B&R from Dell Equallogic

[cdfosburg]

Hello All,

I am trying to look into direct san access for my B&R setup. We are running the most current version of the server and proxies.

The question is, does anyone have a guide of what needs to be done for the proxy to interface with the Dell Equallogic? Also does it require the proxy to be a physical machine?

I assume direct san backups are faster vs using vSphere, but if anyone has any insight, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Chris

[foggy]

The question is, does anyone have a guide of what needs to be done for the proxy to interface with the Dell Equallogic?

Chris, please review the corresponding FAQ section, also there are a lot of existing topics regarding that, so you can use search to find those discussing your storage specifically.

Also does it require the proxy to be a physical machine?

Depending on the connection, it can be either physical or virtual. However, virtual proxy doesn't make much sense in this case.

I assume direct san backups are faster vs using vSphere, but if anyone has any insight, I would appreciate it.

Typically, direct SAN backups are faster than using hotadd, however it always depends on the particular setup.

[cdfosburg]

Depending on the connection, it can be either physical or virtual. However, virtual proxy doesn't make much sense in this case.

So it can be virtual, however the recommended is to have it be physical and connected directly into the SAN switches?

[foggy]

Correct.

[cdfosburg]

Ok, So I finally have the equipment to do this. I "think" I setup the HIT correctly for my Equallogic. however, how can I tell this is working?

[cdfosburg]

I tried to edit my post, but could not. So, I have confirmed with Dell that I am connected to my Equallogic and can see all the iSCSI connections. I checked on my Server 2012 R2 and I also can see all the connections under the Microsoft iSCSI connector. Now, I tried to follow the article http://www.jpaul.me/2010/08/the-mission ... n-backups/, but it is a bit out of date when it comes to 2012R2.

So, if I am authenticated to my SAN and I start the connection to the lun via iSCSI, why is my backup still failing?

[foggy]

Do you see VMFS volumes in the Windows Disk Management snap-in? What is the reason of the job failure?