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Rapid Recovery 6.0 on DL Appliances User’s Guide Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2016 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. 2016 - 09 Rev. A00 Contents 1 Introduction to DL Appliance...........................................................................13 Deployment architecture....................................................................................................................13 Smart Agent....................................................................................................................................15 DL Appliance Core.........................................................................................................................15 Snapshot process..........................................................................................................................16 Replication of disaster recovery site or service provider.............................................................16 Recovery........................................................................................................................................16 Product features .................................................................................................................................16 Understanding repositories...........................................................................................................17 Deduplication in Rapid Recovery..................................................................................................18 Understanding encryption keys....................................................................................................19 Replication with Rapid Recovery..................................................................................................20 Retention and archiving................................................................................................................24 Virtualization and cloud................................................................................................................25 Alerts and event management......................................................................................................26 License portal................................................................................................................................26 Web console..................................................................................................................................26 Service management APIs............................................................................................................26 2 Working with the DL Appliance Core.............................................................27 Understanding the Rapid Recovery Core Console............................................................................27 Accessing the Rapid Recovery Core Console..............................................................................27 Understanding the Quick Start Guide...........................................................................................27 Navigating the Rapid Recovery Core Console.............................................................................29 Viewing the Protected Machines menu.......................................................................................34 Viewing replicated machines from the navigation menu............................................................39 Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu.....................................................................................39 Viewing the Custom Groups menu..............................................................................................40 Using the Error dialog box............................................................................................................40 Core settings.......................................................................................................................................40 Rapid Recovery Core settings......................................................................................................40 Backing up and restoring Core settings.......................................................................................72 Core-level tools.............................................................................................................................74 Roadmap for configuring the Core ...................................................................................................76 Repositories.........................................................................................................................................77 Managing a DVM repository..........................................................................................................77 Managing security ..............................................................................................................................90 Applying or removing encryption from a protected machine.....................................................91 3 Managing encryption keys............................................................................................................94 Managing cloud accounts................................................................................................................102 About cloud accounts.................................................................................................................102 Adding a cloud account..............................................................................................................102 Editing a cloud account..............................................................................................................103 Configuring cloud account settings...........................................................................................104 Removing a cloud account.........................................................................................................104 Archiving............................................................................................................................................105 Understanding archives..............................................................................................................105 Creating an archive.....................................................................................................................105 Editing a scheduled archive........................................................................................................108 Pausing or resuming a scheduled archive..................................................................................110 Forcing an archive job.................................................................................................................110 Checking an archive.....................................................................................................................111 Attaching an archive....................................................................................................................112 Importing an archive....................................................................................................................113 Events.................................................................................................................................................115 Rapid Recovery events.................................................................................................................115 Viewing events using tasks, alerts, and journal...........................................................................116 Understanding email notifications..............................................................................................119 Notification groups, SMTP settings and notification templates for system events..................122 Configuring notification groups.................................................................................................123 About configuring repetition reduction.....................................................................................126 Configuring event retention........................................................................................................127 Rapid Appliance Self Recovery..........................................................................................................127 Creating the RASR USB key.........................................................................................................127 Executing RASR...........................................................................................................................128 The Local Mount Utility.....................................................................................................................129 About the Local Mount Utility.....................................................................................................129 Working with Rapid Recovery Core machines in the Local Mount Utility................................130 Working with protected machines in the Local Mount Utility...................................................133 Using the Local Mount Utility tray menu....................................................................................135 3 Managing Your Appliance...............................................................................137 Monitoring status of the Appliance...................................................................................................137 Windows backup...............................................................................................................................137 Backup Status..............................................................................................................................138 Windows Backup Policy..............................................................................................................139 Provisioning storage.........................................................................................................................140 Deleting space allocation for a virtual disk.......................................................................................141 Recovery and Update Utility.............................................................................................................142 Upgrading your Appliance..........................................................................................................142 4 Repairing your Appliance............................................................................................................142 4 Protecting workstations and servers............................................................144 Protecting machines.........................................................................................................................144 About protecting machines with Rapid Recovery ....................................................................144 Accessing protected machine diagnostics.................................................................................213 Managing machines..........................................................................................................................215 Removing a machine...................................................................................................................215 Canceling operations on a machine..........................................................................................216 Viewing license information on a machine................................................................................216 VM export..........................................................................................................................................216 About exporting to virtual machines with Rapid Recovery.......................................................216 Managing exports........................................................................................................................229 Managing aging data........................................................................................................................244 About Rapid Recovery data retention and archiving.................................................................244 Managing retention policies.......................................................................................................245 Replication........................................................................................................................................250 Replication with Rapid Recovery................................................................................................250 Recovery point chains and orphans...........................................................................................254 When replication begins.............................................................................................................255 Determining your seeding needs and strategy..........................................................................255 Performance considerations for replicated data transfer..........................................................257 Replicating to a self-managed target Core...............................................................................259 Viewing incoming and outgoing replication.............................................................................262 Configuring replication...............................................................................................................264 Replicating to a third-party target Core.....................................................................................265 Adding a machine to existing replication...................................................................................270 Consuming the seed drive on a target Core..............................................................................272 Managing replication settings.....................................................................................................274 Removing replication..................................................................................................................282 Recovering replicated data.........................................................................................................284 5 Recovering data................................................................................................285 Managing recovery ..........................................................................................................................285 Snapshots and recovery points........................................................................................................285 Managing snapshots and recovery points.................................................................................285 Viewing the recovery points page of a protected machine......................................................286 Mounting a recovery point.........................................................................................................288 Dismounting recovery points.....................................................................................................289 Working with Linux recovery points..........................................................................................290 Forcing a snapshot......................................................................................................................292 Removing recovery points..........................................................................................................293 5 Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain..............................................................................293 Migrating recovery points manually to a different repository...................................................294 Restoring data...................................................................................................................................295 About restoring data with Rapid Recovery................................................................................295 Understanding Live Recovery.....................................................................................................295 Restoring data from recovery points.........................................................................................296 About restoring volumes from a recovery point.......................................................................297 Performing a restore for clusters and cluster nodes................................................................300 Restoring from an attached archive...........................................................................................301 Understanding bare metal restore for Windows machines............................................................302 Bare metal restore for Windows machines...............................................................................302 Understanding boot CD creation for Windows machines........................................................308 Using the Universal Recovery Console for a BMR......................................................................311 Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines................................................................319 Verifying a bare metal restore....................................................................................................329 6 Generating and viewing reports....................................................................334 About Rapid Recovery reports.........................................................................................................334 Generating a report from the Core Console.............................................................................335 Managing scheduled reports from the Core Console..............................................................339 Using the Reports menu.............................................................................................................343 Using the Reports toolbar..........................................................................................................344 Understanding the Job report....................................................................................................346 Understanding the Job Summary report...................................................................................346 Understanding the Failure report...............................................................................................347 Understanding the Summary report...........................................................................................347 Understanding the Repository report........................................................................................349 The Central Management Console..................................................................................................349 Understanding the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console.........................................350 Configuring the Rapid Recovery Central Management Console..............................................351 Understanding Central Management Console core reports.....................................................355 7 Understanding the Rapid Recovery Command Line Management utility......................................................................................................................357 Commands........................................................................................................................................358 Archive.........................................................................................................................................359 CancelActiveJobs.......................................................................................................................360 CheckRepository.........................................................................................................................361 CreateArchiveRepository............................................................................................................362 CreateBootCD.............................................................................................................................364 CreateRepository........................................................................................................................364 DeleteRepository........................................................................................................................366 6 Dismount.....................................................................................................................................367 DismountArchiveRepository.......................................................................................................368 EditEsxServer...............................................................................................................................368 Force............................................................................................................................................369 ForceAttach.................................................................................................................................370 ForceChecksum...........................................................................................................................371 ForceLogTruncation....................................................................................................................372 ForceMount.................................................................................................................................373 ForceReplication.........................................................................................................................374 ForceRollup.................................................................................................................................375 ForceVirtualStandby....................................................................................................................376 Help..............................................................................................................................................377 List................................................................................................................................................377 Mount..........................................................................................................................................379 MountArchiveRepository............................................................................................................380 NewCloudAccount......................................................................................................................381 OpenDvmRepository..................................................................................................................382 Pause...........................................................................................................................................383 Protect.........................................................................................................................................385 ProtectCluster.............................................................................................................................386 ProtectEsxServer.........................................................................................................................387 RemoveAgent..............................................................................................................................388 RemoveArchiveRepository.........................................................................................................389 RemovePoints.............................................................................................................................390 RemoveScheduledArchive..........................................................................................................391 RemoveVirtualStandby................................................................................................................392 Replicate......................................................................................................................................393 Replication..................................................................................................................................394 RestoreAgent...............................................................................................................................396 RestoreArchive............................................................................................................................397 RestoreUrc..................................................................................................................................399 Resume.......................................................................................................................................400 SeedDrive.....................................................................................................................................401 StartExport...................................................................................................................................403 UpdateRepository.......................................................................................................................405 Version........................................................................................................................................406 VirtualStandby.............................................................................................................................407 Localization.......................................................................................................................................410 A Core Console references................................................................................ 411 Viewing the Core Console user interface.........................................................................................411 Button bar....................................................................................................................................412 Icon bar........................................................................................................................................414 7 Left navigation menu..................................................................................................................415 Viewing the Protected Machines pane............................................................................................418 Viewing events for a protected machine...................................................................................421 Viewing the More menu for a protected machine....................................................................423 B Understanding the Rapid Recovery PowerShell module.........................425 Prerequisites for using PowerShell..................................................................................................426 powershell.exe.config.................................................................................................................426 Launching PowerShell and importing the module...................................................................426 Working with commands and cmdlets............................................................................................426 Getting cmdlet help and examples............................................................................................427 Rapid Recovery PowerShell module cmdlets..................................................................................427 Edit-EsxiVirtualStandby...............................................................................................................431 Edit-HyperVVirtualStandby.........................................................................................................432 Edit-ScheduledArchive...............................................................................................................434 Edit-VBVirtualStandby.................................................................................................................435 Edit-VMVirtualStandby................................................................................................................437 Get-ActiveJobs...........................................................................................................................438 Get-Clusters................................................................................................................................440 Get-CompletedJobs..................................................................................................................440 Get-ExchangeMailStores............................................................................................................442 Get-Failed....................................................................................................................................442 Get-FailedJobs............................................................................................................................443 Get-Mounts.................................................................................................................................445 Get-Passed..................................................................................................................................445 Get-ProtectedServers.................................................................................................................446 Get-ProtectionGroups................................................................................................................447 Get-QueuedJobs........................................................................................................................448 Get-RecoveryPoints...................................................................................................................449 Get-ReplicatedServers................................................................................................................450 Get-Repositories.........................................................................................................................451 Get-ScheduledArchives..............................................................................................................451 Get-SqlDatabases.......................................................................................................................452 Get-UnprotectedVolumes..........................................................................................................453 Get-VirtualizedServers................................................................................................................454 Get-Volumes...............................................................................................................................454 New-Base....................................................................................................................................455 New-CloudAccount...................................................................................................................456 New-EncryptionKey....................................................................................................................457 New-EsxiVirtualStandby.............................................................................................................458 New-HyperVVirtualStandby.......................................................................................................460 New-Mount.................................................................................................................................462 Resume-Replication...................................................................................................................463 8 New-Repository..........................................................................................................................464 New-ScheduledArchive..............................................................................................................465 New-Snapshot............................................................................................................................467 New-VBVirtualStandby...............................................................................................................468 New-VMVirtualStandby..............................................................................................................470 Push-Replication.........................................................................................................................471 Push-Rollup.................................................................................................................................472 Remove-Agent............................................................................................................................473 Remove-Mount...........................................................................................................................474 Remove-Mounts.........................................................................................................................475 Remove-RecoveryPoints............................................................................................................475 Remove-Repository....................................................................................................................476 Remove-ScheduledArchive........................................................................................................477 Remove-VirtualStandby..............................................................................................................478 Resume-Replication...................................................................................................................479 Resume-Snapshot......................................................................................................................480 Resume-VirtualStandby..............................................................................................................481 Resume-VMExport......................................................................................................................482 Start-Archive...............................................................................................................................483 Start-AttachabilityCheck............................................................................................................484 Start-ChecksumCheck...............................................................................................................485 Start-EsxiExport..........................................................................................................................486 Start-HypervExport.....................................................................................................................488 Start-LogTruncation...................................................................................................................489 Start-MountabilityCheck............................................................................................................490 Start-Protect................................................................................................................................491 Start-ProtectCluster....................................................................................................................492 Start-RepositoryCheck...............................................................................................................493 Start-RestoreArchive..................................................................................................................494 Start-ScheduledArchive..............................................................................................................496 Start-VBExport............................................................................................................................496 Start-VirtualStandby....................................................................................................................498 Start-VMExport...........................................................................................................................499 Stop-ActiveJobs..........................................................................................................................501 Suspend-Replication..................................................................................................................502 Suspend-RepositoryActivity.......................................................................................................503 Suspend-ScheduledArchive.......................................................................................................504 Suspend-Snapshot......................................................................................................................505 Suspend-VirtualStandby.............................................................................................................506 Suspend-VMExport.....................................................................................................................506 Update-Repository......................................................................................................................507 Localization.......................................................................................................................................508 9 Qualifiers...........................................................................................................................................508 C Extending Rapid Recovery jobs using scripting.........................................511 Using PowerShell scripts in Rapid Recovery.....................................................................................511 Prerequisites for PowerShell scripting........................................................................................512 powershell.exe.config.................................................................................................................512 Testing PowerShell Scripts..........................................................................................................512 Localization..................................................................................................................................512 Qualifiers......................................................................................................................................512 Input Parameters for PowerShell Scripting......................................................................................513 AgentProtectionStorageConfiguration (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Agents)......513 AgentTransferConfiguration (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Transfer)....................513 BackgroundJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.BackgroundJobs)....................515 ChecksumCheckJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Exchange.ChecksumChecks)...............................................................516 DatabaseCheckJobRequestBase (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Exchange)..................516 ExportJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Export)...............................................516 NightlyAttachabilityJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Sql)...............................516 RollupJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Rollup)...............................................517 TakeSnapshotResponse (namespace Replay.Agent.Contracts.Transfer)..................................517 TransferJobRequest (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.Transfer).........................................517 TransferPrescriptParameter (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.PowerShellExecution)...................................................................519 TransferPostscriptParameter (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.PowerShellExecution)...................................................................519 TransferScriptParameterBase (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.PowerShellExecution)...................................................................521 VirtualMachineLocation (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Virtualization)...................522 VolumeImageIdsCollection (namespace Replay.Core.Contracts.RecoveryPoints).................522 VolumeName (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Metadata.Storage)............................522 VolumeNameCollection (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Metadata.Storage)...........522 VolumeSnapshotInfo (namesapce Replay.Common.Contracts.Transfer)................................523 VolumeSnapshotInfoDictionary (namespace Replay.Common.Contracts.Transfer)..............523 Sample PowerShell scripts................................................................................................................523 PreTransferScript.ps1..................................................................................................................523 PostTransferScript.ps1................................................................................................................524 PreExportScript.ps1.....................................................................................................................524 PostExportScript.ps1...................................................................................................................525 PreNightlyJobScript.ps1..............................................................................................................525 PostNightlyJobScript.ps1............................................................................................................527 Using Bourne Shell scripting in Rapid Recovery..............................................................................529 Prerequisites for Bourne Shell scripting.....................................................................................529 Supported transfer and post-transfer script parameters..........................................................530 10

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