Quick Overview Create vault, get the IQN To create vaule add Blob storage and General Purpose storage accounts, in that order. Add vault afterwards, and get the IQN: # cladm --vault --show | grep IQN IQN: iqn.2016-17.com. cloudlanes:7780510137822581824.vtl.10 Connect to the iSCSI initiator, authenticate using the cladmin and cloudlanes2016 password through connect –> advanced –> CHAP login
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Then VTL tape library should show up automatically on veeam, in the case above, veeam and iscsi initiator are running on the same machine. Rename library to the appropriate name and run the “Inventory Library”, this will move tapes which are in “unassigned” state to the Free Media pool. Add media pool, select the newly renamed library and add tapes from the library to be part of the media pool and few other best practices settings. Add a File to Tape Job and run it and few other best practices settings.
Detailed Guide 1.1
Connect to the iSCSI initiator, authenticate using the cladmin and cloudlanes2016 password, using connect –> advanced –> CHAP login.
1.2
Discover the iSCSI target using iSCSI initiator Enter the IP address of the CloudLanes Data Platform in the Target: and click on quick connect
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Login to the Target by selecting target and clicking connect –> Advanced –> Enable CHAP Log on Enter the username cladmin And the given password, click ok
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iSCSI Target connection should succeed and its status should be “connected”
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2.1
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The library will be discovered and rename it appropriately. the library shows up as STK_L700_0105
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2.2
The tapes will be initially in an “Unrecognized” state. See picture below:
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Run the Inventory Library job then right click on the library name and select “Inventory Library”.
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The Inventory library job moves the tapes from the “Unrecognized” state to media pool Free. See picture below:
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Create media pool and select the library from above. Then, all tapes should show up in the newly created media pool from the selected library.
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3.2
Select setting to “Create new media set for every backup session”
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Add setting for Offline Media Tracking and create a vault for it.
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New vault is created for Offline Media Tracking
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Check “Enable parallel processing” and upto 8 tape drives can be selected. Uncheck “Enable parallel processing of backup chains within a single tape job”. Check “Use Encryption”
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Click on “Backup and Replication” and right click on jobs –> Tape –> File to Tape Job. See picture below:
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Select files to be backed up, see picture below, here folder “Downloads” is selected to be backed up
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Click on “Media Automation” options and check both “Eject Media upon completion” and “Export current media set upon job completion” options.
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Finish the wizard, and final step should be to backup files onto the library that was created, and that belonged to the media pool that was created. See picture below:
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Restoring data from Veeam. Pick the file or directory that needs to be restored, and after that Veeam will point out the tape that needs to be imported
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Here Veeam says import tape MA001106
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Hit finish. Next step is to go to CloudLanes GUI and import that tape. That will bring down the tape from the Cloud to a local landing zone. Right click on library and click on “Import Tapes”
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On Veeam, find the tape
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5.5
The restore finishes successfully with data restored from requisite tape MA0011006
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Trouble Shooting Veeam
All Veeam logs can are located at location below: %allusersprofile%\Veeam\Backup
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