Rapid Recovery 6.1.3

Table 155. Send data options
Option	Text Box	Description
Daily	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive.
Weekly	At day of week	Select a day of the week on which to automatically create the archive.
Weekly	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create an archive.
Monthly	At day of months	Select the day of the month on which to automatically create the archive.
Monthly	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create an archive.

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Optionally, if you do not want the archive job to begin at the next scheduled time after you complete the wizard, select Pause initial archiving.

NOTE: You may want to pause the scheduled archive if you need time to prepare the target location before archiving resumes. If you do not select this option, archiving begins at the scheduled time.

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Click Next.

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On the Options page for a continuous archive, select one of the recycle actions described in the following table.

Table 156. Continuous archive recycle options
Text Box	Description
Replace this Core	Overwrites any pre-existing archived data pertaining to this Core but leaves the data for other Cores intact.
Erase completely	Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive.
Incremental	Lets you add recovery points to an existing archive. It compares recovery points to avoid duplicating data that already exist in the 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 Build complete recovery point chains, including referenced base images outside the date range, and then skip to Step 18.

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Select Include only the recovery points in the date range. This saves space, but you are responsible for archiving any needed base images, and then skip to Step 18.

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On the Options page for a one-time archive, enter the information described in the following table.

Table 157. One-time archive options

Text Box

Description

Maximum Size

Large archives of data can be divided into multiple segments. Select the maximum amount of space you want to reserve for creating the archive by doing one of the following:

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Select Entire Target to reserve all available space in the path provided on the destination provided in Step 4. (For example, if the location is D:\work\archive, all of the available space on the D: drive is reserved).

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Select the text box, enter the amount of space, and then select a unit of measurement from the drop-down list to customize the maximum space you want to reserve.

NOTE: Amazon™ cloud archives are automatically divided into 50 GB segments. Microsoft Azure cloud archives are automatically divided into 200 GB segments.

Recycle action

Select one of the following recycle action options:

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Do not reuse. Does not overwrite or clear any existing archived data from the location. If the location is not empty, Rapid Recovery lets you select a different location.

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Replace this Core. Overwrites any pre-existing archived data pertaining to this Core but leaves the data for other Cores intact.

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Erase completely. Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive.

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Incremental. Lets you add recovery points to an existing archive. It compares recovery points to avoid duplicating data that already exist in the archive.

Comment

Enter any additional information that is necessary to capture for the archive. The comment is displayed if you import the archive later.

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.

Include only the recovery points in the date range. This saves space, but you are responsible for archiving any needed base images.

Select this option to archive only the incremental recovery points and no base images.

NOTE: This option results in an archive of orphaned recovery points. You will not be able to use them for recovery until you also archive their related base images.

For more information about recovery point chain options, see Recovery point chain options for archives.

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Click Next.

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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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Click Finish.

The wizard closes.

Archiving to a cloud

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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Archive your data and export it to your cloud account. For more information, see Creating an archive.

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Retrieve archived data by importing it from the cloud location. For more information, see Importing an archive.

Editing a scheduled archive

Rapid Recovery lets you change the details of a scheduled archive. To edit a scheduled archive, complete the steps in the following procedure.

In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the

More drop-down menu on the icon bar, and then select Archives.

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.

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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Local

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Network

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Cloud

Enter the details for the archive as described in the following table based on the location type you selected in Step 3.

Table 158. Archive details

Enter the location for the output. It is used to define the location path where you want the archive to reside; for example, d:\work\archive.

Network

Location

Enter the location for the output. It is used to define the location path where you want the archive to reside; for example, \\servername\sharename.

User name

Enter a user name. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share.

Password

Enter a password for the network path. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share.

Cloud

Account

Select an account from the drop-down list.

NOTE: To select a cloud account, you must first have added it in the Core Console. For more information, see Adding a cloud account.

Container

Select a container associated with your account from the drop-down menu.

Folder name

Enter a name for the folder in which you want to save the archived data; for example, Rapid-Recovery-Archive-[DATE CREATED]-[TIME CREATED].

Click Next.

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.

Click Next.

On the Schedule page, select one of the following options from the Send data drop-down list:

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Daily

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Weekly

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Monthly

Enter the information described in the following table based on your selection from Step 8.

Table 159. Send data options
Option	Text Box	Description
Daily	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive.
Weekly	At day of week	Select a day of the week on which to automatically create the archive.
Weekly	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive.
Monthly	At day of months	Select the day of the month on which to automatically create the archive.
Monthly	At time	Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive.

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Optionally, to postpone archiving to resume at a later time, select Pause initial archiving.

NOTE: You may want to pause the scheduled archive if you need time to prepare the target location before archiving resumes. If you do not select this option, archiving begins at the scheduled time.

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Click Next.

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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:

Table 160. Archive recycle options
Text Box	Description
Incremental	Lets you add recovery points to an existing archive. It compares recovery points to avoid duplicating data that already exists in the archive.
Replace this Core	Overwrites any pre-existing archived data pertaining to this core but leaves the data for other cores intact.
Erase completely	Clears all archived data from the directory before writing the new archive.

13.

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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Select Include only the recovery points in the date range. This saves space, but you are responsible for archiving any needed base images.

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Click Finish.

Rapid Recovery applies your changes to the archive.