Removing Recovery Points; Forcing A Snapshot - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

NOTE: You can also specify a line number in the command instead of the recovery point ID number to identify
the recovery point. In that case, use the agent/machine line number (from the lm output), followed by the
recovery point line number and volume letter, followed by the path, such as, m
<machine_line_number> <recovery_point_line_number> <volume_letter>
<path>. For example, if the lm output lists three agent machines, and you enter the lr command for
number 2 and you to mount the 23 recovery point volume b to /tmp/mount_dir the command is: m 2 23
b /tmp/mount_dir.
CAUTION: You must not unmount a protected Linux volume manually. In the event you need to do this, you
must execute the following command before unmounting the volume: bsctl -d <path to volume>.
In this command, <path to volume> does not refer to the mount point of the volume but instead refers to
the file descriptor of the volume; it would need to be in a form similar to this example: /dev/sda1.

Removing Recovery Points

You can easily remove recovery points for a particular machine from the repository. When you delete recovery points in
AppAssure 5, you can specify one of the following options:
Text Box Description
Delete All Recovery Removes all recovery points for the selected agent machine from the Repository.
Points
Delete a Range of Removes all recovery points in a specified range before the current, up to and including the
Recovery Points base image, which is all data on the machine as well as all recovery points after the current
until the next base image.
NOTE: You cannot recover the recovery points you have deleted.
To remove recovery points:
1. In the left navigation area of the AppAssure 5 Core Console, select the machine for which you want to view
recovery points, and then click the Recovery Points tab.
2. Click the Actions menu.
3. Select one of the following options:
– To delete all currently stored recovery points, click Delete All.
– To delete a set of recovery points in a specific data range, click Delete Range. The Delete dialog box is
displayed. In the Delete Range dialog box, specify the range of recovery points you want to delete using a
start date and time and an end date and time, and then click Delete.

Forcing A Snapshot

Forcing a snapshot lets you force a data transfer for the current protected machine. When you force a snapshot, the
transfer starts immediately or is added to the queue. Only the data that has changed from a previous recovery point is
transferred. If there is no previous recovery point, all data on the protected volumes is transferred, which is referred to
as a base image.
To force a snapshot:
1. In the AppAssure 5 Core Console, click the Machines tab, and then do one of the following:
– In the list of protected machines, select the machine or cluster with the recovery point for which you want
to force a snapshot.
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