Users Guide

Forcing a snapshot
Forcing a snapshot lets you force a data transfer for the current protected machine. When you force a snapshot, the transfer
starts immediately or is added to the queue if other jobs are running.
You can choose from two types of snapshots.
If you select an incremental snapshot and there is no previous recovery point, a base image is captured. Forcing a snapshot does
not change the timing for any schedules snapshots.
NOTE: Rapid Recovery supports Window 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 for both
base and incremental transfers.
● A base image is a snapshot of all data on the selected volumes of the machine.
● An incremental snapshot captures all data that has been changed since the last snapshot.
1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, navigate to the machine or cluster with the recovery point for which you want to force
a snapshot.
2. On the Summary page, in the Summary pane, click Force Snapshot.
The Force Snapshot dialog appears.
3. In the Force Snapshot dialog box, in the check box, click one or more volumes or protection groups.
4. Click Force Snapshot or Force Base Image, respectively.
5. If you selected a base image, click to confirm that you want to take a base image.
A base image could take a substantial amount of time, based on the amount of data in the volumes you want to back up.
The snapshot you selected is queued and begins as soon as other jobs have completed.
Removing recovery points
You can easily remove recovery points for a particular machine from the repository. When you delete recovery points in Rapid
Recovery, you can specify one of the following options.
● Delete All Recovery Points. Removes all recovery points for the selected protected machine from the Repository.
● Delete a Range of Recovery Points. Removes all recovery points in a specified range before the current, up to and
including the base image, which is all data on the machine as well as all recovery points after the current until the next base
image.
NOTE:
You cannot recover the recovery points you have deleted. If you need the data stored in the recovery points,
considering archiving the data first.
1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, under the Protected Machines menu, click the name or IP address of the machine for
which you want to view and remove recovery points.
The Summary view for the selected protected machine appears.
2. Next to the machine name or IP address, click the Recovery Points menu.
The Recovery Points page for the selected machine appears.
3. Scroll down to the Recovery Points pane.
Options appear under the pane title, including Refresh, Delete Range, and Delete All.
4. To delete all currently stored recovery points, under the Recovery Points pane title, click Delete All, and in the confirmation
dialog box, click to confirm deletion.
5. To delete a set of recovery points in a specific data range, do the following:
a. Under the Recovery Points pane title, click Delete Range.
The Delete Recovery Points Within Range dialog box appears.
b. In the Delete Recovery Points Within Range dialog box, in the From field, select the date and time from which you
want to start deleting recovery points.
c. In the To field, select the date and time defining the last recovery point you want to delete.
d. Click Delete.
e. In the confirmation dialog box, click to confirm deletion.
Recovering data
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