User guide

Working with the AppAssure 5 Core | 81
Accessing Remote Core Options
Complete the steps in this procedure to access remote core options.
To access remote core options
 Right-click the AppAssure 5 Core or agent and then select one of the remote core
options as described in the following table.
Accessing Agent Options
Complete the steps in this procedure to access agent options.
To access agent options
 Right-click the AppAssure 5 Core or Agent, and then click Refresh recovery
points.
The list of recovery points for the selected agent updates.
Managing Retention Policies
Periodic backup snapshots of all the protected servers accumulate on the Core over
time. The retention policies are used to retain backup snapshots for longer periods
of time and to help with management of these backup snapshots. The retention
policy is enforced by a nightly rollup process that helps in aging and deleting old
backups. For information about configuring retention policies, see “Customizing
Retention Policy Settings” on page 105.
About Archiving
Retention policies enforce the periods for 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. Therefore, this requirement creates a need for long-term (slow and
cheap) storage. Businesses often use long-term storage for archiving both
compliance and non-compliance data. The archive feature in AppAssure 5 is used to
support the extended retention for compliance and non-compliance data; and it is
also used to seed replication data to a remote replica core.
Option Description
Reconnect to core Refreshes and updates information from the Core, such as recently
added agents.
Remove core Deletes the Core from the Local Mount Utility.
Edit core Opens the Edit Core window, where you can change the host name,
port, and credentials.