Managing Retention Policies; Archiving To A Cloud; About Archiving - Dell DL4000 User Manual

Accessing localhost options
To access Localhost options, right-click the Core or agent and then click Reconnect to Core.
Information from the Core is updated and refreshed; for example, recently added agents.
Accessing remote core options
To access remote core options, right-click the Core or agent and then select one of the remote core
options described as follows:
Option Description
Reconnect to core Refreshes and updates information from the Core, such as recently added agents.
Remove core Deletes the Core from the Local Mount Utility.
Edit core Opens the Edit Core window, where you can change the host name, port, and
credentials.
Accessing agent options
To access agent options, right-click the Core or agent and then click Refresh recovery points. The list of
recovery points for the selected agent updates.

Managing retention policies

Periodic backup snapshots of all the protected servers accumulate on the Core over time. The retention
policies are used to retain backup snapshots for longer periods of time and to help with management of
these backup snapshots. The retention policy is enforced by a nightly rollup process that helps in aging
and deleting old backups. For information about configuring retention policies, see
Retention Policy Settings.

Archiving to a cloud

You can archive your data to a cloud by uploading it to a variety of cloud providers directly from the Core
Console. Compatible clouds include Windows Azure, Amazon, Rackspace, and any OpenStack-based
provider.
To export an archive to a cloud:
• Add your cloud account to the Core Console. For more information see,
• Archive your data and export it to your cloud account.
• Retrieve archived data by importing it from the cloud location.

About archiving

Retention policies enforce the periods for which backups are stored on short-term (fast and expensive)
media. Sometimes certain business and technical requirements mandate extended retention of these
backups, but use of fast storage is cost prohibitive. Therefore, this requirement creates a need for long-
term (slow and cheap) storage. Businesses often use long-term storage for archiving both compliance
and noncompliance data. The archive feature in AppAssure is used to support the extended retention for
compliance and noncompliance data. It is also used to seed replication data to a remote replica core.
Customizing
Adding A Cloud Account.
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