Configuring the Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale Storage Array Using Arrays Page

For IntelliSnap backups from Commvault software, add the Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale storage array and its configuration information to the CommServe database.

Before You Begin

Verify that the user account used to access the Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale storage array has the privileges needed for the operations that you require.

Operation

Privileges

IntelliSnap backups

  • Console > Log in from the console

  • Platform > Log in to platform API

  • Network > Configure network interfaces

  • Backup > Backup files from ifs

  • Snapshot > Schedule, take and view > Read/Write

  • Restore > Restore files from ifs

  • Namespace Access > Access ifs from REST

  • Namespace Traverse > Traverse and View directory metadata

  • SMB > Configure SMB server > Read/Write

Offline replication using Isilon SyncIQ technology

SyncIQ > Configure SyncIQ > Read/Write

Changelist

Job Engine > Schedule cluster wide jobs

Browsing subclient content for NDMP

  • Namespace Access > Access ifs from REST

  • Namespace Traverse > Traverse and View directory metadata

Start the Configuration Wizard

  1. From the navigation pane, click Manage > Infrastructure.

    The Infrastructure page appears.

  2. Click Arrays.

  3. On the Arrays page, click Add.

    The General page of the Add Snap Array configuration wizard appears.

General

  1. From the Snap vendor list, select Dell EMC Isilon.

  2. In the Array name box, enter the external IP address or the host name of any node in the Isilon cluster.

  3. In the Control host box, enter the external IP address or the host name of any node in the Isilon cluster.

  4. In the Description box, enter the description for the array.

  5. For credentials, do one of the following:

    • To use the saved credentials, move the Use saved credentials toggle key to the right, and then select credentials from the Saved credentials list.

    • To add new credentials, enter the credentials in User name and Password boxes.

  6. Click Next.

    The Array Access Nodes page of the configuration wizard appears.

Array Access Nodes

  1. To configure additional MediaAgents to perform operations on the storage array, from the Available MediaAgents list, select one or more access nodes and then click OK.

    • To select all the available MediaAgents as access nodes, click SELECT ALL.
  2. To disable pruning, move the Pruning toggle button of the respective access node to the left.

  3. To rearrange the selected access nodes, drag them upwards or downwards as required.

  4. Click NEXT.

    The Snap Configurations page of the configuration wizard appears.

Snap Configurations

  1. Configure Snapshot Configuration Properties according to your needs.

  2. Click SUBMIT.

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