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Using CommVault Simpana Data Archiver and CIFS With Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System

Ulrich Conrad, July 2009

Introduction

This quick start guide provides an overview of how to set up a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System to use CommVault Simpana Data Archiver (DA) with the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. This scenario used a Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System and a Sun Fire X4140 server running Microsoft Window Server 2003.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• 1 Objective
• 2 Configuring Sun Storage Appliance to Use With CommVault Simpana DA and CIFS
  • 2.1 Security
  • 2.2 Network
  • 2.3 Projects and Shares
  • 2.4 Analytics
• 3 Configuring CommVault Simpana DA to Use With CIFS and Sun Storage Appliance
  • 3.1 Preparing the Infrastructure
  • 3.2 Creating an Instance
  • 3.3 Defining Library and Media
• 4 Advanced Data Services
  • 4.1 Snapshots
  • 4.2 Cloning a Snapshot
  • 4.3 Replication
  • 4.4 Accessing Replicated Data

For More Information

Here are some additional resources:

• CommVault web site
• CommVault Simpana web page
• CommVault documentation
• Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System web site
• Sun storage solutions web page
• Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage system product documentation at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/uni.stor#hic
• Sun Fire X4140 Server product information
• Sun BluePrints papers (registration required)
• Sun Documentation Center
• BigAdmin wiki:
  • Using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
  • Storage page
• BigAdmin web site, especially the Storage resource collection (includes community submissions)
• Sun download site
• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, for example, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System Administration (NWS-6425)
• Forums:
  • Sun forums
  • BigAdmin Discussions collection
• Support:
  • Sun resources:
    • Register your Sun gear
    • Services
    • SunSolve Online
  • Community system administration experts
• Events of interest to users of Sun products:
  • Worldwide Developer Events and Sun Tech Days
  • Current Events

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