HP Application Recovery Manager software A.06.10 Administrator's guide (March 2008)

For information on how to find current disk numbers (physical drive numbers),
see the online Help index: “disk image backups”.
f. Click Finish and then Next.
8. Save your backup specification. For information on starting and scheduling ZDB
sessions, see Chapter 9 on page 91.
Backup options
The following tables describe EVA and ZDB related backup options..
Table 5 Client systems options
System on which the application runs. In cluster environments, specify the
virtual server hostname (rather than the physical node hostname).
Application
system
System to which your data will be replicated.Backup
system
Table 6 Replica management options
Select this option to enable instant recovery. Also, specify Number of replicas
rotated. Snapclone is automatically selected. If this option is not set, you
cannot perform instant recovery from the replica created in this session.
Track the
replica for
instant
recovery
Default: selected.
During ZDB sessions, Application Recovery Manager creates a new replica
and leaves it on the array until the specified Number of replicas rotated is
reached. After that, the oldest replica is deleted and a new one created.
Number of
replicas
rotated
Default: 3.
The maximum number for vsnaps and standard snapshots is limited by the
EVA storage system. Application Recovery Manager does not limit the number
of replicas rotated, but the session fails if the limit is exceeded.
Table 7 Snapshot management options
If source volume(s) used in the session have
existing target volume(s) of a different type (more
Creates
snapshots
VsnapSnapshot type
specifically, vsnap or standard snapshot), thewithout the
session is aborted. To successfully create a replica
of a different type, first delete the existing target
volumes.
pre-allocation
of disk
space.
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