Netgear ReadyNAS Replicate Installation Manual

ReadyNAS Replicate™

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November 2010 202-10727-01 v1.0

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Revision History

Publication Part Number Version Publish Date Comments

202-10727-01 v1.0 November 2010 First publication

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Chapter 1 ReadyNAS Replicate Overview

Chapter 2 Install ReadyNAS Replicate Add-On

About NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Replicate™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

ReadyNAS Replicate Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Simplified, Efficient Data Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Centralized Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

About ReadyNAS Add-ons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

ReadyNAS Replicate Add-on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Basic Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Other NETGEAR Add-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

ReadyNAS Replicate Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Installing the .bin File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Access ReadyNAS Replicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

ReadyNAS Remote ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Proxy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

About ReadyNAS Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Chapter 3 ReadyNAS Replicate Views

Monitor the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

About Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Monitor Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Run Job Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Chapter 4 ReadyNAS Replicate Tools

Data Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Backup Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Backup System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Data Restoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Restore Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Restore System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Appendix A Network Virtualization and Architecture

ReadyNAS Replicate Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

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Index

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Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

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1. ReadyNAS Replicate Overview

An Introduction

NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Replicate™ is a licensed-based software solution that offers small to medium-sized businesses a simplified, reliable backup and restore solution that protects business data against downtime and disasters.

This chapter discusses:

• About NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Replicate™

• Simplified, Efficient Data Management

• Centralized Management Console

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About NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Replicate™

ReadyNAS Replicate is a license-based software solution that offers cost-effective data protection that helps minimize downtime and avoid disaster by backing up, then recovering data files, complete systems, and even virtual environments in minutes.

ReadyNAS Replicate can be deployed on any business-class ReadyNAS device, and allows data from one ReadyNAS device to be backed up and restored to and from another ReadyNAS device.

Using a centralized web portal, create, manage, and monitor backup and restore tasks that operate across ReadyNAS devices from multiple locations.

Figure 1. ReadyNAS Replicate network architecture

ReadyNAS Replicate Features and Benefits

• Online application for managing replication and recovery tasks

• Simplified, efficient data management

• Centralized management console

• Manage all jobs on all devices from a common interface

• Network Virtualization

• Create backup or restore jobs between any two ReadyNAS systems

• View consolidated reports

• Backup and restore system and data - whole or incremental, with options

• Backup revision control

• Restore to any network device - not just the job source

• Restore from any available date point

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Simplified, Efficient Data Management

Managing efficient backup and restore tasks can be complex, even with the most sophisticated tools. Coordination between the data source and backup target is required to efficiently and consistently backup data or systems.

ReadyNAS Replicate automates and simplifies these complexities, creating point-in-time backups, even if a backup job takes hours. It is as if the data on your ReadyNAS is taken from a snapshot in time while the backup job executes. The data stored in each backup job is cataloged and can be easily searched; even a single file within a job can be restored by date.

Because backups are incremental, only data that has changed is backed up, however each and every backup revision behaves as a full backup. By selecting a backup job and a restore location, single points of data or an entire system are automatically restored without manual copying or downloading.

Data is backed up from one ReadyNAS (called the source) to another ReadyNAS (called the target). The target ReadyNAS contains most of the intelligence and manages the backup and restore process. The source checks which blocks in a file have changed and only sends the changed blocks, while the target catalogs the data from each backup occurrence in a manner that makes it searchable with a fully indexed behaving like a full backup but at the cost of only an incremental backup.

In addition, the target instructs the source to create a snapshot of the data to be backed up and then instructs the source to release the snapshot when the backup is completed. Having the intelligence in the target also allows data to be easily restored to any ReadyNAS device.

ReadyNAS Replicate can also be used to backup and restore unstructured file data across your ReadyNAS devices, no matter where they are located. To back up structured data, such as database files or virtual machine disk (LUN) on the ReadyNAS, these backups are "crash consistent.” If applications, such as databases or virtual machines, do not quiesce and buffer flushed, the data in the backup could appear as if the server was halted before all the data in memory could be written to disk. However, most modern applications are designed to recover from crash consistent data. Creating crash consistent backups has the advantage of putting no load on the source host whether a database or virtual machine environment.

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Centralized Management Console

Although backup and restore tasks happen between ReadyNAS units, the central management portal gives you full control over every aspect of the process.

Always available from multiple locations, use the centralized management portal to control data on your ReadyNAS units from anywhere, even when the ReadyNAS is unattended. Use the management console to schedule jobs, immediately store and restore data, disable and resume jobs, view consolidated reports, and much more.

Configure and control every aspect of a backup and restore task across multiple locations through the centralized management portal. The easy to use management portal runs in the cloud and dispatches tasks to your ReadyNAS devices where the backup or restore job runs.

You can restore a single file by date from one ReadyNAS to another from anywhere with no need to download and copy the file, or the need for remote access to the network - it is all done with few simple clicks.

Management Features

• Access all your devices from one convenient location. The ReadyNAS Replicate

management portal is accessible from any browser and provides one location in which to manage all your data protection tasks.

• Use the graphical interface to schedule backup jobs. With a few mouse clicks you can

schedule a backup job according to most any scheduling pattern.

• Backup and restore an entire system. You can backup an entire system just as easily as

backing up a single file. Additionally, restoring an entire system is completely automated, by selecting the system backup job and then selecting the device you want to assume the role of the backed device. This process saves precious time in a disaster recovery situation.

• Easily disable and enable a job. To temporality stop a job from running and start it on its

schedule at a later date takes just one click. No need to access any of the ReadyNAS devices.

• Real time reports and progress monitoring. From the Replicate management portal you

can monitor pending and active jobs, and easily skip pending jobs or cancel active jobs.

• Aggregated reports. All reports from all backup and restore tasks are aggregated and

searchable from on convenient location.

• Restore a single file to any ReadyNAS in your network. The Replicate portal allows you to

browse backups by date and restore a single file without needing to restore the file to the originating ReadyNAS; you can bring it back to any ReadyNAS in your network with a few simple mouse clicks.

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2. Install ReadyNAS Replicate Add-On

Activate Add-on

The ReadyNAS Replicate add-on is one of many add-ons offered by NETGEAR. This chapter discusses:

• About ReadyNAS Add-ons

• ReadyNAS Replicate Setup

• ReadyNAS Remote ID

• Proxy Settings

• About ReadyNAS Remote

Note: NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Replicate™ is designed for business-class

ReadyNAS systems and will not work on Stora, ReadyNAS Duos, or sparc-based systems.

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About ReadyNAS Add-ons

ReadyNAS Replicate Add-on

To benefit from ReadyNAS Replicate, you need:

• two or more devices on your network

• a ReadyNAS Remote ID

• a valid license key

A ReadyNAS Remote ID can be easily obtained through the FrontView Management Console on your ReadyNAS system, or you can create one during the ReadyNAS Replicate installation process.

A ReadyNAS Replicate license key can be purchased from a reseller, or through a link on the application. Without a license key, you can register for a 45-day trial period, after which a permanent ReadyNAS Replicate license is required. Without a valid license, you will be denied access to ReadyNAS Replicate.

Basic Setup

1. Install the ReadyNAS Remote Add-on from the FrontView Management Console.

2. Create a ReadyNAS Remote ID, if you do not already have one.

3. Purchase a license key or utilize the 45-day trial license.

4. Sign in using your ReadyNAS Remote ID.

5. Register your license information.

6. Register your devices.

Other NETGEAR Add-ons

NETGEAR offers an array of additional features and services accessed by installing various add-ons developed by NETGEAR, NETGEAR’s partners, and community developers.

To view and download additional ReadyNAS add-ons that are not pre-installed on your system, visit http://readynas.com/addons and http://readynas.com/community_addons.

Note: For more information about ReadyNAS Add-Ons see the

ReadyNAS for Business Software Manual.

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ReadyNAS Replicate Setup

To install ReadyNAS Replicate:

1. Log into the ReadyNAS FrontView Management Console.

2. Go to Services > Installed Add-ons.

3. Select the ReadyNAS Replicate check box and click Save.

If you do not see the ReadyNAS Replicate add-on listed in your firmware, you can download it at www.replicate.readynas.com. See Installing the .bin File on page 13.

4. Click the Manage ReadyNAS Replicate button to allow remote access to ReadyNAS

Replicate. You will be prompted to enter a license key. If you do not have a license, you can:

• purchase a license using the link on the screen.

• purchase a license from your reseller.

• select the 45 day trial button to use the product without entering a key.

If you have purchased a license, you will receive an email confirmation with the license key. If you use the trial license, once you actually purchase a license, return to this screen, enter the valid license key, and press the Update License button to activate the product.

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