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Configuring IBM Spectrum Protect to use Dell EMC ECS

Abstract This white paper describes how to configure IBM Spectrum Protect to use Dell

EMC ECS

December 2019

Revisions

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Date Description

December 2019 Initial release

Acknowledgements

This paper was produced by the following:

Author: Paul McKeown

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Table of contents

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Table of contents

Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2

Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4

1 Configure ECS.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

1.1 Create Replication Group and Namespace ........................................................................................................ 5

1.2 Create an ECS S3 User ..................................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Create Bucket ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

2 Configure IBM Spectrum Protect................................................................................................................................ 10

2.1 Configure Windows .......................................................................................................................................... 10

2.2 Define an ECS Storage Pool in Spectrum Protect ........................................................................................... 12

2.3 Backup a client to Dell EMC ECS..................................................................................................................... 17

A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 21

A.1 Related resources............................................................................................................................................. 21

Executive summary

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Executive summary

This whitepaper covers

• configuration requirements for Dell EMC ECS

• how to configure IBM Spectrum Protect™ to use Dell EMC ECS™ as a Storage Pool for backup and

archive

This discussion in this whitepaper uses as an example IBM Spectrum Protect on Microsoft Windows Server™

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1 Configure ECS This section covers the creation of an ECS Replication Group, Namespace, user and bucket for use with IBM

Spectrum Protect

1.1 Create Replication Group and Namespace If not already created, create a Replication Group on the ECS. This can be done by using the ECS

Management GUI and selecting the New Replication Group option

On creating a replication group, specify which VDCs to include the group and which of the Storage Pools from

that VDC will be used.

Next, create a Namespace that the IBM Spectrum Protect user will use, from the ECS Management GUI,

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Specify if the buckets created in this Namespace are to be available after an outage of a VDC has occurred

(Access During Outage setting), quotas of individual buckets to be set at the Namespace level and

Compliance and Retention Policy options. For more details of Namespace configuration refer to the ECS

Online Administrator Guide.

Note: If you specify Compliance to be true for a Namespace then IBM Spectrum Protect cannot create the

buckets, they must be created using the ECS Management GUI.

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1.2 Create an ECS S3 user Create an ECS S3 User for use with Spectrum Protect. This can be done from the ECS Management GUI,

The Management GUI will provide a generated secret (or password) for the user, both of which will be

required when configuring IBM Spectrum Protect to use ECS later, a note of these should be made.

Further details on creating ECS users can be found in the ECS Management Guide .

1.3 Create bucket By default, IBM Spectrum Protect will create a new bucket in the ECS user’s namespace when the Spectrum

Protect Storage Pool is created.

Buckets can be pre-created, which provides more control over the specification of the ECS bucket

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The Access During Outage setting controls if a bucket will be accessible during an outage of an ECS VDC.

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If required, specify a Bucket Retention Period which will apply to all objects written to this bucket by IBM

Spectrum Protect. More information on ECS bucket creation is available in the ECS Management Guide.

Note: Setting bucket retention periods may cause conflicts with Spectrum Protect expirations as Spectrum

Protect has no knowledge of this setting.

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2 Configure IBM Spectrum Protect

2.1 Configure Windows Server After you have installed IBm Spectrum Protect on the Windows Server 2012 R2, run the Control Panel and

enter System -> Advanced Setting

Select Environment Variables

In the System Variables section edit the Path variable and add to the end

;C:\PROGRA~1\Tivoli\TSM\jre\bin\j9vm

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Also add the new environment variable

JVM_LIB=jvm.dll

Reboot the Windows server so that the new settings are picked up by IBM Spectrum Protect.

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2.2 Define an ECS Storage Pool in Spectrum Protect Login to the IBM Spectrum Protect management GUI

Using the admin account and password created when Spectrum Protect was installed.

Create a folder for the SP backup folder and the local cache folders for the SP Storage Pool we will define for

the ECS.

Note: These folder locations may not be optimal for your production solution.

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After logging into the Operations Center with your browser, start the Command Builder by clicking on the

cog icon,

This will start the Command Builder cli,

Enter the following commands into the Command Builder

define devclass backupclass devtype=FILE directory=e:/backup

set serverpassword passw0rd

set dbrecovery backupclass password=passw0rd

Define a storage pool for use with the ECS system

define stgpool ECS stgtype=cloud cloudtype=s3 cloudurl=https://hop-paul-

lb.solarch.lab.emc.com:443 id=ibmsp

password=0Jb05EEXq6P3grZ8do9e2gHxUO3Wf6s+cAQnkVoE encrypt=no pooltype=primary

access=readwrite cloudlocation=onpremise bucketname=ibmspbucket

this command uses the pre-created bucket ibmspbucket for this storage pool.

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In the Command Builder create the Spectrum Protect domain, policy set and management class for the ECS

storage pool

define domain ecs-domain description="ecs domain"

define policyset ecs-domain ecs-ps description="ecs ps"

define mgmtclass ecs-domain ecs-ps ecs-mgmtclass description="ecs mgmt class"

assign defmgmtclass ecs-domain ecs-ps ecs-mgmtclass

define stgpooldirectory ecs h:\ecs\1

define stgpooldirectory ecs h:\ecs\2

define stgpooldirectory ecs h:\ecs\3

define stgpooldirectory ecs h:\ecs\4

define copygroup ecs-domain ecs-ps ecs-mgmtclass standard type=backup

destination=ecs

define copygroup ecs-domain ecs-ps ecs-mgmtclass standard type=archive

destination=ecs

activate policyset ecs-domain ecs-ps

Close the Command Builder and check that the storage pool has been created by viewing the Storage tab in

the Operations Centre

Right click the ECS entry and choose Details and then choose Properties

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If any of the Cloud settings need changed you can click on the padlock icon to unlock the settings, edit them

and then Save them.

If you are not using an IP Load Balancer, then you can specify the IP address and Port # for each of the ECS

nodes like this,

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If you are using a non-SSL secure connection, then the connectivity details of ECS nodes would be

http://10.246.22.121:9020

You are ready to use the ECS Storage Pools for backups.

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2.3 Backup a client to Dell EMC ECS

First create a client on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Select the client icon in the Management GUI

Complete the GUI forms with the correct details for the new client

This will define a backup client.

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Install the Spectrum Protect Backup client software on the client.

Run the Spectrum Protect backup software

Start backup software in GUI mode

Click on Backup

In the folder dialogue that is shown select the top-level folder of the Windows File System that you want to

back up.

Click on BACKUP to back up. Record the statistics on the backup when they are displayed.

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Using a utility like S3Browser, browse the ECS system and show that the files have been written to the ECS

cluster.

Restore the backed-up folder to a new location using the Spectrum Protect Backup Command Line tool,

Use the ECS Management GUI to observe the read performance during the restore (this was done with two

clients restoring simultaneously)

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Technical support and resources

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A Technical support and resources

Dell.com/support is focused on meeting customer needs with proven services and support.

Storage technical documents and videos provide expertise that helps to ensure customer success on Dell

EMC storage platforms.

A.1 Related resources

Dell EMC ECS related documents and videos.

Dell EMC ECS technical documentation.

Dell EMC ECS Test Drive portal. If you do not have a Dell EMC ECS appliance and wish to quickly test using

IBM Spectrum Protect with our online ECS test portal. Sign up for credentials which will allow you to backup

to a Dell EMC ECS cluster.

Dell EMC Community Edition. If you wish to install ECS in your own facilities for non-production testing the

ECS community Edition is a reduced footprint version of the ECS Object docker container. You can install as

a single or multi-node installation.

IBM Spectrum Protect Documentation.