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PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Backup and Recovery Guide

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Add a NAS client

With CommVault Simpana, you must add a NAS client for an PowerScale cluster before you can back up data from the cluster.

  1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computers, and then click New Client > File System > NAS.
  2. In the Add NDMP Server window, configure the following settings:
    Table 1. Setting SpecificationsThe following table displays the specifications for each setting.
    Setting name Setting value
    NDMP Server Hostname The cluster that you want to back up data from.
    • If you have a single Backup Accelerator node or Fibre Attached Storage node in the cluster, type the fully qualified domain name, or the host name, or the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the Backup Accelerator node or Fibre Attached Storage node.
    • If you have multiple Backup Accelerator nodes or Fibre Attached Storage nodes in the cluster, type the name of a SmartConnect zone that contains only the Backup Accelerator nodes or Fibre Attached Storage nodes.
    • If you are performing a three-way NDMP backup, type the fully qualified domain name, host name, SmartConnect zone, and the IPv4 or IPv6 address of any node in the cluster.
    NDMP Login The name of the NDMP user account that you configured on the PowerScale cluster.
    NDMP Password The password of the NDMP user account that you configured on the PowerScale cluster.
    Listen Port The number of the port through which data management applications (DMAs) can connect to the cluster. This field must match the Port number setting on the PowerScale cluster. The default Port number on the PowerScale cluster is 10000.
    Detect MediaAgent If your Simpana server is located on a different host machine, select the media agent client name from this drop-down menu.
  3. Click Detect.
    The system populates the Vendor and Firmware Revision fields.
  4. Click OK.

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