Replication Manual

 Repair your original storage location

 Copy all data back from your replication destination to your original storage location

Note: Currently, it is not possible to use the Management Console to replicate the data back to

the original location. You should use windows explorer, ftp or similar solution to transfer all data

7.2 Temporary redirect all traffic to the replication destination

This method is more complex, but has the least downtime for your services.

In case the BackupAgent front end servers have access to the storage location via UNC path (e.g.

‘\\nas\share’) or as a local drive (not drive mapping), you can reconfigure your storage location to

the remote location. If the remote location is not accessible by SMB or CIFS, this method cannot

be used.

By using this method you can minimize your service interruption time and use some automatic

steps to speed up the recovery. The steps involved are:

1. Configure the remote destination (where the backup of your data resides) as an additional

storage location

1. The idea is that by using the replication destination (that holds the backup of your data)

as a temporary storage location backups can continue with minimal interruption while

you solve the problem.

2. Make sure the root folder has the correct number (1003, 1004, etc)

2. Assign the users from the old (crashed) storage location to this new storage location (Use

the User Reallocation Tool).

3. Solve the problem of the original storage location.

4. Copy data from the remote destination to the repaired storage location (Use the User

Reallocation Tool).

5. Assign users to the repaired storage location again (Use the User Reallocation Tool).

Note: You need the User Reallocation Tool for some of these steps, which is a separate free tool

available from BackupAgent Support.

7.2.1 Configure the remote destination as an additional storage location