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- Configuring the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as a Backup Target
- A Dell Technical White Paper
- by
- Dell Engineering
- Revision 1.0
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Technical Resources
- Configuration and Settings- Installing the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Storage Software on the DL Backup to Disk Appliance
- Figure 2: MD3000i Resource CD menu
- Exposing the PowerVault™ MD3000i virtual disks to the DL Backup to Disk Appliance
- Configuring the PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance Array Access
- Figure 4: MD3000i iSCSI Initiator Target portals
- Figure 6: CHAP logon information
 
- Conclusions
Configuring the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Array as a Backup Target for CommVault™ Simpana™ 
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13. The virtual disks  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) 
14. Backup-to-Disk & Deduplication Storage Policies can then be  configured for these Magnetic 
Libraries (For more information on how to configure Storage Policies, please refer to the 
“Storage Policies” section in the CommVault Books Online documentation) 
Conclusions  
The need to recover data will continue to be a focus of IT departments.  Files are lost, viruses take 
down infrastructures, disk drives fail and natural disasters happen. Data may be lost or damaged for 
good as a result. In order to be prepared, Dell provides a simple and complete storage solution with 
the PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance – Powered by CommVault™ Simpana™ and the PowerVault™ 
MD3000i Array. 










