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3. On the Actions menu for that core, click Failover. The Fail Over dialog box appears and lists the next steps required for completing a failover. 4. Click Continue. 5. In the left navigation area, under Protected Machines, select the machine that has the associated AppAssure Agent software with recovery points. 6. Export the backup recovery point information on that agent to a virtual machine. 7. Export the backup recovery point information on that agent to a virtual machine. 8. Start the virtual machine that now includes the exported backup information. You need to wait for the device driver software to be installed. 9. Reboot the virtual machine and wait for the agent service to start. 10. Go back to the Core Console for the target core and verify that the new agent is displayed under Protected Machines and on the Replication tab under Incoming Replication. 11. Force multiple snapshots, and verify they complete correctly. For more information, see Forcing a Snapshot. 12. You can now proceed with performing failback. For more information, see Performing Failback. Performing Failback After you repair or replace the failed original source core and agents, you need to move the data from your failed-over machines to restore the source machines. To perform failback: 1. Navigate to the Core Console on the target core, and click the Replication tab. 2. Under Incoming Replication, select the failover agent and expand the details. 3. On the Actions menu, click Failback. The Fail Back dialog box opens to describe the steps you need to follow before you click the Continue button to complete failback. 4. Click Cancel. 5. If the failed-over machine is running Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Exchange Server, stop those services. 6. Force a snapshot of the machine. For more information, see Forcing a Snapshot. 7. Shut down the failed-over machine. 8. Create an archive of the failed-over agent and output it to disk or a network share location. For more information about creating archives, see Creating An Archive. 9. After you create the archive, navigate to the Core Console on the newly repaired source core, and click the Tools tab. 10. Import the archive you just created in Step 8. For more information, see Importing An Archive. 11. Go back to the Core Console on the target core, and click the Replication tab. 12. Under Incoming Replication, select the failover agent and expand the details. 13. In the Failback dialog box, click Continue. 14. Shut down the machine that contains the exported agent that was created during failover. 15. Perform a bare metal restore (BMR) for the source core and agent. 92

Section	Page
Dell DL1000 Appliance User's Guide	3
Introducing your Dell DL1000	7
Dell DL1000 core technologies	7
Live Recovery	7
Universal Recovery	7
True Global Deduplication	8
Encryption	8
Dell DL1000 data protection features	8
Dell DL1000 Core	8
Dell DL1000 Smart Agent	9
Snapshot process	9
Replication — disaster recovery site or service provider	9
Recovery	10
Recovery-as-a-Service	10
Virtualization and cloud	10
Dell DL1000 deployment architecture	10
Other information you may need	12
Working with your DL1000	14
Accessing the DL1000 Core Console	14
Updating trusted sites in Internet Explorer	14
Configuring browsers to remotely access the core console	14
Managing licenses	15
Changing a license key	16
Contacting the license portal server	16
Changing the AppAssure language manually	16
Changing the OS language during installation	17
Managing core settings	17
Changing the core display name	17
Changing the nightly job time	18
Modifying the transfer queue settings	18
Adjusting the client time-out settings	18
Configuring deduplication cache settings	18
Modifying engine settings	19
Modifying deploy settings	20
Modifying database connection settings	20
Managing Events	21
Configuring notification groups	21
Configuring an email server	22
Configuring an Email notification template	23
Configuring repetition reduction	24
Configuring Event Retention	24
Managing repositories	24
Viewing repository details	25
Checking a repository	25
Managing security	25
Adding an encryption key	26
Editing an encryption key	26
Changing an encryption key passphrase	26
Importing an encryption key	27
Exporting an encryption key	27
Removing an encryption key	27
Managing cloud accounts	27
Adding a cloud account	28
Editing a cloud account	29
Configuring cloud account settings	29
Removing a Cloud account	30
Monitoring your DL1000	30
Upgrading your DL1000	30
Repairing your DL1000	30
Rapid Appliance Self Recovery	30
Protecting workstations and servers	33
About protecting workstations and servers	33
Deploying an Agent (Push Install)	33
Protecting a machine	34
Pausing and resuming protection	36
Deploying the Agent Software when protecting an agent	36
Understanding protection schedules	37
Creating custom schedules	38
Modifying protection schedules	38
Configuring protected machine settings	39
Viewing and modifying configuration settings	39
Viewing system information for a machine	40
Viewing license information	41
Modifying transfer settings	41
Archiving data	43
Creating an archive	43
Importing an archive	45
Archiving to a cloud	47
Viewing system diagnostics	47
Viewing machine logs	47
Uploading machine logs	47
Canceling operations on a machine	47
Viewing machine status and other details	47
Managing multiple machines	48
Deploying To Multiple Machines	49
Monitoring the deployment of multiple machines	49
Protecting multiple machines	50
Monitoring the protection of multiple machines	51
Recovering data	52
Managing recovery	52
Managing snapshots and recovery points	52
Viewing recovery points	52
Viewing a specific recovery point	53
Mounting a recovery point for a Windows machine	54
Dismounting select recovery points	54
Dismounting all recovery points	55
Mounting a recovery point for a Linux machine	55
Removing recovery points	55
Deleting an orphaned recovery point chain	56
Forcing a snapshot	56
Restoring data	57
About exporting protected data from Windows machines to virtual machines	57
Managing exports	58
Exporting backup information from your Windows machine to a virtual machine	59
Exporting Windows data using ESXi export	59
Exporting Windows data using VMware workstation export	61
Exporting Windows data using Hyper-V export	64
Exporting Windows data using Oracle VirtualBox export	67
Restoring Volumes from a Recovery Point	69
Restoring volumes for a Linux machine using the Command Line	72
Launching Bare Metal Restore for Windows machines	73
Roadmap for performing a Bare Metal Restore for a Windows machine	73
Launching a bare metal restore for a Linux machine	78
Installing the screen utility	79
Creating bootable partitions on a Linux machine	79
Replicating recovery points	81
Replication	81
Roadmap for performing replication	82
Replicating to a self-managed core	82
Replicating to a core managed by a third party	86
Replicating a new agent	86
Replicating agent data on a machine	87
Setting replication priority for an agent	87
Monitoring replication	88
Managing replication settings	89
Removing replication	89
Removing a protected machine from replication on the source Core	90
Removing a protected machine on the target Core	90
Removing a target Core from replication	90
Removing a source Core from replication	90
Recovering replicated data	91
Understanding failover and failback	91
Performing Failover	91
Performing Failback	92
Reporting	94
About reports	94
About the reports toolbar	94
About compliance reports	94
About errors reports	95
About the Core Summary Report	95
Repositories summary	95
Agents summary	96
Generating a report for a Core or agent	96
About the Central Management Console Core reports	97
Generating a report from the Central Management Console	97
Getting help	98
Finding documentation and software updates	98
Documentation	98
Software updates	98
Contacting Dell	98

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On the

Actions

menu for that core, click

Failover

The

Fail Over

dialog box appears and lists the next steps required for completing a failover.

Click

Continue

In the left navigation area, under

Protected Machines

, select the machine that has the associated

AppAssure Agent software with recovery points.

Export the backup recovery point information on that agent to a virtual machine.

Start the virtual machine that now includes the exported backup information.

You need to wait for the device driver software to be installed.

Reboot the virtual machine and wait for the agent service to start.

10.

Go back to the Core Console for the target core and verify that the new agent is displayed under

Protected Machines

and on the

Replication

tab under

Incoming Replication

11.

Force multiple snapshots, and verify they complete correctly.

For more information, see

Forcing a Snapshot

12.

You can now proceed with performing failback.

For more information, see

Performing Failback

After you repair or replace the failed original source core and agents, you need to move the data from

your failed-over machines to restore the source machines.

To perform failback:

Navigate to the Core Console on the target core, and click the

Replication

tab.

Under

Incoming Replication

, select the failover agent and expand the details.

On the

Actions

menu, click

Failback

The

Fail Back

dialog box opens to describe the steps you need to follow before you click the

Continue

button to complete failback.

Click

Cancel

If the failed-over machine is running Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Exchange Server, stop those

services.

Force a snapshot of the machine. For more information, see

Forcing a Snapshot

Shut down the failed-over machine.

Create an archive of the failed-over agent and output it to disk or a network share location.

For more information about creating archives, see

Creating An Archive

After you create the archive, navigate to the Core Console on the newly repaired source core, and

click the

Tools

tab.

10.

Import the archive you just created in Step 8.

For more information, see

Importing An Archive

11.

Go back to the Core Console on the target core, and click the

Replication

tab.

12.

Under

Incoming Replication

, select the failover agent and expand the details.

13.

In the

Failback

dialog box, click

Continue

14.

Shut down the machine that contains the exported agent that was created during failover.

15.

Perform a bare metal restore (BMR) for the source core and agent.