Managing Replication Settings; About Archiving; Creating An Archive - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

Managing Replication Settings

You can adjust a number of settings for how replication executes on the source and target cores.
To manage replication settings:
1. In the Core Console, click the Replication tab.
2. In the Actions drop-down menu, click Settings.
3. In the Replication Settings window, edit the replication settings as described below.
Option
Cache lifetime
Volume image
session timeout
Max. concurrent
replication jobs
Max. parallel streams Specify the number of network connections permitted to be used by a single agent to
4. Click Save.

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 5 is used to support the extended retention for compliance and noncompliance data; and it is also used to
seed replication data to a remote replica core.

Creating An Archive

To create an archive
1. Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core, and then click the Configuration tab.
2. From the Manage option, click Archive.
The Create Archive dialog box is displayed.
3. In the Create Archive dialog box, enter the details for the archive as described below.
Text Box
Date range
Archive password
Confirm
Description
Specify the amount of time between each target-core status request performed by the
source core.
Specify the amount of time the source core spends attempting to transfer a volume image
to the target core.
Specify the number of agents permitted to replicate to the target core at one time.
replicate that machine's data at one time.
Description
Select the to and from dates to specify the date range.
Enter a password for the archive. It is used to establish log in credentials to secure the
archive.
Re-enter the password to secure the archive. It is used to provide validation of the
information you entered in the Archive Password text box.
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