Introduction to Rapid Recovery
Core Console
Accessing the Rapid Recovery Core Console
Understanding the Quick Start Guide
Navigating the Rapid Recovery Core Console
Viewing the Protected Machines menu
Core settings
Viewing summary information for a protected machine
Viewing replicated machines from the navigation menu
Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu
Viewing the Custom Groups menu
Using the Error dialog box
Viewing the Summary pane
Viewing Volumes on a protected machine
Viewing replication information
Viewing the Exchange Server Information pane
Viewing the SQL Server Information pane
Viewing recovery points for a machine
Viewing events for a protected machine
Viewing reports for a protected machine
Rapid Recovery Core settings
Repositories
Configuring Core general settings
Configuring update settings
Understanding nightly jobs
Modifying transfer queue settings
Adjusting client timeout settings
Understanding deduplication cache and storage locations
Configuring Replay engine settings
Configuring deployment settings
Configuring database connection settings
Modifying local database connection settings
Managing SMTP server settings
Managing Cloud configuration settings
Managing report settings
Managing Core SQL attachability settings
Understanding Core jobs
Managing licenses
Understanding SNMP settings
Configuring vSphere settings
Managing VMware proxy settings
Backing up and restoring Core settings
Core-level tools
Understanding repositories
Deduplication in Rapid Recovery
Managing an R3 repository
Managing a DVM repository
Encryption keys
Creating a DVM repository
Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository
About checking the integrity of DVM repositories
Opening an existing DVM repository
About the Repository Optimization Job
Checking a repository
Viewing or modifying repository details
Deleting a repository
Understanding encryption keys
Applying or removing encryption from a protected machine
Protecting machines
Associating an encryption key with a protected machine
Applying an encryption key from the Protected Machines page
Disassociating an encryption key from a protected machine
Managing encryption keys
About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery
Managing protected machines
About protecting Linux machines with Rapid Recovery
About managing Exchange and SQL servers in Rapid Recovery Core
About protecting server clusters
Understanding Rapid Snap for Virtual
Support for dynamic and basic volumes
Understanding the Rapid Recovery Agent software installer
Deploying Agent to multiple machines simultaneously from the Core Console
Using the Deploy Agent Software Wizard to deploy to one or more machines
Deploying to machines on an Active Directory domain
Deploying to machines on a VMware vCenter/ESXi virtual host
Deploying an upgrade of the Rapid Recovery Agent software to protected machines
Deploying to machines manually
Verifying the deployment to multiple machines
Modifying deploy settings
Understanding protection schedules
Protecting a machine
Protecting a cluster
Creating a custom protection schedule from a wizard in Simple Mode
Creating multiple protection schedule periods in Advanced Mode
Pausing and resuming protection
About protecting multiple machines
Protecting multiple machines on an Active Directory domain
Protecting multiple machines on a VMware vCenter/ESXi virtual host
Protecting multiple machines on a Hyper-V virtual host
Protecting multiple machines manually
Monitoring the protection of multiple machines
Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers
Setting credentials for an Exchange server machine
Forcing log truncation for an Exchange machine
About Exchange database mountability checks
Forcing a mountability check of an Exchange database
Forcing a checksum check of Exchange database files
Settings and functions for protected SQL servers
About managing protected machines
Viewing protected machines
Configuring machine settings
Snapshots and recovery points
Viewing and modifying protected machine settings
Managing machines
Changing the settings for a Hyper-V host or node
Changing the settings for a Hyper-V protected virtual machine
Changing the vSphere settings for a VMware protected virtual machine
About modifying transfer settings
Customizing nightly jobs for a protected machine
Viewing system information for a protected machine
Removing a machine
Removing a cluster from protection
Viewing license information on a machine
Downloading and viewing the log file for a protected machine
Converting a protected cluster node to a protected machine
Understanding custom groups
Managing snapshots and recovery points
Viewing the recovery points page of a protected machine
Mounting a recovery point
Dismounting recovery points
Working with Linux recovery points
Forcing a snapshot
Removing recovery points
Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain
Migrating recovery points manually to a different repository
Replication
Replication with Rapid Recovery
Recovery point chains and orphans
When replication begins
Determining your seeding needs and strategy
Performance considerations for replicated data transfer
Viewing incoming and outgoing replication
Configuring replication
Replicating to a self-managed target Core
Replicating to a third-party target Core
Events
Submitting a replication request to a third-party service provider
Reviewing a replication request from a customer
Approving a replication request
Denying a replication request
Ignoring a replication request from a customer
Adding a machine to existing replication
Consuming the seed drive on a target Core
Managing replication settings
Scheduling replication
Using the Copy function to create a seed drive
Monitoring replication
Pausing and resuming replication
Forcing replication
Managing settings for outgoing replication
Changing target Core settings
Setting replication priority for a protected machine
Removing replication
Removing outgoing replication from the source Core
Removing incoming replication from the target Core
Recovering replicated data
Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal pages
Reporting
Viewing tasks
Viewing alerts
Viewing a journal of all logged events
Navigating between tasks, alerts, and the events journal
Understanding event notifications in Rapid Recovery
Configuring event settings
About Rapid Recovery reports
Generating a report from the Core Console
Managing scheduled reports from the Core Console
Using the Reports menu
Using the Reports toolbar
Understanding the Job report
Understanding the Job Summary report
Understanding the Failure report
Understanding the Summary report
Understanding the Repository report
VM export
Exporting to virtual machines using Rapid Recovery
Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine
Exporting data to a VMware Workstation virtual machine
Exporting data to a Hyper-V virtual machine
Exporting data to a VirtualBox virtual machine
Exporting data to an Azure virtual machine
Restoring data
Working with Microsoft Azure
Managing exports
Azure interface disclaimer
Creating a container in an Azure storage account
Exporting and deploying VMs for Azure
Microsoft Azure documentation
Before virtual export to Azure
Performing a one-time Azure export
Setting up continual export to Azure
Deploying a virtual machine in Azure
About restoring data with Rapid Recovery
Understanding Live Recovery
Restoring data from recovery points
About the file search and restore feature
About restoring volumes from a recovery point
Bare metal restore
Restoring volumes from a recovery point
Restoring a directory or file using Windows Explorer
Restoring a directory or file and preserving permissions using Windows Explorer
Restoring clusters and cluster nodes
Restoring from an attached archive
Bare metal restore for Windows machines
Managing aging data
Archiving
Performing a bare metal restore for Windows machines
Performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard
Understanding boot CD creation for Windows machines
Understanding driver injection in a boot CD
Creating a boot CD ISO image
Transferring the boot CD ISO image to media
Loading the boot CD and starting the target machine
Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR
About the Universal Recovery Console tools
Loading drivers using the Universal Recovery Console
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines
Loading drivers in the Universal Recovery Console using portable media
Loading a driver in the URC using Chromium
Selecting a recovery point and initiating a BMR
About disk mapping for a bare metal restore
Performing a BMR from an archive
Loading drivers to the operating system
Prerequisites for performing a bare metal restore for a Linux machine
Managing a Linux boot image
Viewing the recovery progress
Starting a restored target server
Troubleshooting connections to the Universal Recovery Console
Repairing boot problems
Performing a file system check on the restored volume
About the boot ISO image for Linux
Saving the Live DVD ISO image to media
Loading the Live DVD and starting the target machine
Connecting to the BMR target from the Rapid Recovery Core
Managing Linux partitions
Creating partitions on the destination drive
Formatting partitions on the destination drive
Mounting partitions from the command line
Launching a bare metal restore for Linux
Starting the Screen utility
Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine using the command line
Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the command line
Understanding archives
Cloud storage accounts
Archive creation and storage options
Recovery point chain options for archives
Methods to access an archive
Uses for archives
Creating an archive
Editing a scheduled archive
Pausing or resuming a scheduled archive
Forcing an archive job
Checking an archive
Attaching an archive
Importing an archive
About cloud accounts
Adding a cloud account
Editing a cloud account
Configuring cloud account settings
Removing a cloud account
The Local Mount Utility
About the Local Mount Utility
Working with Rapid Recovery Core machines in the Local Mount Utility
The Central Management Console
Adding a Core machine to the Local Mount Utility
Changing the Local Mount Utility options
Editing Core connection settings in the Local Mount Utility
Reconnecting to a Core
Removing a Rapid Recovery Core machine from the Local Mount Utility
Working with protected machines in the Local Mount Utility
Mounting a recovery point using the Local Mount Utility
Exploring a mounted recovery point using the Local Mount Utility
Refreshing recovery points
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
Using the Local Mount Utility tray menu
Understanding the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console
Configuring the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console
Core Console references
Adding a Core to the Central Management Console
Configuring Core settings in the Central Management Console
Adding a Core group to the Central Management Console
Configuring Core group settings
Configuring Core group access
Understanding Central Management Console core reports
Viewing the Core Console user interface
Viewing events for a protected machine
Viewing the More menu for a protected machine
Command Line Management utility
Commands
PowerShell module
Archive
CancelActiveJobs
CheckRepository
CreateArchiveRepository
CreateBootCD
CreateRepository
DeleteRepository
Dismount
DismountArchiveRepository
EditEsxServer
Force
ForceAttach
ForceChecksum
ForceLogTruncation
ForceMount
ForceReplication
ForceRollup
ForceVirtualStandby
Help
List
Mount
MountArchiveRepository
NewCloudAccount
OpenDvmRepository
Pause
Protect
ProtectCluster
ProtectEsxServer
RemoveAgent
RemoveArchiveRepository
RemovePoints
RemoveScheduledArchive
RemoveVirtualStandby
Replicate
Replication
RestoreAgent
RestoreArchive
RestoreUrc
Resume
SeedDrive
StartExport
UpdateRepository
Version
VirtualStandby
Localization
Prerequisites for using PowerShell
Working with commands and cmdlets
Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets
Scripting
Edit-EsxiVirtualStandby
Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby
Edit-ScheduledArchive
Edit-VBVirtualStandby
Edit-VMVirtualStandby
Get-ActiveJobs
Get-Clusters
Get-CompletedJobs
Get-ExchangeMailStores
Get-Failed
Get-FailedJobs
Get-Mounts
Get-Passed
Get-ProtectedServers
Get-ProtectionGroups
Get-QueuedJobs
Get-RecoveryPoints
Get-ReplicatedServers
Get-Repositories
Get-ScheduledArchives
Get-SqlDatabases
Get-UnprotectedVolumes
Get-VirtualizedServers
Get-Volumes
New-Base
New-CloudAccount
New-EncryptionKey
New-EsxiVirtualStandby
New-HyperVVirtualStandby
New-Mount
Resume-Replication
New-Repository
New-ScheduledArchive
New-Snapshot
New-VBVirtualStandby
New-VMVirtualStandby
Push-Replication
Push-Rollup
Remove-Agent
Remove-Mount
Remove-Mounts
Remove-RecoveryPoints
Remove-Repository
Remove-ScheduledArchive
Remove-VirtualStandby
Resume-Replication
Resume-Snapshot
Resume-VirtualStandby
Resume-VMExport
Start-Archive
Start-AttachabilityCheck
Start-ChecksumCheck
Start-EsxiExport
Start-HypervExport
Start-LogTruncation
Start-MountabilityCheck
Start-Protect
Start-ProtectCluster
Start-RepositoryCheck
Start-RestoreArchive
Start-ScheduledArchive
Start-VBExport
Start-VirtualStandby
Start-VMExport
Stop-ActiveJobs
Suspend-Replication
Suspend-RepositoryActivity
Suspend-ScheduledArchive
Suspend-Snapshot
Suspend-VirtualStandby
Suspend-VMExport
Update-Repository
Localization
Qualifiers
Using PowerShell scripting with Rapid Recovery
Using Bourne shell and Bash scripting with Rapid Recovery
REST APIs
Intended audience
Working with Rapid Recovery REST APIs
Downloading and viewing Core and Agent APIs
Recommended additional reading
About us
Glossary
Snapshots and recovery points
This section describes how to use and manage the snapshots and recovery points generated by Rapid Recovery. It includes information about mounting, viewing, and forcing, as well as migrating and deleting recovery points.
Managing snapshots and recovery points
A recovery point is a collection of snapshots taken of individual disk volumes and stored in the repository. Snapshots capture and store the state of a disk volume at a given point in time while the applications that generate the data are still in use. In Rapid Recovery, you can force a snapshot, temporarily pause snapshots, and view lists of current recovery points in the repository as well as delete them if needed. Recovery points are used to restore protected machines or to mount to a local file system.
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.
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.
Viewing the recovery points page of a protected machine
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The Recovery Points page appears, showing a Recovery Points Summary pane and a Recovery Points pane.
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Graphic depiction of either a recovery point | |
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Lists the volumes included in the recovery point. Click | |
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Defines a recovery point as either a base image or an incremental (differential) snapshot. | |
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Displays the amount of space that the recovery point consumes in the repository. | |
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The Settings drop-down menu lets you perform certain functions for the selected recovery point. |
![[Recovery Point]](/technical-documents/image/2d0dd622-e454-41cf-a567-185b89b75758){kind=small}
or, if expanded, a volume within the recovery point ![[Volume]](/technical-documents/image/b6a9ff46-452f-474d-8208-736926f42fe1){kind=small}
. Recovery points show a right arrow ![[Expand]](/technical-documents/image/e747997c-73aa-48f4-b039-b045707cd4d7){kind=small}
indicating that detail can be expanded.![[Information]](/technical-documents/image/ac97f085-9e42-4a7d-bb7e-4ee9e513364f){kind=small}
(Information) to see the space usage and file system.![[Settings]](/technical-documents/image/91a1aa7f-bde7-49d1-a165-95b0db84ccd9){kind=small}
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.
Recovery status point colors for Exchange databases
The following table lists the status indicators that display for Exchange databases.
Recovery status point colors for SQL databases
The following table lists the status indicators that display for SQL databases.