Dell Equallogic PS6000 User Manual
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Configuring a Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Array as a Backup Target for CommVault™ Simpana™
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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)
Figure 2: Logging on to the EqualLogic Targets
Backing up data on a Protected Server’s EqualLogic backend storage
If data to be backed up on the protected server resides on an EqualLogic Volume, then the following
steps need to be performed in order to ensure proper snapshots during the backup.
Launch a web browser. Navigate to the Group IP address and bring up the EqualLogic Group
Manager GUI
Navigate to Group Configuration -> VDS/VSS.
Create ACL entries to grant VDS/VSS permissions to the protected server (See Figure 3)