DL4300 Appliance
Forcing rollup for a protected machine
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Enter a number to represent the retention period and
then select the time period. The default is 2 months.
You can choose from: Months and Years
…and then keep one recovery point per year for n
[retention time period]
Enter a number to represent the retention period and
then select the time period.
You can choose from: Years
The following is an example of how the retention period is calculated.
Keep all recovery points for three days.
…and then keep one recovery point per hour for three days
…and then keep one recovery point per day for four days
…and then keep one recovery point per week for three weeks
…and then keep one recovery point per month for two months
…and then keep one recovery point per month for one year
In this example, the oldest recovery point would be one year, 3 months old.
9. If you want to retain all recovery points in your primary repository, clear the Relocate outdated recovery
points to an R3 repository option and skip the next step.
10. If you want to relocate recovery points from your primary repository to an R3 repository stored on a Dell DR
series backup appliance, do the following:.
a. Select the Relocate outdated recovery points to an R3 repository option.
b. Specify the age at which you want to relocate recovery points from your primary repository to the
R3 repository.
You can specify the age by weeks, months or years. The shortest period you can set is 1 week.
c. From the Select a repository drop-down menu, select the R3 repository to which you want to tier
the specified recovery points.
NOTE:
Regardless of where recovery points are located (local DVM repository or in a remote R3
repository on a DR backup appliance), they are still subject to the retention policy, and will still be
rolled up. If you need to retain older recovery points, one method is to archive. The other approach is
to disable rollup or extend the retention period for the relevant protected machines.
11. Click Save.
Parent topic
Forcing rollup for a protected machine
You can bypass your scheduled retention policy by forcing recovery points to roll up at the protected machine
level.
1. From the Protected Machines menu of the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the name of a specific
protected machine.
The Summary page for the selection machine appears.
2. Click the More drop-down menu at the top of the protected machine view, and then select Retention Policy.
The Retention Policy page for the specified machine appears.
3. Click Force Rollup.
4. In the dialog box, click Yes to confirm.
