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
Cmdlet Description
Remove-RMRestorePoint Deletes a restore point.
Remove-RMSystemSettings Deletes a Storage Center connection.
Restore-RMRestorePoint Restores a component from an available restore point.
Resync-RMRestorePoint Resyncs a volume back to its original location.
NOTE: The Resync-RMRestorePoint cmdlet is not supported for SMB
file shares.
If the resync fails with the message VSS restore completed with
failure and the disk appears offline:
1. Open Server Manager and select Disk Management.
2. Right-click on the disk that is offline and select Online.
3. From a command-line interface type the following commands:
DISKPART> select disk <DISK NUMBER>
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
DISKPART> online Disk
NOTE: For a resync failure with Exchange databases or volumes having
an Exchange database, mount the Exchange database from Exchange
Admin Center.
Set-RMBackupSet Updates settings for a backup set.
Set-RMBackupSetSchedule Modifies a backup set schedule.
Set-RMEmailSettings Sets email notification options.
Set-RMRestorePoint Sets the Keep flag of a restore point.
Set-RMServiceOptions Sets Replay Manager service options.
Set-RMSystemSettings Updates a Storage Center connection.
Set-RMVerificationSettings Sets verification server settings.
Submit-RMBackupSet Submits a backup set for execution.
Test-RMEmailSettings Submits a test email to verify email setup.
Test-RMIsValidMountPath Verifies that the specified path is a valid drive letter or mount point that
can be used to expose a restore point. Not available for VMware.
Unmount-RMRestorePoint Unexposes a restore point.
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