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Managing Recovery, About Recovery Points, About System Information

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1. Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core, and then click the Configuration tab. 2. From the Manage option, click Events. 3. Click Change. The Event Retention dialog box is displayed. 4. In the Store Events For text box, select the duration for retaining information about events. 5. Click OK. Managing Recovery The AppAssure 5 Core can instantly restore data or recover machines to physical or virtual machines from the recovery points. The recovery points contain agent volume snapshots captured at the block level. These snapshots and are application aware, meaning all open transactions and rolling transaction logs are completed and caches are flushed to disk before creating the snapshot. Using application-aware snapshots in tandem with Recovery Assure, enables the Core to perform several types of recoveries, including: • Recovery of files and folders • Recovery of data volumes, using Live Recovery • Recovery of data volumes for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server, using Live Recovery • Bare metal restore, using Universal Recovery • Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware, using Universal Recovery • Ad-hoc and continuous export to virtual machines About Recovery Points Recovery points are a collection of snapshots of various disk volumes. For example, C:\, D:\, and E:\. Snapshots are used to capture and store the state of a disk volume at a given point in time while the applications that generate the data are still running, so as to use it to perform instant recovery in the event of an outage or failure. The snapshots that are captured by AppAssure 5 are done so at the block level and are application aware. This means that all open transactions and rolling transaction logs are completed and caches are flushed to disk before creating the snapshot. AppAssure 5 uses a low-level volume filter driver, which attaches to the mounted volumes and then tracks all blocklevel changes for the next impending snapshot. Microsoft Volume Shadow Services (VSS) is used to facilitate application crash consistent snapshots. About System Information AppAssure 5 lets you view information about the AppAssure 5 core that includes system information, local and mounted volumes, and AppAssure engine connections. If you want to dismount individual or all recovery points that are mounted locally on a core, you can accomplish this from the Mount option on the Tools tab. For more information about dismounting recovery points, see Dismounting Select Recovery Points and Dismounting All Recovery Points. Viewing System Information To view system information 1. Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core, and then select the Tools tab. 2. From the Tools option, click System Info. 73

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1.
Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core, and then click the
Configuration
tab.
2.
From the
Manage
option, click
Events
.
3.
Click
Change
.
The
Event Retention
dialog box is displayed.
4.
In the
Store Events For
text box, select the duration for retaining information about events.
5.
Click
OK
.
Managing Recovery
The AppAssure 5 Core can instantly restore data or recover machines to physical or virtual machines from the recovery
points. The recovery points contain agent volume snapshots captured at the block level. These snapshots and are
application aware, meaning all open transactions and rolling transaction logs are completed and caches are flushed to
disk before creating the snapshot. Using application-aware snapshots in tandem with Recovery Assure, enables the
Core to perform several types of recoveries, including:
•
Recovery of files and folders
•
Recovery of data volumes, using Live Recovery
•
Recovery of data volumes for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server, using Live Recovery
•
Bare metal restore, using Universal Recovery
•
Bare metal restore to dissimilar hardware, using Universal Recovery
•
Ad-hoc and continuous export to virtual machines
About Recovery Points
Recovery points are a collection of snapshots of various disk volumes. For example, C:\, D:\, and E:\. Snapshots are used
to capture and store the state of a disk volume at a given point in time while the applications that generate the data are
still running, so as to use it to perform instant recovery in the event of an outage or failure.
The snapshots that are captured by AppAssure 5 are done so at the block level and are application aware. This means
that all open transactions and rolling transaction logs are completed and caches are flushed to disk before creating the
snapshot.
AppAssure 5 uses a low-level volume filter driver, which attaches to the mounted volumes and then tracks all block-
level changes for the next impending snapshot. Microsoft Volume Shadow Services (VSS) is used to facilitate
application crash consistent snapshots.
About System Information
AppAssure 5 lets you view information about the AppAssure 5 core that includes system information, local and mounted
volumes, and AppAssure engine connections.
If you want to dismount individual or all recovery points that are mounted locally on a core, you can accomplish this from
the
Mount
option on the
Tools
tab. For more information about dismounting recovery points, see
Dismounting Select
Recovery Points
and
Dismounting All Recovery Points
.
Viewing System Information
To view system information
1.
Navigate to the AppAssure 5 Core, and then select the
Tools
tab.
2.
From the
Tools
option, click
System Info
.
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