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11. Click Save.
Note: A prompt might display, asking you to create a network share.
86BContinuous Protection Conversion Type
With continuous protection, a virtual copy of a working physical system is made. The
source server is only touched by the reads being done. A copy of the source server is
made. Replication is performed at user-defined intervals at the target. These intervals are
set to keep the source and target perpetually in sync.
vConverter collects filename and attribute information as well as date and time of last
update for all files and directories. The data is compared and the new data is updated. The
new data is replicated and saved in a new database that is recreated continuously. Since
each synchronization completes with OS kernel migration, the data in the target image
continues to update. This means that the database does not match actual state at any given
time.
Notes: To use Continuous Protection, you must have MS VSS installed. To select a
profile from the Use Profile for Conversion dropdown, you must first create a task
profile. See the instructions for doing this in Chapter 3.
1. From the Systems to Convert view on the Network Browser pane, drag a source
to the source server hotspot.
2. Select a volume from the Source Drives list.
3. Select a value from the Virtual Machine type dropdown.
4. Select a Transfer Mode—Block-Based or File-Based.
5. Select Continuous Protection from the Conversion Type dropdown.
Adjacent to the Conversion type field, dropdowns and spin boxes display—Initial
Synchronization At and Synchronization Interval fields.
6. Select values from the dropdowns and spinboxes.
7. Select a location from the Target dropdown.
Note: The Target value can be changed between protection passes if the VM
needs to be moved.
The Source
System is powered
on and running
Conversion to VM is
performed in hot
mode, either file-based
on sector-based
Subsequent
Synchronizations are
performed in hot mode,
only file-based