Users Guide

Viewing or modifying repository details
1. Navigate to the Rapid Recovery Core Console.
2. On the icon bar, click (More), and then select Repositories.
The Repositories page appears.
The DVM Repositories pane appears.
3. From the Repositories page menu, you can perform the following general actions:
Option Description
Add New DVM Repository Add a new DVM repository.
Open Existing DVM
Repository
Open an existing DVM repository from another Core, which changes ownership of the
repository to this Core.
For more information, see Opening an existing DVM repository on page 69.
Refresh View or refresh the list of repositories.
4. In the DVM Repositories pane, from the drop-down menu for any DVM repository, you can perform the following
additional actions:
Option Description
Add Storage
Location
Extend the existing repository by adding a storage location
NOTE: When extending a DVM repository volume, first pause protection. Then extend the
volume, and finally, resume protection. This action prevents a rare error that can occur only when
extending a volume simultaneous with a specific transfer phase.
Check Perform a repository check
Settings View or modify repository settings. These settings include:
● Viewing the repository name
● Viewing or changing the maximum concurrent operations
● Viewing or changing a description for the repository
● Enabling or disabling deduplication
● Enabling or disabling compression for data stored in the repository
Perform
Optimization Job
Perform a repository optimization job
Delete Delete a repository
NOTE: When extending a DVM repository volume, first pause protection. Then extend the volume, and finally, resume
protection. This action prevents a rare error that can occur when extending at a specific transfer phase.
You can perform the following general actions from the Repositories page:
● View or refresh the list of repositories
● Add a new repository
● Open an existing repository from another Core, which changes ownership to this repository
Adding a storage location to an existing DVM repository
NOTE:
It’s recommended that you expand the repository through Appliance tab. For more information, see Expanding
repository on page 63
Adding a storage location to a DVM repository lets you define where you want the repository or volume to be stored.
Complete the steps in the following procedure to specify the storage location for the repository or volume.
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Working with the DL Appliance Core