Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Replay Manager Version 8.0 Administrator’s Guide
- About this Guide
- Overview
- Installing Replay Manager Components
- Licensing for Replay Manager
- Install Replay Manager Service for Windows
- Installing Replay Manager Service for VMware
- Install Replay Manager Management Tools
- Install Replay Manager Service for Windows on Windows Server Core
- Installing and Configuring the Verification Service for Exchange
- Using Replay Manager Service on Clustered Servers
- Configure an HTTP Proxy Service
- Getting Started
- Backing Up and Restoring Data
- Using the Replay Manager Explorer
- Understanding Backup Types
- Summary of Backup Set Actions
- Summary of Backup Set Options
- Creating and Running Backups
- Managing Existing Backup Sets
- Managing Restore Points and Restoring Data
- Restoring Data
- Display Restore Points for a Component
- Restore Data to its Original Location
- Restore SQL Server Components without Recovering the Database
- Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on a Volume
- Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on an SMB File Share
- Expose a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)
- Expose a Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)
- Expose a Restore Point Stored on an SMB File Share
- Resync a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)
- Make an Exposed Restore Point Writable (Windows Extensions Only)
- Unmanage an Exposed Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)
- Unexpose an Exposed Restore Point
- Add a Note to a Restore Point
- Edit a Note for a Restore Point
- Unimport a Restore Point
- Delete a Restore Point
- Prevent a Restore Point from Expiring (Force Keep)
- Allow a Restore Point to be Automatically Expired (Allow Auto-Deletion)
- Transport a Restore Point
- Advanced Recovery Scenarios for SQL Server
- Locating Replays on a Storage Center
- Working with Backup Set Jobs
- Viewing Backup Job Reports
- Replay Manager Best Practices
- Using Replay Manager Cmdlets
- Troubleshooting
Action Description
Transport to Server Moves the restore point and its metadata to a compatible Replay Manager server.
Summary of Backup Set Options
This table lists the backup options displayed when you create a backup set.
Summary of Backup Set Options
Backup Option Description
User Defined Name Enter a name for the backup set, or accept the default. The user‐defined name is displayed
as the Replay description in Storage Center. However, on the Storage Center, the name is
truncated to 31 characters in length. In Replay Manager Explorer, the name is truncated and
limited to 256 characters.
Selected Items Available inside the Modify Settings dialog box. Displays components included in the backup
set. By highlighting the components, the remove option becomes available.
Delete Old Restore Points Select this option to determine when old restore points are deleted. Restore points can be
deleted based on the number of restore points to retain or the number of days to retain a
restore point. Old restore points are deleted when the backup set is run based on the selected
criteria.
NOTE: Because Replays (old backup sets) may consume LUNs and storage, make sure
you set the Delete Old Restore Points option such that Replays are removed from the
Storage Center.
VSS Full Backup When available, select this option to create a VSS full backup. During a VSS full backup,
transaction logs may be truncated and may be deleted after the backup completes depending
on the application. The default is to create a VSS copy backup.
NOTE:
● For SQL Server: Transaction logs are not flushed.
● For SQL Server: You cannot take a full backup of a read-only database such as a
replica database. Microsoft SQL Server only supports copy-only backups of read-only
databases.
Run Exchange Verification Select this option only when using the Exchange Server data verification service. Then select
from the following:
● Verify Mailbox Databases and Transaction Logs: Select this option to verify mailbox
databases and transaction logs.
● Verify Transaction Logs Only: Select this option to verify only the mailbox transaction
logs. If the component to be verified is not a Storage Center volume, the verification and
corresponding backup operation will fail.
● Throttling IO for Database Verification: Select this option to specify the number of IOs
at which to throttle (one-second pause) IO.
Include virtual machine
memory in vSphere snapshot
For VMware backup extensions only. Select this option to include a dump of the internal state
of the virtual machine in the backup.
NOTE: Opting to include virtual machine memory in the backup can cause backups to take
more time to complete.
Create Storage Center Replay
of physical RDMs
For VMware virtual machines only. Select this option to include physical mode raw device
mappings (pRDMs) in the backup.
NOTE: Because vSphere cannot create a VMware snapshot of physical RDMs, the
physical RDM Replays are unlikely to be consistent with the Replay containing the .vmdk
file for the same virtual machine.
NOTE: Windows guest virtual machines that store data for VSS aware applications (like
SQL Server or Exchange) on physical RDMs, or iSCSI volumes mapped directly to the
guest, may fail to create snapshots when using the VMware Virtual Machines backup
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