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Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. StarWind iSCSI SAN Software: Virtual Tape Library (Part 1) www.starwindsoftware.com StarWind Software Technical Reference Series COPYRIGHT Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of StarWind Software. TRADEMARKS StarWind, StarWind Software and the StarWind and the StarWind Software logos are trademarks of StarWind Software which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners. CHANGES The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. 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Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 6 Configuring StarWind Server ................................................................................................................ 6 Preparing Virtual Tape Device ....................................................................................................... 14 Configuring iSCSI Client ................................................................................................................ 14 Connect the Target ................................................................................................................ 21 Install StarWind VTL Tape Driver ....................................................................................................... 27 Backup or Restore Wizard ................................................................................................................ 27 Prepare the Media ................................................................................................................ 29 Backup ................................................................................................................ 33 Restore ................................................................................................................ 37 Erase Media ....................................................................................................... 41 Conclusion StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 4 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Guide Introduction StarWind Software Inc. StarWind allows you to create Virtual Tape Devices and Tape Libraries based upon hard disk storage. A Virtual Tape Device is a special hard drive file thats made available to your network that is normally used for file backup and recovery proposes. By enabling virtualized hard drive space as a Tape Device, Backup Managers are able to integrate VTLs with existing backup software and current backup and recovery processes and procedures. It also enables the backup to disk functionality that many older backup software versions do not support. This prevents unnecessary and costly backup software upgrades. Starwinds VTL solution allows Backup Managers to store backup data on inexpensive PATA and SATA hard drive systems, instead of having to use expensive tapes and tape drive systems. And by backing up your data to disk instead of tapes, VTLs will most often increase performance for both backup and restore operations. Scalability is increased by using RAID array enclosures to host and store your VTLs, by allowing the addition of more hard drives and/ or enclosures to increase overall storage capacity. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 5 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. This document provides step-by-step instructions on using StarWind virtual tape devices. Figure 1. StarWind provides virtual tape devices StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 6 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Configuring StarWind Server Preparing Virtual Tape Device Launch the StarWind console Start -> All Programs -> StarWind Software -> StarWind -> StarWind. Whenever the StarWind Console is running, its icon will appear in the system tray. The StarWind Console may be accessed by either double clicking the icon using the left mouse button or single click with the right mouse button and selecting the Start Management menu item from the pop-up menu. From the Connections tree select the computer you want to provision the iSCSI target device on. Press Connect button to continue. You will be prompted to enter the login and password. Default ones are: test, test. You can always change them later. Press Add Target button to continue. In the Wizard that appears, specify a target name. The name must be a unique name by which the device will be declared to the iSCSI initiators connecting to StarWind over an IP network. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 7 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Select Tape Device. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 8 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Select Virtual. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 9 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Select Create new virtual tape to create a new image or Mount existing virtual tape to mount an existing image that youve prepared before. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 10 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. If you have decided to create a new virtual tape, specify the location and the name of the virtual tape you want to be created. The virtual tape size is specified in megabytes. Refer to the online help for details regarding additional parameters (Fill with zeroes, Compressed and Encrypted). Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 11 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. An Virtual tape device can have additional parameters. Refer to the online help for details regarding the additional parameters ( Read-only mode and Allow multiple connections (clustering)). Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 12 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Check the device parameters are correct. Press the Back button should any changes be required. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 13 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. A summary of the created device is displayed on the last wizard page (see image below). Press the Finish button to close the wizard. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 14 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Configuring iSCSI Client Connect the Target Launch the Computer Management console. Note that it currently shows no tape devices connected. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 15 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Launch the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator application Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft iSCSI Initiator -> Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Switch to the Discovery tab. Click Add in the Target Portals group. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 16 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. In the Add Target Portal dialog, type in the IP address of the computer with StarWind installed and the port number assigned to StarWind (default : 3260). Press the OK button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 17 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Switch to the Targets tab. Select the target name from the list (if no targets are listed, press the Refresh button). Press the Log On button. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 18 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. In the Log On to Target dialog, enable the Automatically restore this connection when the system boots checkbox. Press the OK button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 19 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. If the logon is successful, the iSCSI device will show a status of Connected. It may take a few seconds for the device to appear in Windows. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 20 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. After connecting to the target, the tape device will appear as a local device. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 21 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Install StarWind VTL Tape Driver Launch the driver installer. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 22 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Accept the license agreement. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 23 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Specify the installation location or accept the default one. Press the Next button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 24 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Ensure the destination location is correct or press the Back button if any changes are required. Press the Install button to start installation. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 25 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Completing the StarWind VTL Tape Driver Setup page appears. Press the Finish button to close the wizard. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 26 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The driver is installed and the device is now ready for use. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 27 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Backup or Restore Wizard Prepare the Media Launch the Computer Management console. Select the Media node. Press the right mouse button over the media and select the Free pop-up menu item. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 28 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Confirmation dialog appears. Press the Yes button to continue or No button to abort. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 29 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Backup Now we are ready to perform a backup. Launch the Backup or Restore Wizard by selecting Start ->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Backup Click the Advanced Mode link. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 30 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Select the Backup tab. Choose a directory you wish to backup. Specify the Backup destination and the Backup media or filename. Press the Start Backup button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 31 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Backup Job Information dialog appears. Optionally you may specify the Backup description and a label to identify the media. Press the Star Backup button to begin backup. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 32 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. When the backup is complete. You may optionally view the backup report. Press the Close button to exit the dialog. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 33 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Restore Launch the Backup or Restore Wizard by selecting Start ->All Programs- >Accessories->System Tools->Backup. Select the Restore and Manage Media tab. Choose the item you wish to restore. Specify the restore location. You can restore to either the Original location or an Alternate location. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 34 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. If you have decided to restore to an Alternate location, specify the alternate path. Press the Start Restore button to continue. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 35 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Confirmation dialog appears. You may optionally press the Advanced button to set advanced options. Press the OK button to begin restore. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 36 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. When the restore is complete. You may optionally view the restore report. Press the Close button to exit the dialog. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 37 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Erase Media Launch the Computer Management console. Switch to the Media node. Press the right mouse button over the media and select the All Tasks - >Deallocate item from the popup menu. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 38 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Confirmation dialog appears. Press the Yes button to continue or No button to abort. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 39 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Select the Media node. Press the right mouse button over the media and select the Free pop-up menu item. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 40 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. The Confirmation dialog appears. Press the Yes button to continue or No button to abort. StarWind Software Technical Reference Series 41 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Conclusion StarWind Software Technical Reference Series Contacts StarWind Software Inc. 40 Mall Rd., Burlington MA 01803, USA www.starwindsoftware.com Support: Support Forum: Sales E-mail: US Headquarters EMEA, APAC www.starwindsoftware.com/support www.starwindsoftware.com/forums sales@starwindsoftware.com Direct phone numbers: +44-0-2071936727 +44-0-2071936350 42 Copyright StarWind Software 2008-2011. All rights reserved. Voice Mail: 1-866-790-2646 Direct phone number: 1-617-449-7717 Fax: 1-617-507-5845