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Sun Fire X4500 Server as a Magnetic Library for CommVault Simpana Software

Ryan Pratt, July 2008

Introduction

This paper discusses how to quickly configure the Sun Fire X4500 Server as a magnetic library for CommVault's Simpana Suite.

The Sun Fire X4500 Server can deliver massive storage capacity and remarkable throughput, making it well-suited as a nearline storage platform for backup and restore applications. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 and the CommVault Simpana Suite suit the Sun Fire X4500 Server for streamlining and improving backup and restore operations.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• Introduction
• The Sun Fire X4500 Server
• CommVault Simpana Software
• Configuration Tasks
• Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64
• Configuring RAID
• Configuring CommVault
• Setting Up the Magnetic Library
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Summary

For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• CommVault's Simpana software
• Sun training course Sun Fire X4500 Server Administration (WET-5060), available at http://www.sun.com/training/
• Discussions, such as the Storage Forums
• Related documents at http://docs.sun.com
  • Sun Fire X4500 Server - Release and Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Documentation
  • Sun Fire X4500 Server - Maintenance and Operations Documentation
  • Sun Fire X4500 Server - Installation Documentation
• Sun wikis:
  • Storage Administration wiki
  • Storage Developer's wiki
  • BigAdmin wiki's Storage Tech Tips
  • Storage BluePrints
• BigAdmin resources:
  • Sun Fire X4500 Server as Storage Node for Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software 7.4
  • Sun Fire X4500 as a Media Server for Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.5
  • Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault
  • BigAdmin Storage Collection
  • Overview of Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager
  • x4500samconfig.tar.gz script, which configures SAMBA, ZFS and SAM-FS on a Sun Fire X4500 Server so the server can be used as Network Attached Storage for Microsoft Windows Servers running an archiving application
• Support:
  • Register your Sun gear
  • Services
  • SunSolve Online
• Events of interest to users of Sun products:
  • Worldwide developer events
  • Current events

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