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Replication Policy
I am trying to setup a replication policy to copy of my backup data to a DR location. I am trying to use Azure blob storage, though I have also tried setting a replication to another server on another site.
I assume everyone has a DR copy stored offsite? How are you accomplishing it?
DELL - Rod K
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January 20th, 2022 14:00
With IDPA, only meta data is stored in Avamar and customer data is stored in Data Domain.
There is some replication already setup between Av and DD, but when customers speak of replication, they usually refer to customer data between DD systems, usually at different sites to provide DR.
Below is a good place to start as it describes the replication architecture options (Ch 4), as well as CDR (Ch 5) and Cloud Tier (Ch 6).
It is not specific to IDPA, but IDPA is essentially a hyper-converged AV/DD solution with extra tool thrown in, so Avamar and Data Domain references generally apply to IDPA as well.
This is an example but you should search Dell Support for your version.
Dell EMC Avamar and Data Domain System Integration Guide:
https://dl.dell.com/content/docu101112-avamar-and-data-domain-system-19-4-integration-guide.pdf?language=en-us
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simple_gifts
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March 16th, 2020 12:00
You only have (1) IDPA install?
We have (2) Avamar/DataDomains, and are doing bidirectional replication between them;
They are @ different sites.
Certainly if that is an option persue it; the integration of the (2) grids is excellent.
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November 23rd, 2021 14:00
@jmanitex, there are few different ways to replicate data. Many like to replicate between IDPAs, while some like to go from IDPA to Avamar and/or Data Domain or vice versa
Determine if you want to use the embedded Avamar or Data Domain for those replications as that will make up how you manage them. You could also choose other options like tiered data or Cloud Disaster Recovery.
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November 23rd, 2021 14:00
In addition to other options, IDPA has a built-in option called Cloud Disaster Recovery.
The IDPA Product Guide gives a basic introduction of this, including the following:
The CDRA is a solution, which enables disaster recovery of one or more on-premise virtual machines (VMs) to the cloud. CDRA integrates with the existing on-premise backup software and a Data Domain system to copy the VM backups to the cloud. It can then run a disaster recovery test or a failover, which converts a VM to an Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance, and then runs this instance in the cloud.
You can logon to the acm dashboard (i.e. https://acm_name_or_IP:8543) and logon as root with the common password. Then in the Cloud Disaster Recovery section, click on Configure Cloud Disaster Recovery. Here it will ask you for an IP address. *However, before doing this Customers should refer to article 000157594: IDPA Cloud Tiering Guide and Resolution Path. (This is only accessible to IDPA customers.)
If you need further assistance, feel free to contact Dell Support for IDPA.
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