Welcome to Dell Technologies Data Domain — How to Series.
How to configure ECS Cloud Tier with Data Domain. Reference Dell Knowledge Base Article number 000204368 This video was created to: Provide information and steps to configure ECS cloud tier to the Data Domain Appliance.
This video presents the following: Create cloud meta-data tier on Data Domain. Run cloud provider to verify the ECS cloud connection and settings. and create and connect ECS cloud unit to Data Domain.
When to do this: To deploy ECS cloud tier on Data Domain. Before you begin: The disks are ready for Data Domain cloud meta-data tier, or it's already been configured.
The Data Domain cloud tier license has been applied. Have completed ECS cloud side configurations. Have completed Load Balancer configurations. There are three endpoints options available.
They are: Non-secure endpoints. SSL termination at Load Balancer secure endpoint, only LB certificate is required on Data Domain in this case, either self-signed or CA-signed certificate works.
Full SSL secure endpoint, Load Balancer certificate is required on Data Domain, and root CA certificate of ECS must be installed on Load Balancer in this configuration.
Note, the Load Balancer certificate will be automatically imported during cloud verification. And ensure time on Data Domain and ECS are consistent, otherwise creating the bucket may fail. Let's begin.
This Data Domain does not have a cloud tier created. No cloud profile exists. The remaining storage addable device is device 6 In this demonstration, we will use it to create the cloud meta-data tier.
If you have already created the cloud meta-data tier, please skip this step. Please remember to add cloud to your capacity license. It can be validated via the "e-license" show command.
You should see "Cloud Capacity" license in the list before proceeding further with the cloud configuration. Also, it is important to ensure the time on the Data Domain and ECS is consistent.
Use the "date" command to check the current time on Data Domain. Now we will start configuring ECS cloud to Data Domain. First, we will configure "dev6" for cloud tier meta-data by adding it to the cloud tier.
If you already have cloud meta-data configured, please skip this step. Now the cloud tier has been created on "device 6". Next, we will run "cloud provider verify" to verify the connectivity with the ECS cloud endpoint, and validate the account keys by creating a temporary bucket.
Note, at this point, there is no SSL certificate from the cloud existing on the Data Domain. Enter the "access key" and "secret key" obtained from ECS to grant access.
For endpoint, type the "load balancer endpoint" address. Note, that load balancer is required between Data Domain and ECS as a supported cloud configuration.
If no port is specified, by default "443" is used. While running "cloud provider verify", the Load Balancer certificate will be automatically imported to Data Domain.
In this demonstration, we are using a self-signed certificate. You may use either a self-signed or CA-signed certificate based on your needs. Note, if full SSL secure endpoint is required, you will also need to install root CA certificate for ECS on the Load Balancer.
After "cloud provider verify" passed, you will notice the Load Balancer certificate has already been imported, and will exist on Data Domain. Now, let's create a cloud profile named "ECS_Profile" with the same Load Balancer endpoint and account keys. The "cloud profile" creation succeeded.
Then we will move forward to create a cloud unit named "ECS_Unit" on that cloud profile, "ECS_Profile". This step might take some time. Wait until you see "Cloud unit created successfully" messages.
Note, the new "cloud unit" is connected and ready, and the status is "Active". Now you can also see both "Active" and "cloud tier" showing up in the file system, "show space output".
Now we have completed configuring the ECS cloud tier to Data Domain demonstrations. Reference the following for more information: Dell Knowledge Base Article 20178, Certificate requirements for secured DD Cloud Tier connection to ECS and Best Practice guide. and Dell Knowledge Base Article 23160 How to use the Data Domain cloud provider verification tool.
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