Deployment Guide

● If you had applied purchased license while registering your appliance, the size of the repository corresponds to the
model. For example: In DL 4000 5 TB Appliance, repository of size 5 TB is created. You have an option to expand the
repository from the Provisioning page, by applying the expansion license, for more information see Rapid Recovery
6.0 on DL Appliance User’s Guide.
● If you had applied the purchased expansion license, the size of the repository corresponds to the applied license. For
example: In DL 4000 5 TB appliance, if the purchased license (N TB) is applied during registration, the repository of
size 5+N TB is created.
2. Select Allocate a portion of your storage for Virtual Standby, archives, or other purposes.
3. Allocate the percentage of storage space that is available after creating the repository by using the slider. You can also use
Size box to specify the exact size.
A virtual disk of specified capacity for hosting virtual standby VMs, archives, other purpose is created.
4. Click Next.
The initial repository is created and the VDs for hosting VMs or other purposes are created.
The Retention Policy page is displayed.
Configuring Retention policy and update options
Retention policies enforce the periods of time in which backups are stored on short-term (fast and expensive) media.
Sometimes certain business and technical requirements mandate extended retention of these backups, but use of fast storage is
cost prohibitive. In your appliance, retention policies can be customized to specify the length of time a backup recovery point is
maintained. As the age of the recovery points approaches the end of their retention period, the recovery points age out and are
removed from the retention pool.
1. The following options let you define the length of time the backup snapshots of protected machines are stored and modify
the rollup process of merging and deleting old backups. The Retention Policy page displays the following options:
Table 4. Schedule options for default retention policy
Text Box Description
Keep all recovery points for n
[retention time period]
Specifies the retention period for the recovery points.
Enter a number to represent the retention period and then select the time period. The
default is 3 days.
You can choose from: Days, Weeks, Months, or Years
…and then keep one recovery
point per hour for n
[retention time period]
Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block with the primary
setting to further define how long recovery points are maintained.
Enter a number to represent the retention period and then select the time period. The
default is 2 days.
You can choose from: Days, Weeks, Months, or Years
…and then keep one recovery
point per day for n [retention
time period]
Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block to further define
how long recovery points are maintained.
Enter a number to represent the retention period and then select the time period. The
default is 4 days.
You can choose from: Days, Weeks, Months, or Years
…and then keep one recovery
point per week for n
[retention time period]
Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block to further define
how long recovery points are maintained.
Enter a number to represent the retention period and then select the time period. The
default is 3 weeks.
You can choose from: Weeks, Months, or Years
…and then keep one recovery
point per month for n
[retention time period]
Provides a more granular level of retention. It is used as a building block to further define
how long recovery points are maintained.
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