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8. In the Copy to Seed Drive dialog box, enter the information for the seed drive as
described in the table below.
NOTE: Because large amounts of data need to be copied to the portable storage
device, an eSATA, USB 3.0, or other high-speed connection to the portable storage
device is recommended.
9. Click Start to write the seed drive to the path you provided.
10. Send the seed drive as directed by the third-party service provider.
Reviewing a Replication Request
After a user completes the procedure “Replicating to a Core Managed by a Third Party”
on page 55, a replication request is sent from the source core to the third-party target
core. As the third party, you can review the request, and then approve it to begin
replication for your customer, or you can deny it to prevent replication from
occurring.
Complete the following procedure to review a replication request on a third-party
target core.
Item Description
Location Enter the path to the drive on which you want to save the initial data,
such as a local USB drive.
User Name Enter the user name for connecting to the drive.
NOTE: This is required if the seed drive is located on a network share.
Password Enter the password for connecting to the drive.
NOTE: This is required if the seed drive is located on a network share.
Maximum Size Select one of the following options:
The entire target
A portion of the drive’s available space.
Then, to designate a portion of the drive, do the following:
a. Enter the amount of space in the text box.
b. Select the measurement.
Recycle action In the event the path already contains a seed drive, select one of the
following options:
Do not reuse. Does not overwrite or clear any existing data from the
location. If the location is not empty, the seed drive write will fail.
Replace this core. Overwrites any pre-existing data pertaining to
this core but leave the data for other cores intact.
Erase completely. Clears all data from the directory before writing
the seed drive.
Comment Enter a comment or description of the archive.
Agents Select agents you want to replicate using the seed drive.