You can use this procedure to create a one-time or scheduled archive.
If you plan on creating an archive to a cloud location, first add your cloud account to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. For more information, see Adding a cloud account.
When creating your archive, you must decide whether to include a full recovery point chain in your archive. For more information, see Recovery point chain options for archives.
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On the Location page, select an option from the Location type drop-down list and then enter the information as described in the following table. |
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On the Machines page of the wizard, select the protected machine or machines you want to archive and then click Next. |
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Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive. | ||
Select a day of the week on which to automatically create the archive. | ||
Select the day of the month on which to automatically create the archive. | ||
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On the Options page for a continuous archive, select one of the recycle actions described in the following table. |
Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive. | |
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On the Options page for a continuous archive, determine whether to include full recovery point chains in your archive. For more information about recovery point chain options, see Recovery point chain options for archives. Do one of the following: |
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Select one of the following recycle action options:
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Build complete recovery points chains, including referenced base images outside the date range. |
Select this option to archive the entire recovery point chain. This option is selected by default. | ||||||||
Select this option to archive only the incremental recovery points and no base images. For more information about recovery point chain options, see Recovery point chain options for archives. |
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On the Date Range page, either manually enter the start date and end date of the recovery points to be archived, or select the date time by clicking the calendar icon followed by the clock icon below the calendar window. |
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When data reaches the end of a retention period, you may want to extend that retention by creating an archive of the aged data. When you archive data, there is always the matter of where to store it. Rapid Recovery lets you upload your archive to a variety of cloud providers directly from the Core Console. Compatible clouds include Microsoft Azure, Amazon™, Rackspace, and any OpenStack-based provider.
Exporting an archive to a cloud using Rapid Recovery involves the following procedures:
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Add your cloud account to the Rapid Recovery Core Console. For more information, see Adding a cloud account. |
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Rapid Recovery lets you change the details of a scheduled archive. To edit a scheduled archive, complete the steps in the following procedure.
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In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the |
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On the Archives page, under Schedule Archives, click the drop-down menu next to the archive you want to change, and then click Edit. |
The Add Archive Wizard opens.
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On the Location page of the Archive Wizard, select one of the following options from the Location Type drop-down list: |
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Enter a user name. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share. | ||||
Select an account from the drop-down list. | ||||
Select a container associated with your account from the drop-down menu. | ||||
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On the Machines page of the wizard, select the protected machine or machines that contain the recovery points that you want to archive. Clear the machines that you do not want to archive. |
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Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive. | ||
Select a day of the week on which to automatically create the archive. | ||
Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive. | ||
Select the day of the month on which to automatically create the archive. | ||
Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive. |
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On the Options page, use the Recycle action drop-down list to select one of the options described in the following table: |
Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive. |
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On the Options page of the wizard, determine whether to include full recovery point chains in your archive. For more information about recovery point chain options, see Recovery point chain options for archives. Do one of the following: |
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Select Build complete recovery point chains, including referenced base images outside the date range. |
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If you have an archiving job scheduled to recur, you can pause or resume this action as necessary.
There may be times when you want to pause a scheduled archive job, such as if you need to change the destination archive location. Also, if you opted to initially pause archiving when you performed the Creating an archiveprocedure, you likely want to resume the scheduled archive later. Complete the steps in the following procedure to pause or resume scheduled archive.
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From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, and click the |
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