How to Import and Archive AppAssure backups from your Cloud Account (4037877)

AppAssure introduced a new feature with 5.4.2 that supports archiving the existing backups from the core Repository to Cloud storage platforms.  AppAssure currently supports Archiving the backups to Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace, and other storage platforms based on OpenStack standards.

Once the Archive has been exported to your Cloud successfully, you can Import the backups to the same core and any other core that is running the version 5.4.2 or higher.

NOTE: To be able Import and Archive from your Cloud account, you must first have added it in the Core Console and created and Archive successfully.  For more information on how to Add a Cloud account and Create an Archive please refer to the following articles:

• Adding a Cloud Account
• Creating an Archive

1. Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core Console, and then select the Tools tab.
2. From the Archive option, click Import.
3. For Location type, select one of the Cloud options from the drop-down list
4. Select a previously added Cloud account, a container associated with the account and the name of the folder in which the archived data stored in from the drop-down list
5. Click Check File to validate the existence of the archive to import.
6. In the dialog box, verify the name of the source core shown from the Core drop-down list.
7. Select the agents to be imported from the archive.
8. Select the repository in which to save the archived data. 
   1. NOTE: The repository selected must be the same repository in which all current recovery points for the selected agent are stored.
   2. CAUTION: Recovery points must be imported in the correct order. If you chose to segment a repository into multiple archives, you must import the archives in sequential order, beginning with the first archive.
9. Click Restore to import the archive.