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Dell PowerProtect DD Series Appliances with

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This document describes the configuration and integration of Dell
PowerProtect DD series appliance as backup target for the Veeam
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Contents
Executive summary.......................................................................................................................4

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................5

Reference Architecture .................................................................................................................6

Configuration.................................................................................................................................7

Technical support and resources ..............................................................................................41

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 Executive summary

Executive summary

Overview This document describes how to configure DD series appliance as a backup target for
Veeam Backup and Replication software for CIFS, NFS, DD VTL and Ddboost protocol.
The document is based on the following version of Veeam Backup and Replication and
PowerProtect DD operating system (DDOS).

• Veeam Backup and Replication version 12 (Part of Veeam Availability Suite)

• DDOS version 7.x (DDVE version 6.0)

Audience The document is intended for customers, technical consultants, and customer engineers
who are familiar with Veeam Backup and Replication software and DD series appliance
operations.

Revisions Part number/

Date Description
revision

November 2020 S2408 Initial release

February 2023 S2408.1 Update

November 2023 S2408.2 Update

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Author: Chetan Padhy, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Protection Solutions

Note: For links to other documentation for this topic, see the Data Protection Info Hub.

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 Introduction

Introduction
This section provides a brief overview of DD series appliance and its integration with
Veeam Backup and Replication.

The DD series appliances deliver the most trusted platforms for protection storage. It also
ensures unparalleled data integrity, industry leading deduplication, scalability, reliability
and performance for smooth and reliable recovery, and a broad ecosystem of backup and
archive applications.

DD series appliance is an appliance that can be deployed physically or virtually. The

virtual appliance is called PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DD VE) which is a software-
defined data protection solution of PowerProtect DD. It maintains all the core
differentiating features of the DD series appliances. DDVE is fast and simple to download,
deploy, and configure. DD VE delivers increased transactional and operational
efficiencies, reliability, and it has a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by utilizing object
storage in addition to block storage. DD series appliances support multiple front-end
protocols such CIFS/NFS, DD VTL and its own DDboost protocol.

Veeam Backup and Replication is a data protection solution. It provides centralized

console for administering backups, restore, and replication operations. Veeam Backup
and Replication uses Data domain as protected storage for deduplication, reliable
backups, fast recovery, secure replication, and intelligent data re-use. It uses DD Boost
technology which offers some advanced features and benefits. Veeam Backup and
Replication supports following features:
• Advanced Load Balancing and Link Failover
• Distributed Segment Processing
• Virtual Synthetics
• In-flight Data Encryption
• Per storage Unit Streams

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Additionally, Veeam Backup and Replication supports PowerProtect DD Storage Systems

working over following protocols
• TCP/IP Protocol
• Fiber Channel Protocols

Reference Architecture
Veeam Backup and Replication uses two Data Mover Services to communicate with DD
series appliance. These services are responsible for data processing and data transfer.
1. Veeam Data Mover on the backup proxy
2. Veeam Data Mover on the gateway server

The Veeam Data Mover services are not hosted on DD series appliance storage. So, the
gateway server is deployed to communicate with DD series appliance. A gateway server
is an auxiliary backup infrastructure component that connects the backup server and
backup repository.

When any job is run, it addresses the backup repository, data mover service on the
gateway server establishes a connection with the data mover service on the backup
proxy, enabling efficient data transfer over the network.

Note: For DD series appliance storage systems working over Fibre Channel, the gateway server
must be defined explicitly that communicates with DD series appliance.

The DD series appliances are presented to Veeam Backup and Replication software as a
DDBoost, CIFS, NFS or DD VTL storage target or depending on the media agent
platform. For CIFS/NFS, the first consideration to address is what level of CIFS or NFS
sharing is wanted for the DD series appliance storage.

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By default, the entire DD Series Appliance directory structure (\\datadomain\backup) can

be shared by CIFS/NFS/DDBoost to all or selected hosts. Alternatively, subfolders or an
MTree can be created for explicit sharing. The choice will depend on the specific use case
for the customer environment.

Configuration
This section provides an overview of how to configure Veeam Backup and Replication
server to integrate with PowerProtect DD series appliance. Configuring DD series
appliance as a backup target for Veeam Backup and Replication requires the following
steps:
1. Create CIFS shares, NFS exports, DDboost storage units and VTL libraries on DD
series appliance
2. Configure Backup infrastructure
3. Configure Veeam Backup and Replication with DD series appliance as backup
target
4. Create Backup Policies
5. Perform Backup and Restore process
Pre-requisites
1. A DD series appliance Series Appliance running DD OS version 6.1 or later with
DDBoost, DD VTL and Cloud Tier license
2. Veeam Backup and Replication software 10 or later with valid license
3. VMware vCenter server and ESXi hosts on which Veeam Backup and Replication
virtual machine is running.
4. Backup sources i.e. Windows file servers, Linux servers and NDMP servers
5. Required ports should be open between ESXi hosts and Veeam Backup and
Replication machine

Configure Veeam This section describes how to setup the backup infrastructure before performing data
Backup and protection and disaster recovery tasks with Veeam Backup and Replication. The backup
Replication for infrastructure may vary depending upon customer environment and strategies. A typical
Backup backup infrastructure consists of following components:
Infrastructure • Backup Server: the server on which Veeam Backup and Replication is installed
• Infrastructure Servers: virtual hosts used as sources and targets for backup,
replication and restore
• Backup Proxies: The backup proxy role is assigned to Veeam backups server and
act as Data Mover component
• Repositories: Locations where backups, replicas and VM copies are stored

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Add Virtual Infrastructure

1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console
2. Select INVENTORY
3. Select Virtual Infrastructure
4. Click ADD SERVER dialog box
5. Select VMware vSphere
6. Select vSphere and enter the details
▪ Name: Specify DNS name or IP address of VMware Server
▪ Credentials: Select server’s administrator’s credentials from the drop down. If
required, specify additional connection settings including web-service port
number.
7. The vCenter is added. You can verify under Virtual Infrastructure > VMware
vSphere > vCenter Servers > vCenter

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Configure NFS Create an NFS export in an MTree

on Veeam An Mtree is a filesystem which provides the ability to perform data management such as
Backup and access policies, snapshots, replication, and data retention. The following are the steps to
Replication and create an NFS export in an Mtree.
DD series
appliance

For reference, the name of NFS export is NFS:

1. Login to the DD System Manager with sysadmin credentials
2. Click Data Management from the left pane of the dashboard
3. Click Mtree
4. Click CREATE
▪ Specify the Mtree Name. Mtree will be created at the location /data/col1/-

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5. Mtree with the name /data/col1/MtreeforVeeam is created.

7. Under Protocols section, you observe NFS Exported is NO

8. Click Create Export
9. Specify the Export Name
10. Verify the directory path is the same Mtree you created
11. Click + to add clients and several options are available such as NFS version,
permissions
12. Click + to add Referrals (referrals apply only to NFSv4 enabled clients)

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13. Click OK to create NFS export. To Verify the export, follow the instructions below:

14. Click Protocols

15. Click NFS
16. Select Exports
17. NFS export is created with name NFS and path /data/col1/MtreeforVeeam
18. Repeat the steps to create another Mtree
Configure NFS share on Veeam Backup and Replication for DD series
appliance as backup target
The following steps are used to configure Veeam Backup and Replication to use DD
series appliance system as a backup target. The backups can be stored on an NFS
export mounted from DD series appliance system to an intermediate Linux system:
1. Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console
2. Click BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE
3. Select Managed Servers
4. Click Add Server (or right click Managed Servers and select Add Server)
5. Select Linux
New Linux Server: Specify DNS name or IP address of linux server. The server
must have SSH and Perl installed
▪ Name: Specify the name or IP address
▪ SSH connection: Select the ‘root’ credentials or can be added
▪ Summary: Verify the details and click Finish to complete the configuration

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6. Select Backup Repository

7. Right click Backup Repository and select Add Backup Repository
8. Select Network Attached Storage
9. Select NFS Share and specify the details
▪ Name: Type in a name and description for this backup repository
▪ Share: Specify the folder to store backups in and gateway server to access
NFS share through. Automatic gateway selection functionality requires NFS
tools are installed on registered Linux Servers
▪ Repository: Specify the path to the NFS export on the Data Domain Mtree
▪ Mount Server: Choose the specific mount server you created
▪ Review: Verify the setting
▪ Apply: Apply the settings to complete the configuration
10. The NFS share is configured

Configure CIFS A CIFS backup repository provides similar setup process as NFS configuration but less
on Veeam throughput for Veeam Backup and Replication. CIFS protocol is used for small
Backup and environment or environment that cannot accept a Linux system.
Replication and
DD series Create a CIFS share in an MTree
appliance Consider creating a CIFS share in the MtreeforVeeam Mtree on DD series appliance. For
reference, the name is CIFS share is CIFS.

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1. Login to DD System Manager with sysadmin credentials

2. Click Data Management from the left pane of dashboard
3. Click Mtree
4. Select /data/col1/MtreeforVeeam from Mtree name list
5. Under Protocols section, you observe CIFS share is NO
6. Click Create Share
7. Specify the Share Name
8. Verify the directory path is the same Mtree you created
9. Click + to add clients
10. Click + to add Users and Groups
11. Click Ok to create CIFS share. To Verify the share, follow the instructions below
12. Click Protocols
13. Click CIFS

14. Select Share Name

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15. CIFS share is created with name CIFS and path /data/col1/MtreeforVeeam

16. Repeat the steps to create another Mtree

Configure CIFS share on Veeam Backup and Replication for DD series

appliance as backup target

A CIFS backup repository provides a similar setup process like with the NFS
configuration,but with less throughput for Veeam Backup and Replication. CIFS protocol
is used for a small environment or an environment that cannot accept a Linux system.
1. Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console
2. Click BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE
3. Select Backup Repository
4. Click Add Repository (or right click Add Backup Repository and select Add
Backup Repository)
5. Select Network Attached Storage
6. Select SMB Share
7. Specify the details to create a repository:
▪ Name: Type in a name and description for this backup repository
▪ Share: Type in UNC path to share (mapped drives are not supported). Then,
specify share access credentials and how backup jobs should write data into
the share. Under Gateway Server section, select a server from the list. If you
perform backup and replication over WAN or slow connection. The selected
server must have a direct access to the shared folder. Otherwise, select
Automatic Selection to select the server automatically based on network
connection
▪ Repository: Select the backup repository settings and enable the applicable
options

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▪ Mount Server: Specify settings for the mount server that you plan to use for
file-level and application items restore. To make the backup repository
accessible by the Veeam vPower NFS, checkbox Enable vPower NFS service
on the mount server. vPower NFS service allows for running virtual
8. Follow the next steps without changing the default settings. At Summary, click
Finish to complete the backup repository.

Configure DD The DD series appliance Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is a licensed feature that requires a
series appliance special license registered on both DD series appliance and for backup server. To
Virtual Tape configure DD series appliances as a VTL backup target device, follow the steps below
Library and
Veeam Backup Setup and Configure VTL on DD series appliance
and Replication
Verify the license and VTL service running
• Login to DD System Manager with sysadmin credentials

• Click the Administration tab from the left pane of dashboard

• Click Licenses
• Under the Feature Licenses section, verify VTL is available
• Click Protocols on the left pane of dashboard
• Click DD VTL

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• Verify that the status is Enabled: Running and licensed

Verify the Fibre Channel Connection, Ports, link status, Endpoints and Initiators
Before discovering the VTL device with Veeam Backup and Replication server, ensure
that the operating system and HBA drivers discover the VTL devices. Verify the Fibre
Channel connectivity between DD series appliance and Veeam Backup and Replication
infrastructure. The fibre channel status should be running, ports must be online, endpoints
should be enabled with link status as “Online”. Also verify the zoned initiators are visible
with endpoints.
• Login to the DD System Manager with sysadmin credentials
• Click the Hardware tab on the left pane of dashboard
• Click Fibre Channel

• Mark the Status as Enabled: Running

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• Click the Ports section and mark the link status as “Online”

• Click the Endpoints section and verify the link status is marked as “Online”

• Click Initiators to verify it is configured and the endpoints are added

Create a VTL group on the DD series appliance
The VTL group can be created from the DD OS command line or with the web interface.
Check the "DD Virtual Tape Library" chapter of the PowerProtect DD Series Appliance OS
Administration Guide for more information about the VTL feature, including the creation of
virtual tape drives, virtual tape media, and virtual changers.

For reference, see the VTL group name “VeeamVTLlibrary” is created

• Login to DD System Manager with sysadmin credentials

• Click the Protocols tab from the left pane of dashboard
• Click DD VTL
• Expand DD Virtual Tape Libraries

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• Click + to expand DD VTL Service

• Click Libraries
• Click MORE TASKS dropdown list (IBM-LTO-7 is default)
• Click Create under library
• Create Library: Specify the following details:
• Library Name: Specify the name (6 is an example for demo)
• Number of Drives: Specify the number of drives you want to create
• Drive Model: Select the drive model from the existing by clicking on dropdown
• Number of Slots: Specify the number of slots you want to create. The number of
slots must be equal to or greater than the number of drives. (20 by default)
(Optional)
• Number of CAPs: Specify the number of Cartridge Access Ports (CAPs). You can
specify up to 100 CAPs per library (Optional)
• Changer Model Name: Select the desired model from the dropdown list. (L180 is
default)
• Options: Auto-eject and auto-offline, choose the appropriate one from default
(disabled), enable and disable and barcode-length, automatically set to 6 for L180,
Restorer L180 and DD VTL changer models.

Click OK and wait for the task complete window.

• The created library is visible under Libraries, with 6 drives and 1 changer
Configure VTL on Veeam Backup and Replication server
This section provides the procedure to configure VTL with Veeam Backup and Replication
Server. Check
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/tape_supported_devices.html?ver=10
0 for supported devices and configuration for tape libraries

To configure the tape infrastructure, the tape server must be added to the Veeam Backup
and Replication console. The tape server is a backup infrastructure component which
helps with transferring data between source and tape device. The tape server runs a Data
Mover service that creates a communication point over which data is transferred between

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the tape device and backup repositories. The Tape server must run Microsoft Windows
and must have access to DD VTL on DD series appliance and to connect DD VTL over
Fibre Channel.

Add Tape Server

Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console

• Click BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE on the left pane
• Select Managed Servers
• Click Add Server (or right click Managed Servers and select Add Server)
• Select Microsoft Windows
• New Windows Server
• Name: Specify DNS name or IP address of Microsoft Windows Server
• Credentials: Specify the credentials and port settings Microsoft Windows server
• Review: Follow the next steps without changing default settings
• Apply: Click apply if the steps are verified
• Summary: Click Finish to complete the server configuration
• The created servers are visible under managed servers > Microsoft Windows
• Click TAPE INFRASTRUCTURE on the left pane
• Click Add Tape Server on the top (or right click tape infrastructure and select
Add Tape server)

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• New Tape Server

▪ Server: Choose a server to install Tape server components on. You can only
select between Microsoft Windows servers added to the managed server trees
in the console
▪ Traffic: Review the network traffic rules that apply to this server
▪ Review: Review the settings and click Apply to continue
▪ Summary: Select Start tape library inventory when you click Finish. When you
complete the tape library configuration, Veeam Backup and Replication
automatically inventories tapes in the tape library connected to the tape server,
Click Finish
Configure a Tape Media Pool
Tape Media Pools are the logical tape containers used by Veeam Backup and Replication
to manage tapes. There are three types of media pools that can be created
• Service Media Pools: These pools are used to sort tapes automatically and
manage free tapes intended for writing data. These pools are created
automatically. They cannot be created or edited
• Customer Media Pools: These pools are used as target destinations. To archive
data, at least one custom media pool must be made manually
• GFS media Pools: GFS stands for Grandfather-Father-Son. These types of pools
are used to create GFS tape archives. GFS keep one backup per 4 tiers: weekly,
monthly, quarterly and yearly. These are created manually.
• To Create custom media pool
• Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console

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• Click TAPE INFRASTRUCTURE

• Click Media Pools and select Add Media Pool
• New Media Pool
• Name: Type in the name and description
• Tapes: Configure global media pool settings and allocate tapes for the pool. In
the tape library section, select the library from which the tapes are allocated for
the media pool. To add multiple libraries, click Manage > Add to add the libraries.
Use the Up and Down buttons to position the failover order. Also select the
events on which the media pool must failover to the next library such as Library is
offline, No media available and All tape drives are busy. Check box Add tapes
from free media pool automatically when more tapes are required to make
media pool replenishable.
• Media Set: Specify media set name and how often a new media set should be
automatically created.
• Retention: Specify the period during which the data on the tapes must be stored.
When the retention period ends, the tape becomes available for overwriting.
• Options: Specify the parallel processing and encryption settings. Hardware
encryption will be used if the tape drive supports it. Otherwise, software
encryption will be used which may result in small performance penalty
• Summary: Follow the next steps and click Finish
Configure a Tape Media Pool
Tape Media Pools are the logical tape containers used by Veeam Backup and Replication
to manage tapes. There are three types of media pools that can be created:
• Service Media Pools: These pools are used to sort tapes automatically and
manage free tapes intended for writing data. These pools are created
automatically. They cannot be created or edited
• Customer Media Pools: These pools are used as target destinations. To archive
data, at least one custom media pool must be created manually
• GFS media Pools: GFS stands for Grandfather-Father-Son. These types of pools
are used to create GFS tape archives. GFS keep one backup per 4 tiers: weekly,
monthly, quarterly and yearly. These are created manually.
To Create custom media pool
• Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console
• Click TAPE INFRASTRUCTURE
• Click Media Pools and select Add Media Pool
• New Media Pool
• Name: Type in the name and description
• Tapes: Configure global media pool settings and allocate tapes for the pool. In
the tape library section, select the library from which the tapes are allocated for
the media pool. To add multiple libraries, click Manage > Add to add the libraries.
Use Up and Down buttons to position the failover order. Also select the events on

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which the media pool must failover to the next library such as Library is offline, No
media available and All tape drives are busy. Check box Add tapes from free
media pool automatically when more tapes are required to make media pool
replenishable.
• Media Set: Specify media set name and how often a new media set should be
automatically created.
• Retention: Specify the period during which the data on tapes must be stored.
When the retention period ends, the tape becomes available for overwriting.
• Options: Specify the parallel processing and encryption settings. Hardware
encryption will be used if the tape drive supports it. Otherwise, software
encryption will be used which may result in small performance penalty
• Summary: Follow the next steps and click Finish

Configure DD Veeam Backup and Replication leverages two components of DD series appliance to
series appliance support the DD Boost technology,
with DDboost as
backup target • DD Boost Library: DD Boost library is embedded into the Veeam Data Mover
Service setup. The DD Boost library is automatically installed on the added server
together with the data mover service when Microsoft Windows server is added to
the backup Infrastructure.
• DD Boost Server: The DD Boost server runs on the operating system of DD series
appliance storage system. It is a target-end component.
This section provides how to set up DD series appliance as a backup target and to assign
the backup repository role to DD series appliance storage systems with DDboost. The
user must be added to the Data Domain which has access from Veeam infrastructure.
The user must have the storage unit attached.

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Create User for DDboost

1. Login to the DD System Manager

2. Navigate to Administration on the left pane of the dashboard
3. Click the drop down menu and Select Access
4. Select LOCAL USERS from Access Management
5. Click CREATE
6. Enter the details
General:
▪ User: Specify the username
▪ Password: Specify the password
▪ Management Role: Select the role from the drop down menu
▪ Advanced: This option is to manage the advanced features of user for
example: to access the Password aging policy and to disable the user account
7. Click OK

Create Storage Unit

1. Login to the DD System Manager
2. Navigate to Protocols on the left pane of the dashboard

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3. Click DD Boost
4. Click STORAGE UNITS
5. Click Add sign (+) to create storage unit
6. Specify the Name and select or create user from the dropdown

7. Click CREATE
8. Storage unit is created and is available under storage unit list.
Configure Backup Repository
1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console
2. Click BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE on the left pane of dashboard
3. Click Backup Repositories
4. Click Add Repository on the top (Or right click and select Add Repository)
5. Select Deduplicating Storage Appliance

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6. Select Dell PowerProtect Data Domain and specify the details

▪ Name: Type in a name and description for this backup repository
▪ Dell PowerProtect Data Domain: If the Data Domain system works over TCP,
specify the FQDN or IP address. If Data Domain system works over FC, specify
the data domain server name. A gateway server must be defined explicitly to
communicate with the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain.
▪ Type in Data Domain Name: Specify the name of the Dell EMC Data Domain
server name
▪ Credentials: Specify the user that is created to access the Data domain and
click Next
▪ Repository: Specify the storage Unit created to access and click Next
▪ Mount Server: Specify if there is any other mount server or else it takes the
default server
▪ Review and click Apply
▪ Port: Specify the port number (By default, VMware web services port is 443)
▪ Click Apply
▪ Verify the certificate and click Continue

7. Click Finish

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Configure Backup Proxy

1. Login to Veeam Backup and Replication console

2. Click BACKUP INFRASTUCTURE on the left pane of dashboard
3. Select Backup Proxies
4. Click Add Proxy at the top (or Right click Add VMware backup proxy)
5. Click VMware vSphere to add proxy
6. Select New VMware Proxy and specify the details
▪ Server: Choose a server for VMware backup proxy. You can choose between
any Microsoft Windows or Linux servers added to the managed servers which
are not assigned a VMware backup proxy already.
▪ Choose Server: Specify the server details (the backup sever is by default
selected)
▪ Proxy Description: Specify if there is any description
▪ Transport Mode: Choose applicable transport Mode (Automatic Selection is by
default)
▪ Connected Datastores: Choose applicable datastores (Automatic Detection is
by default)
▪ Max concurrent tasks: Specify the number of tasks
▪ Traffic Rules: Review the network traffic encryption and throttling rules which
apply to this backup proxy.
▪ Click Apply and wait while required components are installed and configured.
▪ Click Next and the Summary tab confirms that the backup proxy is created
successfully
▪ Click Finish.

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7. Backup Proxy is successfully added

Backup Job with In Veeam Backup and Replication, backup is a job-driven process. To backup VMs a
DD series backup job must be configured. The backup job defines how, where, and when to backup
appliance as VM data. One job can process one or more VMs. Veeam Backup and Replication
backup target performs both full and incremental backups. During the first run, it creates a full VM
backup and all subsequent job cycles create incremental backups.

1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console

2. Click HOME
3. Click Backup Job

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4. Select Virtual Machine (or right click the Jobs > Backup > Virtual machine)
5. New Backup Job
▪ Name: Name of the backup job
▪ Virtual Machines: Select VMs to process
▪ Click Add to select the VM from the list
▪ Click dropdown on Hosts and Clusters
▪ Click vCenter server IP
▪ Select Datacenter
▪ Select Cluster
▪ Select VM and click Add
▪ To exclude VMs from the VM container or backup only specific VM disks, Click
Exclusions and specify the objects to exclude
6. Storage: Specify processing proxy server to be used for source data retrieval,
backup repository to store the backup files produced by this job and customize job
settings if needed
▪ Backup Proxy: Choose if you have proxies setup, Automatic Selection is set
by default
▪ Backup Repository: Choose Data domain as a backup repository, otherwise
the default backup repository is selected (If you have multiple Data Domain
configured, select Map Backup to specify the exact target.
▪ Retention Policy: Specify the number of restore points or days
▪ Check the box if you need to keep certain full backups for archival purposes
▪ Check the box if you have secondary backup destination to the same job.
▪ Advanced: Advanced job settings include backup mode, compression and
deduplication, block size, notification settings, automated jobs.
7. Guest Processing: Choose the guest OS processing options available for running
VMs
8. Schedule: Specify the job scheduling options. If you do not set the schedule, the
job will need to be controlled manually, click Apply to set up a backup job
9. Summary: Check the box to run the job immediately

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10. Click Finish

11. The backup job is successfully created with: name, type, objects, target and other
details. To run the backup job, the status is stopped. To run the backup job
immediately, right click the backup job and click Start

Replication In Veeam Backup and Replication, replication is a job-driven process. To perform

Process replication, a replication job needs to be configured. A replication job defines: when, what,
how and where to replicate. One replication job can be used to process one or more
VMs.

1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console

2. Click HOME
3. Click Replication Job
4. Click Virtual Machine (or right click the Jobs > Replication > Virtual machine)
5. New Replication Job
▪ Name: Specify the name and description for this job and provide information on
your DR site

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▪ Virtual Machines: Select one or more VMs to replicate. Use exclusion settings
to exclude specific VM and virtual disks from replication if any.
▪ Destination: Specify where replicas should be created in the DR site
▪ Host or cluster: Provide host IP address or choose from the list
▪ Resource Pool: Choose resource pool of vCenter
▪ VM folder: Choose VM folder if any
▪ Datastore: Pick datastore for the replicas or Click Pick Datastore for selected
virtual disks
▪ Job Settings: Specify the backup repository located in the source site to host
metadata in, replicate the suffix and retention policy and customize advanced
job settings if required
▪ Data Transfer: Choose how VM data should be transferred to the target site.
▪ Source Proxy: Choose backup proxy servers for this job. For redundancy, it is
recommended to select at least two proxies. If Automatic selection is selected,
the job will automatically select the most suitable backup proxy from all
available backup proxy servers
▪ Target Proxy: Similar to Source proxy
▪ Direct: Select this option for local and off-site replication over fast links
▪ Through built-in WAN accelerators: Select this option for off-site replication
over slow links
▪ Gust Processing: Choose guest OS processing options available for running
VMs
▪ Enable application-aware processing: Check this option which detects and
prepares applications for consistent backup, performs transaction logs, and
configures the OS to perform required application restore steps upon first boot
▪ Guest Interaction Proxy: Guest interaction proxies are used to offload guest
processing from the backup server, click select if there is any preferred proxy,
otherwise the most suitable proxy will be selected as an automatic selection
▪ Guest OS credentials: Choose from the list or add a new account
▪ Schedule: Specify the job scheduling options. If you do not set the schedule,
the job will need to be controlled manually. Then, click Apply

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Summary: Check box to run the job immediately and click Finish
6.

Replicas are created successfully at the target provided

7. Verify on the target (vCenter) if the replica is created with the suffix

Restore Job Veeam Backup and Replication uses the same image-level backup for all data recovery
operations. You can restore VMs, VM files and drives, application items, and individual
guest OS files to the most recent state or to any available restore point. Restoration can
be done with following two different methods

• Restore from backup

• Restore from replica
Restore from backup
This method performs restore from a backup file
• Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console
• Click HOME
• Click Restore
• Click VMware vSphere

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• Select Restore from backup

• Select the type of restore you want to perform. The following types are available:
• Entire VM restore: It restores the entire VM or its individual components i.e. virtual
disks
• Instant VM recovery: Specify the details
• Machines: Select machines to be restored, you can add individual machine from
backup files by clicking on Add and then select “From infrastructure” for virtual
infrastructure or vCenter or “From backup” for the backup saved either locally or
on DD
• Restore Mode: Specify whether the selected VMs should be restored to the
original locations or to a new location or with different settings
• Secure Restore: Scan the selected backup from malware
• Reason: Specify the reason for performing this restore operation and click next
• Summary: You can copy this configuration information for future reference and click
Finish
Restore from Replica
• Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication console
• Click HOME
• Click Restore
• Click VMware vSphere
• Select Restore from replica and select the type of restore you want to perform
• Select Entire Replica to perform failover or failback operations on replica VM and
choose the applicable option

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• Select Planned failover to a replica. It performs planned failover to a replica,

preventing any data loss.
• Specify the VM by clicking on Add VM and select “from replicas”
• Click Job name and select from the list
• Click Finish

It will take a few moments to complete the process. Once completed, the replicas will be
in active state under replica tab.
• To restore it to target (vCenter), right click the VM name
• Click Failback to production and choose replicas you want to failback
• Choose target location and click Finish

Configure Cloud Veeam Backup and Replication allow users to store and restore physical and virtual
Tier machines from DD series appliance active tier to cloud tier. With Cloud tier, data is
natively tiered to the public, private or hybrid cloud for long-term retention.

To configure cloud tier on DD series appliance, the cloud capacity license must be
available, and the cloud tier storage should be presented by the cloud provider for the DD
series appliance to support cloud units.
• Login to DD System Manager using sysadmin credentials
• Click Data Management on the left pane of dashboard

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• Click File System

• Click Disable to disable file system
• Click Enable Cloud Tier
• Click CONFIGURE STORAGE
• Verify the device is available under Addable Storage and click checkbox
• Click ADD TO TIER and verify the device is available under Cloud Tier

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• Set passphrase and click ENABLE to enable cloud Tier

• Verify the CLOUD UNITS tab is available now with file system

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• Enable the file system and verify the Cloud Tier details under Summary tab

• Click CLOUD UNITS

• Click Add and specify the details
• Name: Specify the name of the Cloud units
• Cloud Provider: Select from the dropdown
• Storage Class: Select the class from the dropdown
• Storage Region: Select the region from the dropdown
• Access Key: Provide the accurate access key
• Secret Key: Provide the secret key accordingly
• HTTP Proxy Server: The No option is selected by default, Click Configure if
required
• Click ADD to finish

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• The Cloud Unit is added successfully

Note: Data Movement Policy for Mtree is added to which data is backed up by Veeam Backup
and Replicatiion

• Click Data Management

• Click Mtree
• Click Add under Data Movement Policy

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• Select created cloud unit from the dropdown

• Click ADD
• The Data Movement Policy is created successfully

The Cloud Tier Configuration is completed, and the data can be moved from Active tier to
Cloud Tier now.

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• Click start to move data from Active Tier to Cloud Tier.

• Data has been moved to Cloud Tier.

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• Data can be recalled from Cloud Tier to Active Tier for restore.

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Technical support and resources

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Storage technical documents and videos provide expertise that helps to ensure customer
success on Dell Technologies storage platforms.

Related Dell PowerProtect DD series appliance

resources
• Dell EMC DDOS Version 7.12 Administration Guide
• Dell EMC DD Boost for Open Storage - Administration Guide - 7.12
• Dell EMC DD Boost for Partner Integration - Administration Guide - 7.12
• Dell EMC DDOS Command Reference Guide - 7.12

Veeam Backup and Replication Guide

• https://www.veeam.com/documentation-guides-datasheets.html

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