HP SureStore AutoBackup Administrator's Guide - Not Orderable

Managing Capacity On The
Selected Model
HP SureStore AutoBackup products manage capacity in a number of ways:
By setting a capacity threshold so that the system does not become overloaded
with clients
By eliminating redundant data from the backup
By setting a retention limit for backed up data
Capacity threshold
Given the wide variation in client data sizes and compression ratios, the HP SureStore
AutoBackup products are licensed based on the capacity of the product rather than the
number of clients to be protected. However, a capacity threshold is applied, by default,
to prevent additional users being registered when the amount of remaining free space
is not sufficient to support them. This threshold can be disabled from the web
advanced administration pages.
Advanced administration tasks are accessed from the Help menu on the standard
administration web pages.
At some point the available disk capacity will eventually be used up by client backup
data. You will be warned on the Status web page before the threshold is reached and
backup operations are halted due to lack of available capacity. You may need to clear
or delete accounts. Refer to Managing Protected Computers for more information
about managing accounts.
Adding Appliances
You can also add an additional appliance to the network and transfer client accounts to
the new appliance, as described below:
Ask the client on the protected computer to:
Restore any files they require from the existing account
Reinstall the HP SureStore AutoBackup Agent from the new appliance by
selecting the Create a new account option. (Do not select the Reinstall an
existing account option.) HP SureStore AutoBackup will create a baseline
backup on the new appliance.
You can now delete the account and its associated data from the first appliance. See
Deleting Computer Accounts. This will be completed overnight, so the space used by
that account will be available for use the next day.
Capacity, How To Manage
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