serv er The URL used for the Op[...]

rd X C opy b A Ckup And r eS tore The RD X drive is ideal for secur e and rapid tr ansfer of large amounts of data for backup or use on other s ystems. T he T5R has one RD X dock built in; both the T5R and R4 units can hav e RD X docks connected via USB. RD X cartridges can be transport ed to other back up sy stems or supporting devic es. Follow th[...]

b A Ckup to i SCSi An iSCSI backup will cr eate a c omplete c opy of the logical driv e, including the RAID configur ation. Data can be rest ored to a DataGuar d Appliance fr om an iSCSI backup without creating a ne w logical drive and file sy stem. T o recrea te a logical driv e and data, the DataGuard Appliance mus t hav e the same number of un[...]

i SCSi r eS tore ld p roCeSS The iSCSI Backup function is used t o backup an entire logical driv e with its RAID configur ation intact. The res tor e function for iSCSI Backup will only w ork if the physical driv es where the logical driv e will be replac ed meet two important conditions. First, the driv es must not be configur ed, that is, there[...]

PRO TOC OL CONTROL Contr ol and Setting 1. From the NA S tab, click the Prot ocol Control menu it em. 2. In the Protoc ol Control list, mo ve y our pointer ov er the prot ocol option y ou want and click the Enable/Disable butt on to turn the featur e ON/OFF . The pr otoc ols include:  •Windo ws(CIFS)   •FTPSharing [...]

Ftp S HAring T o configure FTP Sharing: 1. Click NAS tab > Prot ocol Control . 2. Mov e your point er to expand the FTP Sharing r ow of the Prot ocol Control lis t and click on Settings . 3. Click Enable Services ( enabled by def ault) to enable FTP as configur ed in this menu. 4. Enter the Command Port . 5. Enter a r ange of Passiv e Ports us[...]

mA C AFp Use the Mac AFP Settings menu to c onfigure and activ ate Apple Filing Prot ocol service to enable Mac users t o access and use the DataGuar d Appliance fr om the network. T o configure Mac AFP: 1. Click NAS tab > Prot ocol Control . 2. Mov e your point er to expand the MA C AFP r ow of the Pr otocol Control lis t and click on Setting[...]

FILE SHARING When the ne w user / group is added, y ou hav e to complete the permission settings for each user / group to ac cess the sy st em. Use the File Sharing menu to change the permission settings f or each share f older on a per user basis. This is also the menu used t o creat e new shar e folders and to cr eate a shar ed ISO folder within [...]

i SCSI INITIA T OR Use the iSCSI Initiator f eature t o use the DataGuard Appliance as an initiator . This must be done befor e performing an iSCSI Backup or res tor e. T o use the iSCSI Initiator function, follo w the steps list ed below . K eep in mind that the DataGuar d Appliance must ha ve at least one logical driv e acting in the role of a NA[...]

APPENDIX RD X SP ANNING rd X S p Anning For l Arge d A t A S etS When the data t o be backed up t o RD X e x ceeds the capacity of a single cartridge the sy stem will need to use mor e than one cartridge which is called ‘spanning’ acr oss multiple RD X cartridges. RD X spanning is based on use of the Unix T AR (T ape Archiv e) c ommand and will[...]

Selecting Run will start the back up job. Not e the LCD displa y will show ‘RD X Backup’ and the Status indicates ‘Pr ocessing’ during the job: 7. Select Backup and the dir ectory tr ee will be shown. Select the shares t o be backed up. T his ex ample shows shar es Music and Picture will be back ed up: 5. Select Ne xt to mo ve on t o the su[...]

If y ou are r eady to accept the r estor e job, select Y es and the job will begin. 3. When the r estor e job is completed the unit will beep onc e, the L CD display will sho w ‘Restor e OK”, Status will change to Idle, and a completion message will appear on the Management GUI. 4. u Sing tHe S ettingS o ptionS : 1. The T ime Out setting comman[...]

83 A CTIVE DIRECT OR Y A CTIVE DIRECT OR Y SET UP AND P ASS W ORDS • Maximum of 4000 entities (number of users plus number of groups mus t be less than 4000). • Maximum of one A ctive Dir ectory serv er . • T he T ime and Date of the A ctive Dir ectory server and the DataGuar d must nearly match (within a f ew minutes of each other).[...]