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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14 Network-Attached Storage User Guide

NAS appliance protection prerequisites

Before you configure PowerProtect Data Manager for NAS protection, observe the following points and perform the following actions:

  1. Ensure that there are sufficient vCenter resources available to deploy a NAS protection engine. Resource requirements for a NAS protection engine provides more information.
  2. Open the required ports between all components, including the NAS. The PowerProtect Data Manager Security Configuration Guide provides more information and instructions.

    For example, Windows file servers require an outbound rule to allow traffic on ports 139 and 445. Modify the firewall to open these ports.

  3. NAS protection engines require time synchronization with PowerProtect Data Manager for deployment and operation. Configure an NTP server. In the time configuration options for each ESXi server, enable the NTP client and ensure that the NTP service is running.
  4. Configure PowerProtect Data Manager. Configure PowerProtect Data Manager for NAS protection provides more information.

Appliance protection

The following prerequisites apply for PowerScale appliances:

The PowerScale OneFS Web Administration Guide and PowerScale OneFS CLI Administration Guide provide more information and instructions, where not otherwise indicated here.

  1. Create a NAS protection user in the System access zone with the BackupAdmin role.

    The NAS protection user needs read/write Windows ACL NTFS and share permissions.

    Supply the NAS protection user credentials as the management credentials when you add the NAS appliance, when you add CIFS shares to a protection policy, and when you set asset level credentials.

  2. Some required paths are not shared by default. Add the NAS protection engine and PowerProtect Data Manager by hostname, FQDN, or IP address as clients, root clients, and read/write clients to the NFS export.
  3. For NFS shares, add clients to the exports for other shares, as required. Files with restricted permissions provides more information.
  4. For NFS shares, change the global settings to enable NFS export services. Enable NFSv3 or NFSv4, as required.
  5. For SMB shares, configure the following settings in the PowerScale UI SMB server settings area:
    Table 1. PowerScale SMB settingsPowerScale SMB settings
    Setting Value
    Visible at Root Yes
    Accessible at Root Yes
    Visible in Subdirectory No
    Accessible in Subdirectory Yes

Notes

  1. A trial license is provided with the PowerProtect Data Manager software. Contact Customer Support for assistance with a permanent PowerProtect Data Manager license.
  2. When signing occurs during certificate exchange between PowerProtect Data Manager and NAS asset sources, if you have specified a hostname or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) with an underscore (_), then communication happens by IP address, as provided during registration.
  3. Before you add a 9.3 or earlier versions of PowerScale appliance, enable basic authentication through the appliance console. To enable run the following command in the PowerScale console.
    isi_gconfig -t web-config auth_basic=true

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