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5. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box.

Configuring event retention

Events and jobs tracked on the Core are saved for a specified amount of time. The default setting is 30 days. This number can

be set between 0 days and 3652 days (approximately 10 years).

Complete the steps in this procedure to configure retention for events.

1. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console.

2. On the icon bar, click

(Settings), and then do one of the following:

● From the list of Core settings on the left side of the Settings page, click Database Connection.

● Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Database Connection heading.

The Database Connection settings appear.

3. To change the amount of days for which event information is saved to the database, click on the Retention Period (days)

text field, enter a value between 0 and 3652, and then click to save the change.

The events retention period is adjusted as specified.

Rapid Appliance Self Recovery

Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) is a bare metal restore process that quickly restores your Appliance to an operating

state.

RASR offers two recovery options:

● Restore factory settings

● Recover your appliance to a state just before failure (OS, configurations, and settings are recovered)

Creating the RASR USB key

To create a RASR USB key:

1. Navigate to the Appliance tab.

2. Using the left pane navigation, select Appliance > Backup.

Create RASR USB Drive window is displayed.

NOTE: Insert a 16 GB or larger USB key before attempting to create the RASR key.

3. After inserting a 16 GB or larger USB key, click on Create RASR USB Drive now.

A Prerequisite Check message is displayed.

After the prerequisites are checked, Create the RASR USB Drive window displays the minimum size required to create the

USB drive and List of Possible target paths.

4. Select the target and click Create.

A warning dialog box is displayed.

5. Click Yes.

The RASR USB Drive key is created.

NOTE:

Make sure to use the Windows Eject Drive function to prepare the USB key for removal. Otherwise, the content

in the USB key may be damaged and the USB key doesn’t work as expected.

Remove the RASR USB key created for each DL Appliance, label, and store for future use.

Executing RASR

NOTE:

Dell recommends you to create a RASR USB key after you have set up the appliance. To create RASR USB key, see

Creating the RASR USB Key section.

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