PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14 File System User Guide

Configure a replication objective

Optionally, replicate the primary backup or retention to a remote server for added protection. You can specify either scheduled replication or replication after backup completion.

1. Next to the primary backup or retention objective, click Replicate.
   An entry for Replicate appears to the right of the primary backup or retention objective.
2. Under Replicate, click Add.

   The Add Replication dialog appears, with information in the left pane for each schedule that has been added for the primary objective of this protection policy.

   NOTE:PowerProtect Data Manager replicates backups for all the listed schedules. You cannot select individual schedules for replication.
3. Select a storage target:
   1. Storage Name—Select a replication destination from the list of protection storage, or select Add to add protection storage and complete the details in the Storage Target window.
   2. Storage Unit—Select whether this protection policy should replicate to a New storage unit on the selected protection storage system, or select an existing storage unit from the list.
   3. Network Interface—Select a network interface from the list, if applicable.
   4. Retention Lock—Move the Retention Lock slider to the right to enable retention locking for these replicas.
      The retention lock mode setting comes from the configuration of the selected storage unit. When you enable retention locking, the Retention Lock Mode field displays the corresponding storage unit setting.
   5. SLA—Select an existing replication service level agreement that you want to apply to this schedule from the list.
      Or, select Add to create a replication SLA within the Add Replication Service Level Agreement wizard.
   The PowerProtect Data Manager Administrator Guide provides more information about replication targets.
4. Select when to replicate the backups or retentions:

   File System replication triggers provides more information.

   • To replicate after the backup finishes, move the Replicate immediately upon backup completion slider to on.
   • For scheduled replication, move the Replicate immediately upon backup completion slider to off, and then complete the schedule details in the Add Replication dialog.

     For replication of the primary backup, the schedule frequency can be every day, week, month, or x hours.

     For daily, weekly, and monthly schedules, the numeric value cannot be modified. For hourly, however, you can edit the numeric value. For example, if you set Create a Full backup every 4 hours, you can set a value of anywhere from 1 to 12 hours.

   By default, all replicas of the primary objective inherit the retention period from the Retain For value of the synthetic full and full backup schedules.

5. To specify a different retention period for replicas of different backup or retention types:
   CAUTION:If you set a shorter retention period for the replicas of additional backup types than for the corresponding full backup, you may be unable to recover from those replicas. The additional backup types include log, incremental, differential, and so on, where applicable.
   1. Clear Set the same retention time for all replicated copies.
   2. Click Edit in the row of each schedule that you want to change.
   3. Update the value in the Retain For field.
   4. Click Save.
6. Click Save to save your changes and return to the Objectives page.