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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Viewing events for a protected machine................40 Viewing reports for a protected machine............... 42 Viewing replicated machines from the navigation menu............42 Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu................42 Viewing the Custom Groups menu..................43 Using the Error dialog box.....................43 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 3 Checking a repository....................97 About the Repository Optimization Job................. 97 Running the Check Repository Job on a DVM repository........... 100 Managing security........................101 Applying or removing encryption from a protected machine..........102 Associating an encryption key with a protected machine..........102 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 4 Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal..............131 Viewing tasks....................... 131 Viewing alerts....................... 133 Viewing all events......................134 Understanding email notifications..................134 Configuring an email server..................135 Configuring an email notification template..............136 Notification groups, SMTP settings and notification templates for system events....138 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 5 Upgrading your Appliance....................160 Repairing your Appliance.....................161 Protecting workstations and servers....................162 Protecting machines........................162 About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery..............162 About protecting Linux machines with Rapid Recovery..........163 About managing Exchange and SQL servers in Rapid Recovery Core.......163 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 6 Managing exports.........................255 Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine..............257 Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine............261 Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine........... 265 Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine............... 268 Managing aging data........................273 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 7 Managing settings for outgoing replication..............311 Changing target Core settings..................312 Setting replication priority for a protected machine............313 Removing replication......................313 Removing outgoing replication from the source Core..........314 Removing incoming replication from the target Core...........314 Recovering replicated data....................315 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 8 Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine..........343 Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR............. 344 About the Universal Recovery Console tools.............. 344 Loading drivers using the Universal Recovery Console..........345 Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR............346 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 9 Understanding the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console........384 Configuring the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console.........386 Adding a Core to the Central Management Console...........386 Configuring Core settings in the Central Management Console........387 Adding a Core group to the Central Management Console.........388 Configuring Core group settings.................. 389 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 10 Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets................412 Edit-EsxiVirtualStandby......................416 Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby....................417 Edit-ScheduledArchive......................419 Edit-VBVirtualStandby......................421 Edit-VMVirtualStandby......................423 Get-ActiveJobs........................424 Get-Clusters......................... 426 Get-CompletedJobs......................427 Get-ExchangeMailStores......................428 Get-Failed..........................429 Get-FailedJobs........................430 Get-Mounts...........................432 Get-Passed...........................433 Get-ProtectedServers......................434 Get-ProtectionGroups......................434 Get-QueuedJobs........................435 Get-RecoveryPoints......................437 Get-ReplicatedServers......................438 Get-Repositories........................439 Get-ScheduledArchives......................439 Get-SqlDatabases........................ 440 Get-UnprotectedVolumes..................... 441 Get-VirtualizedServers......................442 Get-Volumes.........................443 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 11 Push-Rollup.......................... 462 Remove-Agent........................463 Remove-Mount........................464 Remove-Mounts........................465 Remove-RecoveryPoints......................466 Remove-Repository......................467 Remove-ScheduledArchive....................468 Remove-VirtualStandby......................469 Resume-Replication......................470 Resume-Snapshot........................471 Resume-VirtualStandby......................472 Resume-VMExport....................... 473 Start-Archive.........................474 Start-AttachabilityCheck....................... 475 Start-ChecksumCheck......................476 Start-EsxiExport........................477 Start-HypervExport....................... 479 Start-LogTruncation......................481 Start-MountabilityCheck....................... 482 Start-Protect......................... 483 Start-ProtectCluster......................484 Start-RepositoryCheck......................486 Start-RestoreArchive......................487 Start-ScheduledArchive......................488 Start-VBExport........................489 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 12 Sample Bourne Shell scripts....................... 526 PreTransferScript.sh......................527 PostTransferScript.sh......................527 PostExportScript.sh......................527 Rapid Recovery APIs.......................... 528 Intended audience........................528 Working with Rapid Recovery REST APIs..................528 Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs................ 528 Recommended additional reading....................531 About Quest............................532 Glossary............................... 533 DL4300 Appliance...
Page 13: Introduction To Dl Appliance
A basic local deployment consists of a backup server called the Core and one or more protected DL4300 Appliance Deployment architecture...
Page 14 Figure 1. Basic deployment architecture You can also deploy multiple Cores as shown in the following diagram. A central console manages multiple cores. Figure 2. Multi—Core deployment architecture DL4300 Appliance Deployment architecture...
Page 15: Smart Agent
Rapid Recovery 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. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Snapshot process...
Page 16: Replication Of Disaster Recovery Site Or Service Provider
Deduplication in Rapid Recovery • Encryption • Replication • Retention and archiving • Virtualization And Cloud • Alerts and Event Management • License portal • Web console • Service Management APIs Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Product features...
Page 17: Understanding Repositories
Windows operating systems only. You can use this repository type when using new Rapid Recovery installations. You can specify the size of a DVM repository upon creation, and can add extents later. DL4300 Appliance Understanding repositories...
Page 18: Deduplication In Rapid Recovery
In Rapid Recovery, when any unique data block occurs a second time within a repository, instead of storing the data again, a virtual reference to the data is stored. DL4300 Appliance Deduplication in Rapid Recovery...
Page 19: Understanding Encryption Keys
In all cases, once imported, any encryption key appears in the Core with a state of Locked. To access data from a locked encryption key, you must unlock it. For information about importing, exporting, locking or unlocking encryption keys, see the topic Managing encryption keys. DL4300 Appliance Understanding encryption keys...
Page 20: Replication With Rapid Recovery
Unless you change the default behavior by setting a replication schedule, the Core starts a replication job immediately after completion of every backup snapshot, checksum check, attachability check, and the nightly jobs. For more information, see Scheduling replication. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 21 Point-to-point replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from a single source Core to a single target Core. Figure 3. Point-to-point replication configuration • Multipoint-to-point replication. Replicates protected machines from multiple source Cores to a single target Core. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 22 Figure 4. Multipoint-to-point replication configuration • Point-to-multipoint replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from a single source Core to more than one target Core. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 23 Figure 5. Point-to-multipoint replication configuration • Multi-hop replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from one target Core to another target Core, producing additional failover or recovery options on the replicated Core. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 24: Retention And Archiving
Businesses often use long-term storage for archiving both compliance and non-compliance data. The archive feature supports extended retentions for compliance and non-compliance data, it can also be used for seeding replication data to a target core. DL4300 Appliance Retention and archiving...
Page 25: Virtualization And Cloud
Hyper-V Server on Windows Server 2008 (x64), 2008 R2, 2012 (x64), and 2012 R2 (including support for Hyper-V generation 2 VMs) Additionally, you can now archive your repository data to the cloud using Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, or other OpenStack-based cloud services. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Virtualization and cloud...
Page 26: Alerts And Event Management
HTTPS request and response. This approach facilitates easy integration with any web application such as relationship management methodology (RMM) tools or billing systems. Also included is an SDK client for PowerShell scripting. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Service management APIs...
Page 27: Working With The Dl Appliance Core
Next. 15. In the Update Options screen, select the desired options to keep the appliance software and Rapid Recovery Core software updated and click Next. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Running the Appliance Configuration Wizard...
Page 28: Understanding The Rapid Recovery Core Console
NOTE: Not all configuration tasks suggested by the Quick Start Guide are required for all users. You must understand which tasks you want to accomplish for your specific needs. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Quick Start Guide...
Page 29 Click More to see additional configuration for the Rapid functions you can configure or Recovery Core manage. Functions includes archives; mounts; boot CDs; repositories; encryption keys; cloud accounts; file search; retention policies; notifications; reports; logs; and more. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Quick Start Guide...
Page 30: Hiding The Quick Start Guide
From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, if you are viewing the Welcome page of the Quick Start Guide, do the following: • If you want to hide the Welcome page of the Quick Start Guide, select Don't show again. DL4300 Appliance Hiding the Quick Start Guide...
Page 31: Navigating The Rapid Recovery Core Console
UI. On the Home page, you can toggle between the dashboard view and the summary page view by clicking the red link at the top right of the page. DL4300 Appliance Navigating the Rapid Recovery Core Console...
Page 32: Understanding The Left Navigation Area
The Home page of the Core Console offers a new dashboard view, and the familiar summary tables view. The dashboard is the default view. You can toggle between views on the Home page by clicking the red link at the top right of the Home page. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Rapid Recovery Core Console Home page...
Page 33 Recovery Points. The number of recovery points stored in the repository and space usage for each protected machine. • Version. The version of the Rapid Recovery Agent software installed on that machine. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Rapid Recovery Core Console Home page...
Page 34 This pane does not appear unless you have any machines that meet this definition. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Rapid Recovery Core Console Home page...
Page 35 Recovery Points. The number of recovery points stored in the repository. • Compression Ratio. The rate at which the repository compresses the protected data to save space. For more information, see Understanding repositories. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Rapid Recovery Core Console Home page...
Page 36: Viewing The Protected Machines Menu
You can collapse or expand the view for protected machines and server clusters in your Core by clicking the arrow on the left side of this menu. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Protected Machines menu...
Page 37 Machines pane. NOTE: From the Protected Machines page, you can return to a view from the Core perspective by clicking the Home icon in the icon bar. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Protected Machines menu...
Page 38: Viewing Summary Information For A Protected Machine
Parent topic Viewing the Exchange Server Information pane The Exchange Server Information pane appears only for protected machines that are Exchange servers. DL4300 Appliance Viewing summary information for a protected machine...
Page 39: Viewing Recovery Points For A Machine
The amount of data used and the total size of the repository appear below the progress bar. For more information, see Viewing the Protected Machines pane. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing recovery points for a machine...
Page 40: Viewing Events For A Protected Machine
(if any exist). Examples of services jobs include deleting index files or removing a machine from protection. DL4300 Appliance Viewing events for a protected machine...
Page 41 Message Available for alerts and journal items. This text field provides a descriptive message of the alert or journal item. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing events for a protected machine...
Page 42: Viewing Reports For A Protected Machine
The Recovery Points Only menu appears in the left navigation area if one of the following is true: • if your Rapid Recovery Core retains some recovery points from a machine that was previously protected • if you removed replication but retained the recovery points. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu...
Page 43: Viewing The Custom Groups Menu
Core log file Accessing Core logs, respectively. Parent topic Core settings This section describes how to manage and change the settings for your Rapid Recovery Core from the Settings icon. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Core settings...
Page 44: Rapid Recovery Core Settings
Core, and Customizing nightly jobs for a protected machine. Transfer queue Transfer queue settings control the number of times transfer operations are attempted if jobs fail due to unavailability of resources. You can establish the DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery Core settings...
Page 45 For more information about establishing or modifying database connection settings for the service database, see Configuring database connection settings. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery Core settings...
Page 46 Core, see Managing Core SQL attachability settings. Jobs Core jobs are automatically created whenever you initiate operations such as replication. You can specify settings for each job using the Jobs core settings. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery Core settings...
Page 47 When this option is set to Yes, Rapid Recovery Core uploads log files to Dell for analysis in its on-going effort to improve overall product quality. This setting is optional. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery Core settings...
Page 48: Configuring Core General Settings
Rapid Recovery includes the Automatic Update feature. When installing the Rapid Recovery Core, you can choose whether to automatically update the Rapid Recovery Core software when new updates are available, and how frequently the system should check for updates. DL4300 Appliance Configuring update settings...
Page 49 • Never • Daily • Weekly • Monthly If you choose automatic updates, after the selected threshold of time passes, if an update is available, it is installed after nightly jobs have completed. DL4300 Appliance Configuring update settings...
Page 50: Understanding Nightly Jobs
The default time is 12:00 AM. Rollup Core or protected machine Applies the retention policy to your backed-up data by combining or "rolling up" recovery points on the schedule dictated in the policy. You can customize the policy on DL4300 Appliance Understanding nightly jobs...
Page 51 This nightly job is relevant if you for protected virtual machines use native VMware APIs to protect machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent software. You should periodically consolidate VMware snapshots. Enabling this nightly job lets you perform these consolidations DL4300 Appliance Understanding nightly jobs...
Page 52 Exchange server in your Core. Log repository statistics Core Sends repository statistics to a logging server. Delete old events and jobs Core Maintains the scale of the events database by removing old DL4300 Appliance Understanding nightly jobs...
Page 53: Modifying Transfer Queue Settings
From the list of Core settings on the left side of the Settings page, click Transfer Queue. • Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Transfer Queue heading. DL4300 Appliance Modifying transfer queue settings...
Page 54: Adjusting Client Timeout Settings
Enter the configuration information as described in the following table. Table 12. Client timeout settings information Setting Description Connection Timeout Controls the timeout for the connection between the Core and protected machines when sending data across the hypertext transfer protocol (http). DL4300 Appliance Adjusting client timeout settings...
Page 55: Understanding Deduplication Cache And Storage Locations
Until this cache is exceeded, your data is deduplicated across the repository. Once the amount of redundant information is so great that the deduplication cache is full, your repository can no longer take full advantage of DL4300 Appliance Understanding deduplication cache and storage locations...
Page 56 For more information about deduplication, see Deduplication in Rapid Recovery. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Understanding deduplication cache and storage locations...
Page 57 If you want to change the secondary cache location for DVM repositories, then in the Secondary Cache Location text box, type the path for a storage location accessible to the Core. The default location is: DL4300 Appliance Understanding deduplication cache and storage locations...
Page 58: Configuring Replay Engine Settings
Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Replay Engine heading. The Replay Engine core settings appear. Click on the setting you want to change. The setting you selected becomes editable. Enter the configuration information as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Configuring Replay engine settings...
Page 59 Enter an outbound buffer size or accept the default setting. The default setting is 8192. No Delay It is recommended that you leave this check box unchecked as doing otherwise will impact network efficiency. If you determine that you need to modify DL4300 Appliance Configuring Replay engine settings...
Page 60: Configuring Deployment Settings
The amount of time deployment of the Agent software should be attempted before timing out. The default setting is 00:25:00 or twenty-five minutes. If you wish to change this setting, enter the length of time you want the system to attempt to DL4300 Appliance Configuring deployment settings...
Page 61: Configuring Database Connection Settings
From the top of the Database Connection settings area, you can do the following: • Click Test Connection to verify your settings. Testing the connection is recommended when you change any of the database connection settings. • Click Restore Default to restore all default database connection settings. DL4300 Appliance Configuring database connection settings...
Page 62 The default setting is 0. For each setting, when satisfied with your changes, click to save the change and exit edit mode, or click to exit edit mode without saving. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Configuring database connection settings...
Page 63: Modifying Local Database Connection Settings
Configuring an email server. NOTE: To send event information by email, you must also configure notification group settings. For more information on specifying events to receive email alerts, see Configuring notification groups. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing SMTP server settings...
Page 64: Managing Cloud Configuration Settings
This option controls the default paper size for printing reports. The default is A4. You can choose from the following paper sizes: • Letter • Tabloid • Ledger • Legal • • • Executive • • C3Envelope • C4Envelope DL4300 Appliance Managing report settings...
Page 65: Managing Core Sql Attachability Settings
This option does not appear if you are not protecting a SQL Server in your Core. To configure the Core to perform SQL attachability checks as part of the nightly jobs, complete the following steps. DL4300 Appliance Managing Core SQL attachability settings...
Page 66: Understanding Core Jobs
Understanding Core jobs Core jobs are processes that the Rapid Recovery Core performs to support its operations, including backing up to recovery points, replicating data, archiving data, exporting data to VMs, maintaining repositories, and so on. Core DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 67 LDF (log) files are available in the backup snapshot. Process: • Mount the latest recovery point for protection groups containing SQL databases. • Mount the database. If performing attachability from the protected SQL server, mount DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 68 • Dismount the recovery point. Check mountability Checks that Default of Exchange Exchange databases databases are mountable. Replicate protected Transfers a copy Default machines data from of recovery points remote source for a protected DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 69 Delete chain of Deletes a complete recovery points recovery point chain on a protected machine. Delete range of Deletes a set of recovery points recovery points on a protected machine, by recovery point identifier or date range. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 70 Process: • Mount recovery point. • Create virtual machine from the recovery point data in the destination path. • Dismount the recovery point. Import archives Imports recovery point from the specified backup DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 71 Job sets ID number for each specified VM, writes information about the Core to a configuration file, and retrieves metadata from the file. Restore from Performs a restore recovery point from a recovery point to a specified DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 72 For jobs that are listed in settings, you can edit existing settings. This lets you customize the two parameters, delete a job type from the job settings list, or restore default settings. For detailed information, see the topic Editing Core job settings. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 73 Although you can only use this feature for the job types included in Core settings by default, you can set other job types to defaults by removing them from the list and adding them again. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Core jobs...
Page 74: Managing Licenses
For example, a sample license key format is ABC12-DEF3G-H45IJ-6K78L-9MN10- OPQ11. Rapid Recovery lets you manage licenses or contact the license server directly from the Core Console by selecting (Settings) from the icon bar and clicking Licensing. DL4300 Appliance Managing licenses...
Page 75 Contacting the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal server You can also view licensing information for a single protected machine. For more information, see Viewing license information on a machine. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing licenses...
Page 76: Adding A License
Once the license is applied to the license server, any associated protected machines automatically update with the new license. Parent topic Adding a license Dell backup appliance owners can add one or more licenses to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. DL4300 Appliance Managing licenses...
Page 77 For non-trial licenses, the Rapid Recovery Core contacts the license portal once every hour. If the Core cannot reach the license portal after a 10-day grace period, the Core stops taking snapshots. Typically, communication with the license portal server occurs automatically at designated intervals; however, you can initiate communication on-demand. DL4300 Appliance Managing licenses...
Page 78: Understanding Snmp Settings
Parent topic Configuring SNMP settings Use the SNMP settings to control communication between the Core and the SNMP browser. This includes the SNMP port, trap receiver port, and the host name for the trap receiver. DL4300 Appliance Understanding SNMP settings...
Page 79: Downloading The Snmp Mib File
Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. On the icon bar, click (More) and then click Downloads. The Downloads page appears. Scroll down to the Other Files pane. To download the MIB file, click the SNMP MIB file download link. DL4300 Appliance Understanding SNMP settings...
Page 80: Configuring Vsphere Settings
The default setting is 0. Maximum retries Text field Sets the maximum number of attempts for connection to a virtual disk or read and write operations before a timeout. NOTE: The default setting is 10. DL4300 Appliance Configuring vSphere settings...
Page 81: Backing Up And Restoring Core Settings
NOTE: When you restore the Core configuration settings, the Rapid Recovery Core service restarts. From the top of the Settings page, click Restore. The Restore Core Configuration dialog box appears. DL4300 Appliance Backing up and restoring Core settings...
Page 82: Core-Level Tools
In addition to configuring Core settings, you can also use the Core-level tools described in the following table. Table 23. Other Core-level tools UI Element Description System information Rapid Recovery lets you view information about the Rapid Recovery Core that includes system DL4300 Appliance Core-level tools...
Page 83: Understanding System Information For The Core
Rapid Recovery Core. Potentially includes chipset and lists 64-bit system. Rapid Recovery Core supports 64-bit systems only. Memory (physical) Lists the amount of Random Access Memory installed on the Core machine. DL4300 Appliance Understanding system information for the Core...
Page 84 Viewing system information for a protected machine. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. On the icon bar, click (More) and then click System Information. The System information page appears. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Understanding system information for the Core...
Page 85: Accessing Core Logs
The CoreAppRecovery.log file saves to your Downloads folder. It can be opened using any text editor. Parent topic See also: Downloading and viewing the Core log file See also: Downloading and viewing the log file for a protected machine DL4300 Appliance Accessing Core logs...
Page 86: Roadmap For Configuring The Core
Performing a repository optimization job. For more information about the repository optimization job, see About the Repository Optimization Job. For steps to optimize an existing DVM repository, see Optimizing a repository. Deleting a repository. For more information about deleting a repository, see Deleting a repository. DL4300 Appliance Managing a DVM repository...
Page 87: Creating A Dvm Repository
You can enter up to 254 characters. For example, type DVM Repository 2. Click Add Storage Location to define the specific storage location or volume for the repository. This volume should be a primary storage location. DL4300 Appliance Creating a DVM repository...
Page 88 (only to separate host names and domains). The letters a to z are case-insensitive. Do not use spaces. No other symbols or punctuation characters are permitted. DL4300 Appliance Creating a DVM repository...
Page 89 Set the value to one of the following: • • • Sync If set to On, which is the default, Windows controls the caching. This is appropriate for Windows 10, and DL4300 Appliance Creating a DVM repository...
Page 90: Expanding Repository
To change the license key, see Updating or changing a license section. To expand the existing repository: Click Appliance > Provisioning. In the Repositories section, click → Expand Existing Repository, next to the repository that you want to expand. DL4300 Appliance Expanding repository...
Page 91 RAID configurations: 1, 5, or Repository license The repository license is displayed. Estimated capacity Displays the estimated capacity available for creating a repository. Controller available space Displays the available space on the controller. DL4300 Appliance Expanding repository...
Page 92: Viewing Or Modifying Repository Details
Then extend the volume, and finally, resume protection. This action prevents a rare error that can occur only when extending a volume simultaneous with a specific transfer phase. Check Perform a repository check DL4300 Appliance Viewing or modifying repository details...
Page 93: Adding A Storage Location To An Existing Dvm Repository
Specify how to add the file for the storage location. You can choose to add the file on the local disk or on a CIFS share. • Select Add file on local disk to specify a local machine and then enter the information as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository...
Page 94 Table 32. Storage location details Text Box Description Size Set the size or capacity for the storage location.The default size is 250 GB. You can choose from the following: • • DL4300 Appliance Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository...
Page 95 If set to Sync, Windows controls the caching as well as the synchronous input/output. Bytes per Sector Specify the number of bytes you want each sector to include. The default value is 512. DL4300 Appliance Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository...
Page 96: About Checking The Integrity Of Dvm Repositories
(snapshot and base image backups, and replication), nightly jobs, and so on. You can perform other operations in other repositories while this job is running. DL4300 Appliance About checking the integrity of DVM repositories...
Page 97: Checking A Repository
The optimization process is processor-intensive. The amount of time it takes to run this job depends on several factors. These factors include the size of your repository; the amount of data in your repository; available network DL4300 Appliance About the Repository Optimization Job...
Page 98 The optimization job takes precedence over most other jobs. If necessary, you can interrupt an optimization job in progress. For more information on interrupting or resuming this job, see Interrupting or Resuming the Repository Optimization Job. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance About the Repository Optimization Job...
Page 99 The repository can be on a shared network location, or on a storage device accessible to the second Core. Complete the following procedure to open an existing repository. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. On the icon bar, click (More), and then select Repositories. The Repositories page appears. DL4300 Appliance About the Repository Optimization Job...
Page 100: Running The Check Repository Job On A Dvm Repository
If you have multiple DVM repositories for a target Core, perform this process once for each repository. DL4300 Appliance Running the Check Repository Job on a DVM repository...
Page 101: Managing Security
Encryption is performed without impact on performance. • You can add, remove, import, export, modify, and delete encryption keys that are configured on the Core. • There is no limit to the number of encryption keys you can create on the Core. DL4300 Appliance Managing security...
Page 102: Applying Or Removing Encryption From A Protected Machine
Protect Machines Wizard. This selection adds an Encryption page to the wizard workflow. From this page, select Enable encryption, and then select an existing encryption key or specify parameters for DL4300 Appliance Associating an encryption key with a protected machine...
Page 103: Applying An Encryption Key From The Protected Machines Page
If you want to create a new encryption key and apply it to this protected machine, select Encrypt data using Core- based encryption with a new key. Then enter the details for the key as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Applying an encryption key from the Protected Machines page...
Page 104: Disassociating An Encryption Key From A Protected Machine
Perform this procedure to disassociate an encryption key from a specific protected machine. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core and click Protected Machines. DL4300 Appliance Disassociating an encryption key from a protected machine...
Page 105: Managing Encryption Keys
Core has encryption enabled, and recovery points for that machine are replicated in a target Core, any encryption keys used in the source appear automatically in the target Core with a type of Replication. The default state after receiving DL4300 Appliance Managing encryption keys...
Page 106 For information on how to apply an encryption key you create from the Encryption Keys pane, or to delete a key entirely from the Rapid Recovery Core, see Applying or removing encryption from a protected machine. DL4300 Appliance Managing encryption keys...
Page 107: Adding An Encryption Key
Name Enter a name for the encryption key. Encryption key names must contain between 1 and 64 alphanumeric characters. Do not use prohibited characters prohibited phrases. Description Enter a comment for the encryption key. DL4300 Appliance Adding an encryption key...
Page 108: Importing An Encryption Key
The key filename starts with "EncryptionKey-," followed by the key ID, and ending in the file extension .key. For example, a sample encryption key name is EncryptionKey-RandomAlphabeticCharacters.key. Select the key you want to import, and then click Open. In the Import Key dialog box, click OK. DL4300 Appliance Importing an encryption key...
Page 109: Unlocking An Encryption Key
Select the number field and enter a value between 1 and 999. ▪ Specify the duration number as hours, days, or months, respectively. ▪ Then click OK. This option is available for encryption keys added by replication. DL4300 Appliance Unlocking an encryption key...
Page 110: Locking An Encryption Key
Rapid Recovery takes a new base image. That base image snapshot occurs for that machine upon the next scheduled or forced snapshot. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core. On the icon bar, click (More) and then select Encryption Keys. DL4300 Appliance Editing an encryption key...
Page 111: Changing An Encryption Key Passphrase
You can export an encryption key from any Rapid Recovery Core with the express purpose of using it in another Core. When you perform this procedure, the key is saved to the Downloads folder for the active Windows user account. DL4300 Appliance Exporting an encryption key...
Page 112: Removing An Encryption Key
You can modify these attributes only if the type is Universal. If you need to modify these attributes for a key with DL4300 Appliance Changing encryption key types...
Page 113: Managing Cloud Accounts
This section describes how to define links to existing cloud storage provider accounts, and how to manage those cloud accounts for use with Rapid Recovery. For example, you can archive Rapid Recovery data to the cloud, or import archived data from the cloud. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing cloud accounts...
Page 114: About Cloud Accounts
To obtain the access key from your Azure account, check Keys under Settings. Use https protocol Select this option to use the secure https protocol instead of the standard http protocol. DL4300 Appliance Adding a cloud account...
Page 115 Select whether to use a password or an API key, and then enter your selection for this account. Tenant ID Enter your tenant ID for this account. Authentication URL Enter the authentication URL for this account. DL4300 Appliance Adding a cloud account...
Page 116: Editing A Cloud Account
Rapid Recovery should spend on a single attempt to connect to the cloud account when there is a delay. Connection attempts will cease after the entered amount of time. DL4300 Appliance Configuring cloud account settings...
Page 117: Removing A Cloud Account
Businesses often use long-term storage for archiving both compliance and non-compliance data. The archive feature in Rapid Recovery is used to support the extended retention for compliance and non-compliance data; and it is also used to seed replication data to a remote replica core. DL4300 Appliance Understanding archives...
Page 118: Creating An Archive
User name Enter a user name. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Password Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. DL4300 Appliance Creating an archive...
Page 119 At time Select the hour of the day you want to create an archive. Monthly At day of months Select the day of the month on which to automatically create the archive. DL4300 Appliance Creating an archive...
Page 120 NOTE: Amazon™ cloud archives are automatically divided into 50 GB segments. Microsoft Azure cloud archives are automatically divided into 200 GB segments. DL4300 Appliance Creating an archive...
Page 121: Archiving To A Cloud
Archive your data and export it to your cloud account. For more information, see Creating an archive. • Retrieve archived data by importing it from the cloud location. For more information, see Importing an archive. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Archiving to a cloud...
Page 122: Editing A Scheduled Archive
Account Select an account from the drop- down list. NOTE: To select a cloud account, you must first have added it in the Core Console. For more information, see Adding a cloud account. DL4300 Appliance Editing a scheduled archive...
Page 123 If you do not select this option, archiving begins at the scheduled time. 11. Click Next. 12. On the Options page, use the Recycle action drop-down list to select one of the options described in the following table: DL4300 Appliance Editing a scheduled archive...
Page 124: Pausing Or Resuming A Scheduled Archive
The status of the archive displays in the Schedule column. Parent topic Forcing an archive job Using this procedure, you can force Rapid Recovery to perform the archive job on a scheduled archive at any time. DL4300 Appliance Forcing an archive job...
Page 125: Checking An Archive
Password Enter the password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Cloud Account Select an account from the drop- down list. DL4300 Appliance Checking an archive...
Page 126: Attaching An Archive
Core. Attaching the archive also caches the credentials for accessing the information. Until you delete the attached archive definition, you can easily re-attach and detach the archive, making its recovery points easily accessible. DL4300 Appliance Attaching an archive...
Page 127 Container Select the container of the archive associated with your account from the drop-down menu. Folder name Enter the name of the folder of the archived data; for example, Rapid-Recovery-Archive-[DATE CREATED]-[TIME CREATED]. Click Attach. DL4300 Appliance Attaching an archive...
Page 128: Importing An Archive
Password Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Cloud Account Select an account from the drop- down list. DL4300 Appliance Importing an archive...
Page 129 Creating a DVM repository. 11. If you chose to Continuous import (by schedule) in Step 2, on the Schedule page, select the options described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Importing an archive...
Page 130: Events
Finally, you can configure notifications to change the amount of time event logs are retained, and reduce repetitive event notification. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Events...
Page 131: Rapid Recovery Events
As a task is running, it is listed in the Running tasks drop-down menu at the top of the Core Console. Clicking a running task opens the Monitor Active Task dialog box. DL4300 Appliance Viewing tasks...
Page 132 To export the list of tasks, select a format from the list and then click Export. In the resulting dialog box, confirm the export and then click OK. You can export using the following formats: Table 50. Export formats Format Description Portable Document Format (default export format) DL4300 Appliance Viewing tasks...
Page 133: Viewing Alerts
To filter by alert message description, enter the description in the Search message text box. For example, to see alerts only related to agents, enter "agent;' to see alerts related to transfers, enter "transfer;" and so on. DL4300 Appliance Viewing alerts...
Page 134: Viewing All Events
The template has default settings; you can use the default as-is, or you can test and make modifications to serve your needs. DL4300 Appliance Understanding email notifications...
Page 135: Configuring An Email Server
Enter an integer value to specify how long to try to connect to the email server. It is used to establish the time in seconds before a timeout occurs. The default is 60 seconds. DL4300 Appliance Configuring an email server...
Page 136: Configuring An Email Notification Template
The email template is enabled and is visible. The values of the default email template are described in the following step. Review the contents in the Edit Email Notification Configuration dialog box and determine if the default content suits your needs. DL4300 Appliance Configuring an email notification template...
Page 137 The host name of the Core details The details object of the specific event. agentName The name of the protected machine associated with this event, if the event has a scope of a single protected machine. DL4300 Appliance Configuring an email notification template...
Page 138: Notification Groups, Smtp Settings And Notification Templates For System Events
When sending notification of events, the system uses an email notification. You can customize this template. For more information on configuring or customizing the email notification template, see Configuring an email notification template. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Notification groups, SMTP settings and notification templates for system events...
Page 139: Configuring Notification Groups
In the general description area, enter the basic information for the notification group, as described in the following table. Option Description Name Enter a name for the event notification group. This information is required. CAUTION: The value you enter for the notification group name cannot be changed later. DL4300 Appliance Configuring notification groups...
Page 140 All Alerts label. The symbol changes to a downward-facing arrow, and the view expands to show groups. Then click the right angle bracket > symbol next to any specific alert group to display related events in the group. DL4300 Appliance Configuring notification groups...
Page 141 To select only some alert types within an alert group, expand the group and then select only those specific events for which you want to log, report, and set alerts. DL4300 Appliance Configuring notification groups Click the Notification Options tab.
Page 142: About Configuring Repetition Reduction
About configuring repetition reduction The ability for administrators to receive alerts upon certain events is critical. Nonetheless, in certain circumstances, receiving repeated notification of events that you are aware of can also be frustrating or DL4300 Appliance About configuring repetition reduction...
Page 143: Configuring Repetition Reduction
Events and jobs tracked on the Core are saved for a specified amount of time. The default setting is 30 days. This number can be set between 0 days and 3652 days (approximately 10 years). DL4300 Appliance Configuring event retention...
Page 144: Rapid Appliance Self Recovery
USB drive and List of Possible target paths. Select the target and click Create. A warning dialog box is displayed. Click Yes. The RASR USB Drive key is created. DL4300 Appliance Creating the RASR USB key...
Page 145: Executing Rasr
All OS disk data will be overwritten. 12. Click Yes. The operating system disk starts restoring back to factory reset. 13. The RASR Completed page is displayed on completion of the recovery process. Click Finish. 14. Boot the system after restore. DL4300 Appliance Executing RASR...
Page 146: The Local Mount Utility
BMR of the system volume. For more information, see Mounting a recovery point volume on a Linux machine, Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line, and Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines, respectively.. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance About the Local Mount Utility...
Page 147: Working With Rapid Recovery Core Machines In The Local Mount Utility
The default port number is 8006. Use my Windows user credentials Select this option if the credentials you use to access the Core are the same as your Windows credentials. DL4300 Appliance Adding a Core machine to the Local Mount Utility...
Page 148: Changing The Local Mount Utility Options
Password: Enter the password to use for all Cores. Core connection timeout (sec) Enter the amount of time the LMU should continue trying to connect to a Core before the connection times out (in minutes : seconds : milliseconds). DL4300 Appliance Changing the Local Mount Utility options...
Page 149: Editing Core Connection Settings In The Local Mount Utility
Core are different from your Windows credentials. User name The user name used to access the Core machine. NOTE: This option is only available if you chose to use specific credentials. DL4300 Appliance Editing Core connection settings in the Local Mount Utility...
Page 150: Reconnecting To A Core
Dismounting individual recovery points using the Local Mount Utility • Dismounting all recovery points from a single Rapid Recovery Core or protected machine • Dismounting all mounted recovery points using the Local Mount Utility DL4300 Appliance Working with protected machines in the Local Mount Utility...
Page 151: Mounting A Recovery Point Using The Local Mount Utility
Mount type Select one of the following options: • Mount read-only • Mount writable • Mount read-only with previous writes DL4300 Appliance Mounting a recovery point using the Local Mount Utility...
Page 152: Exploring A Mounted Recovery Point Using The Local Mount Utility
A progress windows shows when the selected recovery points have dismounted. Click the x in the top right of the Active Mounts window to close the window and return to the LMU. DL4300 Appliance Dismounting individual recovery points using the Local Mount Utility...
Page 153: Dismounting All Recovery Points From A Single Rapid Recovery Core Or Protected Machine
From the Local Mount Utility user interface, click Active Mounts. In the Active Mounts window click Dismount All. To confirm the command, in the window, click Yes. In the Active Mounts window, click Close. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Dismounting all mounted recovery points using the Local Mount Utility...
Page 154: Using The Local Mount Utility Tray Menu
Core credentials for the LMU user interface. About Reveals the Local Mount Utility licensing information. Exit Closes the LMU application. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Using the Local Mount Utility tray menu...
Page 155: Managing Your Appliance
In DL 4000 and DL 4300, a VD of size 295 GB is created and in DL1300, a VD of size 210 GB is created. • After you upgrade your appliance with the latest RUU, and if the Windows backup VD created in the AppAssure environment exists, perform these steps to create Windows backup VD in the RR environment: DL4300 Appliance Windows backup...
Page 156: Backup Status
◦ State ◦ Backup Location ◦ Start Time ◦ End Time ◦ Error Description ◦ Items that were backed up NOTE: The above information is displayed whether the Windows Backup Policy is run or not. DL4300 Appliance Backup Status...
Page 157: Windows Backup Policy
Enter the parameters as described below: Text Box Description Following items will be backed up: ▪ OS Volume ▪ Recovery partition ▪ Bare metal recovery binaries All of the above are selected by default. Perform backup DL4300 Appliance Windows Backup Policy...
Page 158: Provisioning Storage
To complete disk provisioning for all available storage: Click Appliance > Provisioning. The Provisioning screen displays the Repositories and Storage Volumes sections. DL4300 Appliance Provisioning storage...
Page 159 To configure storage in the desired RAID level, see Dell Adapters documentation at www.dell.com/support/home. Estimated capacity Displays the estimated capacity available for creating a repository. Controller available space Displays the available space on the controller. Size Enter the size of the repository. DL4300 Appliance Provisioning storage...
Page 160: Deleting Space Allocation For A Virtual Disk
Recovery and Update Utility The Recovery and Update Utility (RUU) is an all-in-one installer to recover and update DL Appliances (DL1000, DL1300, DL4000 and DL4300) software. It includes the Rapid Recovery Core software and appliance-specific components. RUU consists of updated versions of the Windows Server Roles and Features, .Net 4.5.2, LSI Provider, DL Applications, OpenManage Server Administrator and Rapid Recovery Core Software.
Page 161: Repairing Your Appliance
10. After all services and applications are installed, click Proceed. DL Appliance Configuration Wizard will be launched if the system needs to be configured again after repair, otherwise Core Console will be launched. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Repairing your Appliance...
Page 162: Protecting Workstations And Servers
Using advanced options, you can add additional security measures by specifying or applying an encryption key to backups for the machines you want to protect. Finally, if one does not already exist, you can define a repository using the wizard. DL4300 Appliance About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery...
Page 163: About Protecting Linux Machines With Rapid Recovery
Viewing status for checks on recovery points from Exchange Server or SQL Server. Recovery points captured from a protected SQL or Exchange server have corresponding color status indicators. These colors indicate the success or failure of various checks relevant for SQL servers or Exchange servers. DL4300 Appliance About managing Exchange and SQL servers in Rapid Recovery Core...
Page 164: About Protecting Server Clusters
Rapid Recovery Core; however, CSVs do not display in the Core Console and are not available for protection. All local disks (such as the operating system volume) are available for protection. The following table depicts current support in Rapid Recovery Core for cluster-shared volumes. DL4300 Appliance About protecting server clusters...
Page 165: Support For Dynamic And Basic Volumes
Repository storage: Additionally, Rapid Recovery supports the creation of repositories on complex dynamic volumes (striped, mirrored, spanned, or RAID). The file system of the machine hosting the repository must be NTFS or ReFS. DL4300 Appliance Support for dynamic and basic volumes...
Page 166: Understanding The Rapid Recovery Agent Software Installer
You can deploy the Rapid Recovery Agent software simultaneously to multiple Windows machines. The machines can be part of an Active Directory domain or vCenter or ESX(i) virtual host; or they can be machines already DL4300 Appliance Deploying Agent to multiple machines simultaneously from the Core Console...
Page 167: Deploying The Rapid Recovery Agent Software To One Or More Machines
Dell recommends limiting the number of machines to which you deploy simultaneously to 50 or fewer, to preclude experiencing resource constraints that may cause the deploy operation to fail. DL4300 Appliance Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines...
Page 168 The Rapid Recovery Agent software deploys to the specified machines. The machines are not yet protected. Protection begins after you complete Protecting multiple machines on an Active Directory domain. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines...
Page 169 Click Next. Rapid Recovery automatically verifies each machine you selected. On the Adjustments page of the wizard, enter the credentials for each machine in the following format: hostname::username::password. DL4300 Appliance Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines...
Page 170 If you want to restart the machines automatically after deployment, select After Agent installation, restart the machines automatically (Recommended). Click Finish. The system automatically verifies each machine that you selected. DL4300 Appliance Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines...
Page 171: Modifying Deploy Settings
Agent Installer Name Enter the name of the agent executable file. The default is Agent-web.exe. Core Address Enter the address for the Core. Failed Receive Timeout Enter the number of minutes to wait without activity before timeout. DL4300 Appliance Modifying deploy settings...
Page 172: Understanding Protection Schedules
When protecting one or multiple machines using a wizard, you can initially pause protection, which defines the protection schedule without protecting the machines. When you are ready to begin protecting your machines based on the established protection schedule, you must explicitly resume protection. For more information DL4300 Appliance Understanding protection schedules...
Page 173: Protecting A Machine
Do one of the following: • If you are starting from the Protect Machine Wizard, proceed to Step • If you are starting from the Rapid Recovery Core Console, from the button bar, click Protect. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 174 Optionally, on the Protection page, if you want a name other than the IP address to display in the Rapid Recovery Core console for this protected machine, then in the Display Name field, type a name in the dialog box. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 175 Description Repository Name Enter the display name of the repository. By default, this text box consists of the word Repository and a number, which corresponds to the number of repositories for this Core. For example, DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 176 (only to separate host names and domains). You can use the backslash character only to define levels in the path. Do not use spaces. No other symbols or punctuation characters are permitted. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 177 Windows 7, the file size limit is 16 If the storage location is a NTFS volume using Windows 8, 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, the file size limit is 256 TB. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 178 If you enable encryption, it will be applied to data for all protected volumes for this machine. You can change encryption settings later from the Rapid Recovery Core Console. For more information about encryption, see the topic Understanding encryption keys. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 179: Protecting A Cluster
This topic describes how to add a cluster for protection in Rapid Recovery . When you add a cluster to protection, you need to specify the host name or IP address of the cluster, the cluster application, or one of the cluster nodes or machines that includes the Rapid Recovery Agent software. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 180 Function next to the relevant volume. For more information about customizing nodes, see Protecting nodes in a cluster. When you have made all necessary changes, click Save. 10. In the Protect Cluster dialog box, click Protect. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 181: Protecting Nodes In A Cluster
Password The password used to connect to this machine. To add the node, click Connect. To start protecting this node with default protection settings, go to Step DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 182 Pausing and resuming protection. When you are satisfied with changes made to your protection schedule, click Finish or Next, as appropriate. Return to the procedure for the appropriate wizard to complete any requirements remaining. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 183: Modifying Protection Schedules
Change the interval according to your requirements. For example, if defining an off-peak period. change the interval from 60 minutes to 120 minutes to take snapshots every two hours. If needed, continue to create additional periods, setting start and end times and intervals as appropriate. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 184 If you want to pause protection for a specified period, select Pause for and then, in the Days, Hours, and Minutes controls, type or select the appropriate pause period as appropriate. To resume protection for all machines, do the following: Select Resume Protection. The Resume Protection dialog box appears. DL4300 Appliance Protecting a machine...
Page 185: Managing Protected Machines
The Resume Protection dialog box closes, and protection resumes for the selected machine. Parent topic Managing protected machines This section describes how to view, configure and manage the protected machines in your Rapid Recovery environment. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 186 (if applicable). This page also shows at-a-glance information about the volumes in this cluster, including size and protection schedule. If applicable, you can also view SQL Server or Exchange Server information for a different cluster. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 187: Configuring Machine Settings
Modifying cluster node settings. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, under the Protected Machines menu, click the IP address or machine name for the machine for which you want to view or modify configuration settings. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 188 Rapid Recovery takes a new base image upon the next scheduled or forced snapshot. Repository Select a repository for the recovery points. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 189 NOTE: Dell recommends setting this value to 8. If you experience dropped packets, try increasing this setting. Maximum Concurrent Writes Sets the maximum number of simultaneous disk write actions per protected machine connection. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 190 If the network write cannot be performed in that time, the operation is retried. To modify settings for excluded writers, click the appropriate setting, and then enter the configuration information as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 191 A Hyper-V host that is using Rapid Snap for Virtual (agentless protection) to protect VMs is indicated in the left navigation area by the host icon . The settings for a Hyper-V host with VMs that are protected agentlessly are DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 192 Hyper-V host. Click OK. Under Auto Protection, to determine whether to automatically protect new virtual machines when they are added to the Hyper-V host, click the setting for Auto protect new virtual machines. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 193 On the Core Console, under Protected Machines in the left navigation area, click the Hyper-V host whose settings you want to change. The Summary page for the host opens. On the menu bar for the host, click Settings. The Settings page opens. In the list on the left side, click vSphere. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 194 Number of concurrent agent data transfers • Number of concurrent data streams • Amount of data change on disk • Available network bandwidth • Repository disk subsystem performance • Amount of memory available for data buffering DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 195 Dell recommends adjusting and testing the other settings prior to changing the default setting for outstanding reads per stream, unless directed otherwise by a Dell Support representative. When tuning and testing this setting, start with a value of 24. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 196 Complete the steps in this procedure to view detailed system information for a protected machine. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console, and from the protected machines menu in the left navigation area, click a protected machine name. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 197: Managing Machines
In the dialog box, if you want to also delete all recovery points for this machine from the repository, select Remove with recovery points. To confirm your choice to remove the machine, click Yes. Rapid Recovery removes the machine from protection and cancels all active tasks for that machine. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 198 To keep all currently stored recovery points for this cluster. Remove Recovery Points To remove all currently stored recovery points for this cluster from the repository. In the Delete Nodes dialog box, click Yes to confirm. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 199 The Rapid Recovery Core Console shows a Protected Machines menu in the left navigation area. This includes all machines or server clusters added to protection on your Rapid Recovery Core. Beneath this, other menus may DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 200 From the Protected Machines, replicated machines, or recovery points-only menu, do the following: Place your cursor over a machine in the menu. Click on the drop-down menu for that machine. Scroll down and select Label as, and then click New label. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 201 Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. In the Protected Machines menu, scroll your cursor over the custom group you want to remove. Click on the drop-down menu for that group, and then click Remove label. DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 202 Clicking the name of a custom group takes you to a Machines page that lists all the machines in that custom group. You can then perform some functions on all machines from the Actions menu, or you can perform functions individually by selecting commands from each individual machine. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing protected machines...
Page 203: About Protecting Multiple Machines
Protecting multiple machines on an Active Directory domain Use this procedure to simultaneously protect one or more machines on an Active Directory domain. On the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the Protect drop-down menu, and then click Protect Multiple Machines. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 204 13. Proceed with your configuration as follows: • If you selected a Typical configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard and specified default protection, then click Finish to confirm your choices, close the wizard, and protect the machine you specified. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 205 If you define your storage location at the root, all other files in the volume (e.g., E:\) are deleted, which could result in catastrophic data loss. The Add Storage Location dialog box appears. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 206 The letters a to z are case-insensitive. Do not use spaces. No other symbols or punctuation characters are permitted. User name Specify a user name for accessing the network share location. Password Specify a password for accessing the network share location. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 207 2012 and later. NOTE: Setting the write caching policy to On could result in faster performance. If you are using Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2, the recommended setting is Off. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 208 Description Enter a comment for the encryption key. This information appears in the Description field when viewing encryption keys from the Core Console. Passphrase Enter the passphrase used to control access. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 209 The port used to connect to the virtual host. The default setting is 443. User name The user name used to connect to the virtual host; for example, Administrator or, if the machine is in a domain, [domain name]\Administrator. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 210 15. Proceed with your configuration as follows: • If you selected a Typical configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard and specified default protection, then click Finish to confirm your choices, close the wizard, and protect the machine you specified. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 211 If you define your storage location at the root, all other files in the volume (e.g., E:\) are deleted, which could result in catastrophic data loss. The Add Storage Location dialog box appears. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 212 The letters a to z are case-insensitive. Do not use spaces. No other symbols or punctuation characters are permitted. User name Specify a user name for accessing the network share location. Password Specify a password for accessing the network share location. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 213 2012 and later. NOTE: Setting the write caching policy to On could result in faster performance. If you are using Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2, the recommended setting is Off. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 214 Description Enter a comment for the encryption key. This information appears in the Description field when viewing encryption keys from the Core Console. Passphrase Enter the passphrase used to control access. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 215 Restarting ensures that the Agent service is running, and that proper kernel module is used to protect the machine, if relevant. 10. If the status indicates that the machine is reachable, click Next to install the Agent software. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 216 Define the number of concurrent requests you want the repository to support. By default the value is 64. Comments Optionally, enter a descriptive note about this repository. You can enter up to 254 characters. For example, type DVM Repository 2. DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 217 The path must begin with \\. When specifying the path, use only alphanumeric characters, the hyphen, and the period (only to separate host names and domains). The letters a to z are case-insensitive. Do DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 218 The write caching policy controls how the Windows Cache Manager is used in the repository and helps to tune the repository for optimal performance on different configurations. Set the value to one of the following: • • • Sync DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 219 Text Box Description Name Enter a name for the encryption key. Encryption key names must contain between 1 and 130 alphanumeric characters. You may not include special characters such as the back slash, forward DL4300 Appliance About protecting multiple machines...
Page 220: Settings And Functions For Protected Exchange Servers
If you are protecting a Microsoft Exchange Server in your Core, there are additional settings you can configure in the Rapid Recovery Core Console, and there are additional functions you can perform. DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers...
Page 221 Complete the steps in this procedure to set credentials for each Exchange Server. In the left navigation area of the Rapid Recovery Core Console, select the protected Exchange server machine for which you want to set credentials. DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers...
Page 222 The mountability checks only apply to Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2013. Additionally, the Rapid Recovery Agent service account must be assigned the Organizational Administrator role in Exchange. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers...
Page 223 For instructions on how to view the status of the checksum check, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers...
Page 224: Settings And Functions For Protected Sql Servers
Complete the steps in this procedure to set credentials for each SQL Server. In the left navigation area of the Rapid Recovery Core Console, select the protected SQL Server machine for which you want set credentials. DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected SQL servers...
Page 225 Configuring nightly jobs for the Core. For more information about setting nightly jobs for a specific machine (in this case, a protected SQL Server), see Customizing nightly jobs for a protected machine. DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected SQL servers...
Page 226 The dialog box closes. The system performs the attachability check. For instructions on how to view the status of the attachability check, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Settings and functions for protected SQL servers...
Page 227: Understanding Rapid Snap For Virtual
Agentless protection lets you export dynamic disks or volumes. NOTE: If dynamic volumes are complex (striped, mirrored, spanned, or RAID), they export as disk images and parse into volumes after the export operation completes on the exported VM. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Rapid Snap for Virtual...
Page 228 VMs on the cluster. NOTE: For best performance, it is recommended that the maximum concurrent transfers for the Hyper-V host or node be set to 1, which is the default setting. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Rapid Snap for Virtual...
Page 229 This process takes some time when you first open the database, which causes a delay when starting up the machine. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Rapid Snap for Virtual...
Page 230: Protecting Vcenter/Esxi Virtual Machines Without The Rapid Recovery Agent
Enter the host information and logon credentials as described in the following table. Table 97. vCenter/ESX(i) connection settings Text Box Description Host The name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server/ESX(i) virtual host. DL4300 Appliance Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent...
Page 231 If you already have a repository and want to store the data from this machine for protection in the existing repository, then do the following: Select Use an existing repository. Select an existing repository from the list. Click Next. DL4300 Appliance Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent...
Page 232 You can use the backslash character only to define levels in the path. Do not use spaces. No other symbols or punctuation characters are permitted. DL4300 Appliance Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent...
Page 233 If the storage location is a New Technology File System (NTFS) volume using Windows XP or Windows 7, the file size limit is 16 DL4300 Appliance Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent...
Page 234 If you chose the Advanced option in Step 1, the Encryption page appears. 14. Optionally, on the Encryption page, to enable encryption, select Enable Encryption. Encryption key fields appear on the Encryption page. DL4300 Appliance Protecting vCenter/ESXi virtual machines without the Rapid Recovery Agent...
Page 235: Accessing Protected Machine Diagnostics
Parent topic Accessing protected machine diagnostics In Rapid Recovery, you can download and view diagnostic information for individual protected machines. Additionally, Rapid Recovery lets you download and view log data for the Core. DL4300 Appliance Accessing protected machine diagnostics...
Page 236: Downloading And Viewing The Log File For A Protected Machine
The AgentAppRecovery.log file saves to your Downloads folder. It can be opened using any text editor. Parent topic See also: Downloading and viewing the Core log file DL4300 Appliance Downloading and viewing the log file for a protected machine...
Page 237: Viewing Machine Status And Other Details
• Version • Install Path • Data Path • Database Name • Exchange Databases Path • Log File Path • Log Prefix • System Path • MailStore Type Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing machine status and other details...
Page 238: Managing Machines
Click the Events. Click the Job Details icon on the far right for the in-progress event or operation that you want to cancel. In the Monitor Active Task dialog box, click Cancel. DL4300 Appliance Canceling operations on a machine...
Page 239: Viewing License Information On A Machine
The following diagram shows a typical deployment for exporting data to a virtual machine. DL4300 Appliance About exporting to virtual machines with Rapid Recovery...
Page 240 If you have replication set up between two Cores (source and target), you can only export data from the target Core after the initial replication is complete. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance About exporting to virtual machines with Rapid Recovery...
Page 241: Performing A One-Time Esxi Export
Use the same amount of RAM as source machine • Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB The minimum amount is 1024 MB and the maximum allowed by the application is 65536 MB. The DL4300 Appliance Performing a one-time ESXi export...
Page 242: Performing A Continual (Virtual Standby) Esxi Export
Recovery. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, do one of the following: • From the Core Console, in the button bar, click the Restore drop-down menu, and then select VM Export. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) ESXi export...
Page 243 The minimum amount is 1024 MB and the maximum allowed by the application is 65536 MB. The maximum amount of memory usage is limited by the amount of RAM available to the host machine. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) ESXi export...
Page 244 11. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and start the export. NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) ESXi export...
Page 245: Performing A One-Time Vmware Workstation Export
If you entered a local path, a password is not required. VM name Enter a name for the virtual machine being created; for example, VM-0A1B2C3D4. NOTE: The default name is the name of the source machine. DL4300 Appliance Performing a one-time VMware Workstation export...
Page 246: Performing A Continual (Virtual Standby) Vmware Workstation Export
In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, do one of the following: • From the Core Console, in the button bar, click the Restore drop-down menu, and then select VM Export. In the Virtual Machine Export Wizard, select Continuous (Virtual Standby). DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VMware Workstation export...
Page 247 If you entered a local path, a password is not required. Virtual Machine Enter a name for the virtual machine being created; for example, VM-0A1B2C3D4. NOTE: The default name is the name of the source machine. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VMware Workstation export...
Page 248 11. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and to start the export. NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VMware Workstation export...
Page 249: Performing A One-Time Hyper-V Export
Use the same amount of RAM as the source machine. Select this option to identify that the RAM use is identical between the virtual and source machines. • Use a specific amount of RAM. Select this option if you want to specify the amount of RAM in MB. DL4300 Appliance Performing a one-time Hyper-V export...
Page 250: Performing A Continual (Virtual Standby) Hyper-V Export
In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, do one of the following: • From the Core Console, in the button bar, click the Restore drop-down menu, and then select VM Export. In the Virtual Machine Export Wizard, select Continuous (Virtual Standby). DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) Hyper-V export...
Page 251 Use the same amount of RAM as the source machine. Select this option to identify that the RAM use is identical between the virtual and source machines. • Use a specific amount of RAM. Select this option if you want to specify the amount of RAM in MB. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) Hyper-V export...
Page 252: Performing A One-Time Virtualbox Export
10. Enter the parameters for accessing the virtual machine as described in the following table. Table 111. Virtual machine parameters Option Description Virtual Machine Name Enter a name for the virtual machine being created. DL4300 Appliance Performing a one-time VirtualBox export...
Page 253: Performing A Continual (Virtual Standby) Virtualbox Export
You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events tab. Parent topic Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VirtualBox export To perform this step, VirtualBox must be installed on the Core machine. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VirtualBox export...
Page 254 User Name User name of the account on the target machine, for example, root. Password Password for the user account on the target machine. DL4300 Appliance Performing a continual (Virtual Standby) VirtualBox export...
Page 255: Managing Exports
Table 113. Virtual standby information Column Description Select item For each row in the summary table, you can select the check box to perform actions from the list of menu options preceding the table. DL4300 Appliance Managing exports...
Page 256 Table 114. Export queue information Column Description Select item For each row in the summary table, you can select the check box to perform actions from the list of menu options preceding the table. DL4300 Appliance Managing exports...
Page 257: Exporting Data To An Esxi Virtual Machine
In Rapid Recovery, you can export data to ESXi by performing a one-time export, or by establishing a continual export (for virtual standby). Complete the steps in the following procedures for the appropriate type of export. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine...
Page 258 Use the same amount of RAM as source machine • Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB The minimum amount is 1024 MB and the maximum allowed by DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine...
Page 259 13. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and start the export. NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine...
Page 260 Specify the memory usage for the virtual machine by clicking one of the following: • Use the same amount of RAM as source machine • Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine...
Page 261: Exporting Data To A Virtualbox Virtual Machine
Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine In Rapid Recovery, you can export data to VirtualBox Export by performing a one-time export, or by establishing a continual export (for virtual standby). DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine...
Page 262 Specify the memory usage for the virtual machine by clicking one of the following: • Use the same amount of RAM as source machine • Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine...
Page 263 On the Destination page of the Export Wizard, in the Recover to a Virtual Machine drop-down menu, select VirtualBox. On the Virtual Machine Options page, select Remote Linux Machine. Enter information about the virtual machine as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine...
Page 264 12. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and to start the export. NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine...
Page 265: Exporting Data To A Vmware Workstation Virtual Machine
If you specified a network share path, you need to enter a valid user name for an account that is registered on the target machine. • If you entered a local path, a user name is not required. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine...
Page 266 12. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and start the export. NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events tab. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine...
Page 267 If you specified a network share path, you need to enter a valid password for an account that is registered on the target machine. • If you entered a local path, a password is not required. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine...
Page 268: Exporting Data To A Hyper-V Virtual Machine
Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine In Rapid Recovery, you can export data to Hyper-V Export by performing a one-time export, or by establishing a continual export (for Virtual Standby). DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine...
Page 269 10. To indicate that the Hyper-V server is located on a remote machine, click Remote host, and then enter the information for the remote host as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine...
Page 270 If exporting to Hyper-V generation 2, only VHDX disk format is supported. 16. To specify generation of Hyper-V to use for export, click one of the following: • Generation 1 • Generation 2 DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine...
Page 271 Enter a port number for the machine. It represents the port through which the Core communicates with this machine. User name Enter the user name for the user with administrative privileges for the workstation with the Hyper-V DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine...
Page 272 15. Select Perform initial one-time export to perform the virtual export immediately instead of after the next scheduled snapshot. 16. On the Volumes page, click Finish to complete the wizard and to start the export. DL4300 Appliance Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine...
Page 273: Managing Aging Data
For example, if you back up a machine every quarter hour, 96 recovery points are saved to the repository for that machine per day, until rollup begins. Without managing your retention policy, that amount of data can quickly fill a repository. DL4300 Appliance Managing retention policies...
Page 274: Configuring Core Default Retention Policy Settings
From the list of Core settings on the left side of the Settings page, click Nightly Jobs. • Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Nightly Jobs heading. The Nightly Jobs core settings appear. Under Nightly Jobs, click Change. DL4300 Appliance Configuring Core default retention policy settings...
Page 275 Enter a number to represent the retention period and then select the time period. The default is 2 months. You can choose from: Months or Years DL4300 Appliance Configuring Core default retention policy settings...
Page 276: Customizing Retention Policy Settings For A Protected Machine
If customizing retention policies settings for a replicated machine, and if you see a caution notifying you to perform an Integrity Check on your repository, proceed with this step. Otherwise, skip to the next step. If you are prepared to perform the job, click Check Integrity DL4300 Appliance Customizing retention policy settings for a protected machine...
Page 277 …and then keep one recovery point per month for n Provides a more granular level of retention. It is [retention time period] used as a building block to further define how long recovery points are maintained. DL4300 Appliance Customizing retention policy settings for a protected machine...
Page 278: Forcing Rollup For A Protected Machine
Click the More drop-down menu at the top of the protected machine view, and then select Retention Policy. The Retention Policy page for the specified machine appears. Click Force Rollup. In the dialog box, click Yes to confirm. DL4300 Appliance Forcing rollup for a protected machine...
Page 279: Replication
On each of these Cores, the MSP partner lets one or more of their customers replicate recovery points from a source Core on the customer’s site to the MSP’s target Core for a fee. NOTE: In this scenario, customers only have access to their own data. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 280 Multipoint-to-point replication. Replicates protected machines from multiple source Cores to a single target Core. Figure 10. Multipoint-to-point replication configuration • Point-to-multipoint replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from a single source Core to more than one target Core. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 281 Figure 11. Point-to-multipoint replication configuration • Multi-hop replication. Replicates one or more protected machines from one target Core to another target Core, producing additional failover or recovery options on the replicated Core. DL4300 Appliance Replication with Rapid Recovery...
Page 282: Recovery Point Chains And Orphans
If the information you want to restore from a recovery point is in a previous backup that is not available to the Core (an earlier incremental snapshot or the base image), the recovery point is said to be orphaned. Orphaned recovery points are typical in some replication scenarios. DL4300 Appliance Recovery point chains and orphans...
Page 283: When Replication Begins
Core after you establish replication are replicated to the target Core. Backups saved on the source Core before replication was established will not be present on the target Core until you explicitly seed the data, using the following process. DL4300 Appliance Determining your seeding needs and strategy...
Page 284 If replicating to a third-party Core, once your media is received by the MSP, a data center representative typically attaches the media and notifies you when it is ready for you to consume (or import) the seed data into the Core. DL4300 Appliance Determining your seeding needs and strategy...
Page 285: Performance Considerations For Replicated Data Transfer
Core; Rapid Recovery lets you replicate on a per-protected machine basis, so you can choose to replicate only certain machines, if you want. If all protected machines on a source Core must be replicated, the change rate is typically higher. DL4300 Appliance Performance considerations for replicated data transfer...
Page 286: About Replication And Encrypted Recovery Points
Retention policies on the source and target Cores are not synchronized. Rollup and on-demand deletion perform independently on each Core on initial action, as well as when running nightly jobs. For more information on retention policies, see Managing retention policies. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance About retention policies for replication...
Page 287: Replicating To A Self-Managed Target Core
Core will communicate with the machine. The default port number is 8006. User Name Enter the user name for accessing the machine. Password Enter the password for accessing the machine. Click Next. DL4300 Appliance Replicating to a self-managed target Core...
Page 288 Enter a user name. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Password Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. DL4300 Appliance Replicating to a self-managed target Core...
Page 289 • Select the text box, enter an amount, and then select a unit of measurement from the drop-down list to customize the maximum space you want to reserve. The default is 250MB. DL4300 Appliance Replicating to a self-managed target Core...
Page 290 If you specified the use of the a drive, transfer the seed drive archive file to a volume (shared folder, virtual disk, or removable storage media). Then, consume the seed drive. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Replicating to a self-managed target Core...
Page 291: Viewing Incoming And Outgoing Replication
You can perform the actions described in the following table. Table 132. Global actions available in the Outgoing Replication pane UI Element Description Add Target Core Lets you define another target Core to replicate machines protected on this source Core. DL4300 Appliance Viewing incoming and outgoing replication...
Page 292 (replication paused), red (authentication error), and gray (offline or unreachable). Replication Name The display name of the source Core machine containing protected machines that are replicated on this target Core. DL4300 Appliance Viewing incoming and outgoing replication...
Page 293: Configuring Replication
Configuring replication To replicate data using Rapid Recovery, you must configure the source and target cores for replication. After you configure replication, you can then replicate protected machine data, monitor and manage replication, and perform recovery. DL4300 Appliance Configuring replication...
Page 294: Replicating To A Third-Party Target Core
To replicate to a target Core managed by a third party, complete the following tasks: • Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider • Reviewing a replication request from a customer • Ignoring a replication request from a customer Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Replicating to a third-party target Core...
Page 295: Submitting A Replication Request To A Third-Party Service Provider
If you currently have one or more protected machines replicating to a target core, you can include these machines on the seed drive by selecting the option Include already replicated recovery points in the seed drive. DL4300 Appliance Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider...
Page 296 Folder Name Enter a name for the folder in which the archived data is to be saved. The default name is Rapid-Recovery-Archive-[DATE CREATED]-[TIME CREATED] Click Next. DL4300 Appliance Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider...
Page 297 (RP) chains to the seed drive requires enough space on the seed drive to store the latest recovery points from the specified protected machine or machines, and may take additional time to complete the task. DL4300 Appliance Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider...
Page 298: Reviewing A Replication Request From A Customer
Repository column to select the appropriate repository for each machine. Optionally, in the Comment text box, enter a description or message to include in the response to the customer. Click Send Response. Replication is accepted. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Approving a replication request...
Page 299: Denying A Replication Request
After replication is established between a source and target Core, it is possible to add new protected machines to replicate to the target. Complete the steps in the following procedure on the source Core to add a new protected machine to a paired target Core for replication. DL4300 Appliance Adding a machine to existing replication...
Page 300 Password Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Cloud Account Select an account from the drop- down list. DL4300 Appliance Adding a machine to existing replication...
Page 301 • Erase completely. Clears all seed data from the directory before writing the seed drive. Comment Enter a comment that describes the seed drive. DL4300 Appliance Adding a machine to existing replication...
Page 302: Consuming The Seed Drive On A Target Core
• Local • Network • Cloud Enter the details for the seed drive archive file, as described in the following table based on the location type you selected in Step DL4300 Appliance Consuming the seed drive on a target Core...
Page 303 On the Consume dialog box, under Agents, select the machines for which you want to consume data. Click Consume. To monitor the progress of consuming data, view the Events page. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Consuming the seed drive on a target Core...
Page 304: Abandoning A Seed Drive
If no more seed drives exist on the source Core, the Seed Drives (#) link and outstanding seed drives section are removed from the Outgoing Replication pane. Parent topic Managing replication settings Rapid Recovery lets you monitor, schedule, and adjust replication at the overall, core, and protected machine levels. DL4300 Appliance Managing replication settings...
Page 305: Scheduling Replication
Next to Weekends, in the From text box, enter the earliest time at which replication should occur on weekends; and then in the To text box, enter the latest time at which replication should occur on weekends. Click Save. DL4300 Appliance Scheduling replication...
Page 306: Using The Copy Function To Create A Seed Drive
Password Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. Cloud Account Select an account from the drop- down list. DL4300 Appliance Using the Copy function to create a seed drive...
Page 307 • Erase completely. Clears all seed data from the directory before writing the seed drive. Comment Enter a comment that describes the seed drive. DL4300 Appliance Using the Copy function to create a seed drive...
Page 308: Monitoring Replication
Seed Drives (#) link appears on the Outgoing Replication pane on the source Core. The number displayed indicates how many seed drives are pending. NOTE: This link does not appear unless a seed drive is pending. DL4300 Appliance Monitoring replication...
Page 309 Lists all source Cores from which the target receives replicated data. The display name for the source Cores listed are populated from the value in the Replication Wizard when defining replication. It includes a state indicator, DL4300 Appliance Monitoring replication...
Page 310: Pausing And Resuming Replication
Click the checkbox at the top of the summary table to select the source or target Core. Click Resume from the menu at the top of the summary table. Replication for all protected machines in the selected Core is resumed. To resume replication for only certain machines, do the following: DL4300 Appliance Pausing and resuming replication...
Page 311: Forcing Replication
In the Replication Settings dialog box, edit the replication settings as described in the following table. Table 145. Replication settings Option Description Cache lifetime (seconds) Specify the amount of time between each target Core status request performed by the source Core. DL4300 Appliance Managing settings for outgoing replication...
Page 312: Changing Target Core Settings
Enter the host for the target Core. Port Enter a port for the target Core to use for communication with the source Core. NOTE: The default port is 8006. Click Save. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Changing target Core settings...
Page 313: Setting Replication Priority For A Protected Machine
Core, or deleting them. If you retain the recovery points for a replicated machine that you remove, the recovery points for that machine are then represented in the Core as a recovery points-only machine. DL4300 Appliance Removing replication...
Page 314: Removing Outgoing Replication From The Source Core
Replication page of the source Core. For more information, see Removing outgoing replication from the source Core On the target Core, open the Rapid Recovery Core Console, and from the icon bar, click (Replication). DL4300 Appliance Removing incoming replication from the target Core...
Page 315: Recovering Replicated Data
Perform a virtual machine (VM) export. For more information, see About exporting to virtual machines with Rapid Recovery. • Perform a bare metal restore (BMR). For more information, see Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Recovering replicated data...
Page 316: Recovering Data
The snapshots that are captured by Rapid Recovery are done so 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. DL4300 Appliance Managing snapshots and recovery points...
Page 317: Viewing The Recovery Points Page Of A Protected Machine
. Recovery points show a right arrow indicating that detail can be expanded. Encrypted Indicates if the recovery point is encrypted. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the recovery points page of a protected machine...
Page 318: Understanding Recovery Point Status Indicators
Yellow Indicates that the Exchange database mountability checks have not yet been run. Indicates that either the mountability or checksum checks failed on at least one database. DL4300 Appliance Understanding recovery point status indicators...
Page 319: Mounting A Recovery Point
In the row for the recovery point that you want to mount, click and from the drop-down menu, select Mount. DL4300 Appliance Mounting a recovery point...
Page 320: Dismounting Recovery Points
Remote Mounts (recovery points mounted using the Local Mount Utility). In each pane, the respective mounted recovery points appears in a list. To dismount local mounts, in the Local Mounts pane, do the following: DL4300 Appliance Dismounting recovery points...
Page 321: Working With Linux Recovery Points
Mounting a recovery point volume on a Linux machine Using the local_mount utility in Rapid Recovery, you can remotely mount a volume from a recovery point as a local volume on a Linux machine. DL4300 Appliance Mounting a recovery point volume on a Linux machine...
Page 322 For example, if the lm output lists three protected machines, and you enter the lr command for number 2 and you mount the twenty-third recovery point volume b to /tmp/mount_dir, then the command would be: m 2 23 b /tmp/mount_dir DL4300 Appliance Mounting a recovery point volume on a Linux machine...
Page 323: Unmounting A Recovery Point On A Linux Machine
Rapid Recovery supports Window 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 for both base and incremental transfers. • A base image is a snapshot of all data on the selected volumes of the machine. DL4300 Appliance Forcing a snapshot...
Page 324: Removing Recovery Points
In the To field, select the date and time defining the last recovery point you want to delete. Click Delete. In the confirmation dialog box, click to confirm deletion. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Removing recovery points...
Page 325: Deleting An Orphaned Recovery Point Chain
Archive the recovery points for the machine or machines you paused. For more information, see Creating archive. After archiving and verifying the archive, remove the existing recovery points for the protected machine you want to migrate. For more information, see Removing recovery points. DL4300 Appliance Migrating recovery points manually to a different repository...
Page 326: Restoring Data
Recovery of data volumes for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server, using Live Recovery • Bare metal restore, using Universal Recovery • Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware, using Universal Recovery • Ad-hoc and continual export to virtual machines DL4300 Appliance About restoring data with Rapid Recovery...
Page 327: Understanding Live Recovery
From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, you can restore entire volumes from a recovery point of a non-system volume, replacing the volumes on the destination machine. You can do this for only Windows machines. For more information, see About restoring volumes from a recovery point. DL4300 Appliance Restoring data from recovery points...
Page 328: About Restoring Volumes From A Recovery Point
You can also perform a BMR from the Restore Machines Wizard. This procedure will direct you at the appropriate point in the wizard to the procedure Performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard. DL4300 Appliance About restoring volumes from a recovery point...
Page 329: Restoring Volumes From A Recovery Point
If you want to restore from the selected recovery point to the same machine or a different machine using a boot CD, this process is considered a bare metal restore (BMR). For information about BMR, see Understanding bare metal restore for Windows machines. DL4300 Appliance Restoring volumes from a recovery point...
Page 330 The Disk Mapping page appears. To complete your BMR from the Restore Machine Wizard, proceed to Step 9 of the topic Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines. DL4300 Appliance Restoring volumes from a recovery point...
Page 331: Restoring A Directory Or File Using Windows Explorer
When you copy directories and files, the access permissions of the user who is performing the copy operation are used and applied to the pasted directories and files. If you want to restore directories and files to your users while DL4300 Appliance Restoring a directory or file using Windows Explorer...
Page 332: Restoring A Directory Or File And Preserving Permissions Using Windows Explorer
When the restore is finished, mount all databases for the cluster volumes. Turn on all other nodes. For Exchange, navigate to the Exchange Management Console, and, for each database, perform the Update Database Copy operation. DL4300 Appliance Performing a restore for clusters and cluster nodes...
Page 333: Restoring From An Attached Archive
Restore data, such as file or folder, from the recovery point . ◦ Restore the entire recovery point. ◦ Export the recovery point to a virtual machine. Parent topic Related concepts DL4300 Appliance Restoring from an attached archive...
Page 334: Understanding Bare Metal Restore For Windows Machines
Only supported Linux operating systems are available for protection or recovery. This includes Ubuntu ® ® ® ® Red Hat Enterprise Linux , CentOS™, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES ). For details, see the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide. DL4300 Appliance Bare metal restore for Windows machines...
Page 335: Performing A Bare Metal Restore For Windows Machines
Performing a BMR from the Restore Machine Wizard. Optionally, the processes for managing a Windows boot image and for launching the BMR, including all sub-tasks, can be performed from the Restore Machine Wizard. For information DL4300 Appliance Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines...
Page 336: Prerequisites For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Windows Machine
Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes. UEFI partitions are treated as simple FAT32 volumes. Incremental transfers are fully supported and protected. Rapid Recovery provides support of UEFI systems for BMR including automatic partitioning GPT disks. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines...
Page 337: About Performing A Bare Metal Restore Using The Restore Machine Wizard
To restore a volume on a protected machine, navigate to the Core Console and click Restore from the Rapid Recovery button bar. The Restore Machine Wizard appears. On the Machines page, select the protected machine you want to restore, and then click Next. DL4300 Appliance About performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard...
Page 338 If you have an UltraVNC account and would like to use it to complete the BMR, select Add UltraVNC, and then enter the information described in the following table. Table 154. UltraVNC connection credentials Option Description Password The password for your UltraVNC account. DL4300 Appliance About performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard...
Page 339 14. On the Connection page of the Restore Machine Wizard on the Core Console, enter authentication information from the URC instance of the machine you want to restore as follows: DL4300 Appliance About performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard...
Page 340: Understanding Boot Cd Creation For Windows Machines
Rapid Recovery Core Console. This image is tailored to your specific needs. You will use the image to start the destination Windows machine. Based on the specifics of your environment you may need to DL4300 Appliance Understanding boot CD creation for Windows machines...
Page 341: Understanding Driver Injection In A Boot Cd
The Create Boot CD dialog box displays. In the Create Boot CD dialog box, in the Output path text box, enter the location where you want to store the boot CD ISO image. DL4300 Appliance Creating a boot CD ISO image...
Page 342 To monitor the progress of this task, go to the icon bar and click the Events icon. For more information about monitoring Rapid Recovery events, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal. DL4300 Appliance Creating a boot CD ISO image...
Page 343: Transferring The Boot Cd Iso Image To Media
Console uses it and displays it in the Network Adapter settings screen. The machine is ready for you to connect to the Core, select a recovery point, and continue the bare metal restore process. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine...
Page 344: Using The Universal Recovery Console For A Bmr
Registry Editor. As in a Windows operating system, this tool lets you change the system registry of the BMR target. • Command Prompt. This tool lets you perform commands on the BMR target outside of the URC until you install a user interface. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance About the Universal Recovery Console tools...
Page 345: Loading Drivers Using The Universal Recovery Console
Scan folder for driver packets (drivers for selected device will be searched in selected folder) 10. Expand the drive for the portable media device, select the driver (with file extension .inf), and then click OK. DL4300 Appliance Loading drivers using the Universal Recovery Console...
Page 346: Selecting A Recovery Point And Initiating A Bmr
Linux machines. This task is a step in Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines. It is part of the process for Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR. DL4300 Appliance Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR...
Page 347: About Disk Mapping For A Bare Metal Restore
Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR. Complete the procedure for one of the following disk-mapping options: • Automatically mapping disks for a BMR • Manually mapping disks for a BMR DL4300 Appliance About disk mapping for a bare metal restore...
Page 348 Complete the steps in the following procedure to manually select the volumes you want to recover and where to restore them. On the Disk Mapping page of the Restore Machine Wizard, next to Volume mapping, select Manual from the drop-down menu. DL4300 Appliance About disk mapping for a bare metal restore...
Page 349: Performing A Bmr From An Archive
Local path The current location of the archive. Network Network path The current location of the archive. User The user name for network share access. Password The password for network share access. DL4300 Appliance Performing a BMR from an archive...
Page 350 ▪ Password ▪ API Key In the text box, enter the information based on your selection in Step c. Enter the following information: ▪ Tenant ID ▪ Authentication URL ▪ Container name DL4300 Appliance Performing a BMR from an archive...
Page 351: Loading Drivers To The Operating System
13. To boot the BMR target machine into Windows, restart the machine. Parent topic Loading drivers to the operating system This procedure describes how to load drivers to the operating system on a bare metal restore (BMR) target. DL4300 Appliance Loading drivers to the operating system...
Page 352: Performing A Bare Metal Restore For Linux Machines
Depending on the amount of data on the machine, this process takes more time than taking an incremental snapshot. For more information about base images and incremental snapshots, see Understanding protection schedules. DL4300 Appliance Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines...
Page 353 Once completed, you can start the restored server. See Starting a restored target server. ◦ Troubleshoot the BMR process. See Troubleshooting connections to the Universal Recovery Console Repairing boot problems. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines...
Page 354: Prerequisites For Performing A Bare Metal Restore For A Linux Machine
Rapid Recovery Universal Recovery Console (URC) interface. The Rapid Recovery Universal Recovery Console is an environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server directly from the Rapid Recovery Core. DL4300 Appliance Managing a Linux boot image...
Page 355 Managing a Linux boot image. Navigate to the new server and load the Live DVD image from the appropriate location. Specify that the server will start from the Live DVD image. Start the machine. DL4300 Appliance Managing a Linux boot image...
Page 356: Managing Linux Partitions
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines. It is part of the process for Managing Linux partitions. Optionally, you can use the Screen utility. This utility starts by default, and remains active until you reboot the machine. DL4300 Appliance Managing Linux partitions...
Page 357 From the command line, enter the following command and then press Enter to change privileges to run as administrator and then list existing disk partitions: sudo fdisk -l A list of all volumes appears. DL4300 Appliance Managing Linux partitions...
Page 358 After you mount the volumes, you can perform a restore to the destination Linux machine from the Rapid Recovery Core Console. See Launching a bare metal restore for Linux. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Managing Linux partitions...
Page 359: Launching A Bare Metal Restore For Linux
Screen utility from the Live DVD using the procedure below. If the machine was booted from the Live DVD, then in the terminal window, type screen and press Enter. The Screen utility starts. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Launching a bare metal restore for Linux...
Page 360 To list the recovery points for the machine that you want to restore, type the list recovery points command using the following syntax and then press Enter: lr <machine_line_item_number> NOTE: You can also enter the machine ID number in this command instead of the line item number. DL4300 Appliance Launching a bare metal restore for Linux...
Page 361: Restoring Volumes For A Linux Machine Using The Command Line
Restoring volumes is also supported for your protected machines within the Rapid Recovery Core Console. See About restoring volumes from a recovery point for more information. DL4300 Appliance Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line...
Page 362: Verifying A Bare Metal Restore
After you perform a bare metal restore (BMR), you can verify the progress of the restore. When the action is completed successfully, you can start the restored server. Some troubleshooting steps are included if you DL4300 Appliance Verifying a bare metal restore...
Page 363: Viewing The Recovery Progress
Troubleshooting connections to the Universal Recovery Console The following are troubleshooting steps for connecting to the boot CD image as part of the process for Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR. DL4300 Appliance Troubleshooting connections to the Universal Recovery Console...
Page 364: Repairing Boot Problems
From the command line in the Universal Recovery Console of the Linux machine you have restored, to verify whether the appropriate partitions are mounted, type the following command and then press Enter: DL4300 Appliance Verifying the bare metal restore from the command line...
Page 365 — then you must delete any existing bitmap data files. Obtain the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the new volumes by using the blkid command. Type the following and then press Enter: DL4300 Appliance Verifying the bare metal restore from the command line...
Page 366 If the update-grub command does not exist on your Linux distribution, omit this option. 13. Remove the Live DVD disk from the CD-ROM or DVD drive and restart the Linux machine. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Verifying the bare metal restore from the command line...
Page 367: Generating And Viewing Reports
The only configurable parameters are the report type and the date range. For more information on this report type, see Understanding the Job report. Failure report Provides information on failed Core jobs for the specified criteria. DL4300 Appliance About Rapid Recovery reports...
Page 368 Core or Cores. You can also select any single repository available to the Core. This report is available from the Core Console only, and only from the perspective of the Core. DL4300 Appliance About Rapid Recovery reports...
Page 369: Generating A Report From The Core Console
Complete the steps in the following procedure to generate a report from the perspective of the Rapid Recovery Core. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. From the icon bar, click (More), and then select Reports. DL4300 Appliance Generating a Core report on demand...
Page 370 Use the filters to select or exclude some machines. You can also select or exclude jobs that are machine independent, in which case the report shows status for Core jobs only. DL4300 Appliance Generating a Core report on demand...
Page 371 Click the checkbox for any job type to select or clear that type. You can select some or all jobs from either category. DL4300 Appliance Generating a Core report on demand...
Page 372: Generating A Protected Machine Report On Demand
Reports activity for the last 31 days, relative to the time you generate the report. Last 90 days Reports activity for the last 90 days, relative to the time you generate the report. DL4300 Appliance Generating a protected machine report on demand...
Page 373: Managing Scheduled Reports From The Core Console
The email specifies the report type, report format, and date range, and includes the report as an attachment. NOTE: Before you can send reports by email, you must configure an SMTP server for the Core. For more information, see Configuring an email server. DL4300 Appliance Managing scheduled reports from the Core Console...
Page 374: Scheduling A Report
Report format Select a report output format. If you do not select a value, the default format (pdf) is used. Report type Select the type of report you want to generate on a repeated basis. DL4300 Appliance Scheduling a report...
Page 375 Location type description Location Local Select location type Local to save Specify the path in the Location generated reports in a local path field. accessible to the Core. Type a location accessible to the Core locally. DL4300 Appliance Scheduling a report...
Page 376 AM on Sunday (based on the time the report generates, in the time on the Core server). text field, type a new value or use the controls to change the hour, minutes, and AM or PM. DL4300 Appliance Scheduling a report...
Page 377: Modifying A Report Schedule
If a scheduled report is paused, and you wish to resume the generation of the report, then you can resume the report as described in this procedure. If you are currently generating a scheduled report, and no longer need to generate that report, you can delete it. DL4300 Appliance Pausing, resuming, or deleting a scheduled report...
Page 378: Using The Reports Menu
The Download button exports the generated report in the format type selected in the Export menu. Reports include units of measure which make it easier to determine if a column is represented in GB, TB, or in seconds. DL4300 Appliance Using the Reports menu...
Page 379: Using The Reports Toolbar
Next page. Progress to the next page in the report view. Enter page number. Click in the page number text field, enter a valid page number, and press Enter to progress to that page in the report view. DL4300 Appliance Using the Reports toolbar...
Page 380 Generating a report from the Core Console. For information about the generating a report for multiple cores in the Central Management Console, see Generating a report from the Central Management Console. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Using the Reports toolbar...
Page 381: Understanding The Job Report
Date range • Protected machines • Job types When you generate a Job Summary report, report details include selection criteria for the report, as well as information about protected machines, volumes, and job types. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Job Summary report...
Page 382: Understanding The Failure Report
The information appears as two summaries within one report. For information on how to generate a Summary report, see Generating a report from the Core Console. Report parameters for this report type include: • Date range • Protected machines DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Summary report...
Page 383: Understanding The Repository Report
Understanding the Repository report The Repository report includes information about the repositories on the selected Rapid Recovery Core and about the machines protected by that core. The information appears as two summaries within one report. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Repository report...
Page 384: The Central Management Console
Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery. Clicking anywhere on the branding area results in directing the web browser user to product documentation on the Dell Support website. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console...
Page 385 Cores configured in this console. Manage. From the Manage mode, you can remove or add additional cores to the Central Management Console, alone or in groups. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console...
Page 386: Configuring The Rapid Recovery Central Management Console
Complete the steps in the following procedure to add a Core to the Central Management Console. From the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console, click the mode selector drop-down and select Manage. DL4300 Appliance Adding a Core to the Central Management Console...
Page 387: Configuring Core Settings In The Central Management Console
From the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console, click the mode selector drop-down and select Manage. The page refreshes, showing Add Core, Add Group, and Delete icons. From the left navigation menu, click the name of the appropriate Core. DL4300 Appliance Configuring Core settings in the Central Management Console...
Page 388: Adding A Core Group To The Central Management Console
From the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console, click the mode selector drop-down and select Manage. The page refreshes, showing Add Core, Add Core Group, and Delete icons. From the top of the left navigation menu, click Add Group. DL4300 Appliance Adding a Core group to the Central Management Console...
Page 389: Configuring Core Group Settings
Best practice is to keep this name under 33 characters. Do not use prohibited characters or prohibited phrases. For more information on prohibited characters or prohibited phrases, see the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery User Guide. Click Save. DL4300 Appliance Configuring Core group settings...
Page 390: Configuring Core Group Access
Understanding the Failure report, and Understanding the Summary report. For information on how to generate a report for multiple cores, see Generating a report from the Central Management Console. DL4300 Appliance Understanding Central Management Console core reports...
Page 391: Generating A Report From The Central Management Console
Reports activity for the last year, relative to the time you generate the report. All Time This time period spans the lifetime of the Core. Custom This time period requires you to further specify start and end dates. DL4300 Appliance Generating a report from the Central Management Console...
Page 392 Choose an export format (including the default format, XLSX) and click Download. • Use the Reports toolbar to view, manipulate, or print the report. For more information about the Reports toolbar, Using the Reports toolbar. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Generating a report from the Central Management Console...
Page 393: Core Console References
Quick Start Guide. The Quick Start Guide is a guided flow of suggested tasks to configure and use Rapid Recovery. The guide opens automatically each time you log in to the Core Console, unless you disable this feature. You can also open the DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 394 You can browse through all User Guide topics using this context-sensitive help feature. Close the browser when you are done browsing topics. You can also open help from the Help option of the Help menu. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 395 DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 396 Icon bar: Events icon Events. Click the Events icon to view a log of all system events related to the Rapid Recovery Core. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 397 For information on adjusting the settings, Configuring DVM deduplication cache settings. Icon bar: More icon Archives Archives. Rapid Recovery lets you manage archives of information from the DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 398 Icon bar: More icon Notifications Notifications. Lets you configure notifications about Core events, define SMTP server settings to email DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 399 Core, each source Core appears as its own navigable menu in the left navigation area. If you click a specific machine name shown in a replicated machines menu, a Summary page DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 400 Expand and contract Click the arrow to the right of the text filter to expand details and contract detail for the Protected Machines, Replicated Machines, and Recovery-Point Only machines menus. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 401 Recovery Points Only menu appears. Each of the formerly protected machines with retained recovery points displays in this list. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 402 Machines page appears, showing a pane for each of the Rapid Recovery objects that appear in your group: protected machines, replicated machines, and recovery points-only machines. For more information, see Viewing the Custom Groups menu. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Core Console user interface...
Page 403: Viewing The Protected Machines Pane
If any of the machines protected in this Core are configured for virtual standby, then you will see additional information as described in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Protected Machines pane...
Page 404 Removes the selected machine from protection on the Rapid Recovery Core, letting you choose to either delete or retain the recovery points already on the Rapid Recovery Core. For more information, see Removing a machine. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Protected Machines pane...
Page 405 Force Log Truncation for Exchange For a protected Exchange Server machine, forces truncation of the Exchange logs, which frees up space on the Exchange server. For more information, see Forcing log truncation for a SQL machine. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the Protected Machines pane...
Page 406: Viewing Events For A Protected Machine
Alerts. A notification related to a task or event that includes errors and warning. • Journal. A composite of all protected machine tasks and alerts. The following table includes descriptions of each element on the Events page. DL4300 Appliance Viewing events for a protected machine...
Page 407 Converts the event report to the format you selected. (Export icon) Available for tasks only. Page selection Event reports can include several jobs across multiple pages. The numbers and arrows at the DL4300 Appliance Viewing events for a protected machine...
Page 408: Viewing The More Menu For A Protected Machine
Shows information about the protected machine, system information, volumes, processors, network adapters, and IP addresses for this machine. System Information For more information, see Viewing system information for a protected machine. DL4300 Appliance Viewing the More menu for a protected machine...
Page 409 Lets you download and view the log file for a machine protected using the Rapid Recovery Agent software. For more information, see Downloading Agent Log and viewing the log file for a protected machine. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Viewing the More menu for a protected machine...
Page 410: Understanding The Rapid Recovery Powershell Module
PowerShell is a Microsoft .NET Framework-connected environment designed for administrative automation. This section describes the Rapid Recovery PowerShell module and the cmdlets administrators can use to script certain functions without interaction with the Rapid Recovery Core GUI. DL4300 Appliance Understanding the Rapid Recovery PowerShell module...
Page 411: Prerequisites For Using Powershell
Enter the following command and then press Enter: Import-Module “RapidRecoveryPowerShellModule” The Rapid Recovery PowerShell module is imported for your current session. You can begin to run cmdlets in the existing command window. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Launching PowerShell and importing the module...
Page 412: Working With Commands And Cmdlets
Rapid Recovery PowerShell Module support the following common parameters: • Verbose • Debug • ErrorAction • ErrorVariable • WarningAction • WarningVariable • OutBuffer • OutVariable For more information, use Get-Help about_commonparameters. The available cmdlets are listed in the following table. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets...
Page 413 Retrieve a collection of jobs waiting in the queue. Get-RecoveryPoints Get information about recovery points. Get-ReplicatedServers Get information about replicated servers. Get-Repositories Get information about repositories. Get-ScheduledArchive Get information about recurring archive jobs. Get-SqlDatabases Retrieve a collection of SQL databases. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets...
Page 414 Remove a machine from protection. Remove-Mount Dismount recovery point. Remove-Mounts Dismount all mounted recovery points. Remove-RecoveryPoints Delete recovery points for a protected machine. Remove-Repository Delete an existing DVM repository. Remove-ScheduledArchive Discontinue a scheduled archive. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets...
Page 415 Force a data transfer for a scheduled archive. Start-VBExport Force export to a VirtualBox server. Start-VirtualStandby Force a data transfer to an existing virtual standby virtual machine. Start-VMExport Force export to a VMWare Workstation server. Stop-ActiveJobs Cancel active jobs. DL4300 Appliance Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets...
Page 416: Edit-Esxivirtualstandby
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. DL4300 Appliance Edit-EsxiVirtualStandby...
Page 417: Edit-Hypervvirtualstandby
Example: Lists all active jobs on the local Core: >Get-activejobs –all Parent topic Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby The Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby command lets you use PowerShell to make changes to an existing virtual export to a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM). DL4300 Appliance Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby...
Page 418 'replication' (local and remote replications), 'backup' (backup and restore), 'bootcdbuilder' (create boot CDs), 'diagnostics' (upload logs), 'exchange' (Exchange Server files check), 'export' (recovery point export), 'pushinstall' (deploy agents), 'rollback' (restoring from a recovery point), 'rollup' (recovery point rollups), 'sqlattach' DL4300 Appliance Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby...
Page 419: Edit-Scheduledarchive
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Edit-ScheduledArchive...
Page 420 "erasecompletely" - Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive. • "incremental" - Lets you add recovery points to an existing archive. It compares recovery points to avoid duplicating data that already exists in the archive. DL4300 Appliance Edit-ScheduledArchive...
Page 421: Edit-Vbvirtualstandby
The Edit-VBVirtualStandby command lets you use PowerShell to make changes to an existing virtual export to a VirtualBox virtual machine (VM). Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Edit-VBVirtualStandby [-TargetPath <String>] [-PathUserName <String>] [-PathPassword <String>] [-L DL4300 Appliance Edit-VBVirtualStandby...
Page 422 (Exchange Server files check), 'export' (recovery point export), 'pushinstall' (deploy agents), 'rollback' (restoring from a recovery point), 'rollup' (recovery point rollups), 'sqlattach' (agent attachability checks), and 'mount' (mount repository). By default, all jobs of the specified type are returned. DL4300 Appliance Edit-VBVirtualStandby...
Page 423: Edit-Vmvirtualstandby
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. DL4300 Appliance Edit-VMVirtualStandby...
Page 424: Get-Activejobs
Example: Lists all active jobs on the local Core: >Get-activejobs –all Parent topic Get-ActiveJobs The Get-ActiveJobs command returns all active jobs from the Core. The -jobtype parameter could be used to observe specific jobs. DL4300 Appliance Get-ActiveJobs...
Page 425 'repository' (repository maintenance), 'replication' (local and remote replications), 'backup' (backup and restore), 'bootcdbuilder' (create boot CDs), 'diagnostics' (upload logs), 'exchange' (Exchange Server files check), 'export' (recovery point export), 'pushinstall' (deploy agents), 'rollback' (restoring from a recovery point), DL4300 Appliance Get-ActiveJobs...
Page 426: Get-Clusters
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Get-Clusters...
Page 427: Get-Completedjobs
If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -protectedserver Show jobs for a specific protected machine, indicated by IP address. DL4300 Appliance Get-CompletedJobs...
Page 428: Get-Exchangemailstores
Lists all completed create repository jobs on the local Core: >Get-CompletedJobs –jobtype repository Parent topic Get-ExchangeMailStores The Get-ExchangeMailStores command returns information about male stores on Exchange servers Protected by the Core. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: DL4300 Appliance Get-ExchangeMailStores...
Page 429: Get-Failed
Get-Failed -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all | -protectedserver [server name or IP address] -number [all | f[number] |l[number] | number] Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Get-Failed command: DL4300 Appliance Get-Failed...
Page 430: Get-Failedjobs
Get-FailedJobs -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all | -protectedserver [server name or IP address] -number [all | f[number] |l[number] | number] -jobtyp Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Get-FailedJobs command: DL4300 Appliance Get-FailedJobs...
Page 431 'rollup' (recovery point rollups), 'sqlattach' (agent attachability checks), and 'mount' (mount repository). By default, all jobs of the specified type are returned. -time Optional. Filter output by date and time for the job started. Available types of input include: DL4300 Appliance Get-FailedJobs...
Page 432: Get-Mounts
-password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Get-Mounts...
Page 433: Get-Passed
If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. Example: Lists all recovery points on the local Core the passed verification checks: >Get-Passed -protectedserver 10.10.10.10 Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Get-Passed...
Page 434: Get-Protectedservers
The Get-ProtectionGroups command returns information about protection groups on the local Core. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Get-ProtectionGroups -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all | -protectedserver [server name or IP address] DL4300 Appliance Get-ProtectionGroups...
Page 435: Get-Queuedjobs
Get-QueuedJobs -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -all | -protectedserver [name mber [all | f[number] | l[number] | number] -jobtype [type] -time [time] Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Get-ActiveJobs command: Table 200. Get-ActiveJobs command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Get-QueuedJobs...
Page 436 Available types of input include: #d or DD (where # is a number for the period of time of days before now until now) #h or #H (where # is number for the period of hours before now until now) DL4300 Appliance Get-QueuedJobs...
Page 437: Get-Recoverypoints
If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -protectedserver Show jobs for a specific protected machine, indicated by IP address. -number Optional. Determine how many records to display. available values are: DL4300 Appliance Get-RecoveryPoints...
Page 438: Get-Replicatedservers
-password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Get-ReplicatedServers...
Page 439: Get-Repositories
Example: Lists repositories on the local Core: >Get-Repositories Parent topic Get-ScheduledArchives The Get-ScheduledArchives command lets you use PowerShell to view information about the existing Rapid Recovery scheduled archives associated with this Core. DL4300 Appliance Get-ScheduledArchives...
Page 440: Get-Sqldatabases
Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Get-SqlDatabases -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [server name or IP address] Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Get-SqlDatabases command: DL4300 Appliance Get-SqlDatabases...
Page 441: Get-Unprotectedvolumes
The following table describes the options available for the Get-UnprotectedVolumes command: Table 206. Get-UnprotectedVolumes command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the DL4300 Appliance Get-UnprotectedVolumes...
Page 442: Get-Virtualizedservers
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Get-VirtualizedServers...
Page 443: Get-Volumes
If you specify a password, you also have to provide a log on. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -protectedserver Show jobs for a specific protected machine, indicated by IP address. DL4300 Appliance Get-Volumes...
Page 444: New-Base
If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. Example: Force base image for all protected machines: >New-Base –all Parent topic DL4300 Appliance New-Base...
Page 445: New-Cloudaccount
• rackspace • windowsazure • "windows azure" • azure -username The user name for the cloud account that you want to add. It is used in the authentication process. This property resolves as "Access Key" for Amazon™ DL4300 Appliance New-CloudAccount...
Page 446: New-Encryptionkey
Table 211. New-EncryptionKey command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. DL4300 Appliance New-EncryptionKey...
Page 447: New-Esxivirtualstandby
Table 212. New-EsxiVirtualStandby command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. DL4300 Appliance New-EsxiVirtualStandby...
Page 448 • Thin - Specify 'thin' to allocate the amount of actual disk space occupied on the original drive plus some additional megabytes. The default disk provisioning is 'thin'. DL4300 Appliance New-EsxiVirtualStandby...
Page 449: New-Hypervvirtualstandby
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance New-HyperVVirtualStandby...
Page 450 The user name for logging in to the virtual server host. -hostpassword The password for logging in to the virtual server host. -vmlocation Local or network path to the folder where you want to store the virtual machine files. DL4300 Appliance New-HyperVVirtualStandby...
Page 451: New-Mount
OS on the current PC. The administrator is able to get the latest recovery point by specifying latest or last checked recovery point by passed parameter value. By default the latest time option is chosen. DL4300 Appliance New-Mount...
Page 452 Mount an array of recovery points: >New-Mount –rpn 10 52 41 -protectedserver localhost –path “D:/Folder for mount” Mount a recovery point with certain time created: >New-Mount -protectedserver 10.10.5.56 –path “D:/Folder for mount” –time “8/24/2012 11:46 AM” Parent topic DL4300 Appliance New-Mount...
Page 453: Resume-Replication
Create new replication for the protected machine with IP 10.10.10.4: >New-Replication -targetserver 10.10.10.128 -protectedserver 10.10.10.4 Parent topic New-Repository The New-Repository command creates a new DVM repository in the Rapid Recovery Core. The size specified must be between 250MB and 16TB. DL4300 Appliance New-Repository...
Page 454 Optional. Maximum number of operations that can Operations be pending at one time. Value by default: 64. Example: Create new DVM repository of minimum size in local drive E: >New-Repository –name Repository2 -size 250Mb -datapath e:\Repository\Data -metadatapath e:\Reposi Parent topic DL4300 Appliance New-Repository...
Page 455: New-Scheduledarchive
-all Archive recovery points for all protected machines. -path The path to where to save the archived data. For example: • Local machine: "d:\work\archive" • Network path: "\\servername\sharename" • Folder in a cloud account: "Folder Name" DL4300 Appliance New-ScheduledArchive...
Page 456 • "lastdayofmonth" - For automatically creating an archive on the last day of each month. -dayofweek Use only for the "weekly" option of the "- scheduletype" parameter. The day of the week DL4300 Appliance New-ScheduledArchive...
Page 457: New-Snapshot
New-Snapshot [-all] | -protectedserver [machine name]] -core [host name] -user [user name] -passwo Command Options The following table describes the options available for the New-Snapshot command: Table 218. New-Snapshot command options Option Description Display this help message. -all Force all protected machines. DL4300 Appliance New-Snapshot...
Page 458: New-Vbvirtualstandby
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance New-VBVirtualStandby...
Page 459 -accountpassword Optional. You can specify a user account with which to register the exported virtual machine. It is the password for logging in to the user account. Use this option for a local or network machine only. DL4300 Appliance New-VBVirtualStandby...
Page 460: New-Vmvirtualstandby
Show jobs for a specific protected machine, indicated by IP address. -volumes Optional. List the volume names you want to export. If not specified, all volumes in the recovery point(s) are exported. Values must be enclosed in double DL4300 Appliance New-VMVirtualStandby...
Page 461: Push-Replication
The Push-Replication command forces replication for one or more protected machines. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Push-Replication -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -targetcore [host name] Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Push-Replication command: DL4300 Appliance Push-Replication...
Page 462: Push-Rollup
The usage for the command is as follows: Push-Rollup -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine nam Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Push-Rollup command: Table 222. Push-Rollup command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Push-Rollup...
Page 463: Remove-Agent
(with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have DL4300 Appliance Remove-Agent...
Page 464: Remove-Mount
Display this help message. -all Dismount all mounted recovery points. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. DL4300 Appliance Remove-Mount...
Page 465: Remove-Mounts
If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have DL4300 Appliance Remove-Mounts...
Page 466: Remove-Recoverypoints
Optional. Only for chain deletion (base image with chain of incrementals or orphaned points). The sequential number of a recovery point to be deleted (use the Get-RecoveryPoints command to obtain the numbers). You can specify several space-separated DL4300 Appliance Remove-RecoveryPoints...
Page 467: Remove-Repository
The following table describes the options available for the Remove-Repository command: Table 227. Remove-Repository command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the DL4300 Appliance Remove-Repository...
Page 468: Remove-Scheduledarchive
(with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. DL4300 Appliance Remove-ScheduledArchive...
Page 469: Remove-Virtualstandby
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Remove-VirtualStandby...
Page 470: Resume-Replication
Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. -all All protected servers. DL4300 Appliance Resume-Replication...
Page 471: Resume-Snapshot
Table 231. Resume-Snapshot command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the connection is made to the Core installed on the local machine. DL4300 Appliance Resume-Snapshot...
Page 472: Resume-Virtualstandby
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Resume-VirtualStandby...
Page 473: Resume-Vmexport
-user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Resume-VMExport...
Page 474: Start-Archive
Should be in the format specified by the OS on the current PC. -enddate End date of the date range. Defaults to the current time. -password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to DL4300 Appliance Start-Archive...
Page 475: Start-Attachabilitycheck
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Start-AttachabilityCheck...
Page 476: Start-Checksumcheck
The Start-ChecksumCheck PowerShell command lets you force a checksum check of Exchange Server recovery points. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Start-ChecksumCheck -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -protectedserver [name | Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-ChecksumCheck command: DL4300 Appliance Start-ChecksumCheck...
Page 477: Start-Esxiexport
RAM to be allocated on the virtual machine; the host name and port of the Linux server host, and the path to the local, network, or Linux folder where the resulting virtual machine files will be stored. DL4300 Appliance Start-EsxiExport...
Page 478 “04/24/2015 09:00 AM”).” Specify date time values of the time zone set on your local machine. NOTE: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. DL4300 Appliance Start-EsxiExport...
Page 479: Start-Hypervexport
The Start-HypervExport PowerShell command initiates the launch of a virtual export from the selected Rapid Recovery recovery point to a Hyper-V server virtual machine. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Start-HypervExport -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [[mac DL4300 Appliance Start-HypervExport...
Page 480 NOTE: If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. -vmname Windows name of the virtual machine. DL4300 Appliance Start-HypervExport...
Page 481: Start-Logtruncation
The usage for the command is as follows: Start-LogTruncation -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [[ma Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-LogTruncation command: Table 239. Start-LogTruncation command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Start-LogTruncation...
Page 482: Start-Mountabilitycheck
The following table describes the options available for the Start-MountabilityCheck command: Table 240. Start-MountabilityCheck command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the DL4300 Appliance Start-MountabilityCheck...
Page 483: Start-Protect
The Start-Protect command lets an administrator add a server under protection by a Core. Usage Start-Protect -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -repository [repository nam -agentpassword [password] -agentport [port] -volumes [volume names] Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-Protect command: DL4300 Appliance Start-Protect...
Page 484: Start-Protectcluster
Parent topic Start-ProtectCluster The Start-ProtectCluster command lets an administrator add a server cluster under protection by a Core. Usage Usage for the command is as follows: Start-ProtectCluster -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -repository [reposit DL4300 Appliance Start-ProtectCluster...
Page 485 For example: “nodename”, “10.10.10.10”, “volumes”, “c:”, “e:”, “nodename”, “10.10.10.11,” “volumes”, “c:” Example: Put volumes of a server under protection: >Start-ProtectCluster -repository "Repository 1" -clustername 10.10.9.120 -clusterusername adminis Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Start-ProtectCluster...
Page 486: Start-Repositorycheck
Required. The name of the repository that you want to check. -all Optional. Check all repositories associated with this Core. -force Optional. Perform the repository check without confirmation. Example: Start checking a repository: >Start-RepositoryCheck -repository newRepository1 -core 10.10.10.10:8006 -user administrator -pass Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Start-RepositoryCheck...
Page 487: Start-Restorearchive
The name of the repository where you want to place restored recovery points. You must enclose the name in double quotes; for example, "Repository1." -archiveusername Optional. The user name for logging in to the remote machine. It is required for a network path only. DL4300 Appliance Start-RestoreArchive...
Page 488: Start-Scheduledarchive
Start-ScheduledArchive -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -all -ids [id | id1 id Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-ScheduledArchive command: Table 245. Start-ScheduledArchive command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Start-ScheduledArchive...
Page 489: Start-Vbexport
Start-VBExport -core -user [user name] -password [password] -protectedserver [machine name] or [IP -time [time string] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -linuxhostname [linux hostname] -hostport [linux port] -targetpath [location] pathu Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-VBExport command: DL4300 Appliance Start-VBExport...
Page 490 If neither ‘time’ nor ‘rpn’ option is specified in this command, than the most recent recovery point will be exported. -vmname Windows name of the virtual machine. -ram Allocate specific amount of RAM on the virtual server. DL4300 Appliance Start-VBExport...
Page 491: Start-Virtualstandby
The usage for the command is as follows: Start-VirtualStandby -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -all | -protectedserver Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-VirtualStandby command: Table 247. Start-VirtualStandby command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Start-VirtualStandby...
Page 492: Start-Vmexport
-time [time string] -vmname [virtual machine name] [-ram [total megabytes] | -usesourceram] -linuxhostnme [linux hostname] -hostport [linux port] -targetpath [location] pathus Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Start-VMExport command: Table 248. Start-VMExport command options Option Description Display this help message. DL4300 Appliance Start-VMExport...
Page 493 -usesourceram Optional. Allocate the same amount of RAM on the virtual server as the source protected machine. -targetpath Local or network or Linux path to the folder where the virtual machine files are to be stored. DL4300 Appliance Start-VMExport...
Page 494: Stop-Activejobs
-password Optional. Password to the remote Core host machine. If you specify a password, you also have to provide a user name. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Stop-ActiveJobs...
Page 495: Suspend-Replication
Pause replication on the master Core for a single protected machine (-protectedserver parameter) >Suspend-replication -protectedserver 10.10.12.97 • Pause replication on the target Core (-incoming parameter) If the local Core is a target Core, the administrator can pause replication by specifying the master Core using the –incoming parameter. DL4300 Appliance Suspend-Replication...
Page 496 >Suspend-replication –outgoing 10.10.1.63 Pause incoming replication from 10.10.1.82 on the remote Core with the IP address: 10.10.1.15 (Administrator is able to pause incoming replication only for whole machine): >Suspend-replication –core 10.10.1.15 –incoming 10.10.1.82 Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Suspend-Replication...
Page 497: Suspend-Repositoryactivity
The name of the repository that you want to lock. The name must be enclosed in double quotes. You can specify several space-separated repositories. Examples: Suspend activities for multiple repositories: >Suspend-RepositoryActivity -repository "repository1" "repository2" Suspend activities on all repositories: >Suspend-RepositoryActivity -all Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Suspend-RepositoryActivity...
Page 498: Suspend-Scheduledarchive
Suspend multiple scheduled archives: >Suspend-ScheduledArchive -ids 799138c8-3dfc-4398-9711-1823733c2a31, 26c29bb7-b320-47f5-b5a8-dffc4 Parent topic Suspend-Snapshot The Suspend-Snapshot command lets an administrator pause snapshots. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Suspend-Snapshot -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all | DL4300 Appliance Suspend-Snapshot...
Page 499: Suspend-Virtualstandby
The Suspend-VirtualStandby PowerShell command lets you pause the export of data to a Rapid Recovery virtual standby machine. Usage The usage for the command is as follows: Suspend-VirtualStandby -core [host name] -user [login] -password [password] -all | -protectedserve Command Options The following table describes the options available for the Suspend-VirtualStandby command: DL4300 Appliance Suspend-VirtualStandby...
Page 500: Suspend-Vmexport
The following table describes the options available for the Suspend-VMExport command: Table 255. Suspend-VMExport command options Option Description Display this help message. -core Optional. Remote Core host machine IP address (with an optional port number). By default the DL4300 Appliance Suspend-VMExport...
Page 501: Update-Repository
Core installed on the local machine. -user Optional. User name for the remote Core host machine. If you specify a user name, you also have to provide a password. If none are provided, then the logged-on user's credentials will be used. DL4300 Appliance Update-Repository...
Page 502: Localization
English, Chinese (Simplified), French, Korean, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish. If the Rapid Recovery PowerShell module is installed on a separate machine, English is the only language supported. Parent topic Qualifiers The following table describes the qualifiers available for Rapid Recovery PowerShell Module. DL4300 Appliance Qualifiers...
Page 503 -Domain <Domain Name> Domain to which the user defined in /User belongs. -Password <Password> Password of the user defined in /User. -Path <Target path to mount, dismount recovery points or archive location> For example: C:\RapidRecoveryMount. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Qualifiers...
Page 504: Extending Rapid Recovery Jobs Using Scripting
Windows PowerShell is required and must be installed and configured before running Rapid Recovery scripts. For more information on how using PowerShell scripts see Sample PowerShell scripts, Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting, Input parameters for Bourne Shell scripting, and Sample Bourne Shell scripts. DL4300 Appliance Using PowerShell scripts in Rapid Recovery...
Page 505: Qualifiers
Qualifier Usage -core <Rapid Recovery Core Name> Host name of the Core. Default: Localhost -ProtectedServer <Protected Server Name> Host name/IP address of the Rapid Recovery Agent. Default: Localhost if multiple servers protected, otherwise the single server protected. DL4300 Appliance Qualifiers...
Page 506: Input Parameters For Powershell Scripting
Table 260. Objects for the AgentTransferConfiguration parameter Method Description public uint MaxConcurrentStreams { get; set; } Gets or sets the maximum number of concurrent TCP connections the Core establishes to the agent for transferring data. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 507 The Core should use the port number specified in the BlockHashesUri and BlockDataUri properties of the VolumeSnapshotInfo object for each snapped volume. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 508 Guid JobId { get; set; } Gets or sets the ID of background job. public bool Force { get; set; } Gets or sets the value indicating if a job was forced. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 509 Gets or sets the volume images to include in the VM { get; private set; } export. public ExportJobPriority Priority { get; set; } Gets or sets the priority for export request. NightlyAttachabilityJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Sql) Inherits its values from the parameter, BackgroundJobRequest. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 510 Gets or sets quotas that are enabled on a volume. { get; set; } public ShadowCopyType ShadowCopyType { get } Gets the type of copying for transfer. The available values are: • Copy • Full DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 511 ProviderId. The GUID of the VSS provider to use for snapshots on this host. Users typically use the default setting. public AgentProtectionStorageConfiguration Gets or sets the storage configuration. StorageConfiguration { get; set; } DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 512 DisplayName. The displayed name of the volume. public ShadowCopyType ShadowCopyType { get; Gets or sets the type of copying for set; } transfer.ShadowCopyType is an enumeration with values. The available values are: • Unknown • Copy • Full DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 513 • MaxConcurrentWrites. The maximum number of block write operations to have outstanding on an epoch at any given time. If additional blocks are received when this many block writes are DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 514 • TransferDataServerPort. A value containing the TCP port upon which to accept connections from DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 515 The LatestEpochSeenByCore method is the ordinal number of the most recent snapshot taken by the Core. This is the 'epoch number' assigned by the filter driver to this particular snapshot at the moment it was taken with VSS. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 516 Gets or sets the ID of the volume. public string DisplayName { get; set;} Gets or sets the name of the volume. public string UrlEncode() Gets a URL-encoded version of the name which can be passed cleanly on a URL. DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 517 Uri BlockDataUri { get; set;} Gets or sets the URI at which the volume data blocks can be read. VolumeSnapshotInfoDictionary (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Transfer) Inherits its values from the parameter, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<VolumeName, VolumeSnapshotInfo>. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting...
Page 518: Sample Powershell Scripts
The PostTransferScript is run on the protected machine after transferring a snapshot. Sample PostTransferScript # receiving parameter from transfer job param([object] $TransferPostscriptParameter) # building path to Agent's Common.Contracts.dll and loading this assembly $regLM = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine $regLM = $regLM.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AppRecovery Agent $regVal = $regLM.GetValue('InstallLocation') $regVal = $regVal + 'Common.Contracts.dll' DL4300 Appliance PostTransferScript.ps1...
Page 519: Preexportscript.ps1
PowerShell script folder as PostExportScript.ps1. Sample PostExportScript # receiving parameter from export job param([object]$ExportJobRequest) # building path to Core's Common.Contracts.dll and loading this assembly $regLM = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine $regLM = $regLM.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AppRecovery Core 5 $regVal = $regLM.GetValue('InstallLocation') $regVal = $regVal + 'CoreService\Common.Contracts.dll' DL4300 Appliance PostExportScript.ps1...
Page 520: Prenightlyjobscript.ps1
$RollupJobRequestObject = $RollupJobRequest -as [Replay.Core.Contracts.Rollup.RollupJobRequest]; echo 'Rollup job results:'; if($RollupJobRequestObject -eq $null) { echo 'RollupJobRequestObject parameter is null'; else { echo 'SimultaneousJobsCount:' $RollupJobRequestObject.SimultaneousJobsCount; echo 'AgentIds:' $RollupJobRequestObject.AgentIds; echo 'IsNightlyJob:' $RollupJobRequestObject.IsNightlyJob; $AgentsCollection = $Agents -as "System.Collections.Generic.List``1[System.Guid]" if($AgentsCollection -eq $null) { DL4300 Appliance PreNightlyJobScript.ps1...
Page 521: Postnightlyjobscript.ps1
# building path to Core's Common.Contracts.dll and loading this assembly $regLM = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine $regLM = $regLM.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AppRecovery Core 5 $regVal = $regLM.GetValue('InstallLocation') $regVal = $regVal + 'CoreService\Common.Contracts.dll' [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($regVal) out-null $regVal2 = $regLM.GetValue('InstallLocation') $regVal2= $regVal2 + 'CoreService\Core.Contracts.dll' [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($regVal2) | out-null DL4300 Appliance PostNightlyJobScript.ps1...
Page 522 'RecoveryPointId:' $ChecksumCheckJobRequestObject.RecoveryPointId; echo 'AgentIds:' $ChecksumCheckJobRequestObject.AgentIds; echo 'IsNightlyJob:' $ChecksumCheckJobRequestObject.IsNightlyJob; break; # working with Log Truncation Job TransferJob { $TransferJobRequestObject = $TransferJobRequest -as [Replay.Core.Contracts.Transfer.TransferJobR echo 'Transfer job results:'; if($TransferJobRequestObject -eq $null) { echo 'TransferJobRequestObject parameter is null'; else { DL4300 Appliance PostNightlyJobScript.ps1...
Page 523: Using Bourne Shell Scripting In Rapid Recovery
Rapid Recovery provides the ability to run Bourne Shell scripts on the Linux Agent machine before and after a transfer. The following scripts are supported for Linux machines protected with the Rapid Recovery Agent software. DL4300 Appliance Using Bourne Shell scripting in Rapid Recovery...
Page 524: Input Parameters For Bourne Shell Scripting
/var/log/apprecovery/apprecovery.log file. Successful scripts return the exit code 0. Parent topic Input parameters for Bourne Shell scripting The parameters for Bourne Shell scripting in Rapid Recovery are described in the following tables. DL4300 Appliance Input parameters for Bourne Shell scripting...
Page 525 The following table presents the available objects for the TransferPostscript parameter. Table 274. TransferPostscript objects Method Description public VolumeNameCollection VolumeNames (get; Gets or sets the collection of volume names for set; ) transfer. DL4300 Appliance Input parameters for Bourne Shell scripting...
Page 526: Sample Bourne Shell Scripts
If you choose something other than the default shell, you must ensure that the specified interpreter is available on all protected machines. The sample scripts for protected machines include: DL4300 Appliance Sample Bourne Shell scripts...
Page 527: Pretransferscript.sh
The PostExportScript is run on the protected machine after the transfer. The following script stores the values from input parameters in the Pre(Post)ExportScriptResult.txt, which is located and stored in the root home directory. Sample PostExportScript #!/bin/bash echo "$curr_name-exported" > /etc/hostname exit 0 Parent topic DL4300 Appliance PostExportScript.sh...
Page 528: Rapid Recovery Apis
Recovery Core and Rapid Recovery Agent components, and samples and supporting files. These contents are contained in the following folders and then compressed as an archive that includes the following components: DL4300 Appliance Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs...
Page 529 APIs is not recommended. Use of these APIs is considered customization and will not be supported. The information is provided in documentation for historical purposes. Open the AgentWeb.Client HTML file in a web browser DL4300 Appliance Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs...
Page 530 In the new API-Reference-x.x.x-xxxx folder, you see the separate sets of files described in the preceding table. Open the key HTML files described in the preceding table in a web browser to see guidance about the APIs. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs...
Page 531: Recommended Additional Reading
Recovery architecture, and describes the steps necessary for installing the Rapid Recovery components, and for upgrading the Core or Agent components from earlier versions. You can view or download this guide from https://support.software.dell.com/rapid-recovery/release-notes-guides/. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Recommended additional reading...
Page 532: About Quest
The Support Portal enables you to: • Create, update, and manage Service Requests (cases). • View Knowledge Base articles. • Obtain product notifications. • Download software. For trial software, go to http://support.quest.com. • Engage in community discussions. DL4300 Appliance About Quest...
Page 533: Glossary
It is one of two types of clustered mailbox server (CMS) deployments available in Exchange 2007. Parent topic cluster node An individual machine that is part of a Windows Failover cluster. Parent topic compression DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 534 Incremental snapshots are backups consisting only of data changed on the protected machine since the last backup. They are saved to the Core regularly, based on the interval defined (for example, every 60 minutes). For more information, see snapshot. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 535 The Object File System interfaces directly with industry standard storage technologies. Parent topic passphrase A passphrase is a key used in the encryption the data. If the passphrase is lost, data cannot be recovered. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 536 Prohibited phrases are phrases (or sets of characters) that should not be used as the name for any object in the Rapid Recovery Core Console, because they are reserved for the use of operating systems. It is best practice DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 537 Information can be viewed and recovered at a file level. You cannot use a recovery points-only machine to perform BMR or to restore full volumes, nor can you add more data to a recovery points-only machine. DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 538 Initial replication can be seeded to the target core using external media, which is useful for large sets of data or sites with slow links. Parent topic server cluster Windows failover cluster. Parent topic SharePoint backup DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 539 Internet. This protocol, defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force, is the successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The SSL term is still generally used, and the protocols are interoperable (a TLS client can downgrade to communicate to an SSL server). Parent topic True Scale DL4300 Appliance Glossary...
Page 540 (a process known as failover). Users experience a minimum of disruptions in service. Rapid Recovery supports the protection of a number of SQL Server and Exchange Server cluster types. Parent topic DL4300 Appliance Glossary...

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