Deploying Catalogic vStor on Physical Appliances

System requirements for Catalogic vStor

For initial deployments of Catalogic vStor, configure your server to meet the following recommended minimum requirements:

  • 4 processors

  • 32 GB memory

  • 8 GB of free space in the root partition

Typically, you can improve backup and restore performance using SSD drives. To improve backup performance:

  • Configure the pool(s) to use one or more log devices backed by SSD. Specify at least two log devices to create a mirrored log for better redundancy.

  • Configure the pool(s) to use a cache device backed by SSD.

Deploying Catalogic vStor on Physical Appliances

To deploy Catalogic vStor on a physical appliance, use the provided ISO image. Follow these steps to deploy Catalogic vStor from the ISO file:

  1. Preparation:

    • Get a USB flash drive to create bootable media.

  2. Creating Bootable Media:

    • Install Rufus or a similar utility.

    • Download the Catalogic vStor ISO image file from the Catalogic MySupport website.

    • Verify the ISO file’s integrity by comparing its MD5 hash value with the one provided on the website.

  3. Using Rufus to Create Bootable Media:

    • Open Rufus and configure the following settings:

      • Drive Properties:

        • Device: Select your USB flash drive.

        • Boot selection: Choose the downloaded Catalogic vStor ISO file.

        • Persistent partition size: 0 (No persistence).

        • Partition scheme: MBR.

        • Target system: Select BIOS or UEFI.

      • Format Options:

        • Volume label: Use the default name.

        • File system: Select Large FAT32 (Default).

        • Cluster size: Set to 32 kilobytes (Default).

        • Create extended label and icon files: Check this option.

      • Write Modes for ISOhybrid Image:

        • Write mode: Write in ISO Image mode (Recommended).

Attention! Before proceeding with the installation of Catalogic vStor, ensure that Secure Boot is disabled in your system’s UEFI firmware settings.

  1. Installation:

    • Safely eject the USB flash drive from your workstation.

    • Insert the USB flash drive into the target machine.

    • Boot the machine from the USB flash drive. If necessary, access the UEFI configuration to prioritize booting from the USB drive.

    • Follow the on-screen instructions to install Catalogic vStor.

Troubleshooting: Unable to boot from the Catalogic vStor disk image

If the machine fails to boot from the Catalogic vStor disk image, try this workaround:

  • Assume the removable media is assigned to drive E:.

  • Navigate to E:\EFI\BOOT.

  • Delete BOOTX64.EFI and BOOTIA32.EFI.

  • Rename grubx64.efi to BOOTX64.EFI and grubia32.efi to BOOTIA32.EFI.

  • These steps can be executed as:

cd E:\EFI\BOOT\
mv grubx64.efi BOOTX64.EFI
mv grubia32.efi BOOTIA32.EFI

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