User guide

44 | Working with the AppAssure 5 Core
Checking a Repository
AppAssure 5 provides the ability to perform a diagnostic check of a repository
volume when errors occur. Core errors could be the result of it being improperly shut
down, a hardware failure, and so on.
To check a repository
1. On the Configuration tab, click Repositories, and then select the right angle
bracket > symbol next to the repository you want to check.
2. In the Actions pane, click Check.
The Check Repository dialog box appears.
3. In the Check Repository dialog box, click Check.
NOTE: If the check fails, you will need to restore the repository from an archive.
Deleting a Repository
Complete the steps in this procedure to delete a repository.
To delete a repository
1. On the Configuration tab, click Repositories, and then select the right angle
bracket > symbol next to the repository you want to delete.
2. In the Actions pane, click Delete.
3. In the Delete Repository dialog box, click Delete.
Managing Security
The AppAssure 5 Core can encrypt agent snapshot data within the repository.
Instead of encrypting the entire repository, AppAssure 5 lets you specify an
encryption key during the protection of an agent in a repository, which allows the
keys to be re-used for different agents. Encryption does not impact performance, as
each active encryption key creates an encryption domain. Thus letting a single core
support multi-tenancy by hosting multiple encryption domains. In a multi-tenant
environment, data is partitioned and deduplicated within the encryption domains.
Because you manage the encryption keys, loss of the volume cannot leak the keys.
This procedure should only be performed for diagnostic purposes; for example, in the event of
hardware failure, improper shutdown of the Core, failure when importing a repository, and so on.
When a repository is deleted, the data contained in the repository is discarded and cannot be
recovered.