DL4300 Appliance
About protecting multiple machines
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The Protection page appears.
11. On the Protection page, select the appropriate protection schedule as described below.
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If you want to use the default protection schedule, then in the Schedule Settings option, select Default protection
(hourly snapshots of all volumes).
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If you want to define a different protection schedule, then in the Schedule Settings option, select Custom protection
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12. Proceed with your configuration as follows:
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If you selected a Typical configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard and specified default protection, then click
Finish to confirm your choices, close the wizard, and protect the machine you specified.
The first time protection is added for a machine, a base image (that is, a snapshot of all the data in the
protected volumes) will transfer to the repository on the Rapid Recovery Core following the schedule
you defined, unless you specified to initially pause protection.
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If you selected a Typical configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard and specified custom protection, click Next
see
Creating custom protection schedules
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If you selected Advanced configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard, and default protection, then click Next and
to see repository and encryption options.
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If you selected Advanced configuration for the Protect Machine Wizard and specified custom protection, click Next,
to set up a custom protection schedule. For details on defining a custom protection schedule, see
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13. On the Repository page, the following:
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If you already have a repository and want to store the data from this machine for protection in the existing
repository, then do the following:
1. Select Use an existing repository.
2. Select an existing repository from the list.
3. Click Next.
The Encryption page appears. Skip to
to optionally define encryption.
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If you want to create a repository, select Create a Repository, and then complete the following steps.
1. On the Repository, enter the information described in the following table.
Table 91. Add New Repository settings
Text Box
Description
Repository Name
Enter the display name of the repository.
By default, this text box consists of the word
Repository and a number, which corresponds to the
number of repositories for this Core. For example,
if this is the first repository, the default name is
Repository 1. Change the name as needed.
Repository names must contain between 1 and 40
alphanumeric characters, including spaces. Do not
use
Concurrent Operations
Define the number of concurrent requests you want
the repository to support. By default the value is 64.
Comments
Optionally, enter a descriptive note about this
repository. You can enter up to 254 characters. For
example, type DVM Repository 2.