Sun MicrosystemsメーカーX4500の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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Sun Fire X4500 as a Symantec Netbackup 6.5 Media Server A Quick Start Guide Sun Microsy stems December 11, 2007.
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Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Configuration ...............................
3 Introduction Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Introduction The Sun Fire ( TM) X4500 serv er delivers massive storag e capacity and remar kable thro ughput ma king it an ideal nea rline storage platf orm fo r backup and res tore applications.
4 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Configuration Overview The below diagram sho ws an example NBU co nfiguration wit h the X 4500 acting as a Media Server . The defaul t NIC configuration on the X 4500 allows up to f our physical GigaBit Eth ernet connect ions to be a ttached.
5 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Solaris Configuration The X 4500 server used while t esting for th is paper was instal led with Solaris 10 8/07. This is the recommen ded version to use with Ne tbackup as various ZFS improvements were i ntroduced in t his build.
6 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. root@thumper1 # zpool list NAME SIZE USED AVAIL CAP HEALTH ALTROOT nbupool 18.1T 58.6G 18.1T 0% ONLINE - The size listed in the above com mand is the actua l physical space in the poo l.
7 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Netbackup Configuration The X 4500 will be configured as a M edia Server. In th is example, it is assumed that t here is a s eparate Mast er NBU server. The “N etbackup and Media Man ager” p ackage must be installed o n the X4500.
8 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Where “machi nename” is the name o f the X4500 an d “ masterserver” is the name of t he Maste r Server.
9 Configuration Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Use the NetB ackup GUI for t he rema ining configuratio n Verify tha t the Me dia Server is recogniz ed via “Host P roperties -> Media Serve rs” Click on t he X4500 hos tname t o ensure the Med ia Server is “C onnected” T he Maste r Server will alr eady be listed.
10 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. To creat e a Storage U nit using the ZFS filesyste ms previously configured, fo llow the below pr ocedures “Sto rage -> Storage Un its” Right-Click to add new Sto rag.
11 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Storage U nit Configuratio n • Use Basic Disk as the Type • Ensure the Media Server is t he X4500 • Set the Absolute pathna me to on e of t he ZFS filesystems.
12 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Follow the same proce dures for the rest of the ZFS filesyst ems you have configure d..
13 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. The individual Storag e Units could then be used as backup destinatio ns, howev er, con figuring Storage Groups can prove benef icial.
14 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Add the Sto rage Units that h ave been created int o a Stora ge Group. The Storag e Unit Selection wil l be “R ound-Robin”.
15 Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Once the Storage Gro up is configured, the Policy Attributes fo r the backup jobs can be configured to use the Storage Group as the “Po licy Sto rage” .
16 Frequently Asked Qu estions Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Frequently Asked Qu estions Q1: How does th e X4500 scale as th e wor kload increas es? A1: Testing was don e to m easure scalability by saturating each onboar d GigE port in t urn. Three Zpoo l configurations were t ested.
17 Frequently Asked Qu estions Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. A2: Yes. A Proof -of-C oncept was do ne for a la rge customer a nd 10GB Eth ernet was part of t he testi ng. Using a Neterion Xfram e II and the xge dr iver, 8 clients capable of delivering 100MB/sec e ach were configured to b ackup to a X4500.
18 Summary Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Summary This guide was a Quick Start intr oduction into configuring the Sun Fire X4500 as a disk-cache Media Server fo r Veritas Netbackup 6.5. It gav e examples on con figuring the zpo ol and zfs filesystems on Solaris and how to confi guration the Netbackup application to utilize the X 4500.
19 References Sun Mi crosystems, Inc. Referenc es i. Veritas Netbackup 6.5 Documentation 1. http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/search_forms/do c_list.
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