Rapid Recovery 6.1.3 - User Guide

Configuring database connection settings

Rapid Recovery displays information about Core tasks, events, and alerts on the Events page. Rapid Recovery stores this transactional information in a MongoDB service database that is installed locally by default on the Core machine. You can configure these settings to change how long information is retained in the database, or to change the connection pool size to allow for more or fewer concurrent connections.

If using a second Rapid Recovery Core, you can configure the database connection settings on the first Core to point to the second Core machine. In this way, the event data for both Cores will be stored in the MongoDB on the second Core.

Alternatively, you can configure the database connection settings on the Core to point to another machine that has a separately installed MongoDB which is accessible over the network to the Rapid Recovery Core. The event transaction data for your Core is then saved to that service database, not locally. For more information about establishing or modifying database connection settings for the service database, see Configuring database connection settings.

NOTE: For more information about viewing event information from the Rapid Recovery Core, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal pages.

Customers can choose to specify installation of the MongoDB service database on another machine accessible on the network to the Rapid Recovery Core. If the service database for your Rapid Recovery Core is installed on a machine other than the machine hosting the Rapid Recovery Core, you must provide database credentials (a user name and password) in these settings.

Complete the steps in this procedure to modify the database connection settings for the service database used by the Rapid Recovery Core.

2.	On the icon bar, click (Settings), and then do one of the following:

The Database Connection core settings appear.

Testing the connection is recommended when you change any of the database connection settings.

You are prompted to confirm this action, which results in abandoning any customized database connection settings.

The setting you selected becomes editable.

Table 16. Database connection settings information

Descriptions of the connection settings available on the Settings page for the Rapid Recovery Core.

Text Box	Description
Host name	Enter a host name for the database connection.   NOTE: When localhost is the parameter specified as the host, the MongoDB is installed locally on the machine hosting the Core.
Port	Enter a port number for the database connection.   NOTE: The default setting is 27017.
User name	Enter the name of a user with administrative privileges to the MongoDB service database.   NOTE: If the host name parameter is localhost, this field is not required.
Password	Enter the password associated with the user name you specified.   NOTE: If the host name parameter is localhost, this field is not required.
Retention period (day)	Enter the number of days to retain the event and job history in the service database.
Maximum connection pool size	Sets the maximum number of database connections cached to allow dynamic reuse.   NOTE: The default setting is 100.
Minimum connection pool size	Sets the minimum number of database connections cached to allow dynamic reuse.   NOTE: The default setting is 0.

6.	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.

Modifying local database connection settings

You can view system events related to the Rapid Recovery Core on the Events page. The Rapid Recovery Core stores this transactional information in a MongoDB service database. By default, this database is installed locally on the Core machine, and the hostname in the database connection settings defaults to localhost. In this situation, the loopback interface bypasses local network interface hardware, and database credentials are not required.

Optionally, to increase security, you can explicitly specify database credentials (a user name and password) for the MongoDB database used by the Rapid Recovery Core.

NOTE: For more information about viewing event information from the Rapid Recovery Core, see Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal pages. For information about database connection settings, see Configuring database connection settings.

Complete the steps in this procedure to modify the local database connection settings to specify database credentials.

2.	On the icon bar, click (Settings), and then do one of the following:

The Local Database core settings appear.

The setting you selected becomes editable.

5.	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.

Managing SMTP server settings

If you configure simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server settings for the Core, you can send task, event, and alert notifications by email.

Information about configuring an SMTP email server is described in the topic 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.

Managing Cloud configuration settings

In Rapid Recovery, you can associate storage accounts you have with Cloud storage providers with your Rapid Recovery Core. This lets you archive information from protected machines when the data ages out.

Rapid Recovery integrates with Amazon™ S3, Microsoft Azure, and managed cloud providers using OpenStack open source technology.

For more information about managing cloud storage account information in the Rapid Recovery Core, see Cloud storage accounts.