•
Port
— Specifies the port number on which the Core communications with the Agent on the
machine. The default value is 8006.
•
Repository
— Select the repository in which to store data from this agent.
NOTE: You can store data from multiple agents in a single repository.
•
Encryption Key
— Specifies whether encryption should be applied to the data for every volume
on this machine to be stored in the repository.
NOTE: You define encryption settings for a repository under the
Configuration
tab in the
Core Console.
4.
Click
Deploy
.
The
Deploy Agent
dialog box closes. There may be a delay before you see the selected agent appear
in the list of protected machines.
Understanding protection schedules
A protection schedule defines when backups are transferred from protected agent machines to the
AppAssure Core.
Protection schedules are initially defined using the
Protect Machine Wizard
or the
Protect Multiple
Machines Wizard
. You can then modify the existing schedule at any time from the Summary tab for a
specific agent machine.
AppAssure provides a default protection schedule, with two defined protection periods. The first period is
for weekdays (Monday through Friday), with a single time period defined (from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM).
The default interval (the time period between snapshots) is 3 hours. The second period is for weekends
(Saturday and Sunday). The default interval for the second period is 3 hours.
When protection is first enabled, the schedule is activated. Thus, using the default settings, regardless of
the current time of day, the first backup will occur every 3 hours.
The first backup transfer saved to the Core is called a base image snapshot. All data on all specified
volumes (including the operating system, applications, and settings), are saved to the Core. Thereafter,
incremental snapshots (smaller backups, consisting only of data changed on the agent since the last
backup) are saved to the core regularly, based on the interval defined.
You can create a custom schedule to change the frequency of backups. For example, you can change
the interval for the weekday period to 60 minutes, resulting in snapshots every hour. Or you can increase
the interval on weekends from 60 minutes to 180 minutes, resulting in snapshots every three hours when
traffic is low.
Other options in the
Protection Schedule Wizard
page include for a setting a daily protection time. This
results in a single backup daily at the period defined (the default setting is 12:00 PM).
The option to initially pause protection prevents a base image from occurring (and in fact, prevents all
backups) until you explicitly resume protection. When you are ready to begin protecting your machines
based on the established protection schedule, you must explicitly resume protection.
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