Dell PowerVault DL4000 Instruction Manual

Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance —

Release Notes

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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Rev. A00

Contents

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5

About The Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance — Powered By AppAssure..................................5

About AppAssure 5...................................................................................................................................................5

Other Information You May Need.............................................................................................................................5

2 Known Issues And Limitations..................................................................................................7

Inaccurate Reporting Due To Unexpected Replacement Of MD1200 Enclosures...................................................7

Desktop Shortcut For AppAssure Not Displayed For Domain Users........................................................................7

Core Console Shortcut Is Not Updated With Hostname Change.............................................................................7

Error Displayed When No NIC Is Selected For Configuration..................................................................................7

Unable To Close Message........................................................................................................................................8

License Key Installation Failure Not Displayed........................................................................................................8

License Key Installation And AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard Fails.....................................................8

Incorrect Message Displayed For License Configuration Failure............................................................................8

Error Message Displays Incorrect FTBU.dat File Location......................................................................................9

Storage Provisioning Window Not Resizing When Display Resolution Is Changed................................................9

3 Getting Help................................................................................................................................11

Contacting Dell.......................................................................................................................................................11

Documentation Feedback.......................................................................................................................................11

Introduction

This document describes important product information and restrictions for the Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk

Appliance — Powered by AppAssure.

About The Dell PowerVault DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance —

The Dell PowerVault DL4000 is a fully configured 1U backup appliance that is powered by AppAssure software. The

DL4000 integrates 5.5 TB of storage capacity and standby virtual machines (VMs) with snapshot, replication,

deduplication, and compression software to quickly recover applications and data.

Optimized for quick deployment and efficiency, the DL4000:

• Helps eliminate your backup window.

• Creates snapshots as often as every 5 minutes.

• Maintains up to two standby VMs to quickly restore critical servers.

• Offers integrated, inline block-level deduplication and compression, combined with optimized backups for WAN

replication.

• Provides a wizard based configuration utility to automatically provision DL4000 storage and iDRAC for remote

management.

About AppAssure 5

AppAssure 5 is a unified and integrated backup and replication software that offers near-zero recovery time,

recoverability assurance, and cross-platform virtual and physical server recovery.

For more information about important product features and restrictions for AppAssure software, see the

AppAssure 5

Release Notes

at docs.appassure.com.

Other Information You May Need

NOTE: For all Dell OpenManage documents, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE: Always check for updates on dell.com/support/manuals and read the updates first because they often

supersede information in other documents.

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manuals.

You product documentation includes:

Getting Started

Guide

Provides an overview of system features, setting up your system, and technical specifications.

This document is also shipped with your system.

Owner’s Manual Provides information about system features and describes how to troubleshoot the system and

install or replace system components.

Administrator’s

Guide

Provides information about configuring and managing the system.

Deployment

Guide

Provides information on hardware deployment and the initial deployment of the AppAssure

appliance.

OpenManageSer

ver Administrator

User’s Guide

Provides information about using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator to manage your

system.

System Placemat Provides information on how to set up the hardware and install the software on your

AppAssure solution.

Resource Media Any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring

and managing your system, including those pertaining to the operating system, system

management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your

system.

Interoperability

Guide

Provides information on supported software and hardware for the DL4000 appliance as well as

usage considerations, recommendations, and rules.

Known Issues And Limitations

Inaccurate Reporting Due To Unexpected Replacement Of MD1200

Enclosures

Description Unexpected replacement of MD1200 enclosures may cause incorrect results in several tools.

Workaround/

Solution

After the enclosure configuration is corrected, restart and complete all the steps in the

AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.

Desktop Shortcut For AppAssure Not Displayed For Domain Users

Description For domain users without administrator privileges, the desktop shortcut for AppAssure

software is not displayed.

Workaround/

Solution

The AppAssure software desktop shortcut is displayed only for users with administrator

privileges. Log on the appliance as a local admin or a user with administrative privileges.

Core Console Shortcut Is Not Updated With Hostname Change

Description After the hostname of the system (with AppAssure Core Console installed on it) is changed, the

AppAssure Core Console shortcut located under Start → AppAssure → Core is not updated

with the new hostname.

Cause This issue occurs if you close the AppAssure Console and delete the desktop shortcut for the

AppAssure Console after changing the hostname of the system using AppAssure Appliance

Configuration Wizard.

Workaround/

Solution

Do not delete the desktop shortcut for the AppAssure Core Console.

Error Displayed When No NIC Is Selected For Configuration

Description An error is displayed when you configure the appliance without selecting any NIC.

Workaround/

Solution

While configuring the appliance, connect at least one ethernet port.

1. Close the displayed error message.

2. Restart the appliance.

3. Connect at least one ethernet port.

4. Start the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard and select at least one NIC port for

configuration.

Unable To Close Message

Description If you try to close the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard after an error in storage

provisioning, a message prompts you to wait. The appliance stops responding and you cannot

close the displayed message.

Workaround/

Solution

Use the system task manager to close the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard. Restart

the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard and complete the configuration.

License Key Installation Failure Not Displayed

Description Appliance does not display a red Xfor Software License after license keys for various

components fail to install.

Workaround/

Solution

Run the license key installation again.

License Key Installation And AppAssure Appliance Configuration

Wizard Fails

Description Configuration of the appliance fails when incorrect data (for example incorrect hostname,

domain credentials, and so on) is entered in using the AppAssure Appliance Configuration

Wizard.

The AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard may continue to fail after restarting as the

AppAssure services are not automatically restarted.

License key installation also fails if the AppAssure services are not running.

Workaround/

Solution 1. Close the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.

2. Manually restart AppAssure services.

3. Restart the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.

Incorrect Message Displayed For License Configuration Failure

Description The following Incorrect error message is displayed for license configuration failure:

A critical error occurred. Click 'Back' to try again. If the

issue persists, contact Dell Support for assistance

Workaround/

Solution 1. Close the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.

2. Manually restart AppAssure services.

3. Restart the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard.

Error Message Displays Incorrect FTBU.dat File Location

Description If the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard fails, an error message may display the

incorrect location of FTBU.dat as C:\Program Files\Dell\PowerVault\Appliances\DL\.

Workaround/

Solution

The correct location of FTBU.dat is C:\Program Files\Dell\PowerVault\Appliances\DL\FTBU\.

Storage Provisioning Window Not Resizing When Display

Resolution Is Changed

Description With the storage provisioning window open, if you change the display resolution, the storage

provisioning window does not resize to the updated display resolution.

Workaround/

Solution • Use a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768.

• Do not change the display resolution while the AppAssure Appliance Configuration

Wizard is running.

• Close and restart the AppAssure Appliance Configuration wizard.

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