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Configuring a Dell™ AX 4-5 Fiber Channel Array as a Backup Target for CommVault™ Simpana™
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Figure 6: Adding LUNs to the Storage Group
Presenting the Dell AX4-5F LUNs to CommVault Simpana
This section explains the configuration steps required on the DL Backup to Disk Appliance to present
the LUNs on the Dell AX4-5F Array to CommVault Simpana
1. Once the DL Backup to Disk Appliance has rebooted after the install of EMC PowerPath, click
Start -> Administrative Tools -> Server Manager -> Storage -> Disk Management. The LUNs
are listed as available disks.
2. Initialize the required disks as a GPT. (GPT disks use the GUID partition table and allows for
volume sizes of greater than the 2TB limitation of MBR disks).
3. Create a Simple Volume on the disk.
4. Assign a drive letter to the volume.
5. Quick Format the volume.
6. Repeat this process for each LUN the DL Backup to Disk Appliance will use as a backup target
7. The volumes will now be available for creating Simpana Magnetic Libraries. (For more
information on how to configure Libraries & drives, please refer to the “Library and Drive
Configuration - How To” section in the CommVault Books Online documentation)