Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction to DL Appliance....................................................................................... 11
Deployment architecture...................................................................................................................................................11
Smart Agent.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
DL Appliance Core........................................................................................................................................................12
Snapshot process.........................................................................................................................................................13
Replication of disaster recovery site or service provider................................................................................... 13
Recovery........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Product features ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Understanding repositories........................................................................................................................................14
Deduplication in Rapid Recovery..............................................................................................................................15
Understanding encryption keys................................................................................................................................ 15
Replication with Rapid Recovery..............................................................................................................................16
Retention and archiving..............................................................................................................................................19
Virtualization and cloud...............................................................................................................................................19
Alerts and event management................................................................................................................................. 20
License portal............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Web console................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Service management APIs........................................................................................................................................ 20
Chapter 2: Working with the DL Appliance Core........................................................................... 21
Understanding the Rapid Recovery Core Console.....................................................................................................21
Accessing the Rapid Recovery Core Console....................................................................................................... 21
Understanding the Quick Start Guide..................................................................................................................... 21
Navigating the Rapid Recovery Core Console..................................................................................................... 23
Viewing the Protected Machines menu.................................................................................................................26
Viewing replicated machines from the navigation menu................................................................................... 30
Viewing the Recovery Points Only menu...............................................................................................................30
Viewing the Custom Groups menu.......................................................................................................................... 31
Using the Error dialog box..........................................................................................................................................31
Core settings.......................................................................................................................................................................31
Rapid Recovery Core settings...................................................................................................................................31
Backing up and restoring Core settings.................................................................................................................56
Core-level tools............................................................................................................................................................57
Roadmap for configuring the Core .............................................................................................................................. 60
Repositories........................................................................................................................................................................60
Managing a DVM repository..................................................................................................................................... 60
Managing security .............................................................................................................................................................71
Applying or removing encryption from a protected machine............................................................................ 71
Managing encryption keys.........................................................................................................................................73
Managing cloud accounts................................................................................................................................................80
About cloud accounts.................................................................................................................................................80
Adding a cloud account..............................................................................................................................................80
Editing a cloud account.............................................................................................................................................. 81
Configuring cloud account settings.........................................................................................................................81
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