Administrator Guide

Save Replication Restore Points for One or More Storage Centers
Save replication restore points after creating replications or Live Volumes. Storage Manager automatically saves restore points for
replications and Live Volumes.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. In the Actions pane, click Save Restore Points. The Save Restore Points dialog box opens.
3. Select the check boxes for Storage Centers for which you want to save restore points, then click OK.
Set a Schedule for Automatically Saving and Validating Restore
Points
Set a schedule for automatically saving and validating restore points to make sure that good restore points are always available to perform
Disaster Recovery.
Steps
1. In the top pane of the Storage Manager Client, click Edit Data Collector Settings. The Edit Data Collector Settings dialog box
opens.
2. Click the Schedules tab.
3. Select the Automatically save and validate restore points check box.
4. From the Frequency drop-down menu, select how often you want restore points to be automatically saved and validated.
5. (Conditional) If you selected Daily in the previous step, select the time of day to save and validate restore points from the Time drop-
down menu.
6. Click OK.
Validate Replication Restore Points
Validate replication restore points before testing or activating DR to make sure they can be used for DR.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. In the Actions pane, click Validate Restore Points. Storage Manager reviews all saved replications and makes sure that they are still
running and displays the results on the Restore Points tab. The Status column displays the results of the validation operation.
Possible status values are:
• Up: The replication is up and running normally.
• Degraded: There is something wrong with the replication. See to the State column information about why replication is no longer
running. This replication is eligible for DR.
• Down: The replication is not running. See to the State column information about why replication is no longer running. This could
be because the destination system is no longer available or that the source and Destination volume are no longer up and running.
This replication is not eligible for DR.
3. If one or more restore points are degraded or down, take corrective action.
• If a restore point is degraded, you can perform either of the following actions:
• Activate a DR site
• Restore or restart the replication to the source or destination Storage Center
• If a restore point is degraded or down because you purposefully deleted or aborted the corresponding replication, you can delete
the restore point. To do so, right-click the restore point, then select Delete.
Related tasks
Restarting Failed Replications
Restoring Replications and Live Volumes
Related reference
Activating Disaster Recovery
Storage Center DR Preparation and Activation
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