The Veeam Cookbook Series
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Recipe: Add a New Quantum Dxi Appliance
Expected deliverables:
A Veeam Backup & Replication Quantum Dxi Repository where Veeam keeps backup files, VM copies and metadata for replicated VMs.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- A Quantum DXi already configured as per the vendor best practices (DXi software 3.4.0 or later).
- The Quantum DXi appliance has been added as a Managed Linux Server
Before you start:
Quantum DXi does not host the Veeam Data Mover permanently. When any task addresses a Quantum DXi storage, Veeam Backup & Replication deploys and starts Veeam Data Mover on the Quantum DXi system.
Assumptions:
You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed. You have at least one share created on each Quantum DXi appliance with VDMS (Veeam Data Mover Service) enabled.
Method:
- Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
- Select Backup Infrastructure on the bottom left menu.
- Right click Backup Repositories and choose Add Backup Repository.
- In the Add Backup Repository window, select Deduplicating Storage Appliance and Quantum DXi
- Specify a name and optional description for the repository and click Next.
- In the Server step, select an appliance that you want to use as a backup repository. Click Next.
- In the Repository step, specify the path to the folder that will be used as repository. Check the Use fast cloning on XFS volumes option, and change the number of concurrent tasks or limit the data rate if required. Click Next.
- In the Mount Server step, confirm or change the mount server settings, then click Next.
- Review the settings and confirm by clicking Apply. If you’re adding a repository with existing backups, flag the setting to import them automatically.
- After installation and registration is completed, click Finish and the Quantum DXi repository is ready to use.
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