Rapid Recovery 6.3 - User Guide

Understanding recovery point status indicators

Once a recovery point is captured for a protected SQL or Exchange server, the application displays a corresponding color status indicator in the Recovery Points grid. This grid appears in the Recovery Points pane when viewing recovery points for a specific machine. The color that displays is based on the check settings for the protected machine and the success or failure of those checks, as described in the following tables.

Mounting a recovery point

1. From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, navigate to the machine that you want to mount to a local file system.

   The Summary page appears for the selected protected machine.

2. From the navigation links at the top of the page, lick the Recovery Points menu.
   The Recovery Points page appears for the selected machine.
3. Optionally, in the Recovery Points pane, from the list of recovery points, click the right arrow symbol to expand the recovery point detail, showing volumes included in the recovery point.
4. In the row for the recovery point that you want to mount, click the (More) drop-down menu and select Mount.
   The Mount Wizard appears, displaying the Volumes page.
5. On the Volumes page, select each volume of the recovery point that you want to mount, and then click Next.
   The Mount Options page of the wizard appears.
6. In theMount Options page, edit the settings for mounting a recovery point as described in the following table.

   Table 80: Mount Options settings

   Option	Description
   Destination and other options Local folder	Choose from one of the following options: Mount to the next available drive letter. This option will provide an alphabetic designation (for example, F:\) for the volume you want to mount, using the next available letter. This option is only accessible if you selected a single volume in step 5. Mount to a drive letter. This option assigns the alphabetic designation you select (for example, Z:\) for the volume you want to mount. The letter must not already be in use. This option is only accessible if you selected a single volume in step 5. Mount to a folder. Specify the path used to access the mounted recovery point. For example, select C:\ProgramData\AppRecovery\MountPoints\MountPoint1.
   Mount type	Specify the way to access data for the mounted recovery point: Read-only Read-only with previous writes Writable
   Create a Windows share for this mount	Optionally, select this check box to specify if the mounted recovery point can be shared, and then set access rights to it, including the Share name and Allowed groups.

7. Click Finish to mount the recovery point.
   

   NOTE: If you want to copy directories or files from a mounted recovery point to another Windows machine, you can use Windows Explorer to copy them with default permissions or original file access permissions. For details, see Restoring a directory or file using Windows Explorer to Restoring a directory or file and preserving permissions using Windows Explorer.

8. Optionally, while the task is in process, you can view its progress from the Running Tasks drop-down menu on the Core Console, or you can view detailed information on the Events page. For more information about monitoring Rapid Recovery events, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal pages.

Dismounting recovery points

1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, from the icon bar, click (More) and then select Mounts.
   The Mounts page appears. There is a pane for Local Mounts (recovery points mounted from the Core) and another for Remote Mounts (recovery points mounted using the Local Mount Utility). In each pane, the respective mounted recovery points appears in a list.
2. To dismount local mounts, in the Local Mounts pane, do the following:
   1. Select the local mount point or points you want to dismount.
      • To dismount all recovery points, click the check box in the title bar of the Local Mounts table. All mounts are selected.
      • To dismount one or more recovery points, click the check box in the first column of each row representing the mount point you want to disconnect.
   2. Click Dismount.
      A confirmation dialog box appears.
   3. Confirm that you want to dismount the selected recover points.
      The local recovery points dismount.

      NOTE: If toast alerts are enabled, you may see a message that the appropriate mount points are being dismounted.

3. To disconnect recovery points mounted remotely, in the Remote Mounts pane, do the following:
   1. Select the remote mount point or points you want to disconnect.
      • To disconnect all recovery points, click the check box in the title bar of the Remote Mounts table to select all mount points.
      • To disconnect one or more recovery points, click the check box in the first column of each row representing the mount point you want to disconnect.
   2. Click Disconnect.
      A confirmation dialog box appears.
   3. Confirm that you want to disconnect the selected recover points.
      The local recovery points disconnected.

      NOTE: If toast alerts are enabled, you may see a message that the appropriate mount points are being dismounted.

4. Confirm that the previously mounted recovery points no longer appear in the Local Mounts or Remote Mounts list, as appropriate.

Working with Linux recovery points