User manual QUANTUM ESXPRESS 3.5 CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT GUIDE REV B

[. . . ] i Quantum esXpressTM Configuration and Deployment Guide, 6-66737-01 Rev B, August 2009, Made in USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Copyright 2009 by Quantum Corporation. [. . . ] In the Target Teams window provide a name for the Target team and click Add to create new Target Team. 24 Once a target team has been created, you can assign it to any of your hosts. Then those targets will now available to that host for esXpress backups Target Teams can be assigned to the Global Settings or the Host Group level. Any target team assigned at these levels will be inherited by the hosts. The Target Team can be overridden at the host level. From the Host Grid, modify the settings to assign the Target Team using the target team drop down box. From the Host Configuration Tabs on the `Basic Tab' under `Target Type and Location' using the `Network Target Team' drop down box. Backup Targets You can configure and assign backup targets from this option. : A Backup Target can be a SSH server, or a SMB server. In the Backup Targets window click New Backup Target and enter the details for the backup target 25 Make sure you set the target as a `RollOver' Target. The Transport Type defines which type of backup target you are defining (SSH or SMB ). The backup target can be assigned to a Target team here itself or alternately you can leave it unassigned and assign it later on. A Backup Target can be assigned to multiple Target Teams. The above screen shows the listing of backup targets. Click on the Assign Target to Target Team to assign the new backup target to a team 26 Select the Target, Target Team and the number ( 1 ­ 9 ) that the target will be assigned to Only available target numbers will be shown. Hosts To enable esXpress to run backups on each of your hosts you must define them to the GUI appliance. Before adding hosts it is recommended to first create your backup targets and teams and review the Global Configuration settings. The reason for this is the host will inherit the esXpress settings automatically from the global. Before adding any hosts to the esXpress GUI make sure you have read the esXpress Quorum section of this manual and have reviewed the prerequisites. To add a new host select Hosts>New Host Important: Before adding any hosts to the esXpress GUI the following requirements must be met to enable your ESX hosts to be successfully installed from the GUI appliance. A VMKernel IP must be assigned on each host managed by the esXpress GUI. This is required for NFS to connect to the esXpress Quorum. [. . . ] When a Publish is done it will send updated configuration settings to all of the hosts assigned to the gui. Note: All esXpress configuration fields have mouse over help explaining the field usage. In addition they are explained in more detail in the esXpress User's Guide. 40 Action Log The action log can be used to view the various esXpress logging messages for activities run from within the GUI. [. . . ]