Dell EMC PowerProtect DDVE on Google Cloud Platform 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

Configure DDVE in GCP using CLI

You can log in using SSH to configure DDVE using the command line interface. Authentication using key-value pair and username and password are supported.

1. Log in to the DDVE instance to configure the system. The default login credentials for the DDVE instance are: sysadmin/<Instance_Id>.
   NOTE The exact DDOS version that is shown here varies depending on the deployment. The version numbers that are listed in this document are only an example.

   # ssh sysadmin@<IP address of DDVE>
   EMC DD Virtual Edition
   Password:
   
   Welcome to Data Domain OS 7.9.0.0-*******
   ------------------------------------------
   sysadmin@myddve0#
   

2. During the first login, you are prompted to accept the EULA and change the password.
   The configuration wizard launches.
3. Follow the steps in the wizard to add elicenses and configure the Object Store.
   NOTE

   • If an elicense file cannot be found in /ddr/var, you can paste the license directly in the wizard.
   • If HMAC authentication is selected, Get access and secret keys from GCP web console provides steps to get the access and secret keys.
   • If OAuth 2.0 authentication is selected, Using OAuth 2.0 (recommended) provides the steps to create a service account.

   Welcome to Data Domain OS 7.9.0.0-*******
   -----------------------------------------
   Press any key then hit enter to acknowledge the receipt of EULA information: q
   Enter new password:
   Re-enter new password:
   Passwords matched.
   
   Security Officer
   Do you want to create security officer ? (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   Do you want to configure system using GUI wizard (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   Network Configuration
   Configure Network at this time (yes|no) [no]: yes
   
   Use DHCP
   Use DHCP for hostname, domainname, default gateway and DNS servers?
   (At least one interface needs to be configured using DHCP) (yes|no|?) [yes]: yes
   
   Ethernet port ethV0
   Enable Ethernet port ethV0 (yes|no|?) [yes]: yes
   Use DHCP on Ethernet port ethV0 (yes|no|?) [yes]: yes
   
   Pending Network Settings
   Hostname Use DHCP
   Domain name Use DHCP
   Default Gateway Use DHCP
   DNS Server List Use DHCP
   Port Enabled Cable DHCP IP Address Netmask or Prefix Length
   ----- ------- ----- ---- ----------- ------------------------
   ethV0 yes yes yes 10.31.0.90* 255.255.255.255*
   ----- ------- ----- ---- ----------- ------------------------
   * Value from DHCP
   Do you want to save these settings (Save|Cancel|Retry): save
   
   eLicenses Configuration
   Configure eLicenses at this time (yes|no) [no]: yes
   
   Available eLicense Files
   # File Name
   - ------------
   1 elicense.lic
   - ------------
   
   
   Do you want to use an existing eLicense file (yes|no)
   [yes]: yes
   Enter the index of eLicense file [1|cancel]
   : 1
   
   Pending eLicense Settings
   Existing Licenses:
   Capacity licenses:
   ## Feature Capacity Type State Expiration Date Note
   -- -------- ---------- ---------- ------ --------------- ----
   1 CAPACITY 232.83 TiB evaluation active 2022-09-04
   -- -------- ---------- ---------- ------ --------------- ----
   
   Feature licenses:
   ## Feature Count Type State Expiration Date Note
   -- ------------------------- ----- ---------- ------ --------------- ----
   1 REPLICATION 1 evaluation active 2022-09-04
   2 DDBOOST 1 evaluation active 2022-09-04
   3 RETENTION-LOCK-GOVERNANCE 1 evaluation active 2022-09-04
   4 ENCRYPTION 1 evaluation active 2022-09-04
   -- ------------------------- ----- ---------- ------ --------------- ----
   
   New Licenses:
   Capacity licenses:
   ## Feature Capacity Type State Expiration Date Note
   -- -------- --------- --------------- ------ --------------- ----
   1 CAPACITY 87.31 TiB permanent (int) active n/a
   -- -------- --------- --------------- ------ --------------- ----
   
   
   ** New license(s) will overwrite existing license(s).
   Do you want to save these settings (Save|Cancel|Retry): save
   
   Successfully updated eLicenses.
   
   Filesystem Configuration
   Configure Filesystem at this time (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   System Configuration
   Configure System at this time (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   CIFS Configuration
   Configure CIFS at this time (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   NFS Configuration
   Configure NFS at this time (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   SMT Configuration
   Configure SMT at this time (yes|no) [no]: no
   
   Storage object-store profile Configuration
   Configure Storage object-store profile at this time (yes|no) [no]: yes
   
   Do you want to enable object store (yes|no)
   [yes]: yes
   A passphrase needs to be set on the system.
   Enter new passphrase:
   Re-enter new passphrase:
   Passphrases matched.
   OAuth is the recommended way of authentication to
   the object store. Do you want to choose OAuth? (yes|no) [yes]: yes
   Enter the bucket name: app-bucket1
   
   Object-store endpoint needs the GlobalSign Root CA certificate to be imported.
   Do you want to import that certificate with below fingerprint?
   B1:BC:96:8B:D4:F4:9D:62:2A:A8:9A:81:F2:15:01:52:A4:1D:82:9C (yes|no) [yes]: yes
   
   Pending Object Store Settings
   Bucket name: app-bucket1
   
   Do you want to save these settings (Save|Cancel|Retry): save
   The passphrase is set
   
   Successfully set object store profile.
   
   Configuration complete.

4. Run the following command to view the disks that are attached to the DDVE:

   # disk show hardware
   
   Example:
   
   # disk show hardware
   Disk   Slot        Manufacturer/Model         Firmware   Serial No.   Capacity    Type
          (pci/idx)
   ----   ---------   ------------------------   --------   ----------   ---------   -------
   dev1   0:0         Google  PersistentDisk     n/a        (unknown)    250.0 GiB   SAS
   dev2   0:1         Google  PersistentDisk     n/a        (unknown)    10.0 GiB    SAS-SSD
   dev3   0:2         Google  PersistentDisk     n/a        (unknown)    1.0 TiB     SAS-SSD
   dev4   0:3         Google  PersistentDisk     n/a        (unknown)    1.0 TiB     SAS-SSD
   ----   ---------   ------------------------   --------   ----------   ---------   -------
   4 drives present.
   

5. Add the disks to the active tier (this action adds the metadata storage disk to the instance).

   # storage add tier active dev<n>

6. Create and enable file system.

   # filesys create
   # filesys enable
   

   NOTE DDVE running in GCP must have its clock synchronized with NTP for successful object store communication. The DDVE automatically synchronizes its clock by using the time server information in the DHCP response that the GCP infrastructure provides. If there are any changes in the GCP setup that prevent NTP server announcement, configure NTP explicitly by using ntp add timeserver <server> and ntp sync commands. You can check the NTP status for your instance by running the command ntp status.

   See Google set up network time protocol (NTP) for instances for more information about GCP time synchronization.