HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.6.1-00 User Guide

About application replicas ....................................................................................................... 385
Managing generations (replica rotation) .................................................................................... 385
About storage groups and information stores .............................................................................. 387
Check replica configuration workflow ........................................................................................ 388
Precautions for replica operations ............................................................................................. 388
Replica data types and configuration requirements ...................................................................... 399
Software that should not be used during replica operations .......................................................... 404
About creating application replicas ........................................................................................... 405
Create application replica workflow ................................................................................... 405
About the Create Replica Wizard ............................................................................................. 406
Launching the Create Replica Wizard ........................................................................................ 406
Creating an application replica ................................................................................................ 407
Restoring application replicas ................................................................................................... 408
Roll-forward versus point-in-time restores .............................................................................. 408
Restoring in units of information stores (Exchange 2003/2007) .............................................. 411
Restore application replica workflow ................................................................................... 413
About the Restore Replica Wizard ...................................................................................... 413
Restoring the latest application replica (simple restore) .......................................................... 414
Restoring an application replica from the Replica History ....................................................... 415
Restoring an SQL Server replica to a remote site ................................................................... 416
Recovering a database from a remote site to local ......................................................... 416
Revealing secondary volumes prior to a remote restore operation ..................................... 417
Using Database Availability Groups (DAGs) ........................................................................ 418
About Database Availability Groups (DAGs) ........................................................................ 419
About SQL database and service status ............................................................................... 420
Using Agent backup scripts (tape backups) ................................................................................ 422
Performing tape backups and restores ........................................................................................ 429
Replica operations in an SQL Server replication configuration ....................................................... 432
Mounting and unmounting application replicas .......................................................................... 435
Checking the status of application replicas ................................................................................. 436
Check status of a replica workflow ..................................................................................... 436
Confirming application resources .............................................................................................. 436
24 Handling errors ........................................................................... 439
About handling errors ............................................................................................................. 439
Monitoring events using event logs ............................................................................................ 439
About event logs .............................................................................................................. 439
Event log management functions .................................................................................. 440
Explorer menu (event logging) ..................................................................................... 440
Viewing a list of event log data .......................................................................................... 440
Icons for messages ..................................................................................................... 440
Troubleshooting the replication environment ............................................................................... 441
Troubleshooting the replication environment workflow ........................................................... 441
About MIB definition files ......................................................................................................... 442
25 Exporting management information ................................................ 443
About exporting management information ................................................................................. 443
Management information export functions ........................................................................... 443
Explorer menu (exporting management information) ............................................................. 444
Exporting alert history ............................................................................................................. 444
Exporting event log data ......................................................................................................... 445
Exporting the history of C/T delta ............................................................................................. 445
Exporting the history of journal volume usage for each copy group ............................................... 446
Exporting the history of journal volume usage for each journal group ............................................ 446
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