Setting up Pool Mirror for Local and Remote Replications
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1. Fepeat Every 10 Minutes Until Time oo CF 00 F Duration OO Hours O0 Minutegs 11 m n R Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems A To set the start date and end date click in the Start Date and End Date fields and then choose the dates from the calendar pop ups Schedule Advanced Settings Start Date a T j December 2014 p j a Su y Site ped so 9 10 11 12 13 14 W Repeat 51 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 52 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Every 10 4 29 30 31 2 Until Time lu T p pae Duration 00 Hours 00 Minute s B The Repeat section once selected allows you to configure the duration of the backup job W Repeat Every 10 Minutes Until Time 23 OF 108 Duration 00 T Hour s OO Minute s e Every Depending on your choices the mirroring task will be scheduled to run every few hours or minutes e Until Specifies when to stop an ongoing mirroring task If Time is selected the task will run until the specified moment If Duration is selected the task will run for the specified period of time 4 Click Next to view the summary of your mirroring schedule Click Back to modify or OK to confirm Edit Schedule Faa Click Back to modify or OK to confirm the scheduled backup task schedule Type Mirror Task Poal 1 Period Daily Start Time 18 20 5 The new pool mirroring schedule will appear in the lis2. Storage ex NETWORK DATA STORAGE SOLUTIONS i Application Note Abstract This application note describes how to mirror user data from one HA3969U system to another through the Pool Mirror feature and in the event of a disaster how to recover data from the target system when data loss occurred on the source system Copyright 2015 Storageflex Inc All rights reserved Storageflex is a registered trademark of Storageflex Inc All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The content provided as is without express or implied warranties of any kind Table of Contents Product Models Covered by This DOCUMENL cccceseeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeeees 3 HA3969U Family of Unified Storage Systems cccceeseeseseeeeseeeeseseneeees 4 Setting up Pool Mirror and Recovering Data upon Disaster 5 PVOCCOUTC OV CIV CW E EE IEAA yee vas target E E EEE J Step 1 Preparing the Environment ccccccccccssseeeeeececccccaaaeeesseeeeeeeeaaaeesseseeeeeneaas 5 Step 2 Creating a FOOL MUTO VOIT oriita en E ETE 6 Step 3 Recovering the Source Data from the Target SySteM ccccccccccccccssseeseeeeees S Appendix Customizing Pool Mirroring Schedulle c0sseesseseeeees 10 m n E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems Product Models Covered by This Document This document a
3. e Last Update Wicertome 2008 31k8 folder 201 2 06 01 14 04 lf the source data does need recovering the existing pool mirror pair must be disconnected first Log in to the web interface of the source system go to Backup gt Pool Mirror select the pool mirror pair and click the Delete button to disconnect the link between the source and the target systems Note Disconnecting the link between the paired systems will not delete the actual data wl Backup ii sna ps hot L Poni iss Hai Leca toara Ferta Hee Fahre E ETE e GEHE nE 3 E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems Go to Storage gt Pool select the pool that needs recovering and click Import Storage j Pool Pj volume NY Pool Ea Virtual Storage Pools Create and manage virtual storage pools Yirtual storage pools allow you to consolidate storage beyond the physical limitations of individual disk drives Pool capacity can be expanded when necessary by adding more drives without reformatting or repartitioning Name Used Space Free Space Litilization Deduplication Ratio The mirrored pool should appear in the list of available pools Select the pool double check the member drive configuration in the Member Drives section and click Import to start importing the mirrored backup data into the source pool Import Pool x When the import process is complete check whether the source pool is fully recovered A Check th
4. e pool list to confirm that the original pool has been restored Name Used Space Free Space B Also click Explorer at the top right corner and navigate to the source pool to check the contents of the imported pool Welcome simin Legout B Linke ort Ee Hama Foenilable Used Type Last Update E icertome 72008 31B folder 301 208 01 14 04 m E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems Appendix Customizing Pool Mirroring Schedule 1 Ifthe Customize option has been selected when scheduling a pool mirror task the Edit Schedule window will appear Schedule Real Time Backup Scheduled m Settings Syne Duration Until Completion Hours Period Dai at 00 F 00 F Edit Schedule x Select the source directory enter a description and set the backup time Directory Foal 1 Name PM Schedule 20141209 234324 Description StartTime Daily vi 23 vla 7 2 Specify the basic options A Enter the optional description in the Description field to give the schedule a short description B Choose any of the following from the Start Time drop down menu to specify when to repeat a scheduled task e Daily The task will be scheduled to run every day e Weekly The task will be scheduled to run on specified days of a week After this option is chosen select the checkboxes in the Schedule Weekly Tasks to specify the day s you want Selectthe source directory enter a description and setthe backup time D
5. irectory Poal 1 Mame PM_ Schedule 20141209 234324 Description Start Time 233 Schedule Weekly Tasks hon Tue ved THU Fri Sat Sun 10 m E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems e Monthly The task will be scheduled to run on the selected day of a month After this option is chosen do the following 1 Choose the time from the drop down menus next to Start Time 2 Select Day___ of the month s and choose a date ranging from 01 to 31 or select The of the month s and choose from the drop down menus to specify a day as the start date such as first Monday 3 Click Select Month and select the month s in which the task will be scheduled to run By default all months are selected Select the source directory enter a description and setthe backup time Directory Pool 1 Mame Ph_ Schedule 20141209 234324 Description Start Time Monthly 23 F 43 oF Advanced Schedule Monthly Tasks Day 01 ofthe monthis The first T Monday T ofthe months Select Month Select All January February March April May June July August September October November December OK C Specify the hour and minute of a day to run the task using the two drop down menus next to Start Time StartTime Monthly vill23 t 43 3 Click Advanced to set the advanced scheduling options Schedule Advanced Settings x Start Date 2014 12 09 End Date
6. o performance degradation e Backup daily at Mirroring will occur on a daily basis at the specified time e Customize Allows users to customize mirroring schedule For more details on this option refer to the Appendix section at the end of this document Click Next to view the summary of the pool mirror schedule Click Back to modify or OK to confirm Edit Schedule Click Back to modify or OK to confirm the scheduled backup task Schedule Type Mirror Task Pool 1 Period Daily Start Time 18 20 The new pool mirror task will appear in the list When the sync process starts the progress will also be shown in the list Name Directory Type Status Created on Description v Local Host Local Volume Remote Host Remote Volume Auto Split Difference State m E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems Step 3 Recovering the Source Data from the Target System 1 lf you suspect a disaster might have hit the source system check the delta differences between the source HA3969U system and the target HA3969U system in the Pool Mirror list If the percentage value shows there is a big difference between the source and the target systems it is very likely that the source data might have been damaged Click Explorer at the top right corner and navigate to the pool to see if the original data has been damaged Pal Local Howl Welcome admin C e Explorer 2 oft ez Hame Available Iil Typ
7. our data Choose synchronous always mirrored or asynchronous periodically mirrored depending on your network trafic and the priority of data protection After configuring use the Schedule menu to schedule the backup task Pool Local Host Local Remote Host Remo Auto Split Difference State mions add _ eae vetete stat stop 2 The Pool Mirror configuration window will appear Specify the parameters A Select the storage pool to be mirrored from the Pool drop down menu Selectthe source pool Backup Source Specify the target MAS device Backup Target Automatically pause mirror when fo busy B Enter the IP address of the target system in the P address field and select or deselect the checkbox to decide whether to pause ongoing mirroring tasks when the source system is busy with other I O operations Select the source pool Backup Source Foal Pool 1 Specify the target MAS device Backup Target IP Address 192 168 5 3 Automatically pause mirror wher psy f 4 R Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems C Schedule the mirror task Schedule your backup task Schedule Real Time Backup Scheduled Settings Sync Duration Until Completion __ Hours Period Daily at 00 v 00 Customize e Real time backup Mirroring will occur continuously Note that while this option is the safest of all it consumes system resources and thus might lead t
8. pplies to the following product models e HA3969U Systems For more information about deduplication dedupe compression virtualization snapshot remote replication ZFS backup storage network attached storage NAS file sharing and WORM Write Once Read Many folder please read the user manual on E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems HA3969U Family of Unified Storage Systems IT environments often feature multiple types of storage infrastructures to accommodate various types of data and achieve different service levels The scattered boxes for DAS Direct Attached Storage SAN Storage Area Network and NAS Network Attached Storage configurations often lead to poor utilization and complicated management storageflex HA3969U brings a thorough solution to simplify the situation it simultaneously serves file and block based applications on a unified storage platform and features easy management optimized resource utilization high availability flexible scalability and competitive price performance In addition HAS969U offers a comprehensive set of advanced software features at no additional costs HAS969U systems help businesses effectively meet diverse and changing data demand while staying within budget Without HA3969U With HASS69U mt Be pn Pr H U Clients DB Mail Server Clients FTP Server DB Server gt r l Ca ae ee uu NFS CIFS Mail SAN File Server FileServer Server Storage see
9. s f Fle Servers D amp cco ET m E Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems Setting up Pool Mirror and Recovering Data upon Disaster To mitigate a disaster s impact on business continuity data loss and downtime have to be minimized The built in Pool Mirror function on HA3969U helps users perform real time data replication between two different systems When the primary system goes down the standby system which features exactly the same data can seamlessly take over services at minimized downtime Mirroring is conducted on storage pool basis Users need to establish a pool mirror pair between two HA3969U systems the source and the target and start syncing user data When a disaster hits the source system resulting in the loss of important user data users can recover the original data from the target system by importing the mirrored pool Note Pool Mirror over WAN is not supported meaning the feature is only available for HA3969U systems located within the same LAN Procedure Overview 1 Prepare two HA3969U systems the source and the target with identical hard drive configurations 2 Create a pool mirror pair and start syncing user data between the source and the target Monitor the source system to see if a disaster has affected important data lf data on the source system requires recovering disconnect the pool mirror pair m S Import data from the target system s mirrored pool to the source system
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11. to recover the original data Step 1 Preparing the Environment 1 Inthe source HA3969U system specify or create a storage pool that is going to be mirrored to the target system 2 Prepare the target HA3969U system that meets the following conditions e The target and the source systems must be of the same model e The target and the source systems must contain identical hard drive configuration For example if the source storage pool consists of six 11B hard drives the target system must be installed with six 1TB hard drives as well e There should be no storage pool created on the target system e The target and the source systems should NOT share the same host name To configure the host name log in to the web interface of HAS969U and then go to Configuration gt System gt Host Settings e Both systems should be connected to the same LAN a R Setting up Pool Mirror for HA3969U systems 3 Note down the IP address of the target system Step 2 Creating a Pool Mirror Pair 1 Log into the web interface of the source system go to Backup gt Pool Mirror and then click Add to create a pool mirror task Note If you want to set the connection timeout period for all your pool mirror tasks click Options to configure the timeout period E E Backup W5 Snapshot RE Fool Mirror Pool Mirror Data Mirroring ower the Network Mirror your data to another MAS system on the network to keep an identical copy of all y
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