Deployment

1. Verify hardware and network requirements and supported features in the section of a specific platform:

   • Virtual Environments (especially here, where a node sometimes needs to be installed within the protected environment)

   • Applications

   • Storage Providers

   • Filesystems with OS Agent

2. Verify Component Requirements and for more complex deployments - Sizing Guide

3. Install using one of the following options:

   • ISO-based installation (recommended)

   • All-in-one quick installation (recommended)

   • Installation using an Ansible playbook

   • Installation with RPMs

   • Virtual Appliance (recommended)

   Regardless of the installation option you choose:

   • The node requires staging space - assume the number of concurrent export and store tasks, and multiply it by the biggest VM size (for example: 6 export tasks + 4 store tasks * 100 GB should require around 1 TB)

     • the Staging space configuration will guide you to prepare storage on the spare drive

   • Storware Backup & Recovery is installed in the /opt/vprotect folder and staging space is assumed to be in /vprotect_data - these are the defaults and should not be changed.

4. Run the configuration wizard (Initial configuration), where you can (or do the following steps manually):

   • upload the license

   • configure connection to the source you would like to protect

   • configure backup destination - we recommend to use Synthetic File System

   • configure backup SLA (policies and schedules)

   • configure backup of your internal DB (for DR purposes)

5. Once you have configured source, backup destination and backup SLA - initiate backup and restore operations - examples:

   • Virtual Environments

   • Applications

   • Storage Providers