In this video we cover the finalization
and customization steps
for a PowerProtect Data Domain system
following the physical racking and initial
network configuration of the system.
Using your browser open and log into
the PowerProtect Data Domain System Manager,
or DDSM, UI.
The initial sysadmin password
will be your PowerProtect DD system serial number.
The system configuration wizard
hould automatically start when you first log into DDSM,
if it does not,
then, from the Maintenance menu, click configure system.
The configure system option uses a wizard-style work flow
that takes you through all of the required steps and customization options
to get your PowerProtect DD up and running.
First is Licensing:
Locate the license file you were provided with your PowerProtect DD system
and upload it to the system.
As we see here
we have licenses that enable active tier,
DDBoost and replication
Adjusting Network settings, is optional,
but we recommend to review them.
During the initial setup
we already set an IP and other settings.
Additional network interfaces can be configured.
For example, if your environment uses separate backup,
management, and replication networks
this is the place to add connectivity to those networks.
For our purposes,
we just have the one network
so we are going to click submit.
Next configure the PowerProtect DD file system.
DDOS will do a storage precheck
and automatically select the minimum required packs for active tier
and minimum required disks for the cache tier.
If the system has more than the minimum number of packs
then they will show up in addable storage
and you can add these to the active tier as long as you have the additional capacity licensed
and click Add to tier and then
review your selection to ensure the desired drives were added.
In this example you can just click next to continue.
For the system settings there are several important values
that should be checked and updated as necessary.
The sysadmin password should be changed,
the administrative email address and smtp info
should be provided and alerting info should be selected.
It’s also a good idea to provide the system location
or other information to make identification of the system
as easy as possible when alerts or status reports are being sent out.
Review the changes and click submit.
Depending on your backup software and environment
the next 3 sections may or may not need to be configured.
Typically, however, DD Boost is configured in all situations
as both Dell EMC and 3rd Party backup
applications using the PowerProtect DD system
will take advantage of DD Boost integration.
Boost provides a mechanism that accelerates backups for various clients.
Since we have licensed DD Boost,
we simply add an existing user and click next.
3rd party software and Dell EMC software products
will use this user to communicate with the DD system
and to perform backups and other administrative activities.
If you’re planning to use windows file shares for backups,
the CIFS section
is where you create the share by providing a windows workgroup name,
a share name and a folder on the DD system for the backup data to be stored in.
This share can be used as a backup target
for Windows networked backups.
Similar to CIFS shares,
NFS exports can be created on a PowerProtect DD system.
In this example,
we are creating an NFS export named nfs1
and storing it on the Directory Path
/data/col1/nfs1.
After clicking Next
we can confirm that we wish to create this share using the mtree shown
and finally given a quick summary to review before clicking submit.
Once you’ve completed the NFS step,
you could optionally configure VTL if you are licensed for it,
in this example we have not covered configuring VTL.
At this point you’ve completed the initial system
configuration using the PowerProtect DataDomain system
and start sending it backups from your backup client of choice.
For more information about setup and upgrade processes for the PowerProtect DD
visit support.emc.com