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	In the dialog that appears, enter your iSCSI Initiator ID (IQN) which you copied in the previous step and give the ‘Host Name’ so you can easily identify the machine which is associated with the Veeam Backups Storage Volume. You can also add additional notes in the ‘Description’ field. Once you are done, press ‘OK’.		In the dialog that appears, enter your iSCSI Initiator ID (IQN) which you copied in the previous step and give the ‘Host Name’ so you can easily identify the machine which is associated with the Veeam Backups Storage Volume. You can also add additional notes in the ‘Description’ field. Once you are done, press ‘OK’.

	[[File:~~8vol-assign-volumes-select~~.~~PNG~~\|~~500px~~]]		[[File:Assign Volumes Veeam.jpg\|512px]]

	Once the Host entry has been created, right-click on it and select ‘Assign Volumes...’. All Storage Volumes must be explicitly assigned to a Host in order for it to be accessed. QuantaStor does not support public/all access to Storage Volumes for security purposes so this step cannot be skipped.		Once the Host entry has been created, right-click on it and select ‘Assign Volumes...’. All Storage Volumes must be explicitly assigned to a Host in order for it to be accessed. QuantaStor does not support public/all access to Storage Volumes for security purposes so this step cannot be skipped.

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	Once the iSCSI Initiator Properties window opens, go to the ‘Configuration’ tab and copy the ‘Initiator Name’. This will be used as a Host entry in QuantaStor.		Once the iSCSI Initiator Properties window opens, go to the ‘Configuration’ tab and copy the ‘Initiator Name’. This will be used as a Host entry in QuantaStor.

	~~[[File:6vol-add-host-select.PNG\|400px]]~~

	Next, in the QuantaStor web interface, navigate to the “Hosts” section as pictured above and right-click to select ‘Add Host...’.		Next, in the QuantaStor web interface, navigate to the “Hosts” section as pictured above and right-click to select ‘Add Host...’.

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	This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.		This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.
	'''Note''', there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.		'''Note''', there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.

	~~[[File:Block Size 1M.jpg\|512px]]~~

	Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” or as shown choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.		Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” or as shown choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.

	[[File:~~Create Strg Vol General Set Veeam~~.jpg\|512px]]		[[File:Block Size 1M.jpg\|512px]]

	Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. '''Note''', you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.		Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. '''Note''', you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.

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	Next, in the QuantaStor web interface, navigate to the “Hosts” section as pictured above and right-click to select ‘Add Host...’.		Next, in the QuantaStor web interface, navigate to the “Hosts” section as pictured above and right-click to select ‘Add Host...’.

	[[File:Add Host Veeam.jpg\|512px]]		[[File:Add IQN Host Veeam.jpg\|512px]]

	In the dialog that appears, enter your iSCSI Initiator ID (IQN) which you copied in the previous step and give the ‘Host Name’ so you can easily identify the machine which is associated with the Veeam Backups Storage Volume. You can also add additional notes in the ‘Description’ field. Once you are done, press ‘OK’.		In the dialog that appears, enter your iSCSI Initiator ID (IQN) which you copied in the previous step and give the ‘Host Name’ so you can easily identify the machine which is associated with the Veeam Backups Storage Volume. You can also add additional notes in the ‘Description’ field. Once you are done, press ‘OK’.

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	== Provisioning Block Storage based Backup Repositories ==		== Provisioning Block Storage based Backup Repositories ==
	This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.		This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.
	'''Note''', ~~though that~~ there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.		'''Note''', there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.

	[[File:Block Size 1M.jpg\|512px]]		[[File:Block Size 1M.jpg\|512px]]

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	== Provisioning Block Storage based Backup Repositories ==		== Provisioning Block Storage based Backup Repositories ==
	This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Note though that there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.		This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.
			'''Note''', though that there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.

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	Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. '''Note''' ~~that~~ you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.		Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. '''Note''', you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.


	~~[[File:Create Stor Vol Adv Set Veeam.jpg\|456px]]~~

	Go to the “Advanced Settings” tab in the same window and select “1M” for your desired block size. This is the recommended setting for block volumes meant for Veeam Backups for optimal performance.

	[[File:4vol-iscsi-initiator-open.PNG\|400px]]		[[File:4vol-iscsi-initiator-open.PNG\|400px]]

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	Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. Note that you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.		Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. '''Note''' that you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.

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	Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” or as shown choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.		Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” or as shown choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.

	[[File:Create ~~Stor~~ Vol ~~Gen~~ Set Veeam.jpg\|~~456px~~]]		[[File:Create Strg Vol General Set Veeam.jpg\|512px]]

	Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. Note that you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.		Next, enter a name for your Storage Volume and the desired size for the volume (LUN) in the General Settings tab. Note that you can increase but not decrease the size of a Storage Volume after it has been provisioned. By default, all Storage Volumes are thin-provisioned but this can be customized in the Advanced Settings tab. When the new Storage Volume is created it will have a new target IQN associated with it that has the name of the Storage Volume in it so that it is easy to identify.

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	Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” as shown or choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.		Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” or as shown choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.

	[[File:Create Stor Vol Gen Set Veeam.jpg\|456px]]		[[File:Create Stor Vol Gen Set Veeam.jpg\|456px]]

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	This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Note though that there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.		This guide assumes that you have already provisioned a scale-up or scale-out Storage Pool to provision the block storage (Storage Volume) from. OSNEXUS recommends provisioning your Storage Volumes (LUNs) with a block size of 1M for best performance, but block size options including 128K and 256K are also good choices. There is no limit in QuantaStor for the size of your Storage Volumes (LUNs) and they can be grown dynamically. Note though that there are file-system allocation/cluster size considerations to take into account on Windows. Please be sure to review the Windows file-system documentation before resizing Storage Volumes.

	[[File:Block Size 1M.~~jpf~~\|512px]]		[[File:Block Size 1M.jpg\|512px]]

	Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” as shown or choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.		Begin by logging into your QuantaStor server and navigating to the Storage Volumes section under the main Storage Management tab after you have logged into your QuantaStor storage grid. Next, right-click and select “Create Storage Volume...” as shown or choose “Create” from the Storage Volume toolbar button group at the top of the screen.