Filesystem

In this section we'll show you how to setup file system (it can be local or remote file system, but this example assumes that you have a dedicated disk which you're going to use as a backup destination with local XFS file system)

Note:

• Any remote FS like NFS, SMB, etc. - needs to be mounted by the user and vprotect user/group must own the directories within backup destination. vProtect expects already mounted file system and mount point in the backup destination
• you should add this file system to your /etc/fstab file on the node, so it gets mounted automatically if OS is rebooted
• Consider using same file system for staging and backup destination (it boosts store tasks, as no data needs to be copied again) - in such scenario the only difference would be that presented /backupdestinationmount point becomes subdirectory of the staging space (usually /vprotect_data/backups)

Preparation

1. Log in to vProtect Node, and create mount directory in example /backupdestination

   mkdir /backupdestination

2. List all existing disks, and find your drive:

   [root@vProtect01 ~]# fdisk -l | grep dev
   Disk /dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes, 62914560 sectors
   /dev/sda1   *        2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux
   /dev/sda2         1026048    62914559    30944256   8e  Linux LVM
   Disk /dev/sdc: 500 GB, 17179869184 bytes, 33554432 sectors
   Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
   Disk /dev/mapper/centos-root: 28.5 GB, 28462546944 bytes, 55590912 sectors
   Disk /dev/mapper/centos-swap: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes, 6291456 sectors

3. Prepare filesystem on it:

   mkfs.xfs -K /dev/sdc

4. Add permission for vprotect user to directory /backupdestination:

   chown vprotect:vprotect -R /backupdestination

5. Add line to /etc/fstab file, to automatically mount new filesystem after reboot:

   /dev/sdc    /backupdestination    xfs    defaults 0 0

   or if you want store backups on NFS share then it will look similar to (where 10.50.1.28 is your host):

   10.50.1.28:/example_nfs_share /backupdestination nfs defaults  0 0

6. Check if fstab entry is OK and mount filesystem:

   mount /backupdestination

7. Login to vProtect web UI

8. Go to Backup Destinations

9. Click on Create Backup Destination, choose File system

10. Type name for new backup destination, set retention and select at least one node configuration

11. In Storage paths type /backupdestination.

12. Save configuration.