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Veeam Backup & Replication™ version 6.0 Integration Guide with Overland Storage SnapSAN™ S1000

Description Version DateV6 First Draft 1.0 2/15/12

V6 Second 1.1 2/16/12

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Veeam Backup & Replication™ version 6.0 Integration Guide with Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000

ContentsReferenced or Helpful Documents 3Introduction 3Configuration Settings 3

Configuration Overview 4SnapSAN iSCSI Configuration 5

Fibre Channel LUN Configuration 10

File System Example 11

Backup 18Veeam Backup & Replication v6 wizard for backup job 18

Restore 23Veeam Backup & Replication v6 wizard for restore job 23

Configuration Checklist 28

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Referenced or Helpful DocumentsVeeam Backup & Replication documentation contained in the resources section of the Veeam website. Current version (6.0) is located at: http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxbackup/resources.html

• User Guide (VMware): http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_userguide_vmware_pg.pdf

• User Guide (Hyper-V): http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_userguide_hv_pg.pdf

• Release Notes: http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_0_release_notes_rn.pdf

IntroductionObjective: Provide simple, concise steps and examples to enable the configuration of a backup and restore application with a (OVERLAND STORAGE SnapSAN S1000). This integration guide was created as a companion to the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide and assumes that Veeam Backup & Replication is already installed.

This material will address (SnapSAN S1000 with fibre, and ISCSI controllers).

Configuration SettingsThe configuration settings for this integration guide are as follows. We are using a single ESXi Server version 5 and also a vCenter server 5. The ESXi server has two Dualcore Intel Xeon 5130 2.0 GHz processors and 16 GB of RAM. The vCenter server is a standalone Dual-core 2.0 GHz processor with 16 GB of RAM. We are also using a physical server as the Veeam Backup and Replication server. This server is running Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Server 64 bit version. The Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 connected via ISCSI and Fiber is used as the primary disk storage.

http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxbackup/resources.html

http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_userguide_vmware_pg.pdf

http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_userguide_hv_pg.pdf

http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_6_0_release_notes_rn.pdf

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Configuration Overview

In the diagram below we are showing the ESXi server with Virtual Machines (VM) attached with some direct storage from the ESXi host. We are using a physical server with Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit version as the Veeam Backup and Replication server. The Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 with iSCSI controllers with a configured backup LUN is used as the primary target for the Veeam Backup software.

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iSCSI ConfigurationThe configuration of the Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 using iSCSI architecture isas follows. Ensure that you have an iSCSI Network in your environment and you have the MS iSCSI Initiator Software installed on your server that you will be attaching the Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 LUN to.

1. Login through the SnapSAN S1000 Web GUI

2. Click on the iSCSI Configuration tab, and then select the LAN port to be used. Click on the arrow drop down and select iSCSI IP Address settings.

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3. Specify the iSCSI IP Address you will be using and then click on OK.

4. Launch the MS iSCSI Initiator applet.

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5. Click on the Discovery tab.

6. Click on Add IP Address target then click on Advanced Settings and select the proper local adapter, and the correct Source IP. Then click on OK.

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7. Click on the Targets tab, highlight the disconnected target, click on Log On.8. Put a check mark in the automatically restore this connection and also Enable

multi-path if you are using multiple connections. Click on Advanced radio button.

9. Now choose the correct Local adapter, Source IP, and the Target Portal for your environment. Click on OK.

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10. Launch Windows Disk Management on your server and assign the new associated disk a Drive letter.

11. You are now ready to set up Veeam to perform backup and restore operations to the Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 via iSCSI configuration.

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Fibre Channel LUN Configuration

1. Attach the fiber connection to either a fabric switch or direct to the Veeam-backup server.

2. Verify under the Logical Units tab that the host Veeam backup server’s fibre channel WWN port address is connected to one of the virtual disks.

3. Here is an attached disk LUN presented via the Veeam backup server over fibre channel.

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File System ExampleThe following steps will guide you on how to configure Veeam Backup and Replication software to create backup jobs to an Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000. The disk LUN should already have been presented to the backup server either by iSCSI or Fibre Channel.

1. Add the ESXi vSphere servers to Veeam Backup and Replication. Click on Add Servers.

2. Choose the type of server infrastructure you will be working with. In the following example we have selected VMware vSphere.

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3. Enter in either the IP address or the DNS name of the VMware server. The VMware server in this context is the vCenter Server.

4. Provide the credentials of the VMware server.

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5. Click on Finish.

Once the VMware server has been added you will then want to configure the Veeam Backup and Recovery backup infrastructure.

6. Under backup Infrastucture click on Backup Repositoreie. Then add Backup Repository.

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7. Provide a name for the new backup repository.

8. Select the type of backup repository to use.

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9. Select the server you will be using as a backup repository. Click on populate and select the path used.

10. Select the location of the folder where backup files will be stored and select there positories load options. This should be based on the Veeam Backup and Replication Admin Guide.

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11. Select the vPower NFS server and also the folder to write the cache to.

12. Review the summarized settings for the new backup repository.

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13. Click Finish.

14. You will now see the new backup repository.

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BackupThe backup operations are leveraging the Overland SnapSAN S1000 because the overhead of the backup is being off loaded to another storage array. This is beneficial because the production environment is not being used.

Veeam Backup & Replication v6 wizard for backup job

1. To create a backup job click on the Backup icon.2. Name the backup job. Click on Next.

3. Click Add in order to select the virtual machine that will be backed up in this job.

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4. Click on the virtual machine that will be backed up in this job. Click Add.

5. Click Next to continue.

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6. Select the Backup Proxy server the will be used for this backup job.

7. Ensure that the correct storage is being used. Click Next.

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8. Guest Processing is used for additional processing options for Microsoft Windows guests which use the VSS to ensure proper backups of Windows environments.

9. Now set the Job Schedule for this backup job. Click Create.

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10. Click Finish.

The backup job is now scheduled within Veeam that has been directed to the Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 backup target.

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RestoreThe restore operations are leveraging the Overland SnapSAN S1000 because the overhead of the restore is being off loaded to another storage array. This is beneficial because the production environment is not being used.

Veeam Backup & Replication v6 wizard for restore job

1. Click on the Restore tab at the top of the screen within Veeam Backup. We are going to show how to perform an Instant VM Recovery.

2. Click on the virtual machine to perform the restore on.

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3. From the Restore Point select the proper restore you want to use for your recovery.

4. Specify the restore destination and click on Next.

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5. Select the Datastore that you will use as the Redirect virtual disk updates for the recovered VM.

6. Next you will be presented with an area to type a restore reason. Type in the reason for the restore then. Click Next.

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7. Verify the recovery summarize settings and click on Next.

8. Click on Finish to start the recovery process.

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9. This will start the restore session

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Configuration ChecklistHere is a list of hardware and software along with the firmware or version used to put this document together:

• Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 iSCSI Controller: Firmware 2.0.2 build 201102211500

• Overland Storage SnapSAN S1000 Fiber Controller: Firmware 2.0.2 build 201102211500

• Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator: Version 2.08

• Microsoft Enterprise 2008 R2 Server (64bit) – Current on all patches

• VEEAM Backup & Replication Software – Ver 6.0.6.153 (64bit)

• VMware vCenter Server Version 5.0.0

• ESXi Server 5.0.0

• Brocade Silkworm 4100 4Gb Fibre Channel Switch

• Emulex LPe11002 – M4 Fiber 4Gb dual port HBA driver 2.70A5