Monitoring The Protection Of Multiple Machines; Managing Snapshots And Recovery Points - Dell DL4000 User Manual

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7. After machines are verified successfully, select the check box next to each machine and click
Protect.

Monitoring the protection of multiple machines

You can monitor the progress as AppAssure applies the protection polices and schedules to the
machines.
To monitor the protection of multiple machines:
1. Click the Machines tab to view the status and progress of the protection.
The Protected Machines page appears.
2. Click the Events tab to view the related tasks, events, and alerts.
The Tasks page appears.
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To view task
information
To view alert
information
To view event
information

Managing snapshots and recovery points

A recovery point is a collection of snapshots taken of individual disk volumes and stored in the repository.
Snapshots capture and store the state of a disk volume at a given point in time while the applications that
generate the data are still in use. In AppAssure, you can force a snapshot, temporarily pause snapshots,
and view lists of current recovery points in the repository as well as delete them if needed. Recovery
points are used to restore protected machines or to mount to a local file system.
The snapshots that AppAssure captures are captured at the block level and are application aware. This
means that all open transactions and rolling transaction logs are completed and caches are flushed to
disk before creating the snapshot.
AppAssure uses a low-level volume filter driver, which attaches to the mounted volumes and then tracks
all block-level changes for the next impending snapshot. Microsoft Volume Shadow Services (VSS) is used
to facilitate application crash consistent snapshots.
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AppAssure is able to connect to the machine; however, the agent is already
paired with a core machine.
AppAssure cannot connect to the machine. This may be because the logon
credentials are incorrect, the machine is shut down, the firewall is blocking
traffic, or another problem. To correct, click Edit Settings on the toolbar or the
Edit link next to the machine.
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As volumes are transferred, the status, start times, and end times display in the
Tasks pane. Click Details to view more specific information about the task.
As each protected machine is added, an alert is logged that details whether the
operation was successful or errors were logged. The level of the alert along
with the transactional date and message is displayed. If you want to remove all
alerts from the page, click Dismiss All.
Details about the machine and the data that is transferred appear in the Events
pane. The level of the event, transactional date, and time message appear.
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