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Rapid Recovery 6.5 - User Guide

Introduction to Rapid Recovery The Core Console Repositories Core settings Managing privacy Encryption Protecting machines
About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery 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 Modifying deploy settings Understanding protection schedules Protecting a machine About protecting multiple machines Enabling application support Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers Settings and functions for protected SQL servers
Managing protected machines Credentials Vault Snapshots and recovery points Replication Events Reporting VM export Restoring data Bare metal restore
About bare metal restore Differences in bare metal restore for Windows and Linux machines Understanding boot CD creation for Windows machines Managing a Linux boot image Performing a bare metal restore using the Restore Machine Wizard Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines Verifying a bare metal restore
Managing aging data Archiving Cloud accounts Core Console references REST APIs Glossary

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.

  1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the (More) drop-down menu on the icon bar, and then select [Archives] Archives.
  2. On the Archives page, under Scheduled Archives, click the drop-down menu next to the archive you want to change, and then click Edit.

    The Archive Wizard opens.

  3. On the Location page of the Archive Wizard, select one of the following options from the Location Type drop-down list:
    • Local
    • Network
    • Cloud
  4. Enter the details for the archive as described in the following table based on the location type you selected in step 3.
    Table 153: Archive details
    Option Text Box Description

    Local

    Location

    Enter the local path where you want the archive to reside; for example, d:\work\archive.

    Network

    Location

    Enter the network path where you want the archive to reside; for example, \\servername\sharename.

    User name

    Enter the user name for the user with access to the network share.

    Password

    Enter the password for the user with access to 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 the archived data is saved.

    Use Glacier storage

    To store your archive in Amazon Glacier storage, select this option. This option is intended for long-term storage of archives. For more information, see Amazon storage options and archiving.

    NOTE: This option will cause all new archives to be placed in Glacier storage. The existing archives will remain in S3 storage.

  5. Click Next.
  6. 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.
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Schedule page, select one of the following options from the Send data drop-down list:
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
  9. Enter the information described in the following table based on your selection from step 8.
    Table 154: 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.
    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.
    At time Select the hour of the day you want to create a daily archive.
  10. 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.

  11. Click Next.
  12. On the Options page, use the Recycle action drop-down list to select one of the options described in the following table:
    Table 155: 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 Corebut 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:
    • Select Build complete recovery point chains, including referenced base images outside the date range.
    • Select Include only the recovery points in the date range. This saves space, but you are responsible for archiving any needed base images.
  14. Click Finish.
    Rapid Recovery applies your changes to the archive.

Pausing or resuming a scheduled archive

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 archive procedure, you likely want to resume the scheduled archive later. Complete the steps in the following procedure to pause or resume scheduled archive.

  1. From the Rapid Recovery Core Console , click the (More) menu on the icon bar, and then click [Archives] Archives.
  2. On the Archives page, under Scheduled Archives, do one of the following:
    • Select the preferred archive, and then click one of the following actions as appropriate:
      • Pause
      • Resume
    • Next to the preferred archive, click the drop-down menu, and then click one of the following actions as appropriate:
      • Pause
      • Resume

    The status of the archive displays in the Schedule column.

Forcing an archive job

Using this procedure, you can force Rapid Recovery to perform the archive job on a scheduled archive at any time.

To force an archive job, you must have an archive scheduled on the Core.
  1. From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, in the icon bar, click the (More) menu on the icon bar, and then click [Archives] Archives.
  2. On the Archives page, under Schedule Archives, click the drop-down menu next to the archive you want to force, and then click Force.
    Rapid Recovery archives the recovery points according to the settings you chose for that archive, regardless of the scheduled archive time you set.

Checking an archive

Checking an archive verifies whether an archive and its contents are healthy enough to be restored.

You can scan an archive for the integrity of its structure, data segments, and index files by performing an archive check. The archive check verifies the presence of all necessary files within the archive and that the files are healthy. To perform an archive check, complete the steps in the following procedure.

  1. From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, in the icon bar, click the (More) menu on the icon bar, and then click [Archives]Archives.
  2. On the Archives page, click [Check] Check.
    The Check Archive dialog box appears.
  3. For Location type, select one of the following options from the drop-down list:
    • Local
    • Network
    • Cloud
  4. Based on the location type you selected in step 3, enter the details for the archive as described in the following table.
    Table 156: Archive details
    Option Text Box Description
    Local Location Enter the local path for the archive.
    Network Location Enter the network path for the archive.
    User name Enter the user name. It is used to establish logon credentials for the network share.
    Password Enter the 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 Select the folder in which the archived data is saved; for example, Rapid-Recovery-7-Archive-[DATE CREATED]-[TIME CREATED].
  5. Select or clear the checks described in the following table. All are selected by default.

    NOTE: Do not clear all checks. You must select at least one option.

    Option Description
    Index files mapping offsets This option checks that all the data on the internal structure of the archive is in the correct location.
    Structure integrity This option verifies the presence of certain internal files and the folder structure of the archive. If any files or folders are missing, the check fails.
    Checksum integrity This option checks the integrity of the data segments in the archive to ensure that the segments are healthy.
     
  6. Click Check File.
    Rapid Recovery checks the archive according to your selections.
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