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Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas

Содержание PowerVault Series

Страница 1: ...w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution System Recovery Guide ...

Страница 2: ...uction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge PowerVault and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows SQL Server and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Othe...

Страница 3: ...nage IT Assistant 10 Replacing Disks 10 Replacing Internal Disks 11 Replacing Disks in an External Storage Enclosure 11 Recovering After a Disk Failure 11 Single Disk Failure Recovery 11 Multiple Disk Failure Recovery 13 4 Operating System Reinstallation 15 Using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility 15 BIOS Firmware and Driver Updates 24 OS Updates Using Windows Update 24 Localizing the Opera...

Страница 4: ...quirements 29 Virtual Disk Configuration for the DPM Storage Pool 31 DPM Installation 31 DPM Updates 34 7 PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation 35 Installing the Wizard 35 Running the Wizard 35 8 Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas 37 9 Other Documents and Resources 39 Microsoft Information 39 Dell Hardware Information 39 Dell Software Information 39 ...

Страница 5: ...nage system management applications Reinstall the Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstall Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager DPM 2007 Recover the DPM server s recovery point data NOTE Prior to performing the recovery steps in this document review the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Information Update for the latest information NOTE For documents and recovery m...

Страница 6: ...6 Introduction ...

Страница 7: ...ore different failure recovery scenarios keep the following guidelines in mind Re installation of the operating system usually requires you to reinstall all of the applications on your system A non recoverable failure of the RAID group containing the operating system will require reinstallation of the operating system and all applications A non recoverable failure of the RAID group containing one ...

Страница 8: ...4 5 6 7 8 OMSA Application X 5 DPM Application X X 6 8 Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard X 7 DPM DB or Replicas X 8 OS DPM Application RAID Group X X X X X X 3 4 5 6 7 8 DPM Replica RAID Group X X 3 8 Section Title 3 Recovering from Disk Failures 4 Operating System Reinstallation 5 OpenManage Server Administrator Reinstallation 6 Data Protection Manager Reinstallation 7 Dell PowerVault...

Страница 9: ...ble Detecting and Monitoring Disk Failures To optimize the protection of RAID 5 configured storage on your system it is essential that you are able to detect hard drive failures immediately as they occur Replacing failed disks as soon as possible reduces the risk of unplanned downtime and loss of critical data The following methods can be used to monitor the health of your system s physical disks ...

Страница 10: ... Refer to the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User s Guide for more information on installing and using IT Assistant Replacing Disks When replacing hard drives only use hard drives included in the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix Be sure to replace the failed disk drive with a new disk of the same capacity Refer to the Disk Size Selection and Considerations section of the Dell ...

Страница 11: ... system experiences two or more disk failures in the same RAID group data loss may result Single Disk Failure Recovery After you replace a failed disk drive within a RAID 5 group the system will begin an automatic rebuild of the RAID group The data on the virtual disks that reside on the RAID group are still available to your operating system and your system should run without interruption Until t...

Страница 12: ...to the Assign and Unassign Hot Spares section of the OpenManage Server Administrator s User s Guide for more information on global hot spares About RAID 5 Degraded Mode When a failed hard drive is replaced the RAID group begins an automatic rebuild operation During this operation data and parity information is reallocated across all hard drives in the RAID group Until the rebuild completes perform...

Страница 13: ...must reinstall the operating system and DPM application If the RAID group contained the DPM replicas you can restore the replicas from your tape archive Replicas also can be restored from a secondary DPM server protecting your primary DPM server Refer to the Disaster Recovery section of the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Operations Guide for more information on disaster planning DPM re...

Страница 14: ...14 Recovering From Disk Failures ...

Страница 15: ... Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 X64 with SP2 The Dell Systems Build and Update Utility will need the original Microsoft installation media in order to install the operating system NOTE Using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility erases all data from the virtual disk where you are installing the operating system To reinstall the operating system perform the following steps 1 Connect a keyboard ...

Страница 16: ...hen click Continue NOTE Although you selected Windows Server 2003 in this step the System Build and Update Utility will install Windows Storage Server 2003 based on the operating system media you provide in the following steps 10 The Configure or Skip RAID window appears This option will configure the virtual disk on which the operating system and applications such as OMSA and DPM are installed Pe...

Страница 17: ...g System Reinstallation 17 Figure 4 2 Configure or Skip RAID Screen b On the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 1 of 2 screen see Figure 4 3 click Go To Advanced Wizard at the top left corner of the screen ...

Страница 18: ... click Continue d In the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2 of 4 screen see Figure 4 4 select all the physical disks displayed for Connector 0 by the internal PERC adapter Click Continue e Select the Connector 1 button and select all the physical disks displayed by the PERC adapter Click Continue NOTE If you plan to allocate a global hot spare leave one disk de selected for that purpose ...

Страница 19: ... the information shown and click Continue NOTE While this screen allows you to assign any unconfigured disks as dedicated hot spares assigning dedicated hot spares is not recommended Instead global hot spares are recommended To learn more about allocating global hot spares refer to the Assign and Unassign Hot Spares section of the OpenManage Server Administrator s User s Guide h When the pop up wa...

Страница 20: ...Click Continue Figure 4 5 Configure the Physical Disk for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition 11 At the Network Adapter s configuration screen specify your IP addresses and netmasks and click Continue Contact your network administrator for assistance in determining appropriate values to enter 12 At the Enter OS Information screen see Figure 4 6 enter the following system infor...

Страница 21: ...SNMP Select the check box Install Server Administrator Select the check box Click Continue Figure 4 6 Enter OS Information Screen 13 When the Operating System Installation Summary screen appears review the information displayed to ensure it is correct then click Continue 14 The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition Installation Wizard appears and the file copy process begins 15 ...

Страница 22: ...k Finish Figure 4 7 Finish Screen 18 After you click Finish the system automatically reboots and the operating system installation continues NOTE The automatic reboot and installation may take a few minutes to complete Your system may reboot several times during the process 19 Once the setup and reboot is complete you will be prompted for an administrator password Leave the password field blank an...

Страница 23: ... the password field blank and click OK 27 When prompted to insert the Service Pack 2 CD insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 Disk 1 of 2 CD that shipped with your system 28 When prompted to insert the Windows Server R2 Disk 2 CD insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 Disk 2 of 2 CD that shipped with your system 29 After the Windows R2 additiona...

Страница 24: ...es and updates for Windows Storage Server Updates to Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions typically apply to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Dell recommends keeping your system current with all updates available from www update microsoft com Localizing the Operating System This section describes how to localize the language settings on your PowerVault Data Protection Solution by installing and c...

Страница 25: ...MUI pack installer filename for Spanish is 0c0a_R2 msi See Table 4 1 below for a list of language IDs Language IDs are also contained in the readme txt file on the Multilingual Support CD Applying the MUI Language To apply the MUI language 1 Click Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options 2 On the Regional Options tab select the appropriate region under Standards and Formats and click OK 3...

Страница 26: ...uage and click OK e In the Language box verify that the correct language appears f To remove a language select the language and click Remove g Click OK h Close the Internet Options window If you are using Mozilla Firefox a Open a browser window b Select Tools Options c Under the General tab in the Options window click Languages d In the Languages and Character Encoding window make the appropriate ...

Страница 27: ...ll OpenManage Server Administrator section of the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solution Quick Start Guide for OMSA installation details If you have completed the operation system reinstallation using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility CD the OMSA installer icon will be located on the desktop of your system see Figure 5 1 Double click the installer icon to begin OMSA installation Figure 5...

Страница 28: ...28 OMSA Reinstallation ...

Страница 29: ...llation DVD that came with your system see Figure 6 1 Figure 6 1 DPM Reinstallation DVD Prerequisite Software and Network Configuration Requirements Installing DPM requires certain prerequisite software and network configuration requirements Required Software You must install the following software on your system before installing DPM This required software is available on the DPM reinstallation D...

Страница 30: ...rograms Add Remove Windows Components 2 Select Windows Deployment Services and click Next 3 When prompted to insert the Service Pack 2 CD insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Workgroup Edition x64 with SP2 Disk 1 of 2 CD and point to the appropriate drive 4 When prompted to insert the Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition CD insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Wor...

Страница 31: ...ration for the DPM Storage Pool The DPM application requires dedicated disk storage to store the replicas from the protected systems You must create one or more RAID 5 virtual disks for this purpose Use OMSA to create the virtual disks to be used by DPM Refer to the Configuring Virtual Disks for DPM section of the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Storage Expansion Guide NOTE Do not add availabl...

Страница 32: ...s a If all required components are present a confirmation is displayed Click Next to continue b If one or more required recommended components are missing or noncompliant a warning or error message is displayed A warning indicates that a recommended component is missing or noncompliant If you choose to continue with the installation you should plan to resolve the issue as soon as possible An error...

Страница 33: ... instance of Microsoft SQL Server or provide the information to use an existing SQL Server instance on a remote system In the Space requirements section space availability on the specified destination drives is shown 11 If you choose to use an existing instance of SQL Server instead of installing it from the DPM reinstallation media the SQL Server Settings page appears In the Instance of SQL Serve...

Страница 34: ...ettings click Install To make changes select Back After the installation is complete the installation status is displayed 16 If prompted to insert the Windows Server 2003 SP2 media insert the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 Disk 1 of 2 CD 17 If prompted to insert DPM CD 2 insert the DPM reinstallation DVD 18 Select Close Then restart your system 19 Invoke the PowerVault Data ...

Страница 35: ... the wizard 1 Download the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard application from support dell com to your system 2 Double click the wizard 3 When the install panel appears click Next 4 Leave all the default options for the installer you selected The wizard icon will appear on the desktop as PowerVault DPS Wizard Figure 7 1 PowerVault DPS Wizard icon Running the Wizard Run the w...

Страница 36: ...36 PowerVault Data Protection Solution Configuration Wizard Reinstallation ...

Страница 37: ...server to back up the primary DPM server Back up DPM databases and replicas regularly to tape archives The Disaster Recovery section of the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Operations Guide contains more information on how to effectively plan for unexpected critical failure To restore data from a DPM database or tape archive see the Recovering DPM Server section of the Microsof...

Страница 38: ...38 Recovering DPM Databases and Replicas ...

Страница 39: ...tion Solution Support Matrix Dell PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller 5 i and 5 E User s Guide Dell PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller 6 i and 6 E User s Guide Dell PowerVault MD1000 Storage Enclosure Hardware Owner s Manual Dell PowerVault MD1000 Getting Started Guide Dell Systems Documentation CD Dell Software Information Dell Systems Build and Update Utility CD Dell Systems Console and Agent...

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