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RepeatthisprocessforeachvolumeandsystemthatisbeingprotectedbyCPS.
NowthatthedatahasbeenseededtotheCPSBackupDestination,theCPSBackupJobsmustbestartedsothatdata
willautomaticallybeprote cted.
1. FromtheContinuousProtectionServerU/I,selectthe
Setuptab.SelecttheBackupJobsfolder.Rightclick
oneachbackupjobandselectProperties.
2. OntheScheduletab,changetheRunbackupssettingtoeitherWheneverafilechangesorAccordingtoa
schedule.ClickOktocontinue.
ImportantInformation
TheaboveconfigurationstepswilllocatebackupdatafrombothBackupExecandContinuousProtectionServeron
thesamevolume(s)inthePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskAppliance.However,therearesituationswherededicated
storagemaybedesiredforCPS.Theseinclude:
IsolatingtheCPSI/Ofromyour
backuptodiskI/Otoachievemaximumperformance
Thefoldersizecreatedbytheautomaticdiskprovisioningisi nsufficienttoholdtheCPSdata
Inthesesituations,CPScanbeinstalledonasystemotherthanthePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskApplianceoran
AdvancedDiskConfigurationcan
beusedwiththePowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskappliancetodedicatestorageto
CPS.RefertotheBackupExecContinuo usProtectionServerforinstallingCPSonanothersystem.Insituations
wherestorageisdedicatedontheapplianceforCPS,BackupExec’sautomaticdiskprovisioningmustbedisabled
andthedisks
aremanuallyconfiguredtoprovidetheadditionaldiskstorageforCPS.
Pleasereferto“ConfiguringtheStorageArrayManually”intheDellPowerVaultDLBackuptoDiskAppliance
PoweredbySymantecBackupExecdocumentationlocatedatsupport.dell.com/manuals.
Summary
Whiletraditionaltapebackupshavebeenthepredominantmethodfordataprotectionandrecoverytodate,
demandsforfaster,morereliable,andmoreefficientbackupsandondemandrecoveryhaveneverbeengreater.
Tohelporganizationsadapttoescalatingdatagrowthandadvancingbusinessrequirements,thePowerVaultDL
Backupto
DiskAppliancewiththeBackupExecContinuousProtectionServer,arevolutionarydiskbased
componentthatensuresthatcriticalbusinessdataisalwaysprotectedandavailablebyusingdiskastheprimary
mediumfordataprotectionandrecovery.Traditionaltapebackupsandinfrastructurecanbeleveragedtoprovide
secondarydataprotectionfor
longertermretentionandoffsitestorage.Byprovidingcontinuousdata protection,
BackupExecCPShelpseliminatebackupwindowsandprovidesinstantaneousrecoverybyincludingtheWebbased
fileretrieval:BackupExecRetrieve.BackupExecRetrieveintegrateswithBackupExectoprovideacompletedisk
todisktotapesolutionfrom
asinglesource.