Users Guide

● When establishing protection using the Protect Machine Wizard or the Protect Multiple Machines Wizard.
● From the Protected Machines drop-down menu in the left navigation area of the Rapid Recovery Core (pausing protection
for all protected machines).
● From the Protected Machines page (accessible when you click on the Protected Machines menu).
● From a specific protected machine in the Protected Machines drop-down menu.
● From the top of every page for a specific protected machine.
If you pause protection using the Protect Machine Wizard or the Protect Multiple Machines Wizard, protection is paused until
explicitly resumed.
If you pause protection outside of a wizard, you can choose whether to pause protection until resumed, or to pause it for a
designated amount of time (specified in any combination of days, hours and minutes). If you pause for a period of time, then
when that time expires, the system resumes protection based on the protection schedule automatically.
You can resume protection for any paused Rapid Recovery protected machine:
● From the Protected Machines drop-down menu in the left navigation area of the Rapid Recovery Core (resuming protection
for all protected machines).
● From a specific protected machine in the Protected Machines drop-down menu.
● From the Protected Machines page (accessible when you click on the Protected Machines menu).
● From the top of every page for a specific protected machine.
Use the procedure below to pause or to resume protection, as appropriate.
1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, to pause protection for all machines, click the Protected Machines drop-down menu in
the left navigation area, and then do the following:
a. Select Pause Protection.
The Pause Protection dialog box appears.
b. Select the appropriate setting using one of the options described below, and then click OK.
● If you want to pause protection until you explicitly resume it, select Pause until resumed.
● If you want to pause protection for a specified period, select Pause for and then, in the Days, Hours, and Minutes
controls, type or select the appropriate pause period as appropriate.
2. To resume protection for all machines, do the following:
a. Select Resume Protection.
The Resume Protection dialog box appears.
b. In the Resume Protection dialog box, select Yes.
The Resume Protection dialog box closes, and protection is resumed for all machines.
3. To pause protection for a single machine, then in the left navigation area, click the drop-down menu to the right of the
machine you want to affect, and then do the following:
a. Select Pause Protection.
The Pause Protection dialog box appears.
b. Select the appropriate setting using one of the options described below, and then click OK.
● If you want to pause protection until you explicitly resume it, select Pause until resumed.
● If you want to pause protection for a specified period, select Pause for and then, in the Days, Hours, and Minutes
controls, type or select the appropriate pause period as appropriate.
4. To resume protection for a single machine, do the following:
a. Select Resume Protection.
The Resume Protection dialog box appears.
b. In the Resume Protection dialog box, select Yes.
The Resume Protection dialog box closes, and protection is resumed for the selected machine.
5. To pause protection for a single machine from the machine pages, navigate to the machine that you want to affect.
The Summary page displays for the selected machine.
a. At the top of the page, click Pause.
The Pause Protection dialog box appears.
b. Select the appropriate setting using one of the options described below, and then click OK.
● If you want to pause protection until you explicitly resume it, select Pause until resumed.
● If you want to pause protection for a specified period, select Pause for and then, in the Days, Hours, and Minutes
controls, type or select the appropriate pause period as appropriate.
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