Best Practices of Huawei Oceanstor Dorado V3 For Data Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software

Best Practices of Huawei
OceanStor Dorado V3 for Data

Backup and Recovery Using
Veeam Software
Issue 01
Date 2018-08-08
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Best Practices of Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 for Data
Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software Contents
Contents
1 About This Document .................................................................................................................. 3

1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
2 Introduction to OceanStor Dorado V3 ...................................................................................... 5

2.1 Product Positioning ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 HyperSnap .................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3 Veeam Backup & Replication ..................................................................................................... 8

4 Introduction to the Solution ..................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Application Scenarios ................................................................................................................................................. 10
4.2 Solution Architecture .................................................................................................................................................. 10
5 Typical Configuration ................................................................................................................ 12

5.1 Networking ................................................................................................................................................................. 12
5.2 Hardware and Software Configurations ...................................................................................................................... 13
5.3 Storage Configurations ............................................................................................................................................... 14
6 Solution Verification .................................................................................................................. 15

6.1 Verification Process .................................................................................................................................................... 15
6.2 Deploying the Environment ........................................................................................................................................ 16
6.3 Verifying the Data Backup Solution ........................................................................................................................... 26
6.4 Verification Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
7 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 39
8 Reference ...................................................................................................................................... 40
9 Glossary ........................................................................................................................................ 41
10 Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................. 42
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 1 About This Document
1 About This Document
1.1 Overview
As the enterprise network has been widely used, it is crucial for the enterprises to ensure the
security of their information assets. However, data backup as an important part of enterprise
information security architecture is usually not taken seriously. Data failures are likely to
happen during data transfer, storage, and exchange. If no measures are taken to back up or
restore data, the data may be lost, causing great losses to the enterprises.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 series (Dorado V3 for short) is brand-new all-flash enterprise
storage. This document provides a data backup solution for VMware virtual machines (VMs)
by incorporating Dorado V3's snapshot feature with the Veeam Backup & Replication
software, and offers recommended configurations and best practices for the typical
application scenarios, to meet customers' needs for data protection when they are using
VMware VMs.
This document includes:
 Introduction to Dorado V3
 The solution to restore VMware VMs on Dorado V3 by working with Veeam Backup &
Replication
 Verification of the solution
1.2 Purpose
This document verifies the feasibility of the solution that integrates Dorado V3 and Veeam
Backup & Replication software to back up VMware VMs. It helps you understand the typical
features of Huawei backup solutions and obtain the reference for IT system solutions, so as to
reduce the costs of system management, maintenance, and upgrade.
1.3 Intended Audience

This document is intended for Huawei employees, partners, and customers. You can better
understand this document if you are familiar with:
 Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 all-flash storage system
 Veeam Backup & Replication software
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 1 About This Document
 VMware vSphere virtualization

 Windows operating system (OS)
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 2 Introduction to OceanStor Dorado V3
2 Introduction to OceanStor Dorado V3
2.1 Product Positioning

Dorado V3 is an all-flash storage product designed for midtier-to-enterprise storage
environments. It provides mass data storage, fast data access, high availability, and high
utilization in the ease-of-use and energy saving form factor.
Dorado V3 offers comprehensive and superb solutions by using diverse efficiency boost
mechanisms to provide industry-leading performance. Those solutions help customers
maximize their return on investment (ROI) and meet the requirements of different application
scenarios such as online transaction processing (OLTP), online analytical processing (OLAP),
high-performance computing (HPC), server virtualization, and virtual desktop infrastructure
(VDI).
Dorado V3 uses Huawei's FlashLinkTM dedicated to flash media to achieve high performance
at 0.5 ms stable latency. Value-added services such as inline deduplication, inline compression,
and snapshot will not increase the latency. The gateway-free HyperMetro feature provides an
end-to-end active-active data center solution, which can smoothly evolve to the geo-redundant
disaster recovery (DR) solution to achieve 99.9999% reliability.
The snapshot feature of Dorado V3 implements lossless writable snapshots based on the
redirect-on-write (ROW) mechanism. Veeam Backup & Replication software working with
Huawei snapshot feature implements data protection and DR solutions in the VMware
virtualization environment, decreasing impact on the production environment and reducing
the recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO).
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Figure 2-1 Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 series
For more information, click the following link:

http://e.huawei.com/en/products/cloud-computing-dc/storage/unified-storage/dorado-v3
2.2 HyperSnap
HyperSnap is the Huawei-developed snapshot feature of Dorado V3. A snapshot is a
point-in-time copy of source data and serves as a data backup available for a specified data set.
The data backup is a static image of the source data at that time. After being created,
snapshots can be mapped to hosts to process read and write I/Os, or saved as data backups on
the storage system.
HyperSnap has the following advantages:
 Data is backed up online without service interruption.
 Lossless writable snapshots are achieved based on ROW.
 Snapshots occupy small storage space. If the source data is not modified, its snapshot
does not occupy extra storage space. If the source data is modified, the new data is
written into a new location and the snapshot will occupy extra storage space.
 The source data at multiple points in time can be quickly recovered.
Customer Benefits
Table 2-1 Customer benefits provided by HyperSnap
Benefit Description
Space-saving and A snapshot and its source data share the same storage space.
user investment saved
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Benefit Description
Independent snapshot Snapshots are independent of each other. Each client accesses
data accessible to snapshot data at different points in time for various purposes, such
various applications as data analysis and application test.
Related Concepts
 ROW
ROW is a core technology used to implement snapshot. When receiving a write request
for modifying the source data, the storage system uses ROW to save the new data to a
new location in the storage pool and directs the pointer of the modified data block to the
new location.
 Data organization
The LUNs created in the storage pool of Dorado V3 consist of metadata volumes and
data volumes.
− Metadata volume: records the data organization form (logical block address (LBA),
version, and clone ID) and data attributes. A metadata volume is organized in a tree
structure.
LBA indicates the address of a logical block; the version corresponds to the point in
time of a snapshot; and the clone ID indicates the number of data copies.
− Data volume: stores LUN data.
 Source volume
A volume that stores the source data for which snapshots are generated. It is presented as
the source LUN to users.
 Snapshot volume
A logical data copy generated for the source volume. It is presented as a snapshot LUN
to users. The data organization form (LBA, version, and clone ID) allows each single
LUN in a storage pool to have multiple data copies with the same LBA. The source LUN
and the shared metadata of its snapshots are saved to the same shared tree.
 Snapshot copy
It copies a snapshot to obtain multiple snapshot copies at the activation time. If the
snapshot data is changed, the data in the snapshot copies remains the same as that at the
snapshot activation time.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 3 Veeam Backup & Replication
3 Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & ReplicationTM is a backup solution developed for VMware vSphere and
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments. It provides a set of features for performing data
protection and DR tasks to quickly, flexibly, and reliably restore virtualized applications and
data.
Infrastructure
 Veeam backup server
The Veeam backup server is a physical or virtual machine on which Veeam Backup &
Replication is running. It is the configuration and control center in the backup
infrastructure. The backup server performs all types of administrative activities. In
addition to its primary functions, a newly deployed backup server also serves as the
default backup repository to save backups locally.
 Virtual infrastructure server
Virtual infrastructure servers are used to back up and replicate the source ESXi hosts and
targets.
 Backup proxy
Backup proxy provides an optimal route for backup traffic and enables efficient data
transfer. It retrieves VM data from the source storage, then processes and transfers the
data to the target storage.
 Backup repository
A backup repository is used to store backup files and copies.
Backup
Veeam Backup & Replication produces image-level backups of VMs. It treats VMs as objects.
When you back up VMs, Veeam Backup & Replication copies a VM image as a whole, at a
block level. Image-level backups can be used for different types of recovery, including VM
recovery, entire VM recovery, VM file recovery, and file-level recovery.
The backup technology is typically used for VMs with lower RTOs. When the primary VM
fails, you can restore VM data from the backup file.
Data Recovery
Veeam Backup & Replication offers a number of recovery options for various DR scenarios:
 Instant VM recovery enables you to instantly start a VM directly from a backup file.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 3 Veeam Backup & Replication
 Entire VM recovery enables you to restore a VM from a backup file to its original or
another location.
 VM file recovery enables you to recover individual VM files (such as virtual disks and
configuration files).
 Guest OS file recovery enables you to recover individual guest OS files from Windows,
Linux, and other OSs.
Veeam Backup & Replication uses the same image-level backup for all data recovery
operations. You can restore VMs, VM files, and individual guest OS files to the most recent
state or to any available restore point.
Highlights of Huawei and Veeam Integration

Huawei OceanStor series storage systems paired with Veeam Universal Storage API aim to
decrease impact on production environment and reduce the RPO and RTO.
 VM data retrieval decreases the impact of backup activities on VMware production
VMs.
 Individual VM or entire VMs can be recovered quickly and efficiently.
 Scheduled backup tasks periodically create snapshots on Huawei OceanStor storage
devices.
 A separate copy of the production environment can be generated with only a few clicks,
facilitating development, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 4 Introduction to the Solution
4 Introduction to the Solution
4.1 Application Scenarios

As the volume of enterprise data grows, enterprise administrators are attaching greater
importance to the security and significance of various data. Data backup and recovery are
critical measures in response to possible accidents such as file loss or data corruption. In the
event of data loss or corruption, you can use backups to restore data.
Veeam Backup & Replication software works with Huawei snapshot feature to provide a data
protection and disaster recovery solution for VMware vSphere applications, which protects
the systems against data loss or corruption with the minimal RPO, RTO, or impact on the
production system.
For the compatibility and restrictions of Veeam Backup & Replication, see:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/storage_backup.html?ver=95
4.2 Solution Architecture

Veeam Backup & Replication's built-in integration with Huawei storage systems helps
decrease impact on the production environment and minimize the RPO. In addition, Huawei
storage can use the Veeam Universal API to integrate its storage solutions with Veeam Backup
& Replication. With this integration, Veeam Backup & Replication invokes storage snapshots
via the Universal API to back up and restore data.
Figure 4-1 shows the solution architecture. On the Veeam Backup Server console, connect
source ESX hosts to the backup proxy, and connect the proxy to the backup repository to back
up the VM data to the repository.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 4 Introduction to the Solution
Figure 4-1 Solution architecture
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 5 Typical Configuration
5 Typical Configuration
5.1 Networking
Figure 5-1 shows the solution network, which adopts 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel and uses two
switches for redundancy.
Figure 5-1 Solution network diagram
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 Dorado6000 V3 maps LUNs to ESX6.0 hosts through a Fibre Channel fabric. Datastores are created
on the LUNs, and VMs are created on the datastores.
 OceanStor 5600 V5 maps LUNs to the proxy host and Veeam backup server through a Fibre Channel
fabric. Drive letters are created and mounted to store backup media.
 The Veeam backup server is a physical or virtual machine running the Windows operating system.
Veeam Backup & Replication is installed on the Veeam backup server. It is the configuration and
control center in the backup infrastructure, and also used to store backup media.
 The proxy host is used to store backup media, which is added to Veeam backup server.
5.2 Hardware and Software Configurations

Table 5-1 Hardware configurations
Hardware Configuration Quantity

RH2288 V3 2 x CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10 GHz 3
64 GB memory
1 x dual-port 8 Gbit/s HBA
Dorado6000 V3 2 x controller with 256 GB memory 1
2 x four-port 12 Gbit/s SAS interface card
2 x dual-port 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
interface card
1 x 2 U disk enclosure
25 x 3.6 TB SSD
OceanStor 5600 V5 2 x controller with 256 GB memory 1
2 x four-port 12 Gbit/s SAS interface card
2 x dual-port 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
interface card
1 x 2 U disk enclosure
25 x 3.6 TB SSD
SNS2224 24 x 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel port 2
Table 5-2 Software configurations
Software Version Remarks

Windows OS Windows Server 2012 Operating system for Veeam
backup server and proxy
VMware ESX ESXi 6.0 VMware ESX host
OceanStor Dorado6000 V300R001 Storage system with the
V3 HyperSnap license
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Software Version Remarks

OceanStor 5600 V5 V500R007 Storage system with the
HyperSnap license
Veeam Backup & Veeam Backup & Replication Backup software
Replication 9.5 Update 3a
5.3 Storage Configurations

In this solution, Dorado6000 V3 and OceanStor 5600 V5 storage systems are used to carry
production storage services and store backup media, respectively. The following table lists the
typical storage configurations.
Storage Disk Storage LUN Remarks

Domain Pool
OceanStor 16 TB 16 TB 8 x 1 TB (SYS Datastore used for VM
Dorado6000 V3 datastore) system disks
4 x 500 GB Datastore used for VM
(DATA data disks
datastore)
OceanStor 5600 6 TB 6 TB 2 x 400 GB Mapped to the Veeam
V5 backup server and proxy
host for storing backup
media.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 6 Solution Verification
6 Solution Verification
6.1 Verification Process

This test verifies the backup solution of Dorado V3 for VMware vSphere virtual
environments. Figure 6-1 shows the verification flowchart.
Figure 6-1 Verification process
Table 6-1 describes each step.
Table 6-1 Description of the verification procedure
Procedure Description
Deploying the Environment deployment includes installing the Veeam Backup &
environment Replication software, login and adding Huawei storage, adding
VMware vSphere, adding the proxy host, and adding the repository.
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Procedure Description
Verifying the data This test creates four backup tasks and each backup task backs up 10
backup solution Windows VMs at a time. First, create test data for one VM and back
up the VM. After the backup is complete, delete the test data and
execute the recovery task. Verify that the test data on the VM is
successfully recovered.
6.2 Deploying the Environment

Software Installation
Install the Veeam software by referring to Installing Veeam Backup & Replication, then install
the Huawei plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication by selecting the default installation
option.
Download address for the plug-in:

https://www.veeam.com/data-center-availability-suite-new-download.html
Adding Huawei Storage

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and open the STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
view. In the ADD STORAGE wizard, choose Huawei to add a Huawei storage device. The
detailed procedure is as follows:
Step 1 Select a storage model.
This solution uses Dorado6000 V3 storage system as the production storage.
Figure 6-2 Adding a Huawei storage
Step 2 Enter the storage device's IP address and click Next.
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Figure 6-3 Entering the IP address
Step 3 Enter the user name and password.

Click Add. In the dialog box that is displayed, enter the user name and password and click
Next.
Figure 6-4 Entering user name and password
Step 4 Select a protocol.

This solution uses Fibre Channel by default.
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Figure 6-5 Selecting a protocol
Step 5 Review and apply the configurations.

The information summary page is displayed. Click Finish to complete the storage device
configuration.
Figure 6-6 Information summary page
----End
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Adding VMware vSphere

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and add VMware vSphere on the INVENTORY page.
The detailed procedure is as follows:
Step 1 Enter the IP address of the VMware server and click Next.
Figure 6-7 Entering the IP address
Step 2 Enter the user name and password and click Next.
Figure 6-8 Entering the user name and password
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The information summary page is displayed. Click Finish to complete the configuration.
----End
Adding the Backup Proxy

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication, open the BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE page,
then add proxy in the Backup Proxies column.
Step 1 Choose the server.
Right-click Add VMware Backup Proxy, and click Add New in the displayed dialog box.
Then enter the IP address, user name, and password to add the proxy server.
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Figure 6-9 Adding the backup proxy server
Step 2 Apply the network traffic rules.

Use the default traffic rules. Click Apply.
Figure 6-10 Applying the traffic rules
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The information summary page is displayed. Click Finish to complete the proxy server
configuration.
----End
Adding the Backup Repository

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and open the BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE page.
Add the repository in Backup Repositories. Choose the drive letter of the proxy server as the
backup repository. In this solution, the proxy server uses LUNs mapped by the backup media
storage.
Step 1 Name the backup repository.
Right-click and choose Add Backup Repository from the shortcut menu. On the page that is
displayed, name the repository.
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Figure 6-12 Entering a name for the repository
Step 2 Choose the backup repository type.

Set the repository type to Microsoft Windows Server, because the proxy server runs
Windows.
Figure 6-13 Choosing the backup repository type
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Step 3 Choose a repository server.

Drive D is the drive letter mapped by the backup media storage to the proxy. Choose drive D
as the backup storage disk.
Figure 6-14 Choosing the repository server
Step 4 Specify a save path for backup files.

By default, the backup files are stored in the D:\Backups folder.
Figure 6-15 Save path for backup files
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Step 5 Specify a mount server.

By default, backup files are mounted to the proxy server.
Figure 6-16 Specifying a mount server
Step 6 Review the settings.

The information summary page is displayed.
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Step 7 Apply the settings.

Click Apply and wait until the backup repository is created.
Figure 6-18 Applying the settings
----End
6.3 Verifying the Data Backup Solution

This section uses Veeam integrated with Huawei snapshot feature to initiate backup tasks for
40 VMs. Each backup task backs up 10 VMs at a time, and a total of four backup tasks are
created. To verify the data backup solution, first create test data for one VM and back up the
VM. After the backup is complete, delete the test data and execute the recovery task. Then,
check whether the recovery task is successful by comparing the recovered date with the
backup data.
Data Backup
Repeat the following steps to create four backup tasks (the backup proxies and backup
repositories are evenly distributed to the server host and agent host).
Step 1 Create test data before backup.
Before performing a backup task, create a folder and two .txt files on a Windows VM.
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Figure 6-19 Creating test data
Step 2 Create a VM backup task.

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and create a VM backup task on the Home page.
Figure 6-20 Creating a VM backup task
Step 3 Name the backup task.
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Figure 6-21 Naming the backup task
Step 4 Select the backup objects.

In Virtual Machines, click Add and select Windows VMs on the ESX host as the backup
objects.
Figure 6-22 Selecting VMs
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Step 5 Confirm the backup objects.

There are 10 backup objects with a total size of 660 GB, including 9 x 40 GB VMs and 1 x
300 GB VM.
Figure 6-23 Confirming the backup objects
Step 6 Specify the backup proxy and backup repository.

In Storage, choose the backup proxy server and backup repository. Then, select the
Configure secondary destinations for this job.
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Figure 6-24 Specifying the backup proxy and backup repository
Step 7 Add Huawei snapshot feature.

In Secondary Target, add Huawei snapshot feature.
Figure 6-25 Adding Huawei snapshot feature
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Step 8 Configure the client.

The test uses the default settings. You can change the settings as required.
Figure 6-26 Configuring the client
Step 9 Set the backup schedule.

The backup schedule is specified manually.
Figure 6-27 Setting the backup schedule
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Step 10 Review and apply the settings.

The information summary page is displayed. Click Finish.
Step 11 Review the backup tasks.

Figure 6-29 shows the four backup tasks, each of which backs up 10 VMs.
Figure 6-29 Backup tasks
Step 12 Start the backup.
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Click Start to execute the backup. Figure 6-30 shows the backup progress. Storage snapshots
are used to back up data and the backup bandwidth is 890 MB/s.
Figure 6-30 Backup progress
Step 13 Query storage snapshots.

Log in to the production storage and choose Data Protection > Snapshot. It is found that the
Veeam software has invoked the snapshot feature to create four backup tasks for backing up
the LUNs that carry the VMs.
Figure 6-31 Huawei storage snapshots
----End
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Data Recovery
The following deletes the test data to simulate data corruption, and then uses the backups to
recover data to verify the recovery function.
Step 1 Delete the test data.
Delete the a.txt file from the backup Windows VM.
Figure 6-32 Deleting test data on the VM
Step 2 Execute the VM recovery task.

Log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and open the Virtual Machine page. In the
INVENTORY pane, choose the VM to be recovered, then right-click and choose Restore
virtual disks to start the recovery.
Figure 6-33 Executing the VM recovery
Step 3 Select the backup data.

Select the desired backup data and click Next.
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Figure 6-34 Selecting the backup data
Step 4 Select the virtual disk for backup.

Select windowsa_1.vmdk on which the test data is stored.
Figure 6-35 Selecting the disk to be restored
Step 5 Power off the VM.

To recover the VM, you need to shut down it.
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Figure 6-36 Power-off prompt
Step 6 Specify the recovery reason.

Specify the reason for performing this recovery operation, and then click Next.
Figure 6-37 Specifying the recovery reason
Step 7 Review and apply the settings.
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The information summary page is displayed. Select Power on target VM after restoring and
then click Finish.
Step 8 Check the recovery progress.

Figure 6-39 shows the progress of the VM recovery task.
Figure 6-39 VM recovery progress
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Step 9 Compare the test data.

After the recovery is complete, log in to the Windows VM to check whether the a.txt file is
recovered successfully. If it is recovered, compare its data with that before the backup.
Figure 6-40 Comparing the test data
----End
6.4 Verification Results

The data backup solution for VMs by using Veeam Backup & Replication paired with Huawei
snapshot feature can simultaneously back up 2.5 TB data of 40 VMs with 890 MB/s
bandwidth. After the backup is complete, data can be recovered successfully in the event of
data corruption, and the recovered data is consistent with the original data.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 7 Summary
7 Summary
This document provides a verified solution and typical configurations for data backup by
incorporating Dorado V3's snapshot feature with the Veeam Backup & Replication software.
The networking, parameter settings, and test methods provided in this document can be used
as references to facilitate planning and deployment of the Veeam data backup environment in
Dorado V3 storage system, and reduce risks.
The Veeam backup software paired with the snapshot feature of Dorado V3 allows enterprises
to back up VMs in a quick, easy, and space-saving way, solving the major problem
encountered by the enterprise architecture.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 8 Reference
8 Reference
http://support.huawei.com/carrier/docview!docview?nid=DOC1000342099
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 9 Glossary
9 Glossary
Table 9-1 Glossary
Term Definition
Controller The control logic in a storage subsystem that performs command
transformation and routing, aggregation (RAID, mirroring, striping,
or other), high-level error recovery, and performance optimization
for multiple storage devices.
Controller enclosure An enclosure that accommodates controllers and provides storage
services. It is the core component of a storage system and generally
consists of components, such as controllers, power supplies, and
fans.
Disk enclosure An enclosure that consists of components such as expansion
modules, disk modules, power supplies, and fan modules. System
capacity can be expanded by cascading multiple disk enclosures.
RAID level The application of different redundant types to a logical drive. A
RAID level improves the fault tolerance or performance of the
logical drive but reduces the available capacity of the logical drive.
Each logical drive must be specified a RAID level.
Storage system An integrated system that consists of the following parts: controller,
storage array, host bus adapter, physical connection between
storage units, and all control software.
Thin LUN A logic disk that can be accessed by hosts. It dynamically allocates
storage resources from the thin pool according to the actual capacity
requirements of users.
VM A virtual computer simulated by VMware, that is, a logical
computer.
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Backup and Recovery Using Veeam Software 10 Acronyms and Abbreviations
10 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table 10-1 Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym or Abbreviation Full Spelling

FC Fibre Channel
GE Gigabit Ethernet
HBA Host Bus Adapter
LUN Logical Unit Number
SAN Storage Area Network
SSD Solid-State Drive
VM Virtual Machine
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1 About This Document .................................................................................................................. 3

2 Introduction to OceanStor Dorado V3 ...................................................................................... 5

3 Veeam Backup & Replication ..................................................................................................... 8

5 Typical Configuration ................................................................................................................ 12

6 Solution Verification .................................................................................................................. 15

1 About This Document

1.3 Intended Audience

 VMware vSphere virtualization

2 Introduction to OceanStor Dorado V3

2.1 Product Positioning

Figure 2-1 Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 series

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Table 2-1 Customer benefits provided by HyperSnap

3 Veeam Backup & Replication

Highlights of Huawei and Veeam Integration

4 Introduction to the Solution

4.1 Application Scenarios

4.2 Solution Architecture

Figure 4-1 Solution architecture

Figure 5-1 Solution network diagram

5.2 Hardware and Software Configurations

Hardware Configuration Quantity

Table 5-2 Software configurations

Software Version Remarks

Software Version Remarks

5.3 Storage Configurations

Storage Disk Storage LUN Remarks

6.1 Verification Process

Figure 6-1 Verification process

Table 6-1 describes each step.

Table 6-1 Description of the verification procedure

6.2 Deploying the Environment

Download address for the plug-in:

Adding Huawei Storage

Figure 6-2 Adding a Huawei storage

Step 2 Enter the storage device's IP address and click Next.

Figure 6-3 Entering the IP address

Step 3 Enter the user name and password.

Figure 6-4 Entering user name and password

Step 4 Select a protocol.

Figure 6-5 Selecting a protocol

Step 5 Review and apply the configurations.

Figure 6-6 Information summary page

Adding VMware vSphere

Figure 6-7 Entering the IP address

Figure 6-8 Entering the user name and password

Step 3 Review and apply the configurations.

Adding the Backup Proxy

Figure 6-9 Adding the backup proxy server

Step 2 Apply the network traffic rules.

Figure 6-10 Applying the traffic rules

Step 3 Review and apply the configurations.

Figure 6-11 Information summary page

Adding the Backup Repository

Figure 6-12 Entering a name for the repository

Step 2 Choose the backup repository type.

Figure 6-13 Choosing the backup repository type

Step 3 Choose a repository server.