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Arcserve UDP Solutions Guide

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Contents
Chapter 1: Features and Enhancements 19
Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Features ............................................................................................................................ 19
New Features ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Feature Enhancements ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Linux Agent Enhancements ................................................................................................................................. 27
Database and Platform Support .......................................................................................................................... 28
Security and Third-party Enhancements ............................................................................................................. 29

Chapter 2: Understanding Arcserve UDP 31

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 32
How Arcserve UDP Works .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Instant Virtual Machine (IVM) versus Virtual Standby (VSB) Machine ............................................................... 36

Chapter 3: Installing Arcserve UDP 39

How to Install Arcserve UDP ...................................................................................................................................... 39
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations..................................................................................................... 40
Decide the Installation Type ............................................................................................................................... 40
Install Arcserve UDP Using the Setup Wizard ..................................................................................................... 41
Install Arcserve UDP Using the Command Line ................................................................................................... 44
Install Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer ................................................................................................. 49
Verify the Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 50
Communication Ports Used by Arcserve UDP ..................................................................................................... 51
How the Installation Process Affects Operating Systems ................................................................................... 61
How to Install Arcserve UDP Updates ........................................................................................................................ 69
Review the Considerations for Installing Updates .............................................................................................. 69
Specify Updates Preference ................................................................................................................................ 70
Check and Install the Updates ............................................................................................................................. 74
Update Agents on Remote Nodes Using Gateway .............................................................................................. 75
Update RPS on Remote Server Using Gateway ................................................................................................... 76
(Optional) Install Arcserve UDP Updates Silently ................................................................................................ 76
Verify that the Updates are Successfully Installed .............................................................................................. 77
How to Uninstall Arcserve UDP .................................................................................................................................. 78
Standard Uninstall ............................................................................................................................................... 78
Silent Uninstall .................................................................................................................................................... 79
Remove Components Left Behind by the Uninstaller ......................................................................................... 80
How to Manage Arcserve UDP Licenses ..................................................................................................................... 81

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 Review the Prerequisite ...................................................................................................................................... 82
Add a License ...................................................................................................................................................... 83
Remove a License ................................................................................................................................................ 84
Verify the License ................................................................................................................................................ 84
UDP Workstation Free................................................................................................................................................ 85
How to Migrate the Console to a New Machine ........................................................................................................ 87

Chapter 4: Upgrading to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 89

Supported Versions for Upgrade ................................................................................................................................ 89
Support Upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance ..................................................................................................... 90
Upgrade Sequence on the Arcserve UDP Appliance .................................................................................................. 91
Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDPConsole and RPS ................................... 91
Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP RPS only ............................................... 91
Upgrade Steps When Two or More Arcserve UDP Appliances Are Used in the Environment ............................ 92
Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Linux Agent on the Arcserve UDP Appliance ........................................................... 92
Upgrade the Arcserve Backup on the Arcserve UDP Appliance .......................................................................... 92
Backward Compatibility Support Policy ..................................................................................................................... 92
Upgrade Sequence for UDP Console, RPS, and Agent ................................................................................................ 94
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a Previous Release ................................................................................ 94
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 Using the Single Installer ............................................................................... 97
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 or Arcserve Backup r17 from Arcserve UDP 5.0 or Arcserve Backup
r16.5 to Enable Copy to Tape ................................................................................................................................... 100
How to Migrate from UDP 5.0 Remote Virtual Standby using RHA to UDP 6.0 Integrated Remote Virtual
Standby with RPS Replication ................................................................................................................................... 103
How to Migrate the Backend Database and Upgrade from Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL 2005 to Arcserve
UDP 6.0 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with Supported SQL Server
Before Upgrade ................................................................................................................................................. 104
Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with SQL Server Express Edition
After Upgrade ................................................................................................................................................... 110
How to Upgrade Gateway to the Same Version as its Registered Console .............................................................. 117

Chapter 5: Exploring and Configuring Arcserve UDP 119

Arcserve UDP User Interface .................................................................................................................................... 119
Navigating Arcserve UDP .................................................................................................................................. 120
Tabs ................................................................................................................................................................... 121
Job Monitor Dialog ............................................................................................................................................ 131
How to Configure Arcserve UDP .............................................................................................................................. 132
Configure Server Communication Protocol ...................................................................................................... 133
Configure Database ........................................................................................................................................... 134
Configure Arcserve UDP Backup Data Synchronization .................................................................................... 137

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 Configure SRM .................................................................................................................................................. 138
Node Discovery Configuration .......................................................................................................................... 140
Configure Email and Alert ................................................................................................................................. 141
Configure Proxy Settings ................................................................................................................................... 143
Update Configuration........................................................................................................................................ 144
Configure Administrator Account ..................................................................................................................... 145
Remote Deployment Settings ........................................................................................................................... 145
Map the Plan to the User Account .................................................................................................................... 146
User Management ............................................................................................................................................ 148
Configure the Console Timeout Duration ......................................................................................................... 149
How to Migrate Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Points to Arcserve UDP .......................................................................... 150
Create a Data Store to Replicate Data from an Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Point ............................................... 150
Replicate Arcserve r16.5 Data to the UDP Data Store ..................................................................................... 151
Register Arcserve UDP.............................................................................................................................................. 152
Set up Configuration Wizard .................................................................................................................................... 153

Chapter 6: Using Arcserve UDP Role-based Administration 155

Access the User Management Console .................................................................................................................... 155
Add User, Delete User, and Change Password ......................................................................................................... 156
Configure User Management ................................................................................................................................... 157
Pre-defined Roles .............................................................................................................................................. 157
Assign a Pre-defined Role ................................................................................................................................. 161
View and Cancel a Role ..................................................................................................................................... 162
Add a New Role ................................................................................................................................................. 162
Search Users and Roles ..................................................................................................................................... 164
Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................................... 165

Chapter 7: Adding and Managing Source Nodes 167

How to Add Nodes to the Console ........................................................................................................................... 167
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 168
Add Nodes ......................................................................................................................................................... 169
Discover Nodes ................................................................................................................................................. 172
Import Nodes .................................................................................................................................................... 173
How to Manage Nodes ............................................................................................................................................. 177
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 178
Update Hypervisor Information ........................................................................................................................ 178
Specify the Hypervisor ...................................................................................................................................... 179
Update VM Information .................................................................................................................................... 180
Update Nodes ................................................................................................................................................... 181
Export Node ...................................................................................................................................................... 184
Synchronize Data .............................................................................................................................................. 185

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 Delete Nodes from the Console ........................................................................................................................ 185
Deploy Agent to Nodes ..................................................................................................................................... 186
Perform Preflight Checks for Your Backup Jobs ................................................................................................ 187
How to Add and Manage Node Groups ................................................................................................................... 200
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 201
Add Node Groups .............................................................................................................................................. 201
Modify Node Groups ......................................................................................................................................... 202
Delete Node Groups .......................................................................................................................................... 203
Add a Storage Array ................................................................................................................................................. 204
Find Array and Data IP of the SVM Storage Array for the Arcserve UDP Console ............................................ 206
How to Add and Manage a Site ................................................................................................................................ 208
Specify the Site Name ....................................................................................................................................... 209
Share the Registration Instruction .................................................................................................................... 210
Verify and Add the Site ..................................................................................................................................... 210
Modify the Console URL .................................................................................................................................... 211
Modify the Site .................................................................................................................................................. 211
Delete a Site ...................................................................................................................................................... 212
Set up a Proxy Server for the Gateway .................................................................................................................... 213

Chapter 8: Adding and Managing Destinations 217

How to Add a Destination ........................................................................................................................................ 217
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 218
Add a Recovery Point Server ............................................................................................................................. 219
(Optional) Deploy the Recovery Point Server ................................................................................................... 221
Add a Data Store ............................................................................................................................................... 222
Add Arcserve Backup Servers ............................................................................................................................ 227
Add a Cloud Account ......................................................................................................................................... 229
Verify the Destination ....................................................................................................................................... 233
How to Manage a Data Store ................................................................................................................................... 233
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 234
Modify a Data Store .......................................................................................................................................... 235
FQDN Support for a Data Store ......................................................................................................................... 243
Delete a Data Store from the Console .............................................................................................................. 243
Stop a Data Store .............................................................................................................................................. 244
Start a Data Store .............................................................................................................................................. 245
Browse Recovery Points in a Data Store ........................................................................................................... 246
Delete Node Data from a Data Store ................................................................................................................ 248
Run a Manual or On-demand Merge Job .......................................................................................................... 249
Troubleshooting: How to Use a Data Store When One or Multiple folders are Full ......................................... 250
How to Manage a Recovery Point Server ................................................................................................................. 250
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 251

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 Update a Recovery Point Server ....................................................................................................................... 251
Delete a Recovery Point Server from the Console ............................................................................................ 252
Import a Data Store........................................................................................................................................... 253
Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server ............................................................................................................. 254
How to Manage Arcserve Backup Servers ............................................................................................................... 254
Update an Arcserve Backup Server ................................................................................................................... 255
Delete an Arcserve Backup Server .................................................................................................................... 255

Chapter 9: Creating Plans to Protect Data 257

How to Create a Windows Backup Plan ................................................................................................................... 260
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 261
Create a Backup Plan with a Backup Task ......................................................................................................... 265
(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup ............................................................................................................... 280
Verify the Backup .............................................................................................................................................. 281
How to Create a Linux Backup Plan .......................................................................................................................... 281
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 282
Create a Backup Plan ........................................................................................................................................ 283
(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup ............................................................................................................... 300
Verify the Backup .............................................................................................................................................. 300
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................................ 301
How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan ..................................................................................... 302
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 303
Create a Host-Based Backup Plan ..................................................................................................................... 307
(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup ............................................................................................................... 333
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 334
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................................ 335
How to Create a Virtual Standby Plan ...................................................................................................................... 342
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 342
Create a Plan with a Backup Task...................................................................................................................... 343
Add a Virtual Standby Task to the Plan ............................................................................................................. 357
(Optional) Run the Virtual Standby Job Manually ............................................................................................. 369
Pause and Resume Heartbeat ........................................................................................................................... 370
Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Job ............................................................................................................ 371
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 372
Applying Best Practices ..................................................................................................................................... 373
How to View Virtual Standby Settings from the Monitor Server ............................................................................. 374
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 376
Log In To Monitor Servers ................................................................................................................................. 376
Understanding the Virtual Standby Summary Screen....................................................................................... 377
View Activity Log ............................................................................................................................................... 380
View Virtual Standby Settings ........................................................................................................................... 380

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 View the Email Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 384
How to Protect Virtual Standby Machines ............................................................................................................... 385
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 386
Power On Virtual Standby Machines ................................................................................................................ 387
Protect Virtual Standby Machines After it is Powered On ................................................................................ 391
Verify the Virtual Standby Machine is Protected .............................................................................................. 392
How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed from a UDP Console ......................................................... 392
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 393
Create a Backup Task ........................................................................................................................................ 393
Add a Replicate Task to the Plan ....................................................................................................................... 394
(Optional) Perform a Manual Replication ......................................................................................................... 396
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 397
How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed From Different UDP Consoles ........................................... 397
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 400
Create a User Account for the Source Console ................................................................................................. 400
Create a Plan to Define the Destination Data Store.......................................................................................... 401
Map the Plan to the User Account .................................................................................................................... 403
Send the Plan and User Account Details to the Source Administrator ............................................................. 405
Receive the Plan and User Account Details from the Destination Administrator ............................................. 405
Create a Replication Plan to Send Data to the Destination Console ................................................................. 405
Verify the Data is Replicated ............................................................................................................................. 410
Applying Best Practices ..................................................................................................................................... 410
How to Perform an Offline Data Replication Using RPS Jumpstart .......................................................................... 412
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 414
Create a Temporary Data Store on an External Device ..................................................................................... 415
Replicate Source Data to the Temporary Data Store ........................................................................................ 416
Delete the Temporary Data Store from the Source Console ............................................................................ 417
Send the External Device to the Destination Location ...................................................................................... 417
Receive the External Device .............................................................................................................................. 417
Import the Temporary Data Store from the External Device ............................................................................ 418
Create a Destination Data Store ....................................................................................................................... 418
Replicate Data from the Temporary Data Store to the Destination Data Store ............................................... 419
Verify that the Data is Replicated ..................................................................................................................... 419
(Optional) Set the Concurrent Node Count for RPS Jumpstart ......................................................................... 420
How to Create a Copy Recovery Points Plan ............................................................................................................ 420
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 421
Create a Plan with a Backup Task...................................................................................................................... 421
Add a Copy Recovery Points Task to the Plan ................................................................................................... 435
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 437
How to Create a File Copy Plan ................................................................................................................................ 438
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 439
Create a Plan with a Backup Task...................................................................................................................... 439

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 Add a File Copy Task to the Plan ....................................................................................................................... 453
(Optional) Perform a Manual File Copy ............................................................................................................ 462
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 462
How to Create a File Archive Plan ............................................................................................................................ 463
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 464
Create a Plan with a Backup Task...................................................................................................................... 464
Add a File Archive Task to the Plan ................................................................................................................... 478
(Optional) Perform a Manual File Archive ........................................................................................................ 487
Verify the Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 488
How to Create a Copy to Tape Plan.......................................................................................................................... 488
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 489
Create a Plan with a Backup Task...................................................................................................................... 490
Add a Copy to Tape Task to the Plan ................................................................................................................. 490
How to Create and Manage an Instant Virtual Machine .......................................................................................... 497
Review the Prerequisites for an Instant Virtual Machine ................................................................................. 498
Create an Instant Virtual Machine .................................................................................................................... 499
Manage an Instant Virtual Machine .................................................................................................................. 510
How to Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites ................................................................................................... 512
Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites ......................................................................................................... 514

Chapter 10: Using Hardware Snapshot for Backup 516

Use Hardware Snapshot for VMware Agentless Backup .......................................................................................... 517
Considerations for NetApp iSCSI/FC Support for VMware................................................................................ 518
Considerations for NFS Support for VMware .................................................................................................... 521
Use Hardware Snapshot for Hyper-V Agentless Backup .......................................................................................... 523
Use Hardware Snapshot for Agent-based Backup ................................................................................................... 524
Verify the Backup has Used Hardware Snapshot ..................................................................................................... 525

Chapter 11: Restoring Protected Data 527

How to Restore From a Recovery Point ................................................................................................................... 527
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 529
Specify the Recovery Point Information to Restore .......................................................................................... 533
Restore the Recovery Point Content ................................................................................................................. 540
Verify that Content was Restored ..................................................................................................................... 541
How to Restore From a File Copy ............................................................................................................................. 541
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 543
Specify the File Copy Information to Restore ................................................................................................... 544
Restore the File Copy Content .......................................................................................................................... 553
Verify that Content was Restored ..................................................................................................................... 554
How to Restore From a File Archive ......................................................................................................................... 555
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 555

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 Specify the File Copy Information to Restore ................................................................................................... 557
Restore the File Copy Content .......................................................................................................................... 566
Verify that Content was Restored ..................................................................................................................... 567
How to Restore Files/Folders ................................................................................................................................... 569
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 570
How File Level Restores Work ........................................................................................................................... 571
Files Skipped During Restore ............................................................................................................................. 572
Specify the File/Folder Information to Restore................................................................................................. 574
Restore the File/Folder ..................................................................................................................................... 586
Verify that the File/Folder was Restored .......................................................................................................... 587
How to Restore a Virtual Machine ........................................................................................................................... 588
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 590
Specify the Virtual Machine Information to Restore ........................................................................................ 591
Restore the Virtual Machine ............................................................................................................................. 603
Verify that the Virtual Machine was Restored .................................................................................................. 604
How to Use Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility .............................................................................................. 604
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 605
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 606
How to Restore Microsoft Exchange Data Using Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility ............................. 607
How to Restore a Microsoft Exchange Application .................................................................................................. 611
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 612
Specify the Microsoft Exchange Information to Restore .................................................................................. 613
Restore the Microsoft Exchange Application .................................................................................................... 618
Verify that the Microsoft Exchange Application was Restored ......................................................................... 619
How to Restore Exchange Data on a VMware Virtual Machine ............................................................................... 620
How to Restore a Microsoft SQL Server Application ................................................................................................ 620
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 622
Specify the Microsoft SQL Server Information to Restore ................................................................................ 624
Restore the Microsoft SQL Server Application .................................................................................................. 629
Verify that the Microsoft SQL Server Application was Restored ...................................................................... 630
How to Restore an Oracle Database ........................................................................................................................ 630
Review the Prerequisites and Considerations................................................................................................... 632
Restore the Server Parameter File .................................................................................................................... 632
Restore the Parameter File ............................................................................................................................... 633
Restore the Archived Redo Logs ....................................................................................................................... 634
Restore the Tablespaces or Data Files .............................................................................................................. 634
Restore System, or Undo Tablespaces or Data Files ......................................................................................... 635
Restore All Tablespaces and Data Files ............................................................................................................. 637
Restore Control Files ......................................................................................................................................... 638
Restore the Entire Database (Tablespaces and Control Files) .......................................................................... 640
Recover the Oracle Database Using Bare Metal Recovery ............................................................................... 641
How to Perform a File-Level Recovery on Linux Nodes ........................................................................................... 642

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 Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 644
(Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine .......................................................... 645
Specify the Recovery Point................................................................................................................................ 646
Specify the Target Machine Details................................................................................................................... 650
Specify the Advanced Settings .......................................................................................................................... 654
Create and Run the Restore Job ........................................................................................................................ 658
Verify that Files are Restored ............................................................................................................................ 659
How to Perform a File-Level Recovery from Host-Based Agentless Backup for Linux Nodes .................................. 659
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 660
Specify the Recovery Point................................................................................................................................ 661
Specify the Target Machine Details................................................................................................................... 665
Specify the Advanced Settings .......................................................................................................................... 669
Create and Run the Restore Job ........................................................................................................................ 673
Verify that Files are Restored ............................................................................................................................ 674
How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines ........................................................................ 674
Review the BMR Prerequisites .......................................................................................................................... 676
Get the IP Address of the Target Machine Using the Live CD ........................................................................... 677
(Optional) Recover Data to the iSCSI Volume of the Target Machine .............................................................. 678
(Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine .......................................................... 679
Review the Backup Server ................................................................................................................................. 680
Specify the Recovery Points .............................................................................................................................. 681
Specify the Target Machine Details................................................................................................................... 683
Specify the Advanced Settings .......................................................................................................................... 684
Create and Run the Restore Job ........................................................................................................................ 689
Verify that the Target Node is Restored ........................................................................................................... 696
How to Perform a Migration BMR for Linux Machines ............................................................................................ 696
Review the Prerequisites for Migration BMR ................................................................................................... 697
Perform a BMR to the Temporary Machine ...................................................................................................... 697
Perform a Migration BMR ................................................................................................................................. 699
Verify that the Target Node is Restored ........................................................................................................... 700
How to Perform a BMR Using a Backup ................................................................................................................... 700
Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations .......................................................................................... 702
Define BMR Options .......................................................................................................................................... 703
Verify that the BMR was Successful .................................................................................................................. 721
BMR Reference Information ............................................................................................................................. 721
Troubleshooting BMR Issues ............................................................................................................................. 727
How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery Using a Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM .............................................. 730
Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations .......................................................................................... 731
Define BMR Options .......................................................................................................................................... 733
Verify that the BMR was Successful .................................................................................................................. 753
BMR Reference Information ............................................................................................................................. 754
Troubleshooting BMR Issues ............................................................................................................................. 759

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How to Restore Microsoft Clustered Nodes and Shared Disks ................................................................................ 762
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 763
Restore Files of a Cluster Shared Disk ............................................................................................................... 764
Restore a Specific Node in a Cluster ................................................................................................................. 764
Restore a Corrupted Cluster Shared Disk .......................................................................................................... 765
Restore the Entire Clustered Nodes and Shared Disk ....................................................................................... 765
How to Restore an Active Directory ......................................................................................................................... 767
Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations ..................................................................................... 768
Restore an Active Directory .............................................................................................................................. 769
Verify that the Active Directory was Restored .................................................................................................. 772

Chapter 12: Managing Tape Backup and Restore 773

How to Back Up a Deduplication Data Store to a Tape ............................................................................................ 773
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 775
Data Store Folders are Remote to the Backup Server ...................................................................................... 776
Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on a Single Volume ........................................................... 778
Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on Multiple Volumes ........................................................ 779
How to Restore a Deduplication Data Store From a Tape ....................................................................................... 780
Review the Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 781
Restore From a Tape Media to an Alternate Location ...................................................................................... 781
Import Restored Data Store to the RPS ............................................................................................................ 782

Chapter 13: Using the PowerShell Interface 785

How to use the PowerShell Interface ....................................................................................................................... 785
Review the Prerequisite .................................................................................................................................... 785
Using the PowerShell Interface for Arcserve UDP ............................................................................................ 785
PowerShell Syntax and Parameters .................................................................................................................. 786
PowerShell Examples ........................................................................................................................................ 797

Chapter 14: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint Environment 801

Installation Consideration for Microsoft SharePoint Environment .......................................................................... 801
How to Back Up Microsoft SharePoint Servers ........................................................................................................ 802
Review the Considerations................................................................................................................................ 802
Perform a Backup of the SharePoint Server...................................................................................................... 802
How to Restore a SharePoint Environment ............................................................................................................. 804
Restore using Instant VM .................................................................................................................................. 805
Restore using Arcserve UDP Agent UI ............................................................................................................... 817
Restore using Mount Database from Recovery Point ....................................................................................... 822
Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery.............................................................................................. 846
How to Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery for VMware VM ............................................... 847

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 How to Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery for Hyper-V VM................................................ 853

Chapter 15: Generating Arcserve UDP Reports 857

How to Generate Arcserve UDP Reports ................................................................................................................. 857
Using Filters and Actions ................................................................................................................................... 860
Generate a Report ............................................................................................................................................. 861
Schedule Emails................................................................................................................................................. 862
Send Report by Email ........................................................................................................................................ 865
Customize Raw Data Size in Managed Capacity Report for Host-based Agentless VM Backup ....................... 867

Chapter 16: Managing Arcserve High Availability 869

How Arcserve High Availability Works ..................................................................................................................... 869
Manage HA Control Services ............................................................................................................................. 869
Manage HA Licenses ......................................................................................................................................... 870
Manage Scenarios ............................................................................................................................................. 870
Remote Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 882
High Availability Reports ................................................................................................................................... 884

Chapter 17: Using the Diagnostic Utility 885

Collect the Diagnostic Information .......................................................................................................................... 885
Collect Diagnostic Information from a Standalone Agent ........................................................................................ 887
Upload Diagnostic Information to Arcserve Website Using FTP .............................................................................. 888
Unzip Agent Logs ...................................................................................................................................................... 889
Unzip the Console Logs ............................................................................................................................................ 890

Chapter 18: Troubleshooting 893

Arcserve UDP Communication Failure Related ........................................................................................................ 893
Unable to Receive E-mail Alerts from Gmail Account ....................................................................................... 895
Plan, Job, and Settings Related ................................................................................................................................ 900
How to Add Encryption Password for an Existing Encrypted Destination ........................................................ 902
Instant VM Related................................................................................................................................................... 910
Instant VM File Folder cannot be Accessed or Deleted even with Administrator Privilege. ............................ 912
Fail to Deploy Integration service to Guest VM in Hyper-V .............................................................................. 914
Linux Instant VM failed on Non-English Hyper-V Server ................................................................................... 914
Linux Agent Related ................................................................................................................................................. 915
Restore Related ........................................................................................................................................................ 917
Gateway, RPS, Data Store, Console, and Database Related..................................................................................... 920
Virtual Machine Backup and Restore Related .......................................................................................................... 933
Agentless Host-based Backup crashes when using Windows 2003 R2 64-bit as Backup Proxy ....................... 965

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 RAM Utilization reaches 99% When Backup Jobs are Submitted to VM .......................................................... 967
Virtual Standby Related............................................................................................................................................ 967
Arcserve UDP Reports Related ................................................................................................................................. 972
How to Display Charts to View Arcserve UDP Reports ..................................................................................... 973

Appendix A: Data Deduplication 977

Types of Data Deduplication .................................................................................................................................... 977
How Data Deduplication Works ............................................................................................................................... 978
When Should You Use Deduplication ....................................................................................................................... 979
Configuring Deduplication Data Stores in Arcserve UDP ......................................................................................... 980
Deduplication, Encryption, and Compression .......................................................................................................... 981
Deduplication Limitations ........................................................................................................................................ 981

Appendix B: Command Line Tool for Deduplication Data Store 983

Appendix C: How to apply different version of VDDK other than the built-in Version
(6.0.1) in Arcserve UDP 989

Appendix D: How to Migrate Arcserve D2D r16.5 Backup Data of Two Servers Having
Same Host Name to RPS Data Store 991

Appendix E: Arcserve UDP Terms and Definitions 993

Agent-Based Backup................................................................................................................................................. 993
Compression............................................................................................................................................................. 993
configuration ............................................................................................................................................................ 994
dashboard ................................................................................................................................................................ 994
Data Store ................................................................................................................................................................ 994
Destination ............................................................................................................................................................... 994
Discovered Nodes..................................................................................................................................................... 994
Encryption ................................................................................................................................................................ 995
Host-Based Agentless Backup .................................................................................................................................. 996
HOTADD Transport Mode ........................................................................................................................................ 996
Job ............................................................................................................................................................................ 996
jobs ........................................................................................................................................................................... 996
NBD Transport Mode ............................................................................................................................................... 996
NBDSSL Transport Mode .......................................................................................................................................... 996
Nodes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 996
Plan ........................................................................................................................................................................... 997
Protected Nodes....................................................................................................................................................... 997

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Recent Event ............................................................................................................................................................ 997
Recovery Point ......................................................................................................................................................... 997
Recovery Point Server .............................................................................................................................................. 997
Replicate ................................................................................................................................................................... 997
Resources ................................................................................................................................................................. 997
SAN Transport Mode ................................................................................................................................................ 997
Systems .................................................................................................................................................................... 998
Tasks ......................................................................................................................................................................... 998
Unprotected nodes .................................................................................................................................................. 998

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Chapter 1: Features and Enhancements
This section explains the features or enhancements provided in each release of
<ARCSERVE UDP>.

This section contains the following topics:

Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Features (see page 19)

Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Features

The Arcserve UDP solution provides an all-inclusive solution for next-generation storage
problems of organizations that are trying to protect their data in a rapidly changing
virtual, cloud, and services world. The solution does this by providing a single user
interface to a wide range of functionality, addressing multi-site business continuity and
disaster preparedness problems.

This section provides information about new features, enhancements, support, and
dropped features.
■ New Features (see page 20)
■ Feature Enhancements (see page 24)
■ Linux Agent Enhancements (see page 27)
■ Database and Platform Support (see page 28)
■ Security and Third-party Enhancements (see page 29)

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Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Features

New Features
Important! Access to new features of Arcserve UDP depends on the type of licensing
that one owns. Some of the features are only available in Arcserve UDP Advanced
Edition, or require Arcserve UDP Premium Edition. You can verify the details in the
license guide or visit Arcserve website to contact the Arcserve Sales team of your region.

Here is a list of the new functionalities available in Arcserve UDP V6.0.

■ Single installation: Arcserve UDP now lets you download a small web
downloader (a unified installer) to help you decide and download the required
components based on your selection. Using the unified installer, you can install
all features of the selected components, either in Express mode or in Advance
mode. Some of the features are listed below:
– Components-based selection for download and installation. For example:
Arcserve UDP, Arcserve Backup, and Arcserve Replication and High
Availability.
– Optional registration for Arcserve Product Improvement Program before
downloading Arcserve UDP.
– After downloading the selected component image, the Express mode
install all downloaded and applicable components by default, and Advance
mode enables customized sub-components selection and flexible
configuration.
– Express mode install is paused if .Net 3.5 is not detected. After .NET 3.5 is
successfully installed, the installation is continued.
– Arcserve UDP Linux image must be downloaded separately. The related
download links for Linux packages are provided in the web downloader
and single installer, and also on the Console while adding the Linux Backup
Server.
■ Instant Virtual Machine: Arcserve UDP lets you create a virtual machine
instantly from a recovery point. The advantage of an Instant virtual machine is
that it provides an immediate access to data and applications present in the
Arcserve UDP backup sessions. An Instant virtual machine eliminates the
downtime associated with a traditional restore or conversion of the backup
session to a physical or virtual machine.

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■ Hardware snapshot support: Apart from the software snapshots, Arcserve UDP
lets you create hardware snapshots for generating your backup sessions. You
can enable hardware snapshots for VMware virtual machine and physical
machine backups. For Hyper-V servers, Arcserve UDP provides transportable
snapshot backup. For VMware, iSCSI and NFS are supported.
■ Hardware Snapshot for agentless backup of VMware VMs: When the Flex
Clone license is not available for use, then following features will be
automatically available for use to support Hardware Snapshot:
– For NFS 3 on Data on tap 8.2.3 or later and 8.3.1 or later: VMware VMs can
use the NFS client of the specified version to create a Hardware Snapshot
for backup, if the Flex Clone is not licensed. Microsoft NFS client must be
installed and configured on the backup proxy server.
– For 7 mode appliance hosting iSCSI luns: VMware VMs can support the
Hardware Snapshot feature using the LUN clone mechanism, if the Flex
Clone is not licensed.

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– For C Mode appliance hosting iSCSI luns: VMware VMs can support the
Hardware Snapshot feature using the Snap Restore mechanism, if the Flex
Clone is not licensed.
■ CLI Support on Windows Core Servers, Test Automation, OEM Integration:
Arcserve UDP supports submitting backup and restore jobs from the command
line.
■ Role-based Administration: Role-based Administration (RBAC) allows users to
use UDP Console by different roles. Each role can have its own permissions. A
super administrator role can create customized roles and permissions. RBAC
grants Arcserve UDP the capability of different level of security check for
different roles.
■ WAN/NAT connectivity support from Console: Arcserve UDP enhances the
protection of servers that are behind NAT firewall and run the Console in public
cloud. The Console uses the gateway to communicate with servers that are in a
client network.
– Gateway supports proxy setting: Arcserve UDP supports setting up a proxy
server on the gateway installation machine. Gateway will use this proxy
setting to communicate with its registered Console. The proxy server
settings such as IP address, port, username, and password can be changed
from the command line using GatewayTool.exe that is located in the
following path:
<Installation Path>\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN
– Gateway upgrade: The Gateway automatically upgrades to the same
version as its registered Console. After the Console is upgraded, the
Console automatically starts the Gateway upgrade.
– Replication between sites: Arcserve UDP lets you configure cross-site
replication in single plan by setting up proxy and NAT in a Replicate task.
– Plan is associated with a Site: Arcserve UDP associates a plan with a site.
When you configure a plan, you can add nodes that belong to a site. Only
the Replicate task lets you configure a cross-site replication by selecting
remote sites. You can switch sites from the Resources view and see the
plans related to that site.
■ Configuration Wizard: The wizard provides an easy workflow to set up
Arcserve UDP. Using this wizard, you can create a plan to protect different
kinds of servers including physical and virtual machines, Windows and Linux
machines.
■ On-demand replication job: Arcserve UDP lets you start a manual replication
from the Console. On the Console, you can click Replicate Now from the
context menu of Nodes, and select the replication source and target. The
Replicate Now option replicates pending sessions to the target RPS.

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■ On-demand merge job: Arcserve UDP lets you start a manual merge job to
manage recovery points. On the Console, you can click Merge Now from the
context menu of Nodes to start an on-demand merge job. You can configure
retention settings when submitting the on-demand merge job.
■ On-demand File Copy job: Arcserve UDP lets you start a manual File Copy job
from the Console. Use the manual File Copy option to submit any missed or
new File Copy job. You can run the File Copy job either from the Nodes view or
Plans view.
■ On-demand File Archive job: Arcserve UDP lets you start a manual File Archive
job from the Console. Use the manual File Archive option to submit a File
Archive job on demand. You can run the File Archive job either from the Nodes
view or Plans view.
■ New Arcserve UDP Exchange Granular Restore Utility: The new Arcserve UDP
Exchange Granular Restore Utility (AEGR) is a convenient and easy-to-use utility
for Exchange GRT. The AEGR utility provides better performance for Exchange
granular items (including mail, calendar, task, note, contact, public folder)
restore.
– Support for agentless backup from Hyper-V.
– Support for Microsoft Exchange 2016.
– Japanese search support for Subject, From, and To by using the Extended
search option.
– The utility will be automatically configured to match different languages
during the installation.
■ Granular restore for SharePoint: Arcserve UDP supports granularity restore for
SharePoint by documentation. The following objects are supported:
– Farm
– Farm without configuration
– Application Service
– Web Application
– Content Database
– Site Collection
– Site
– Document Library / List
– Folder / File / List Item

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■ File Archive: Arcserve UDP has introduced a File Archive task that copies the
file to a destination and deletes the files from the source location.
– The File Archive job now runs on an RPS.
– The File Archive job is not dependent on a catalog job. The catalog job runs
as a part of the File Archive job for the selected file archive source.
– After the files are archived, Arcserve UDP launches another job to delete
the source files.
– Arcserve UDP supports File Archive from a deduplication data store and
non-deduplication data store.
– With the new SDK (Version 2.2.0) implementation, File Archive now
supports Azure Zone-redundant Storage (ZRS).
– File Archive now supports Pre-flight check (PFC).
– New and improved File Archive Filters UI.
– File Archive now receives alerts from agents and RPS.
■ Copy to Tape: Arcserve UDP integrates with tape and lets you create a plan to
migrate the recovery points to a tape.
■ Automatically collect diagnostic information: Arcserve UDP provides the
option to automatically collect the diagnostic information such as system and
application logs and stores them at a single location. You can reference these
logs when you contact the Arcserve Support team.

Feature Enhancements
Important! For details on Feature Enhancements in Arcserve UDP 6.0 Update 1, see
Update 1 Feature Enhancements.
■ Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) support: Arcserve UDP supports adding
nodes and RPS using FQDN. The Console uses the configured FQDN of the
agent and RPS to communicate with the agent and RPS. This allows the
Console, agent, and RPS to be in different domains and still communicate with
each other. Agents and the Backup Proxy Server connect to the RPS using the
FQDN. This feature is useful if the backup destination for agents is a data store
in a remote destination. (For example, the data store is in an MSP
environment.)
■ File Copy: Arcserve UDP now supports file copy from a deduplication data
store, non-deduplication data store, and replication data store (both
deduplication and non-deduplication).
– The file copy job now runs on an RPS.
– The file copy job is not dependent on a catalog job. The catalog job runs as
a part of the file copy job for the selected file copy source.
– The file copy task also includes advanced scheduling options.

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– With the new SDK (Version 2.2.0) implementation, File Copy now supports
Azure Zone-redundant Storage (ZRS).
– File Copy now supports Pre-flight check (PFC).
– New and improved File Copy Filters UI.
– File Copy now receives alerts from agents and RPS.
■ Reboot not required for Windows Agent: After the installation of Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows), you do not have to reboot the machine.
■ Allow more jobs when a data store is in the degraded state: When a data
store is in the degraded state (read-only mode), the backup job and
replication-in job will not be able to run, but all other jobs can run as long as
they can be triggered either manually or automatically (by scheduling). The
following jobs can be run in the degraded state:
– File system catalog job (on-demand from Find Files / Folders to Restore UI)
– File copy, File archive, File copy purge job
– File copy restore job
– File copy purge job
– File / Folder restore job
– Merge job
– Deletion job
– Exchange GRT catalog job (on-demand from Restore Exchange Mail UI)
– Exchange mail restore job
– Copy recovery point job
– Mount to recovery point
– Jump start job
– Replication job (replication out only)
– BMR job
– VM recovery job
– Instant VM job
– AD recovery job

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■ Allow more jobs when a plan is paused: When a plan is paused, Arcserve UDP
allow other jobs that can be triggered manually. The following jobs can be
triggered manually:
– Manual backup job
– Manual replication job
– Manual merge job
– Deletion job
– On-demand file system catalog job
– On-demand Exchange GRT catalog job
– File / folder restore job
– Exchange mail restore job
– File copy restore job
– BMR job
– VM recovery job
– Instant VM job
– AD recovery job
– Jump start job
■ Configure Purge or disk reclamation job: Arcserve UDP allows to configure
purge or disk reclamation jobs to run in parallel with other regular jobs.
■ VMware VIX API is not required for Host-Based Agentless backup: Arcserve
UDP now uses vSphere Webservice API to perform any operation such as PFC,
Application log purge, and interacting with guest OS of the VM. The installation
of VMware VIX is not required.
■ Command Line Data Integrity Tool for Deduplication Data Store
(as_gddmgr.exe) enhancements: The following enhancements are made in this
release:
– Displays the impacted recovery points if the tool detects corrupted data
blocks.
– Added a new option RebuildHashWithIndexPath to regenerate the hash
database by scanning index and reference files. This option regenerates
the hash database if the data store is not present on any RPS.

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■ Stabilization and performance optimization for replication over WAN:

Arcserve UDP improved the stabilization and performance optimization for
replication over WAN, especially for the replication between two deduplication
data stores.
■ Throughput optimization for copy recovery point and recover VM jobs:
Arcserve UDP has introduced the new full asynchronization mechanism to
optimize the throughput of copy recovery point and recover VM jobs from the
deduplication data store.
■ Application database-level restore for Hyper-V virtual machines: Arcserve
UDP supports to dump the database files of Exchange and SQL Server from
recovery points backed up from Hyper-V VM.
■ Configure page size of Logs and Jobs view: Arcserve UDP lets you configure the
page size of logs and job view by changing the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\Console\ConsolePageSize
The default page size is 250.
■ Optional session password in a backup plan: The session password is optional
when the backup destination is an unencrypted RPS data store.

Linux Agent Enhancements

Important! For details on Linux Agent Enhancements in Arcserve UDP 6.0 Update 1, see
Update 1 Linux Agent Enhancements.
■ New platform support for Linux: Arcserve UDP supports the new versions of
Linux operating systems: Red Hat Enterprise 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2, CentOS 7.0, 7.1,
and 7.2, Oracle Linux 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 (RHEL compatible kernel), and SLES 11
SP4.
■ RPS destination for Linux backup: Arcserve UDP lets you create a plan and
store your Linux backup sessions to a recovery point server. The Linux nodes
that are backed up to an RPS data store support global source-side
deduplication and Infinite Incremental backup. Also, Arcserve UDP allows the
replication of Linux recovery points to another RPS, copy the recovery points to
a tape, or start the recovery points as an Instant virtual machine.
■ Specify snapshot cache path: Arcserve UDP lets you define the path where the
snapshot cache is stored.
■ XFS support for Linux Agents: Arcserve UDP supports the XFS file system for
Linux agents.
■ Include specific volume in a Linux backup plan: The backup plan for Linux
agents has the Include volume option along with the Exclude volume option.
When the Include volume option is enabled, Arcserve UDP backs up selected
volumes only.

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■ sudo authentication support for Linux agents: Arcserve UDP allows sudo users
to add Linux nodes and run backup jobs.
■ File-level restore for Linux virtual machines: Arcserve UDP allows file-level
restore from a host-based agentless backup session of Linux virtual machines.
■ Improved BMR capabilities for Arcserve UDP Linux Agents: The following new
capabilities are added to Arcserve UDP Linux agents:
– Instant BMR: Arcserve UDP can instantly recover a complete physical or
virtual Linux machine. The supported Linux virtual machines are VMware
vSphere, Xen, and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
– Support for UEFI Systems: Arcserve UDP can perform BMR for Linux
source nodes that need the UEFI boot method.

Database and Platform Support

■ Exchange 2016 Database-level support: Arcserve UDP supports Microsoft
Exchange 2016 database-level backup and restore.
■ Conditional Support for vSphere 6: Arcserve UDP supports VMware vSphere
6.0 only when you apply the ESXi600-201505001 patch for ESXi 6.0. For more
information, see VMware ESXi 6.0, Patch Release ESXi600-201505001
(2116125).
■ New platform support for VMware:
Arcserve UDP supports
■ vSphere/VC 5.5 Update 3 and vSphere/VC 6.0 Update 1.
■ ESXi/vCenter 5.1 Update 3.
■ ESXi/vCenter 6.0 Update 2.
■ Agentless Backup of Windows 10 virtual machine certification: Arcserve UDP
allows backup and restore of virtual machines (in both vSphere 6.0 and Hyper-V
2012 R2) that have Windows 10 guest OS.
■ Windows Client Support for Windows 10: Arcserve UDP supports backup of
Windows 10 agents.

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Security and Third-party Enhancements

■ OpenSSL support: OpenSSL is upgraded to 1.0.1s.
■ Libssh2 upgraded to 1.7.0
■ Tomcat support: Tomcat upgraded to Version 8.0.28
■ JRE support: JRE upgraded to Version 1.8.0_65
■ VDDK 6.0 Support: VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit is upgraded to 6.0.2.
■ Arcserve UDP v6.0 and Update 1 support Azure Cool Storage.

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Chapter 2: Understanding Arcserve UDP
This section contains the following topics:
Introduction (see page 32)
How Arcserve UDP Works (see page 34)

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Introduction

Introduction
Arcserve Unified Data Protection is a comprehensive solution to protect complex IT
environments. The solution protects your data residing in various types of nodes such as
Windows, Linux, and virtual machines on VMware ESX servers or Microsoft Hyper-V
servers. You can back up data to either a local machine or a recovery point server. A
recovery point server is a central server where backups from multiple sources are
stored.

Arcserve UDP provides the following capabilities:

■ Protects various type of source nodes
■ Backs up data to recovery point servers
■ Replicates backup data to recovery point servers and remote recovery point servers
■ Copies selected source files to a secondary backup location
■ Copies recovery points to an additional location
■ Copies recovery points to tape
■ Archives data
■ Creates virtual standby machines from backup data
■ Creates Instant virtual machine
■ Restores backup data and performs Bare Metal Recovery (BMR)
■ Restores Microsoft Exchange email and non-email objects using the Arcserve UDP
Exchange Granular Restore utility.
Note: For more details on the supported specifications, functionalities, and other
features, see the Exchange Granular Restore user guide (esr.pdf), located at:
http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Unavailable/V6/ENU/Bookshelf
_Files/PDF/udp_esr_guide.pdf.
■ Monitors Arcserve High Availability
■ Supports Role-based administration
■ Supports hardware snapshot

Arcserve UDP replicates backup data that is saved as recovery points from one server to
another recovery point server. You can also create virtual machines from the backup
data that can act as standby machines when the source node fails. The standby virtual
machine is created by converting recovery points to VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V
virtual machine format.

The Arcserve UDP solution provides integration with Arcserve High Availability. After
you create scenarios in Arcserve High Availability, you can manage and monitor your
scenarios and perform operations like adding or deleting destination machines.

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The following diagram illustrates the major functions that Arcserve UDP lets you
perform.

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How Arcserve UDP Works

Arcserve UDP is a unified data protection solution that lets you protect your computer
systems. The following are the high level steps that you need to follow to protect your
systems using Arcserve UDP.
1. Install Arcserve Unified Data Protection.
2. Add Nodes that you want to protect. You can add Windows or Linux nodes and
virtual machines in ESX/Vcenter and Hyper-V servers.
3. Add a destination. A destination could be a recovery point server, local folder, or
remote shared folder.
4. Create data stores on the recovery point server. A data store is a physical area on a
disk. You can create deduplication and non-deduplication data stores.
5. Create a plan. A plan is a group of tasks to manage backup, replication, and creation
of virtual standby machines.
6. Perform jobs such as backup, create virtual standby, and replicate.
7. Perform a simple restore or a bare metal recovery.

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The following diagram illustrates the high-level steps that you need to perform to
protect data.

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Instant Virtual Machine (IVM) versus Virtual Standby (VSB) Machine

While restoring data after a disaster or during disaster recovery training, you may need
to start virtualized instances of servers that were previously protected by Arcserve UDP.

Arcserve UDP provides the following two features that allow you to start the virtual
machine from recovery points:
■ Instant Virtual Machine (IVM): Creates a virtual machine instantly from a recovery
point. The advantage of an Instant virtual machine is that it provides an immediate
access to data and applications present in the Arcserve UDP backup sessions. An
Instant virtual machine eliminates the downtime associated with a traditional
restore or conversion of the backup session to a physical or virtual machine.
For more details on Instant Virtual Machine, see How to Create and Manage an
Instant Virtual Machine (see page 497).
■ Virtual Standby Machine (VSB): Converts the recovery points to virtual machine
formats and prepares a snapshot to easily recover your data when needed. This
feature provides the high availability capability also and ensures that the virtual
machine can take over immediately when the source machine fails. The standby
virtual machine is created by converting the recovery points to any VMware or a
Hyper-V virtual machine format.
For more details on Virtual Standby, see How to Create a Virtual Standby Plan (see
page 342).

To determine which feature works best, you need to consider your RTO (Recovery Time
Objective) and scenario. The following table provides the comparison between the IVM
and VSB features:
FEATURES IVM VSB
Power standby Yes Yes, ONLY if a VSB task was added to the
VMs from the (no conversion needed) backup plan. For example, Advance planning
latest recovery required)
point
Requires Not required Required, it is necessary to add a VSB task to
backup time the plan that is used to back up the source
processing machine.
VM Boot time A slower process (up to Same time as any other VM on the same
30%) due to I/O hypervisor.
redirection.
Disk space Minimal storage space Yes, storage space is consumed on the
requirements to host child disk or destination hypervisor where VSB standby
store changes when VM is maintained.
running a VM. Requires storage space equal to or greater
than the size of the source machine.

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High N/A AVAILABLE

Availability Monitors source machine and can start VSB
(HA) option VM if the source machine becomes
unavailable.
VM May run slower Performance is the same as the regular
performance compared to regular VMs.
VMs (up to 30%) due to
I/O redirection,
however the
performance depends
on the nature of the
application workload.
Management/ Managed from the UDP Added as a task to a plan so that all the
Configuration console, can start or backed up data is converted to a VM format
stop the IVM on automatically. VSB task is applied to all
demand when access is nodes that are protected by the plan.
needed by the user.

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Persisting data The virtual disk of the The virtual disk or disks of the VSB VM
and migrating IVM refers to the data already contain most of the recent data
VM to blocks in the recovery from the corresponding recovery point.
production point from which the Since I/O redirection does not occur (which
VM was started. is the same as the IVM), the performance of
Therefore, when the the VSB VM is the same as regular VMs
IVM accesses data where there is no dependency on the RPS or
blocks within its virtual recovery point (compared to the IVM
disk the data is actually scenario).
requested from RPS
(this process is
transparent to the
user). Such I/O
redirection introduces
some additional
performance footprint.
If you plan to use IVM
in production then we
recommend to make
IVM persistent and
hydrate the virtual
machine virtual disk
with the actual data.
Hydration of the IVM
can be achieved by
copying/replicating the
VM.
Depending on the type
of Hypervisor used in
your production
environment, to persist
the IVM data you can
use VMware Storage
vMotion or Hyper-V
VM replication to copy
the IVM where the data
becomes permanent.

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Chapter 3: Installing Arcserve UDP
This section contains the following topics:
How to Install Arcserve UDP (see page 39)
How to Install Arcserve UDP Updates (see page 69)
How to Uninstall Arcserve UDP (see page 78)
How to Manage Arcserve UDP Licenses (see page 81)
UDP Workstation Free (see page 85)
How to Migrate the Console to a New Machine (see page 87)

How to Install Arcserve UDP

As a storage administrator, you manage data backup and restore of machines in your
network setup. Using Arcserve UDP, you can centrally manage and protect Windows
nodes, Linux nodes, and virtual machines in VMware ESX servers or Microsoft Hyper-V
servers. The Arcserve UDP installation provides you the following options:
■ Arcserve UDP - Full: Installs all the Arcserve UDP components. You can install this
on a system from where you want to manage data protection functions. This
system must meet the hardware requirements necessary to install Arcserve UDP.
For information about the supported systems, see the Arcserve UDP Release Notes
6.0.
After the installation, you log in to the Arcserve UDP Console (Console) and perform
data management functions. The Console lets you manage and monitor nodes,
recovery point servers, backups, restore, and replication.
■ Arcserve UDP - Agent: Installs only the Arcserve UDP Agent. Install the agent to the
nodes that you want to protect. Perform this step only when you want to install the
agent manually to a node. Typically, the agent is deployed automatically to nodes
from the Console when you create a plan.

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 40)
2. Decide the Installation Type (see page 40)
3. Install Arcserve UDP Using the Setup Wizard (see page 41)
4. Install Arcserve UDP Using the Command Line (see page 44)
5. Install Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer (see page 49)
6. Verify the Installation (see page 50)
7. (Optional) Communication Ports Used (see page 51)
8. (Optional) How the Installation Process Affects Operating Systems (see page 61)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Review the following installation prerequisites and considerations before installing
Arcserve UDP:

Prerequisites
■ Review the Arcserve UDP Release Notes 6.0. The Release Notes contains a
description of system requirements, supported operating systems, and a list of
issues known to exist with this release.
■ Verify that your systems meet the software and hardware requirements necessary
to install Arcserve UDP components.
■ Verify that your Windows account has administrator privileges or any other equal
privileges to install software on the systems where you plan to install Arcserve UDP
components.
■ Verify that you have the user names and passwords of the systems where you are
installing Arcserve UDP components.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Considerations

Before the installation, you should determine how to set up your Arcserve UDP
installation:
■ The system where you want to install the Console.
■ The nodes that you want to protect.
■ The number of recovery point servers that would serve as backup destinations.
■ The number of replica servers that would replicate recovery point servers.

Decide the Installation Type

You can install Arcserve UDP using one of the following methods:
■ Standard Installation Using the Setup Wizard: This method lets you install Arcserve
UDP using the Setup Wizard. In this method, you are prompted at each step to
choose the desired options.
■ Silent Installation Using the Command Line: This method lets you perform an
unattended installation using the Windows command line.
■ Installation using the Unified Installer: This method lets you install Arcserve UDP,
Arcserve Backup, and Arcserve Replication and High Availability from a single
installer. You can choose to install all the three products at once or install each
product separately. You can download the installer from the Arcserve website.

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Install Arcserve UDP Using the Setup Wizard

Using Arcserve Unified Data Protection, you can centrally manage and monitor nodes,
recovery point servers, virtual machines in vCenter or ESX servers or Microsoft Hyper-V
servers, replica servers, and Arcserve Unified Data Protection reports.

Install Arcserve Unified Data Protection on a server from where you can manage
protected nodes and other Arcserve Unified Data Protection components.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the Arcserve UDP installation package from either the Arcserve web site or
the product CD.
Note: If one of the supported non-English operating systems is detected, you need
to select the language for the product installation.
2. Double-click the installation package.
The License Agreement dialog opens.
3. Read and accept the terms of the licensing agreement and click Next.
The Installation Type dialog opens.
4. Select one of the installation types.
Standard Installation
Lets you install either the agent or all the Arcserve Unified Data Protection
components.
Arcserve Unified Data Protection - Agent
Installs Arcserve UDP Agent only.
For more information, see Install Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Using the
Installation Wizard in the Arcserve UDP Agent for Windows User Guide.
Arcserve Unified Data Protection - Full
Installs Arcserve Unified Data Protection Console, Recovery Point Server,
and Agent.
Advanced Installation
Lets you install one or more of the following Arcserve Unified Data Protection
components:
■ Arcserve UDP Agent
■ Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
■ Arcserve UDP Console
5. Specify if you want to install the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) change tracking
driver.
By default, this option is selected.

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■ Without this driver installed, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) cannot perform a
local backup.
■ With this driver installed, you would still need to have a valid Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows) license to perform a local backup.
■ This driver is not required if this agent is used as Virtual Standby monitor or
host-based VM backup proxy server.
Note: You can install this driver at any time after the installation is complete by
running the InstallDriver.bat utility from the following location:
<Arcserve UDP install folder>\Engine\BIN\DRIVER
6. Click Next.
The Destination Folder dialog opens.
7. Specify the folder where you want to install Arcserve Unified Data Protection and
click Next.
The Configuration dialog opens.
8. On the Configuration dialog, specify the following information:
a. Select the protocol.
Note: For a secure communication, select the HTTPS protocol. To use the SSL
protocol for a hostname that contains an underscore (_) character, you must
manually run the following batch file before using the UDP Agent or Console:
UDP Agent: INSTALLDIR \Engine\BIN\changeToHttps.bat
UDP Console: INSTALLDIR \Management\BIN\changeToHttps.bat
b. Enter the port number for the agent, if applicable. Typically, the port number is
8014.
c. Enter the port number for the Console, if applicable. Typically, the port number
is 8015.
d. Enter the Windows Administrator name and password.
e. Specify if you want to display the Arcserve UDP agent monitor for all users or
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9. Click Next.
The Database Settings dialog opens.
10. On the Database Settings dialog, click the Database drop-down list to choose a
database type. You can specify one of the following:
■ Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express (included)
■ Microsoft SQL Server
Important! When you have more than 500 nodes to manage from the Console,
make sure that you select Microsoft SQLServer and not SQLExpress.
After you specify a database, the required options for the specified database are
displayed on the Database Settings dialog. Provide database settings details for one
of the databases that you select.
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express (included):
On the Database Settings dialog, complete the following:
a. Specify the location where you want to install Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Express. You can accept the default path or specify an alternative path.
b. Specify the location where you want to install the data file for the Arcserve
Unified Data Protection default database. You can accept the default path or
specify an alternative path.
Note: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express does not support remote
communication. Therefore, install the default database and the data file on the
computer where you are installing the application.
Microsoft SQL Server Databases
On the Database Settings dialog, complete the following:
a. SQL Server Type: Specify the type of communication that the application
should use to communicate with the SQL Server database.
Local: Specify Local when the application and SQL Server are installed on
the same computer.
Remote: Specify Remote when the application and SQL Server are installed
on different computers.
b. SQL Server Name: If the SQL Server Type is Remote, specify the remote SQL
Server name. If the SQL Server is local, select the server from the drop-down
list.
c. Security: Specify the type of credentials that you want to use to authenticate
SQL Server.
Use Windows Security: Authenticates using your Windows credentials.
Use SQL Server Security: Authenticates using SQL Server credentials. Enter
the Login ID and Password to access the SQL Server account.

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11. Click Next. The Firewall Exceptions dialog opens.

The Firewall Exceptions dialog lists the services and programs to be registered to
Windows Firewall as exceptions for Arcserve UDP.
Note: Firewall exceptions are required if you want to configure and manage
Arcserve UDP from remote machines.
12. Click Install to launch the installation process.
The Installation Progress dialog is displayed indicating the status of the installation.
When the installation is complete, the Installation Report dialog is displayed.
(Optional) If you want to check for any latest product updates, follow these steps:
a. Select Check for an update immediately and click Finish.
The Check for Updates dialog opens.
b. Select the server from where you want to download updates and click
Download and Install Updates.
c. The Update Process dialog is displayed indicating the download status.
When the update is complete, an alert message is displayed.
(Optional) To install the Arcserve UDP Agent for Linux, follow the instruction in the
Install arcserve Unified Data Protection Agent for Linux section.
13. Click Finish.
Arcserve UDP is installed on your computer.

Install Arcserve UDP Using the Command Line

You can install Arcserve UDP silently. A silent installation eliminates the need for user
interaction. The following steps describe how to install the application silently using the
Windows Command Line:

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows Command Line on the computer where you want to start the
silent installation process.
2. Download the self-extracting installation package to your computer.
Start the silent installation process using the following Command Line syntax:
Arcserve_Unified_Data_Protection.exe -s -a -q -Products:<ProductList> -Path:<INSTALLDIR>
-User:<UserName> -Password:<Password> -Https:<HTTPS> -ConsolePort:<Port Number>
-AgentPort:<Port Number> -Driver:<DRIVER> -MonitorFlag:<MONITORFLAG> -StopUA:<STOPUA>
-SummaryPath:<SUMMARYPATH> -AutoReboot:<AUTOREBOOT>

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Example:
Arcserve_Unified_Data_Protection.exe -s -a -q -Products:Agent -User:administrator -Password:test

3. Configure the silent installation using the following syntax and arguments:
Important: If the parameters include any of the following special characters,
enclose the parameters in quotes:
■ <space>
■ &()[]{}^=;!'+,`~
For example: If the password is abc^*123, the input should be
-Password:"abc^*123".
-s
Runs the executable file package in the silent mode.
-a
Specifies additional command line options.
-q
Installs the application in the silent mode.

-Products:<ProductList>
(Optional) Specifies the components to install silently. If you do not specify a
value for this argument, the silent installation process installs all components.
You can specify the following components:
Agent: Installs the Data Protection Agent component.
RPS: Installs the Recovery Point Server component.
Console: Installs the Console component.
All: Installs all the components of Arcserve UDP.
Example:
For Install Data Protection Agent:
-Products:Agent

For Install Recovery Point Server:

-Products:Agent,RPS

For Install Data Protection Agent, Recovery Point Server and Data Protection
Console:
-Products:Agent,RPS,Console

For Install all the components in the build:

-Products:All

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-User:<UserName>
Specifies the user name that you want to use to install and run the application.
Note: The user name is of the administrator or an account with administrative
privileges.
-Password:<Password>
Specifies the password of the user name.
-Https:<HTTPS>
(Optional) Specifies the communication protocol. The options are 0 and 1. Use
0 for http and 1 for https.
Default: 0
Example:
-https:1

-Path:<INSTALLDIR>
(Optional) Specifies the target installation path of Data Protection Agent.
Example:
-Path:C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection

Note: If the value for INSTALLDIR contains a space, enclose the path with
quotation marks. Additionally, the path cannot end with a backslash character.
-ConsolePort:<Port Number>
(Optional) Specifies the communication port number for the Console.
Default: 8015
Example:
-ConsolePort:8015

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-AgentPort:<Port Number>
(Optional) Specifies the communication port number to access Arcserve UDP
Agent.
Default: 8014
Example:
-AgentPort:8014

Note: Use this option when you want to install the Arcserve UDP Agent.
-Driver:<DRIVER>
(Optional) Specifies whether to install Arcserve UDP Agent change tracking
driver. The options are 0 and 1.
0: Does not install the driver
1: Installs the driver
Default:1
Example:
-driver:1

-MonitorFlag:<MONITORFLAG>
(Optional) Specifies the Arcserve UDP Agent monitor display to users. The
options are 0 and 1.
0: Displays the agent monitor to all users.
1: Displays the agent monitor only to the current user.
Default: 0.
Example:
-MonitorFlag:0

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-StopUA:< STOPUA >

(Optional) Specifies to stop the Arcserve Universal Agent service.
0: Does not stop the Arcserve Universal Agent service if it is running during the
installation process.
1: Stops the Arcserve Universal Agent service if it is running during the
installation process.
Default: 0
Example:
-StopUA:1

Note: Use this option while upgrading to a new version. Verify that you set the
value to 1 or stop the service before starting the upgrade process. This helps
ensure that the installation does not fail.
-SummaryPath:<SUMMARYPATH>
(Optional) Specifies the target path to generate the summary file of the
installation.
Example:
-SummaryPath:C:\Result

Note: If the value for SUMMARYPATH contains a space, enclose the path with
quotation marks. Additionally, the path cannot end with a backslash character.
-AutoReboot:<AUTOREBOOT>
(Optional) Let Setup reboot the machine after installation if the installation
requires a reboot. The options are 0 and 1.
0: Does not reboot the machine.
1: Reboots the machine if the installation requires a reboot.
Default: 0
Example:
-AutoReboot:1

Note: If the installation does not require a reboot, Setup will not reboot the
machine even if this parameter is set to 1.

You have successfully completed the silent installation.

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Install Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer

Arcserve UDP lets you install all its components using a single, unified installer. Based on
your requirement, the installer suggests the best license to meet your requirements and
then downloads and installs the components.

When Arcserve UDP is successfully installed, you can centrally manage and monitor
nodes, recovery point servers, virtual machines in VMware vCenter or ESX servers or
Microsoft Hyper-V servers, replica servers, and Arcserve Unified Data Protection
reports. You can also install Arcserve Backup and Arcserve Replication and High
Availability.

Follow these steps:

1. Download the ASDownloader file from the Arcserve web site.
Note: If one of the supported non-English operating systems is detected, you need
to select the language for the product installation.
2. Double-click the installation package.
The License Agreement dialog opens.
3. Read and accept the terms of the licensing agreement and click Next.
The Arcserve Product Improvement Program page opens.
4. Provide the details asked in the page.
The email address is mandatory. For more information on the Arcserve Product
Improvement Program, see Register Arcserve UDP (see page 152).
5. Click Next.
The Getting Started dialog opens.
6. Click Next.
The Choose Components to Download dialog opens.
7. Select one or more of the following options depending on your requirement and
click Next.
Arcserve Unified Data Protection
Installs Arcserve UDP. Arcserve UDP lets you protect Windows and Linux
physical and virtual nodes. You can manage all your data protection needs from
a single Console. You can use the global source-side deduplication, replication,
remote replication and other features to manage your data.
Arcserve Backup
Installs Arcserve Backup. When coupled with Arcserve UDP, you can manage
the tape backup from the Arcserve UDP Console and leverage all the benefits of
Arcserve UDP.
Arcserve Replication and High Availability

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Installs Arcserve Replication and High Availability. Wnen coupled with Arcserve
UDP, you can protect and manage RHA servers from the Arcserve UDP Console.
The Product Download dialog opens.
8. Click Download.
The product begins to download in a zip format. You can check the download status
on the progress bar. You can also pause and resume the download. Depending on
the bandwidth and the number of components for download, this may take a while.
Until the download is complete, the Next button is inactive.
9. When the download completes, click Next.
The Installation Method dialog opens.
10. Select one of the installation types.
Express Installation
Installs the components using the default configuration. Click View Default
Configuration and Components to see the components that are installed.
Advanced Installation
Lets you install each component separately.
11. Click Next.
The Account Configuration dialog opens.
12. Specify the user name and password and click Install.
The installation begins. You can see the progress on the dialog. On completion of
the installation, close the wizard.

Arcserve UDP is installed on your computer.

Verify the Installation

To verify the installation, confirm the existence of the Arcserve UDP Agent and Recovery
Point Server services from the Windows Services dialog. You can also confirm the
presence of Arcserve UDP by clicking Start, All Programs on the Windows operating
system.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that the Arcserve UDP icon appears in the system tray.
2. Verify that the agent and server services are up and running from the Windows
Services Manager.

You have successfully installed Arcserve UDP and you are ready to back up your
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Communication Ports Used by Arcserve UDP

This section provides information about ports used for the following components:
■ Components installed on Microsoft Windows (see page 51)
■ Components installed on Linux (see page 58)
■ Components installed on Hypervisor (see page 60)

Ports listed are required for backup and other jobs when you have a LAN environment.

*Port sharing is supported for replication jobs. All data on different ports can be
forwarded to port 8014 (default port for the UDP Server, can be modified during
installation). When a replication job runs between two recovery point servers across
WAN, only port 8014 is required to be open.

Similarly, for remote replications, the Remote administrator needs to open or forward
port 8014 (for data replication) and port 8015 (default port for the UDP console, can be
modified during installation) for local recovery point servers to get the assigned
replication plan.

Components installed on Microsoft Windows

This section provides information about ports used in UDP Console and UDP Recovery
Point Server (RPS):
■ UDP Console (see page 51)
■ UDP Recovery Point Server (RPS) (see page 54)
■ UDP Windows Agent (see page 57)

UDP Console

The following table lists the ports used by Arcserve UDP Console:

Port Port Initiated Listening Intern Description

Number Type by Process al /
Extern
al Port
8015 TCP UDP httpd.exe Extern Default HTTP/HTTPS communication
Console al port to visit UDP Console and UDP
UDP Gateway.
Gateway Note: You can modify the default
communication port when you install
the UDP components.

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1433 TCP Remote sqlsvr.exe Extern Default communication port between

Java al the UDP console and Microsoft SQL
Server databases when they reside
on different computers.
Note: You can modify the default
communication port when installing
SQL Server.
6052 TCP Arcserve Arcserve. Extern Communication that lets the UDP
Backup Communi al Console and the Arcserve Backup
Global cationFou Global Dashboard Primary server
Dashboa ndation. synchronize data.
rd Windows Note: This port is only needed when
Service.ex you want to synchronize Arcserve
e Backup Global Dashboard data to
UDP Console.
6054 TCP Arcserve Arcserve. Extern Communication that lets the Console
Backup Communi al and the Arcserve Backup Primary
Primary cationFou server synchronize data.
server ndation. Note: This port is only needed when
Windows you want to synchronize Arcserve
Service.ex Backup Global Dashboard data to
e UDP Console.
8012 TCP UDP java.exe Intern Default port internally used by UDP
Console al Console Identity Service.
Note: The port could not be
customized and can be ignored for
the firewall setting. If 8012 is
occupied by other programs, UDP
setup program will dynamically
assign another available port.
8029 TCP UDP tomcat8.e Intern Default port internally used by UDP
Console xe al Console Management Service.
Note: The port could not be
customized and can be ignored for
the firewall setting. If 8029 is
occupied by other programs, UDP
setup program will dynamically
assign another available port.

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8030 TCP UDP tomcat8.e Intern Default port internally used by UDP
Console xe al Console Management Service.
Note: The port could not be
customized and can be ignored for
the firewall setting. If 8030 is
occupied by other programs, UDP
setup program will dynamically
assign another available port.
18007 TCP TOMCAT tomcat8.e Intern
xe al Internally
Used by
Tomcat
Managem
ent
Service.

Note: This
port can
only be
changed
by
modifying
TOMCAT
configurati
on files.
This port
can be
ignored for
the
firewall
setting.

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UDP Recovery Point Server (RPS)

The following table lists the ports used by Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server (RPS):

Port Port Initiate Listening Interna Description

Numbe Type d by Process l/
r Extern
al Port

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8014 TCP UDP httpd.exe Externa Default HTTP/HTTPS communication

l port to visit UDP RPS and UDP Agent
Notes:
■ This
port is
the
default
shared
port
and the
only
port
you
must
open
when
you use
the
UDP
RPS as
the
replicati
on
destina
tion. Do
not
open
port
5000-5
060
used by
data
stores
with
global
dedupli
cation
enabled
.
■ You can
modify
the
default
commu
nication
port
when
you
install
the
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8016 TCP UDP tomcat8.e Interna Internally used by UDP RPS Web
xe l Services to communicate with the UDP
RPS Port Sharing Service on the same
server.
Note: The port could not be
customized and can be ignored for the
firewall setting.
5000-5 TCP UDP GDDServe Externa This port range is reserved for UDP
060 r.exe l RPS Deduplication Data Store Service.
One UDP RPS Deduplication data store
will use 3 free ports start from 5000. It
is needed when data store with
Deduplication enabled for backup or
restore. If you use RPS as the
replication target only, you don’t need
to open them in the firewall
configuration.
Note: You can customize the port
range in Registry by changing:
■ HKEY_L
OCAL_
MACHI
NE\SOF
TWARE
\Arcser
ve\Unifi
ed Data
Protecti
on\Engi
ne\Dat
aStore
■ Key
Name:
PortRan
geForG
DD
■ Type:
Reg_SZ
■ Default
Value:
5000-5
060
Only data store created after registry
changes will use the newly changed
port range.

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18005 TCP TOMCA tomcat8.e Interna To shutdown Tomcat used by the UDP
T xe l RPS or Agent.
Note: This port can only be changed by
modifying TOMCAT configuration files.
This port can be ignored for the
firewall setting
445 TCP Externa Used by SMB service of Windows OS.
l The port is used when the RPS host the
data store on a local disk. The data
store exposes the shared folder as the
backup destination for the UDP Agent
to back up data.

UDP Windows Agent

The following table lists the ports used by Arcserve UDP Windows Agent:

Port Port Initiat Listening Interna Description

Numbe Type ed by Process l/
r Extern
al Port
8014 TCP UDP tomcat8.e Externa Default HTTP/HTTPS communication
Windo xe l port to visit UDP RPS and UDP Agent.
ws Note: You can modify the default
Agent communication port when you install
the UDP components.
18005 TCP TOMC tomcat8.e Interna To shutdown Tomcat used by the UDP
AT xe l RPS or Agent.
Note: This port can only be changed by
modifying TOMCAT configuration files.
This port can be ignored for the firewall
setting.
4090 TCP UDP HATransS Externa To transfer data for Virtual Standby task
Windo erver.exe l in the proxy mode.
ws Note: This port is only needed when
Agent you specify this UDP Windows Agent as
Virtual Standby Monitor.

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135 TCP Externa Communication port for RPC service on

l Windows OS.
Note: This port is only needed
whenever UDP Console remotely
deploys UDP Windows Agent to this
Agent machine. If the UDP Windows
Agent is installed by running setup
locally, this port is not required.
445 TCP Externa Communication port for SMB service to
l enable Shared Folder on Windows OS.
Note: This port is only needed
whenever UDP Console remotely
deploys UDP Windows Agent to this
Agent machine. If the UDP Windows
Agent is installed by running setup
locally, this port is not required.

Components installed on Linux

This section provides information about ports used in Linux Backup Server (see page 58)
and Linux Nodes protected by Linux Backup Server remotely (see page 60).

Linux Backup Server

The following table lists the ports used by Linux Backup Server:

Port Port Initiat Listenin Interna Description

Numb Type ed by g l/
er Process Extern
al Port
67 UDP UDP bootpd Externa Incoming, used for PXE boot server. Only
Linux l required if user wants to use the PXE boot
feature.
Note: This port number cannot be
customized.
69 UDP UDP tftpd Externa Incoming, used for the PXE boot server.
Linux l Only required if user wants to use the PXE
boot feature.
Note: This port number cannot be
customized.

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8014 TCP UDP java Externa Both incoming and outgoing. Default
Linux l HTTP/HTTPS communication port to visit
UDP Agent for Linux.
Note: You can modify the default
communication port when you install the
UDP components.
18005 TCP UDP java Interna Used by Tomcat. Ignore this port for the
Linux l firewall setting.
Note: This port can only be changed by
modifying TOMCAT configuration files.
22 TCP SSH sshd Externa UDP Linux 3rd party dependency. Default
servic l for SSH service, however, you can change
e this port. This port is required for both
incoming and outgoing communications.
8016 TCP UDP d2ddss Externa Incoming, used for Instant VM or Instant
Linux l BMR data service. Only required if user
wants to use the Instant VM or Instant
BMR feature.
111 TCP Port rpcbind Externa UDP Linux 3rd party dependency. Default
mapp l for port mapper. Only required when
er running Linux Instant VM from agentless
backup recovery point to the vSphere ESX
server.
2049 TCP NFS nfsd Externa UDP Linux 3rd party dependency. Default
server l for NFS server. Only required when running
Linux Instant VM from agentless backup
recovery point to the vSphere ESX server.
Dyna TCP NFS rpc.mou Externa UDP Linux 3rd party dependency. See
mic moun ntd l rpc.mountd’s man page for how to make it
port t listen to fixed port. Only required when run
servic Linux Instant VM from agentless backup
e recovery point to the vSphere ESX server.

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Linux Nodes Protected by Linux Backup Server Remotely

The following table lists the ports used by Linux Nodes Protected by Linux Backup Server
Remotely:

Port Port Initiate Listening Internal / Description

Numb Type d by Process External
er Port
22 TCP SSH External UDP Linux 3rd party dependency.
service Default for SSH service, however,
you can change this port. This port
is required for both incoming and
outgoing communications.

Components installed on Hypervisor

This section provides information about the ports used for Hyper-V host (see page 60).

Hyper-V host

The following table lists the ports used by Hyper-V host:

Port Port Initiate Listenin Internal Description

Numbe Typ d by g /Extern
r e Process al
135 TCP Externa Used by WMI service of Windows OS.
l UDP uses WMI to interact with Hyper-V
host in some situations.
445 TCP Externa Used by SMB service of Windows OS.
l UDP uses SMB to interact with Hyper-V
host in some situations.
27000 TCP UDP cbt_rep. Externa Used by UDP Host-based Backup CBT
CBT exe l service. You do not need to register this
Service port to the firewall exception because
UDP automatically registers this port
during backup. You need to verify that no
other application is configured with the
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Port Port Initiate Listenin Internal Description

Numbe Typ d by g /Extern
r e Process al
5895 or TCP WinRM Externa 5895 for WinRM in HTTP protocol, 5896
5986 service l for WinRM in HTTPS protocol. Only one
of them is required. Only required when
running Linux Instant VM to Hyper-V.

How the Installation Process Affects Operating Systems

The following installation processes update various Windows Operating Systems:
■ Installation of Unsigned Binary Files (see page 61)
■ Installation of Binary Files with Incorrect File Version (see page 65)
■ Installation of Binary Files Without OS in Manifest (see page 67)

Installation of Unsigned Binary Files

Arcserve UDP installs binary files that are developed by third parties, other Arcserve
products, and Arcserve UDP that are not signed. The following table describes these
binary files:
Binary Name Source
httpd.exe Apache
libapr-1.dll Apache
libapriconv-1.dll Apache
libaprutil-1.dll Apache
libeay32.dll Apache
libhttpd.dll Apache
msvcm80.dll Apache
openssl.exe Apache
pcre.dll Apache
rotatelogs.exe Apache
ssleay32.dll Apache
msvcm80.dll Apache
libbind9.dll bind
libdns.dll bind
libeay32.dll bind

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Binary Name Source

libisc.dll bind
libisccfg.dll bind
liblwres.dll bind
libxml2.dll bind
msvcm80.dll bind
win_nsupdate.exe bind
msvcm90.dll Oracle
javacpl.cpl Oracle
libeay32.dll Apache
ssleay32.dll Apache
libeay32.dll Apache
ssleay32.dll Apache
zlib10.dll zlib
sqlite3.exe sqlite
MSCHRT20.OCX Microsoft
msvcm90.dll Microsoft
AsyncClient.net.dll Axcient
doclib.dll Axcient
docxlib.dll Axcient
DspchConnector.dll Axcient
esr.exe Axcient
esrdf.dll Axcient
esrsdll.dll Axcient
eswrapper.dll Axcient
html2text.dll Axcient
licensemanager.dll Axcient
mhdll.dll Axcient
orcmn.dll Axcient
pdflib.dll Axcient
pptlib.dll Axcient
pptxlib.dll Axcient

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Binary Name Source

protection.dll Axcient
pstgen.dll Axcient
resources.dll Axcient
rtf2html.dll Axcient
rtflib.dll Axcient
SourceLibrary.dll Axcient
uicommon.dll Axcient
xlslib.dll Axcient
xlsxlib.dll Axcient
tcnative-1.dll Apache
javacpl.cpl oracle
httpd.exe Apache
libapr-1.dll Apache
libapriconv-1.dll Apache
libaprutil-1.dll Apache
libeay32.dll Apache
libhttpd.dll Apache
msvcm80.dll Apache
openssl.exe Apache
pcre.dll Apache
rotatelogs.exe Apache
ssleay32.dll Apache
msvcm80.dll Apache
AxShockwaveFlashObjects.dll Adobe
libeay32.dll OpenSSL
ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll Adobe
ssleay32.dll OpenSSL
msvcm90.dll Microsoft
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM

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Binary Name Source

MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
MSetupRes.dll APM
ARCserveJobFinder.dll APM
brand.dll APM
CAPatch.dll APM
CASetup.exe APM
cheyprod.dll APM
cstool.dll APM
mfc42.dll APM
msvcirt.dll APM
msvcp60.dll APM
PatchUninstall.exe APM
SetupCLS.dll APM
LogSet_mabzh02-vm714_20160104_103331.cab Microsoft
ANSIATL.DLL Microsoft

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Installation of Binary Files with Incorrect File Version

Arcserve UDP installs binary files that are developed by third parties, other Arcserve
products, and Arcserve UDP that contain incorrect file version information. The
following table describes these binary files:
Binary Name Source
openssl.exe Apache
pcre.dll Apache
libbind9.dll bind
libdns.dll bind
libisc.dll bind
libisccfg.dll bind
liblwres.dll bind
libxml2.dll bind
win_nsupdate.exe bind
libcurl.dll VMware
libexpat.dll VMware
liblber.dll VMware
libldap.dll VMware
libldap_r.dll VMware
libldap_r.dll VMware
libldap_r.dll VMware
libxml2.dll VMware
ssoclient.dll VMware
vddkReporter.exe VMware
zlib1.dll VMware
zlib10.dll zlib
sqlite3.exe sqlite
AsyncClient.net.dll Axcient
doclib.dll Axcient
docxlib.dll Axcient
DspchConnector.dll Axcient
esr.exe Axcient
esrdf.dll Axcient

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esrsdll.dll Axcient
eswrapper.dll Axcient
html2text.dll Axcient
licensemanager.dll Axcient
mhdll.dll Axcient
orcmn.dll Axcient
pdflib.dll Axcient
pptlib.dll Axcient
pptxlib.dll Axcient
protection.dll Axcient
pstgen.dll Axcient
resources.dll Axcient
rtf2html.dll Axcient
rtflib.dll Axcient
uicommon.dll Axcient
xlslib.dll Axcient
xlsxlib.dll Axcient
openssl.exe Apache
pcre.dll Apache
AxShockwaveFlashObjects.dll Adobe
sqljdbc_auth.dll Oracle
UpdateData.exe Arcserve licensing
decora-sse.dll Oracle
fxplugins.dll Oracle
glass.dll Oracle
glib-lite.dll Oracle
gstreamer-lite.dll Oracle
javafx-font.dll Oracle
javafx-iio.dll Oracle
jfxmedia.dll Oracle
jfxwebkit.dll Oracle
libxml2.dll Oracle

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libxslt.dll Oracle
prism-d3d.dll Oracle
sqljdbc_auth.dll Oracle
WSVJIVPC.DLL Microsoft
YAMLXM8B.DLL Microsoft

Installation of Binary Files Without OS in Manifest

Arcserve UDP installs binary files that are developed by third parties, other Arcserve
products, and Arcserve UDP that do not contain the operating system in manifest or
have executables with manifest but do not support the latest operating system.
Binary Name Source
openssl.exe Apache
tomcat8.exe Apache
jabswitch.exe Apache
httpd.exe Apache
rotatelogs.exe Apache
PatchUninstall.exe APM
silent.exe Arcserve License
UpdateData.exe Arcserve License
esr.exe Axcient
win_nsupdate.exe bind
SqlDumper.exe Microsoft
SqlWtsn.exe Microsoft
SQLPS.exe Microsoft
sqlbrowser.exe Microsoft
setup.exe Microsoft
FixSqlRegistryKey_ia64.exe Microsoft
FixSqlRegistryKey_x64.exe Microsoft
FixSqlRegistryKey_x86.exe Microsoft
LandingPage.exe Microsoft
setup100.exe Microsoft
SetupARP.exe Microsoft
DTExec.exe Microsoft
dtshost.exe Microsoft

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DTSWizard.exe Microsoft
dtutil.exe Microsoft
ScenarioEngine.exe Microsoft
EZP2PDKI.EXE Microsoft
J1SLFTQZ.EXE Microsoft
JCSRC-OA.EXE Microsoft
QJ0LIMQA.EXE Microsoft
LANDINGPAGE.EXE Microsoft
rdbgsetup.exe Microsoft
OSQL.EXE Microsoft
SQLdiag.exe Microsoft
SqlLogShip.exe Microsoft
sqlwriter.exe Microsoft
bcp.exe Microsoft
SQLCMD.EXE Microsoft
BackupToUrl.exe Microsoft
DatabaseMail.exe Microsoft
DCEXEC.EXE Microsoft
SQLAGENT.EXE Microsoft
SQLIOSIM.EXE Microsoft
sqlmaint.exe Microsoft
sqlservr.exe Microsoft
sqlstubss.exe Microsoft
xpadsi.exe Microsoft
cl.exe Microsoft
link.exe Microsoft
javacpl.exe Oracle
javaws.exe Oracle
jp2launcher.exe Oracle
ssvagent.exe Oracle
vddkReporter.exe VMware
vdiskmanager.exe VMware

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vmware-mount.exe VMware

How to Install Arcserve UDP Updates

The process of getting and installing Arcserve UDP updates is a two-part process:
checking and downloading the update, and then installing the update.

Note: All updates that are released for Arcserve UDP are cumulative. As a result, each
update also includes all previously released updates to ensure that your computer is
always up-to-date. The Help About dialog displays the update level that is installed on a
computer. If necessary, you can use this information to build another server with the
same configuration/patch level.

Perform the following tasks to install Arcserve UDP updates:

1. Review the Considerations for Installing Updates (see page 69)
2. Specify Update Preferences (see page 70)
3. Check and Install the Updates (see page 74)
4. (Optional) Install Arcserve UDP Updates Silently (see page 76)
5. Verify that the Updates are Successfully Installed (see page 77)

Review the Considerations for Installing Updates

Review the following considerations before installing Arcserve UDP updates:
■ When installing an Arcserve UDP update or an Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows)
update, it is important to maintain optimal performance between the Console, the
Recovery Point Server (RPS), and Agents. As a result, when the update is installed in
an environment that contains both a Console and an Agent, you must always install
the update on the Console first, and then on the RPS, and finally on the Agent. (For
the Agent that is installed on the Console or the RPS, the update will be
automatically installed on that Agent at the same time).
■ If necessary, you can download available updates from Arcserve either directly to a
client machine or to a staging server first and then to a client machine.
■ If necessary, you can use your workstation node as a staging server for downloading
Arcserve UDP updates.
■ Verify that the Update preference settings are properly configured.
– Updates can be installed either through the user interface or silently using the
command line.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Specify Updates Preference

Using Arcserve UDP you can specify your updates preference.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Arcserve UDP Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Update Configuration.
The Updates page is displayed on the right pane.

3. Specify your Updates preference settings.

Download Server
Specifies the source server from where your Arcserve UDP server will connect
to and download available updates.
■ Arcserve Server
Specifies that updates are downloaded from the Arcserve server directly to
your local server.
This is the default setting.

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■ Staging Server
Specifies that updates are downloaded from the staging server.
Note: If required, you can create a staging server. For more information, see
How to Create a Staging Server (see page 73).
If you specify more than one staging server, the first listed server is designated
as the primary staging server. Arcserve UDP initially attempts to connect to the
primary staging server. If the first listed server is not available, then the next
listed server becomes the primary staging server. The same sequence is
continued until the last listed server becomes the primary staging server. (The
Staging Server list is limited to the maximum of 5 servers).
– You can use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the staging
server sequence.
– You can use the Delete button to remove a server from this listing.
– You can use the Add Server button to add a new server to this listing.
When you click the Add Server button, the Staging Server dialog opens,
allowing you to specify the name of the added staging server.
When you select the staging server as your download server, then:
■ If the specified staging server has any update, then the Arcserve UDP
Console can get update from this staging server.
■ If the specified staging server has no update, then the Arcserve UDP
Console is unable to download update from this staging server. The log
displays the following message:
No new update available.
Note: You cannot download Arcserve UDP updates from a staging server if
HTTPS is enabled on it for web communication.
■ Proxy Settings
Note: This Proxy Server option is only available when you select the Arcserve
Server as the download server.
Select Proxy Settings to specify if you want the Arcserve UDP updates to be
downloaded via a proxy server. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between
your download server (staging or client) and the Arcserve server to ensure
security, increased performance, and administrative control. This serves as the
connection to the Arcserve server from which your download server gets the
updates.

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When you select this option the Proxy Settings dialog opens.

– Use browser proxy settings

This selection is only applicable to Windows Internet Explorer (IE) and
Google Chrome.
When selected, directs Arcserve UDP to automatically detect and use the
same proxy settings that are applied to the browser to connect to the
Arcserve server for Arcserve UDP update information.
– Configure proxy settings
When selected, enables the specified proxy server to connect to the
Arcserve server for Arcserve UDP update information. If you select this
option, you must also include the IP address (or machine name) of the
proxy server and the corresponding port number that is used by the proxy
server for internet connections.
In addition, you can also specify if your proxy server will require
authentication. When selected, specifies that authentication information
(User ID and Password) are required to use the proxy server.
Note: The format for user name should be a fully qualified domain user name
in the form of "<domain name>\<user name>".
Test Connection
Lets you test the following connections and displays a status message when
completed:
– If you selected "Arcserve server" as the download server, tests the
connection between the machine and the Arcserve server through the
specified proxy server.

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– If you selected "Staging Server" as the download server, tests the

connection between the machine and the specified staging server. The test
connection button is used to test the availability of each listed staging
server, and a corresponding status is displayed in the Connection Status
field. If none of the configured staging servers are available, the following
message is displayed at the top of the Arcserve UDP Console: Update
server unavailable.
Note: The test connection is automatically performed when you open the
Update Configuration page from the settings tab in the Arcserve UDP
Console. When this auto test is performed, it will check the latest
connection status of the previously configured download server (either
Arcserve server or Staging Server(s), whichever is selected). If you
previously configured more than one staging server, then this auto test is
performed on all staging servers to get the latest connection status.
Update Schedule
Specifies when to check for (and download) new Arcserve UDP updates.
4. Click Save.
Your Updates preference settings are saved.

How to create a Staging Server

Staging server is a node on which the Arcserve UDP Agent or Console is installed. Once
this node finishes downloading updates from arcserve download server, it can work as a
staging server to provide updates for others.

Adding a Staging Server:

You can add a staging server manually, consider the following notes:
■ For other nodes, to download updates from staging server you need to specify the
server name and http port. By default, console is 8015 and agent is 8014.
■ To work as a staging server, the node must use ‘http’ protocol, ‘https’ is not
supported.
■ Arcserve UDP console can only download updates from console staging server.
■ Arcserve UDP agent can download updates from the console or agent staging
server.

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Check and Install the Updates

From the UDP Console, you can determine if any new updates are available.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Check for Updates from the Help drop-down menu. When a new update is
available, a message is displayed at the top bar. Also, the Update Installation dialog
is displayed.
2. If you enable the update schedule, and when a new update is available, it is
automatically downloaded to the UDP server. A New Update Available link is
displayed on the top bar to provide a visual indication that a new update is ready to
install.
3. Click the New Update Available link on the top bar.
The Install Updates dialog opens to display information that is related to the
available update. The dialog includes information such as description, download
status, size, reboot requirement, and a link to the Arcserve server for additional
update details.

4. Click Install.
Installation of Arcserve UDP updates starts.

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Update Agents on Remote Nodes Using Gateway

The remote nodes and server in a Site interact with the Console using a gateway. Using
Arcserve UDP, you can discover and deploy the latest version of the Agent to nodes. To
upgrade or install Arcserve UDP Agent on a node in a site, use Install/Upgrade Agent.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left Navigation pane, select a site from the drop-down list.
3. The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
4. Select one or more nodes.
5. From the center pane, click the Actions drop-down list, and then click
Install/Upgrade Agent.
The details of Install or upgrade is displayed on the center pane.
6. Verify the details and click OK.
The node is installed or upgraded with the latest version of Arcserve UDP Agent.

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Update RPS on Remote Server Using Gateway

The remote nodes and server in a Site interact with the Console using a gateway. Using
Arcserve UDP, you can discover and deploy the latest version of the RPS component to
recovery point servers. After you deploy the RPS component, the server is ready to store
the backup sessions and serves as a recovery point server. To upgrade or install the
Arcserve UDP RPS component on a recovery point servers in a site, use Install/Upgrade
Recovery Point Server.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left Navigation pane, select a site from the drop-down list.
3. Click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destination: Recovery Point Server page is displayed.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
5. Click Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server.
The Installation and Upgrade page is displayed.
6. Modify the deployment settings, and click OK to deploy the recovery point server
on the selected node.
The recovery point server deployment starts. You can view the deployment
progress on the right pane.

(Optional) Install Arcserve UDP Updates Silently

Silent update installation allows you to perform an unattended update installation and
does not prompt you for any input.

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Follow these steps:

1. Launch the Arcserve UDP Update silent installation.
"<UpdateExeFile>" /s /v"<Additional Arguments>"

2. Configure the silent installation using the following syntax and arguments:
UpdateExeFile
Specifies to run the self-extracting executable file.
s
Specifies to run the self-extracting executable file using the silent mode.
v
Specifies any additional arguments for update installation.
Additional Arguments
/s
Specifies to run the update installation using the silent mode.
/AutoReboot
Specifies to perform an automatic reboot after the update is installed. If a
reboot is required to complete the update, the machine will reboot
automatically without any notification.

Examples
■ To install an update using the silent mode and reboot automatically after
completion, use the following command:
"<UpdateExeFile>" /s /v"/s /AutoReboot"

■ To install an update using the silent mode and not reboot automatically after
completion, use the following command:
"<UpdateExeFile>" /s /v"/s"

Verify that the Updates are Successfully Installed

From the Arcserve UDP Console, select Help, click About, and then verify that the about
Arcserve UDP dialog displays the latest version updated.

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How to Uninstall Arcserve UDP

You can uninstall Arcserve UDP using the following methods:
■ Standard uninstallation: Use this method to uninstall using the Windows Control
Panel.
■ Silent uninstallation: Use this method to perform an unattended uninstallation
using the Windows Command Line.

Standard Uninstall
You can uninstall the following components.
■ Arcserve UDP Console
■ Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
■ Arcserve UDP Agent

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a program.
The Uninstall or change a program dialog opens.
3. Select Arcserve Unified Data Protection and click Uninstall.
The Arcserve Unified Data Protection Uninstall Application dialog opens.
4. Select the components to uninstall and click Next.
The Messages dialog opens.
5. Click Next.
The Remove Components dialog opens.
6. Click Remove.

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Silent Uninstall
A silent uninstallation eliminates the need for user interaction while performing
uninstall.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer to uninstall Arcserve UDP components.
Note: Log in to the computer using an administrative account.
2. Open the Windows command line and run the following command that
corresponds with the specified operating system:
■ x86 operating system:
To uninstall all components
%ProgramFiles%\Arcserve\SharedComponents\Arcserve Unified Data Protection\Setup\uninstall /q
/ALL

To uninstall selected components

%ProgramFiles%\Arcserve\SharedComponents\Arcserve Unified Data Protection\Setup\uninstall /q /p
<Product Code>

■ x64 operating system:

To uninstall all components
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Arcserve\SharedComponents\Arcserve Unified Data Protection\Setup\uninstall
/q /ALL

To uninstall selected components

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Arcserve\SharedComponents\Arcserve Unified Data Protection\Setup\uninstall
/q /p <Product Code>

The following values explain the return codes:

0 = Uninstall was successful.
3010 = Uninstall was successful, but a reboot is required.
Other = Uninstall failed.
Usage:
The table listed below defines the product code that you must specify for the
Arcserve UDP component that you want to uninstall.
Example:
The following syntax lets you uninstall Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server silently.
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Arcserve\SharedComponents\Arcserve Unified Data Protection\Setup\uninstall.exe"
/q /p {CAAD8172-1858-4DC7-AE81-C887FA6AFB19}

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Component <Product Code>

Arcserve UDP Agent (x86 platforms) {CAAD8AEA-A455-4A9F-9B48-C3838976646A}
Arcserve UDP Agent (x64 platforms) {CAAD1E08-FC33-462F-B5F8-DE9B765F2C1E}
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server {CAAD8172-1858-4DC7-AE81-C887FA6AFB19}
Arcserve UDP Console {CAAD3E40-C804-4FF0-B1C0-26D534D438C0}
Arcserve UDP Gateway {FB95E75D-494F-4146-9B35-F867434B264A}

After the command is executed, Arcserve UDP components are uninstalled.

Remove Components Left Behind by the Uninstaller

Uninstallation of Arcserve UDP leaves behind some components such as the Arcserve
Licensing Components, SQL Server Express, Microsoft Visual C++ components installed
as dependency, and driver related (wdf) files. These components consist of multiple
individual files, which are installed and removed with the corresponding component.
The Arcserve Licensing Components file is not automatically removed during
uninstallation because it is a shared component with other Arcserve products and
numerous components.

Important!
1. The Arcserve licensing is shared by all Arcserve products. Ensure that you do not
have any other Arcserve product installed on your machine or else you may lose the
licensing for all Arcserve products installed on that machine.
2. If the components are removed, any programs that are installed after Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows) and depend on these components may not function properly.

If you want to manually remove these components, perform the following steps:

Remove Arcserve Licensing Component manually

1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Arcserve\SharedComponents\CA_LIC directory.
2. Find the zip file named lic98_uninstaller.zip and unzip that file to some other
location (for example: C:\temp).
3. Go to the location where the files were extracted and locate two script files that are
named rmlic.exe and rmlicense.bat.
4. Click on rmlicense.bat to execute the script which uninstalls the components.

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5. Manually delete the following folders:

■ C:\Program Files (x86)\Arcserve
■ C:\Program Files\Arcserve
■ Folder where you extracted the zip file.
6. Remove the registry key for the Arcserve Licensing component.
■ For x64 platform:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Arcserve\License
■ For x86 platform: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\License

Remove Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft SQL Server Express manually
1. Access the standard Add or Remove Programs application located in the Windows
Control Panel (Control Panel, Programs and Features, Remove Programs).
2. Select Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 and then click
Uninstall.
3. Select Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 and then click
Uninstall.
4. Select Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (64-bit) and then click Uninstall.
5. To remove only the Arcserve UDP database, select "ARCSERVE_APP" and click
Uninstall.

How to Manage Arcserve UDP Licenses

Using Arcserve UDP, you can centrally manage licenses for all the recovery point
servers, physical nodes, and virtual nodes that are added to the Console. The licensing
model grants a single overall license to the application with a predetermined number of
active license rights included in the overall license pool.

Each new user of the application (member server) is granted an active license from the
license pool on a first-come, first-served basis until the total number of available
licenses is exhausted. If all the active licenses are already in use and you want to license
a new server, you have to manually release a license from one of the licensed servers
and then apply that license to the new server.

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For all scenarios, when there are no licenses available, you will get an error message in
the Activity Log.

You can easily remove license rights to allow other member servers to gain license
privileges. From the Console, you can access the License Management dialog and view
the active license counts for each component. You can also manage which licenses are
applied to which servers.

You can use Arcserve UDP for a trial period. At the end of the trial period, if you have
not obtained a license, Arcserve UDP will automatically revert to a No Charge Edition
(NCE) with limited capabilities.

Note: Fore more information on the licensing of Arcserve products, see Arcserve
Licensing User Help.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisite (see page 82)
■ Add a License (see page 83)
■ Remove a License (see page 84)
■ Verify the License (see page 84)

Review the Prerequisite

Review the following prerequisites before managing the licenses:
■ You have installed Arcserve UDP.
■ You have a valid license.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Add a License
Arcserve UDP protects only the licensed nodes. If there are enough licenses, then the
licenses are automatically applied to the nodes. If you do not want to protect any node,
you can release the license from that node and use that license to protect any other
node.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console.
2. Click Help, Manage Licenses.
The License Management dialog opens.
3. Check the license key on your media case or on your license certificate.
4. Enter the license key on the License Management dialog and click Add.

5. Close and open the License Management dialog.

The license is added and is listed in the All licenses pane.

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Remove a License
If you do not want to protect any node, you can release the license from that node. You
can use the released license to protect any other node.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console.
2. Click Help, Manage Licenses.
The License Management dialog opens.
3. From the right pane, select Licensed Nodes from the drop-down list.

4. Select a node from the displayed list and click Release.

5. Close and open the License Management dialog.
The license is removed from the node.

Verify the License

Verify that the correct license is applied to a node. Run a backup job for the node. If the
backup is successful, the node is licensed.

Note: If you are using a trial version, then at the end of the trial period, if you have not
obtained a license, Arcserve UDP will automatically revert to a No Charge Edition (NCE)
with limited capabilities.

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UDP Workstation Free

Starting with Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 2, at the end of the trial period, a free
and fully functional No Charge Edition (NCE) is provided to any user who has not yet
obtained a proper license. This NCE is for use on workstation-class hardware (Laptops or
Desktops running Microsoft Client Operating Systems) and continues to provide full and
complete access to all functions and features that were available during the trial period,
with some limited capabilities.

Highlights:
■ After the trial period expires, the Workstation Edition (trial period edition)
automatically reverts to the NCE.
■ Your NCE nodes can still be managed from the Arcserve UDP Console.
■ Provides a very simple key-based upgrade path to the full Arcserve UDP
"Workstation Edition."
■ You can perform backup to a local disk, or to a shared folder, or to any other
supported destination that is not an RPS without requiring a license key.
■ Using NCE, you cannot select an RPS as the backup destination. As a result, you will
lose the ability to leverage the Global Deduplication feature, which dramatically
reduces the amount of data actually transferred during backup cycles. This feature
is available after upgrading to the full Workstation Edition.
■ Live Chat capabilities are unavailable, but you can use Online community based
support for questions or to resolve issues.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. Can I use the trial version to test all features of Arcserve UDP?
A. Yes, you can use the trial version to leverage all the great features of
Arcserve UDP until trial period expires. When the trial period expires, the
Workstation Edition of Arcserve UDP will automatically revert to the NCE.

Q. What will happen if a Recovery Point Server (RPS) is selected as the destination
for an NCE node?
A. You can still select an RPS as your backup destination under certain
conditions. If your Arcserve UDP environment has license counts available, they
will be consumed on a need-basis.

Q. Does Arcserve UDP know when to consume a license?

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A. Arcserve UDP is intelligent enough to determine which nodes need a

license, and will only use (consume) a license when required. As a result, if you
are performing a backup to a shared folder you will not consume a license.
However, if you select an RPS as your destination it will consume a license (if a
license is available). You could then leverage (select) an RPS as your backup
destination from your NCE node and it would consume one of the available
licenses (but no longer be an NCE node).

Q. Does NCE work for server-class operating systems such as Windows 2012?
A. No. NCE is only for use on desktops and laptops running on any of the
supported Windows client operating system (such as Windows 7, 8, or 8.1). You
should check the Compatibility Matrix to view a list of all supported operating
systems.

Q. What about product support for NCE?

A. You can leverage support for NCE by connecting to the online community
based support, directly from within the product. With the full Workstation
Edition, you can leverage some of the more enhanced and speedy support
offerings such as the "Live Chat" capability, which is unavailable for the NCE.

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How to Migrate the Console to a New Machine

You can migrate the Console from the old server to a new server without losing any
data.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the server where you have installed the previous Console.
2. Using Microsoft SQL Server Management studio, back up the arcserveUDP database
as the arcserveUDP.bak file.
3. Copy the arcserveUDP.bak file to the new server.
4. Install Arcserve UDP on the new server.
5. After the installation is complete, and stop ARCserve UDP Management Service.
6. From the new server, delete the arcserveUDP database in Microsoft SQL Server
Management studio.
7. On the new server, restore the arcserveUDP.bak file as the arcserveUDP database
in Microsoft SQL Server Management studio.
8. Start ARCserve UDP Management Service on the new server.
9. Log in to the Console and update all nodes and RPS.

You have successfully migrated the Console to a new server.

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6.0
This section contains the following topics:
Supported Versions for Upgrade (see page 89)
Support Upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance (see page 90)
Upgrade Sequence on the Arcserve UDP Appliance (see page 91)
Backward Compatibility Support Policy (see page 92)
Upgrade Sequence for UDP Console, RPS, and Agent (see page 94)
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a Previous Release (see page 94)
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 Using the Single Installer (see page 97)
How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 or Arcserve Backup r17 from Arcserve UDP 5.0 or
Arcserve Backup r16.5 to Enable Copy to Tape (see page 100)
How to Migrate from UDP 5.0 Remote Virtual Standby using RHA to UDP 6.0 Integrated
Remote Virtual Standby with RPS Replication (see page 103)
How to Migrate the Backend Database and Upgrade from Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL
2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 (see page 104)
How to Upgrade Gateway to the Same Version as its Registered Console (see page 117)

Supported Versions for Upgrade

Important! You may face data corruption for backward compatibility of protecting
Arcserve UDP v5 nodes to Arcserve UDP v6 RPS on the deduplication data store. To
avoid, refer to the Known Issue on Backward Compatibility Related before performing
an upgrade.

The Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 GA build supports upgrade and backward support per the
following rules:

Those environment is required to upgrade to Arcserve UDP 5.0 with Update 2 or above
Update version completely prior to upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 finally.
■ For Windows, Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 supports upgrade from Arcserve UDP
Version 5.0 with Update 4, Update 3, or Update 2.
Note: For other previous versions of Arcserve UDP, such as Arcserve UDP Version
5.0 GA or Update 1, you have to manually upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 5.0
Update 2 or higher Update versions first. Then you can upgrade to Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.
■ For Linux, Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 supports upgrade from Arcserve UDP Version
5.0 with Update 4, Update 3, or Update 2 and Arcserve D2D for Linux r16.5.

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■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 does not support upgrade from Arcserve D2D R16.5,
Arcserve Central Protection Management R16.5, Arcserve Central Host-Based VM
Backup R16.5, Arcserve Central Reporting R16.5, Arcserve Central Virtual Standby
R16.5 for Windows.
Note: For such environments, you have to manually upgrade to Arcserve UDP
Version 5.0 Update 2 or higher Update versions first. Then you can upgrade to
Arcserve UDP Version 6.0.
■ The Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 GA build does not support upgrade from Arcserve
UDP Version 6.0 CV builds.

Support Upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance

The Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 GA build supports upgrade on the UDP Appliance with the
following limitations:
■ You are required to complete the appliance settings using the Appliance
Configuration wizard before the upgrade.
Note: The required system setting completes as long as you successfully log in to
the configuration wizard. After logging in, you can continue or cancel the wizard
and then perform the UDP upgrade.
■ If you are going to use the Arcserve UDP Appliance to function as the UDP RPS of an
existing UDP v6 console (for example, Console-1), then perform the following steps
to add the UDP Appliance as an RPS:
1. Click Cancel from step 1 of the Appliance Configuration wizard which opens the
UDP console on the UDP Appliance.
2. From the Appliance, run the UDP v6 installation to upgrade the UDP Appliance
to v6.
3. Open Console-1 in a browser and add the Appliance as a RPS.

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Upgrade Sequence on the Arcserve UDP Appliance

The upgrade from Arcserve UDP Appliance v5.0 to Arcserve UDP v6.0 could involve one
of the following sequences:
■ Upgrade Arcserve UDP
■ Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP Console
and RPS
■ Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP RPS only
■ Upgrade Steps When Two or More Arcserve UDP Appliances Are Used in the
Environment
■ Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Linux Agent on the Arcserve UDP Appliance
■ Upgrade the Arcserve Backup on the Arcserve UDP Appliancep
■ Upgrade Sequence for UDP Console, RPS, and Agent (see page 94)

Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDPConsole and RPS
■ Upgrade this Arcserve UDP Appliance, then follow up the upgrade sequence (see
page 94) described to upgrade the environment.
■ Complete the upgrading on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to the
How to Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the
Arcserve Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.

Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP RPS only
■ Upgrade the complete productive environment. For details, refer to the upgrade
sequence (see page 94)
■ Complete upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to How to
Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the Arcserve
Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.

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Upgrade Steps When Two or More Arcserve UDP Appliances Are Used in the Environment
■ Upgrade the whole productive environment. For details, refer to the upgrade
sequence (see page 94) (available in the Upgrading to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0
section of Solutions Guide v6.0) described in the Arcserve UDP solution guide.
■ Complete the upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to the How
to Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the Arcserve
Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.
■ If you see warning as displayed below when you add an Appliance as RPS from
Arcserve UDP Console after upgrade, refer to the Backing Up a UDP Appliance from
Another Appliance Reports Duplicated Nodes topic in the Troubleshooting section
of Arcserve Unified Data Protection Appliance Online Help.

Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Linux Agent on the Arcserve UDP Appliance
■ First, upgrade the Arcserve UDP Console which manages the Linux Backup Server
environment;
■ Then, upgrade the Linux Backup Server on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details,
refer to the Arcserve Unified Data Protection Agent for Linux Online Help.

Upgrade the Arcserve Backup on the Arcserve UDP Appliance

Refer to the Arcserve Backup Implementation Guide to complete upgrade on the
Arcserve UDP Appliance.

Backward Compatibility Support Policy

Important! You may face data corruption for backward compatibility of protecting
Arcserve UDP v5 nodes to Arcserve UDP v6 RPS on the deduplication data store. To
avoid, refer to the Known Issue on Backward Compatibility Related before performing
an upgrade.

We recommend upgrading all components to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 in the entire
environment so that new features in Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 can work properly. The
existing backup plans are not impacted if the upgrade does not complete for all the
components at the same time.

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Backward Compatibility Support Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 4, Update 3, and
Update 2

Backward Compatibility Support for Windows RPS / Agent (or agentless backup proxy)
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console support recovery point servers (RPS) and Agents
(or agentless backup proxies) of the previous versions for backup if the plan does
not change after an upgrade.
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console and RPS support previous versions of Agents (or
agentless backup proxies) for backup if the plan does not change after an upgrade.
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console supports adding a previous version of RPS server,
but the RPS is automatically upgraded to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 when it is added
(no reboot required after the auto-upgrade).
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console supports adding a previous version of Agent (or
agentless backup proxy) without automatically upgrading the Agent.
■ However, when a plan is modified and saved, the Agents (or agentless backup
proxies) associated is automatically upgraded (no reboot required after the
auto-upgrade).
■ And when a node is being updated, the Agent (or agentless backup proxy) is
automatically upgraded (no reboot required after the auto-upgrade).
■ After upgrading the Console, the existing plans continue to run on the previous
versions of RPS, which is managed by this Console.
■ If you create a new plan, you cannot specify the previous version of the RPS,
which is already managed by this Console, as the destination until the RPS is
upgraded.
■ If you modify an old plan, the plan cannot be saved if the destination is a
previous version of the RPS, which is managed by this Console, until the RPS is
upgraded.
■ Replication is supported from Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 3 or Update 4 to
Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 target RPS
■ However, If you replicate from Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 GM, Update 1, or
Update 2 to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 target RPS, the replication jobs fail.
■ Replication is not supported from Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 to any lower
version target RPS, including Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 GM, Update 1, Update
2, Update 3, or Update 4
■ Virtual Standby backward compatibility policy:
■ VSB Monitor version should be similar to the Agent version, if the backup
destination is a shared folder.
■ VSB Monitor version should be similar to the RPS version, if the backup
destination is RPS.

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Backward Compatibility Support for Linux Backup Server

■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console does not support any previous Linux Backup
Server after an upgrade. You must upgrade the Linux Backup Server to the same
version as the Console. If you do not upgrade the Linux Backup Server, you cannot
create or modify nodes and plans.
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Console does not support adding a previous version of
the Linux Backup Server. You must upgrade the Linux Backup Server to the same
version as the Console.
■ After you upgrade the Linux Backup Server, BMR and File-level restore for older
recovery points are supported.

Upgrade Sequence for UDP Console, RPS, and Agent

Based on the Backward Compatibility Support Policy, plan your upgrade in the following
sequence to ensure the upgrade works smoothly:
1. Upgrade Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Upgrade Arcserve UDP RPS (DR site).
3. Upgrade Arcserve UDP RPS (Data Center).
4. Upgrade Arcserve UDP Agentless Proxy, some Agents in Data Center.
5. Upgrade Arcserve UDP RPS (Remote site).
6. Upgrade Arcserve UDP Agentless Proxy and some Agents at the remote site.
Note: Repeat Step 5 and 6 for each remote location.

Note: Per the replication backward support policy, always upgrade the target RPS
before the source RPS.

How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a Previous Release

Upgrade an installation means to reinstall features or components to a higher release.
The upgrade process lets you retain most of your current settings and migrate the
information stored in the previous Arcserve UDP database to the new Arcserve UDP
database.

Upgrade Consideration
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 hardware requirement must be met. For more
information on the detailed hardware requirement, see the System Information in
Release Notes v6.0.

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■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 supported Platform, Hypervisor, OS, or Application

Version is required. For detailed information, see the Compatibility Matrix.
■ Before upgrading, avoid pausing an existing plan. If the plan is paused before an
upgrade, the plan cannot be resumed until all related RPS is upgraded.
■ Purchase the product key for Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 and keep it ready.
■ Remove the previous version Arcserve Exchange Granular Restore (AEGR)
standalone utility for Arcserve UDP Version 5.0. If it is detected, the installation
wizard prompts to remove it.
■ Ideally, the older plans should work properly at each upgrade step described below.

Follow these steps to upgrade:

1. On the MSP site, upgrade the previous Arcserve UDP Console to Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.
This step is only required if Task: Replicate from remotely-managed RPS is
configured in the previous release.
Notes:
■ If the node has only the Console installed, upgrade the Console. You do not
have to stop any running jobs to upgrade the Console.
■ If the node has Console and RPS installed, plan to upgrade the Console at a
proper time such that no jobs are running before the upgrade. If necessary,
stop the data store of RPS to cancel the running jobs before upgrading the
Console.
■ For more information on how to upgrade the Console, see Install Arcserve
Unified Data Protection Using the Setup Wizard (see page 41) or Install
Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer (see page 49).
2. On the MSP site, upgrade the previous Arcserve UDP RPS to Arcserve UDP Version
6.0.
This step is only required if Task: Replicate from remotely-managed RPS is
configured in previous release.
Notes:
■ Plan to upgrade the RPS at a proper time such that no jobs are running before
the upgrade. If necessary, stop the data store of RPS to cancel the running jobs
before upgrading the RPS.
■ For more information on how to upgrade the RPS, see Install/Upgrade
Recovery Point Server (see page 254).

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3. On the Customer site, upgrade the previous Arcserve UDP Console to Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.
Notes:
■ If the node has only the Console installed, upgrade the Console. You do not
have to stop any running jobs to upgrade the Console.
■ If the node has Console and RPS installed, and there are jobs running on the
RPS, stop the data store of the RPS to cancel the running jobs first. Then,
upgrade the Console.
■ For more information on how to upgrade the Console, see Install Arcserve
Unified Data Protection Using the Setup Wizard (see page 41) or Install
Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer (see page 49).
4. On the Customer site, upgrade the previous Arcserve UDP Replication target RPS to
Arcserve UDP Version 6.0.
Notes:
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 support replication from Arcserve UDP Version 5.0
Update 3 or Update 4 source RPS to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 target RPS.
When the plan includes multiple replication tasks, upgrade the last replication
target RPS at first.
■ Replication is not supported from Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 source RPS to a
lower version of the target RPS, including Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 GA, Update
1, Update 2, Update 3, and Update 4.
■ For more information on how to upgrade the RPS, see Install/Upgrade
Recovery Point Server (see page 254).
5. On the Customer site, upgrade the previous Replication Source RPS to Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.
Note: For more information on how to upgrade the RPS, see Install/Upgrade
Recovery Point Server (see page 254).
6. On the Customer site, upgrade the previous Proxy and Agents to Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.
Notes:
■ For more information on how to upgrade the upgrade Windows agentless
proxy and agent, see Deploy Agent to Nodes (see page 186).
■ For more information on how to upgrade the Linux Backup Server, see How to
Upgrade Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) (..\..\HTML\Agent Online Help
Linux\udpl_how_to_upgrade_d2d_linux.htm).
7. On the Customer site, upgrade the previous VSB Monitor to Arcserve UDP Version
6.0.
Note: For more information on how to upgrade the VSB Monitor, see Install
Arcserve Unified Data Protection Using the Setup Wizard (see page 41) or Install
Arcserve UDP Using the Unified Installer (see page 49).

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How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 Using the Single Installer

You can upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0. Review the supported versions for
upgrade before you upgrade.

Follow these steps:

1. Download the ASDownloader.exe from the Arcserve download link.
2. Run the ASDownloader.exe, accept the License Agreement and click Next.
3. Select the Participate in Arcserve's Product Improvement Program check box and
provide the details. Email address is mandatory.

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4. Click Next.
5. Select the components that you want to download.

Considerations for the component selection:

■ To upgrade the previous version of Arcserve UDP, select the Arcserve Unified
Data Protection option.
■ To upgrade the previous version Arcserve Backup, select the Arcserve Backup
option.
■ To upgrade the previous version of Arcserve RHA, select the Arcserve High
Availability option.
Note: Some components are automatically selected per dependency when you
select the Arcserve Backup or Arcserve High Availability option. If you do not want
to install the components on the same machine, see How to Upgrade to Arcserve
UDP 6.0 from a Previous Release (see page 94) and use the Setup wizard to upgrade
only the existing components.

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6. After the components are downloaded, select the installation method to upgrade
the selected components.
Express Installation
Express Installation is recommend when you plan to install all the components
with their default configuration on the same machine. For example, besides
upgrading Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 on the same machine, the Express
Installation mode installs Arcserve Backup r17 and Arcserve High Availability
r16.5 sp5 at the same time, if the Arcserve High Availability option is selected.
Notes:
■ You must meet all the prerequisites for the upgrade. For example, .Net 3.5 is
required for Arcserve Backup. Follow the instructions displayed on the Installer
until all the prerequisites are met.
■ You must meet the Compatibility Matrix requirement.
■ The Express Installation method installs the components per the default
configurations, such as path, protocol, port, and Database. When you upgrade
using the Express Installation method, the same configuration is used as in the
previous release.

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Tape

Advance Installation
Advance Installation is recommend when you plan to install or upgrade the
each component separately on the same machine. Click the Install button to
upgrade or install each component separately.
Note: To upgrade Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) using the Unified Installer, download
the images by referring the links shared at the end of the Installer. After copying the
images to the Linux Backup Server, follow steps mentioned in How to Upgrade
Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) (..\..\HTML\Agent Online Help
Linux\udpl_how_to_upgrade_d2d_linux.htm).

You have successfully upgraded Arcserve UDP using the Unified Installer.

Note: For more upgrade details, see How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a
Previous Release (see page 94).

How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 or Arcserve Backup r17 from

Arcserve UDP 5.0 or Arcserve Backup r16.5 to Enable Copy to Tape
Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 integrates with Arcserve Backup r17 and provides a new
feature to copy backup data to a tape media destination. You can create a plan with the
Copy to Tape task in Arcserve UDP Console.

Upgrade Consideration
■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 hardware requirement must be met. For more
information on the detailed hardware requirement, see the System Information in
Release Notes v6.0.

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■ Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 supported Platform, Hypervisor, OS, or Application

Version is required. For detailed information, see the Compatibility Matrix.
■ Before upgrading, avoid pausing an existing plan. If the plan is paused before an
upgrade, the plan cannot be resumed until all related RPS is upgraded.
■ Purchase the product key for Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 and keep it ready.
■ Remove the previous version Arcserve Exchange Granular Restore (AEGR)
standalone utility for Arcserve UDP Version 5.0. If it is detected, the installation
wizard prompts to remove it.
■ Ideally, the older plans should work properly at each upgrade step described below.

Copy to Tape Consideration

■ Prepare the Arcserve Backup r17.0 server by installing or upgrading from any
previously supported upgrade path. Arcserve Backup is required before configuring
the Copy to Tape task in an Arcserve UDP plan.
■ You must meet the Arcserve Backup r17.0 support matrix requirement. For more
information, see the Compatibility Matrix.
■ Purchase the product key for Arcserve Backup r17.0 and keep it ready.

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Tape

Follow these steps to upgrade and enable the Copy to Tape feature:
1. Upgrade to Arcserve Backup r17.0 from a previous release or install Arcserve
Backup r17.0 with the Install Arcserve Backup Web Service option enabled.

Note: For more information on installing and upgrading Arcserve Backup, see the
Arcserve Backup r17.0 Implementation Guide.
After the upgrade is complete, perform the following tasks:
■ Check if the job engine has started in the Arcserve Backup manager.
■ In Windows Services Console, verify that Arcserve Backup Web Service is in the
running status.

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Replication

2. Upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 from a previous release.

Note: For more information on how to upgrade from a previous release, see How to
Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a Previous Release (see page 94).
3. Configure the Copy to Tape task in the Arcserve UDP Console for an existing or a
new plan.
Note: For more information on configuring the Copy to Tape task, see How to
Create a Copy to Tape Plan (see page 488).
The plan should work well for each step.

How to Migrate from UDP 5.0 Remote Virtual Standby using RHA to
UDP 6.0 Integrated Remote Virtual Standby with RPS Replication
In Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, Virtual Standby from Arcserve HA nodes is not supported.
However, you can configure the remote Virtual Standby (VSB) with RPS replication.

Follow these steps to configure the remote Virtual Standby using the RPS Replication
feature:
1. Before upgrading, stop the RHA scenario for remote VSB in RHA Manager.
2. Upgrade the Console and RPS to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0.
3. After upgrading, create a data store on the source RPS.
4. Use the RPS Jumpstart feature to migrate the older sessions that are backed up to a
shared folder in the previous release to the newly created data store on the source
RPS.
5. Modify the existing backup plan on the source RPS to change the backup
destination from the shared folder to the data store on the source RPS.
6. Add a Replication task and set the remote RPS as the destination.
7. Add a Virtual Standby task to the same plan with the proper hypervisor and
monitor settings.
8. Deploy the modified plan.
Note: If the plan deployment fail, follow the instructions on the error dialog to
upgrade VDDK and re-deploy the plan.
9. Confirm the VSB conversion job is successful and VM successfully starts on the
target hypervisor.
10. Delete the old VSB plan from the remote RPS Console.

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How to Migrate the Backend Database and Upgrade from Arcserve UDP
5.0 with SQL 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0
In Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, SQL Server 2005 is not supported. Before you upgrade,
back up the older database. You can plan the data migration before or after the
upgrade. Select one of the following solution that suits best for your migration plan:

Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with Supported
SQL Server Before Upgrade (see page 104)

Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with SQL Server
Express Edition After Upgrade (see page 110)

Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with Supported SQL
Server Before Upgrade
Before you upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, you can migrate the database to a
supported database.

Migration Consideration

Ensure that jobs are not running in the Arcserve UDP 5.0 environment. Stop the data
store, if required.

Follow these steps to migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP
6.0 before the upgrade:
1. Stop the Arcserve Console Management Service.

2. Back up the backend database before the upgrade.

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a. Back up the Arcserve Database with SQL Server Management Studio.

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b. On the Back Up Database dialog, configure the backup destination, and click
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3. Migrate the backed up older database data to the newly installed SQL Server.
Restore the database that you have backed up in the previous step to the newly
installed Arcserve UDP Database SQL server. Check the Compatibility Matrix to
select the supported Database version.
a. From the SQL Management Studio, right-click the database and click Restore
Database.

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b. Verify the Source - Device is same as the previous backup destination and add
the backed up database file.

c. Click OK.
4. Start Arcserve UDP Management Service in Windows Services Console.
5. Connect to the restored database in Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Console.
a. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Console.

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b. From the configuration tab, click Database Configuration.

c. Provide the new database information, including SQL Server Machine Name,
Instance, Port, and Authentication.
d. Click the Test button.

e. After the test connection is successfully established, click Save.

f. Verify all the plans in the Version 5.0 Console work properly after connecting to
the restored database with the supported SQL Server.
6. Upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 from the previous release.
Note: For more information, see How to Upgrade to Arcserve UDP 6.0 from a
Previous Release (see page 94).

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Migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP 6.0 with SQL Server
Express Edition After Upgrade
After you upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, you can migrate the database to the
supported database.

Migration Consideration

Ensure that jobs are not running in the Arcserve UDP 5.0 environment. Stop the data
store, if required.

Follow these steps to migrate Arcserve UDP 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 to Arcserve UDP
6.0 after the upgrade:
1. Stop the Arcserve Console Management Service.

2. Back up the backend database before the upgrade.

a. Back up the Arcserve Database with SQL Server Management Studio.

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b. On the Back Up Database dialog, configure the backup destination, and click
OK.

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3. Uninstall Arcserve UDP Version 5.0.

Note: Upgrading using the Installation wizard is blocked if the previous version of
Arcserve UDP backend database is detected as SQL 2005. After you back up the
database, uninstall the previous version and newly install Arcserve UDP Version 6.0.
4. Install Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 with the default SQL Server 2014 SP1 Express
Edition.
5. After the installation is complete, stop the Arcserve UDP Management Service in
Windows Services Console.
6. Install the Database Management Tool - SQL Server Management Studio.
7. Rename or delete the newly installed default Arcserve UDP database named
arcserveUDP.

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8. Migrate the backed up old database data to the new installed default Arcserve UDP
database.
Restore the backend database that you have backed up in Step 2 to the newly
installed Arcserve UDP database.
a. Right click the database, and select Restore Database.

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b. In the Restore Database dialog, verify the Source - Device is the same previous
backup destination and add the backed up database file.

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c. Click OK.
9. Configure database connection in Console.
a. Open the command prompt window and navigate to the Arcserve UDP
installation path:
C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN
b. Start the process using the following Command Line syntax:
DBConfig.exe –c "C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\Tomcat\JRE\bin" localhost\arcserve_app

Note: The arcserve_app is the default Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 database
instance name.
c. In the same path, start the process using the following Command Line syntax:
migrate_udpv5_to_udpv6.bat

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10. Start Arcserve UDP Management Service in Windows Services Console.

11. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console and update the RPS.
When you log in to the Console and navigate to the Recovery Point Servers view,
the status of all data store is displayed with an error.
■ If the machine only have Console installed and RPS are installed on remote
machines, update the RPS node to correct the data store status by following
these steps:
a. Click the resources tab on the Console.
b. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations and click Recovery Point
Servers.
c. On the Recovery Point Servers view, right-click one of the RPS and click
Update.
The Update Node dialog opens.
d. Click OK to begin the update.
e. Repeat the above steps for other remote RPS to correct the data store
status.
■ If Console and Recovery Point Server are installed on the same machine, import
the local data store one-by-one to correct the data store status. For more
information on importing a data store, see Import a Data Store (see page 253).
12. Update the local node.
If Console and Agent are installed on the same machine, the local node status is
displayed with an error. Follow these steps to correct the status:
a. Log in to the Console, and click the resources tab.
b. Navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The local node status display with an error.
c. Right click the local node, and select Update.
The Update Node dialog opens.
d. Click OK to begin the update.
After updating the node, the status of the local node is displayed correctly.
13. Deploy the plan to update the RPS and node information.
a. Log in to the Console, and click the resources tab.
b. Navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
c. Select all the plans, right-click, and select Deploy Now.
The Deploy Now dialog opens.
d. Click OK to begin the deploy.

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How to Upgrade Gateway to the Same Version as its Registered Console

Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 Gateway must be of the same version as its registered
Console. After Arcserve UDP Console is upgraded, the related gateway version is verified
when the service starts. If the Gateway version does not match the Console version,
Arcserve UDP automatically triggers an auto update for the gateway servers.

If the gateway is unavailable for auto update, you can manually upgrade the gateway
later.

Follow these steps to manually upgrade the gateway:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Click the resources tab and navigate to Infrastructure, and click Sites.
3. Select the site that you want to upgrade.
4. Click the Actions drop-down list, and then click Upgrade Gateway.
A confirmation dialog opens.
5. Click Yes.
The gateway is upgraded with the latest version of Arcserve UDP Gateway.

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UDP
This section contains the following topics:
Arcserve UDP User Interface (see page 119)
How to Configure Arcserve UDP (see page 132)
How to Migrate Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Points to Arcserve UDP (see page 150)
Register Arcserve UDP (see page 152)
Set up Configuration Wizard (see page 153)

Arcserve UDP User Interface

Before you use Arcserve UDP, become familiar with the user interface. The Arcserve
UDP interface lets you perform the following tasks:
■ Manage and monitor jobs
■ Add and manage source nodes
■ Add and manage destination recovery point servers
■ Manage plans to create backup schedules
■ Obtain data protection statistics
■ View error and warning logs
■ Manage and monitor Arcserve High Availability
■ Configure data protection settings
■ Restore Backup Data

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Navigating Arcserve UDP

After you install Arcserve UDP, you can log into the Console using the username and
password that you specified during installation. The Arcserve UDP console lets you
manage all Arcserve UDP functions. The following basic UI elements are available
throughout the Arcserve UDP user interface:

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Tabs
Lets you navigate to the various functions of Arcserve UDP.
Panes
When you navigate to each tab, the displayed screen is divided into the following
panes. Each pane is used to perform related actions.
Left Pane
Lets you navigate to various functions and operations. The result of each click is
displayed in the center pane.
Center Pane
Lets you perform most of the actions in this pane such as adding, deleting, and
modifying. This pane also displays the result and status of each activity such as
jobs, plans, and reports. Most of your actions are performed on this pane. The
information displayed on this page is mostly the result of the options that you
selected in the left pane.
Right Pane
Displays a summary of the items you selected on the center pane. For example,
on the Jobs tab, if you selected a job from the center pane, then a brief
summary of the job such as job monitor (if there is a running job) and job
details like source node name, task, destination Recovery Point Server, and
destination data store is displayed in the right pane.

Tabs
The Arcserve UDP solution provides the following tabs to perform data protection
functions:
■ dashboard
■ resources
■ jobs
■ reports
■ log
■ settings
■ high availability

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dashboard

The dashboard tab lets you view graphical representation of the latest backup status
and data storage of the last seven days. Using the dashboard tab, you can perform the
following action:
■ Customize the position of the four graphs. Place the mouse over the name of any of
the four options, and you can drag one graph to other location on the screen.
■ Click one of the two options available for every screen if you want to refresh or
maximize a screen. Click Refresh icons in any of the four screens to get the latest
data size. Click Maximize icon of a screen to view only that screen in the dashboard.
■ View the last backup status of nodes or plans according to the filters you select in
the chart in the Last Backup Status.

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You can view the graphs for the following options on the dashboard tab:
Last Backup Status
Last Backup Status refers to the latest backup status and provides you multiple
filters to view the status. Based on your selection from the filter option, you can
view the last backup status. For example, select All Nodes to see the last backup
status of all nodes or select any plan to see the last backup status of the nodes
protected by this plan. When you select All Nodes, you can see the status as
Successful, Failed, No Backups, Canceled, and Missed.
■ Successful indicates that the nodes are successfully backed up.
■ Failed indicates that the last backup is not successful.
■ No Backups indicate that the nodes do not have any plan associated with it.
■ Canceled indicates that the last backup was stopped.
■ Missed indicates that the last backup was not performed as scheduled.
When you click each slice (the status) from the pie chart, the resources page opens
and the associated nodes are displayed. For example, if you click No Backups from
the pie chart, the resources page opens. The resources page displays the nodes that
do not have any plan. Also, the No Backups filter is preselected on the resources
page.
Raw Data and Actual Data Storage
The graph refers to the raw data and actual data storage. You can click Raw Data or
Actual Data Storage to hide or view information about any of the two options. You
can hover to the point to see the detail data size information using the tooltip.
Raw data
Refers to the original data that Arcserve UDP gets from source.
Actual Data
Refers to the data size that is saved on the disk after being compressed or
deduplicated by Arcserve UDP.
Note: The Actual Data does not include the nodes that are marked for Purge
(where disk reclamation has not yet happened).
Restorable Data and Actual Data Storage
The graph refers to the data that you can restore and the actual data storage. You
can click Restorable Data or Actual Data Storage to hide or view information about
any of the two options. You can hover to the point to see the detailed data size
information using the tooltip.
Restorable Data
Refers to the actual data that can be restored.
Actual Data Storage

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The graph displays information about the actual data storage. You can click Actual
Data Storage to hide or view information about the actual data storage. You can
hover to the point to see the detail data size information using the tooltip.

resources

The resources tab lets you manage the Arcserve UDP resources: Nodes, Destinations,
Virtual Standby, and Plans. Use this tab to add resources to Arcserve UDP such as nodes
that you want to protect or recovery point servers for backup. You also use this tab to
create plans and tasks for backup, virtual standby, and replication.

Note: Only the resources tab on the Console has site-awareness. The other tabs on the
Console display consolidated data for all the sites. For more information on Sites, see
How to Add and Manage a Site (see page 208).

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Node Management

The node management view lets you manage all the nodes and apply filters to refine the
node search. When you select specific node in center pane, you can see the status and
recent events about the node in right pane. You can apply various filters from the center
pane. You can create node groups on the left pane to group specific nodes.

When you select a node from the center pane, the node status and recent events are
displayed in the right pane.

You can perform operations on nodes by clicking the Actions drop-down menu from the
center pane. Such operations that you can perform through Actions in center pane is
applied to all source nodes. Such operations that you can perform through Actions in
the right pane is only applied to the node that you select in the center pane.

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Destination Management

The destination management view lets you manage the destination recovery point
servers. When you select a server from the center pane, its recent events are displayed
in the right pane. When you select a data store, its status and settings are displayed in
the right pane.

Plan Management

The plan management view lets you manage all your plans. You can create, modify,
delete, deploy, pause, and resume plans from this view.

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Infrastructure Management

The infrastructure management view lets you manage storage arrays, instant virtual
machines, and remote sites.

In the following diagram, Infrastructure management pane is highlighted.

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jobs

The jobs tab displays the status of the jobs for a specific period. You can apply filters to
categorize the results or you can group the jobs by plan.

When a job is in progress, the right pane displays the job monitor that displays the
progress of the job. Click Job Details on the right pane to open the job monitor. You can
see the job monitors only if the job is in progress.

To cancel a job, open the job monitor and click Cancel.

reports

The report tab displays a list of reports that you can generate. You can apply filters to
your reports to get specific reports. The reports are generated in CSV, PDF, or HTML
formats. For more information about these reports, see How to Generate Arcserve UDP
Reports.

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log

The log tab displays all activity logs for the protected nodes, destination servers, data
stores, and plans. You can view logs and apply various filters such as severity, specific
node, logs generated from the machine, job IDs, and log content.

You can search the activity logs using a combination of the available filters or one of the
following options:
■ Select Severity types to view all the logs related to the selected type.
■ Enter other details, such as Node Name, Job ID, and so on and click Search.

Note: You cannot delete the activity logs.

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settings

The settings tab lets you configure certain preferences such as which email server to
use, set up administrator user ID and password, and define the default node
deployment path.

For more information about the settings tab, see How to Configure Arcserve UDP.

high availability

The high availability tab lets you manage and control arcserve High Availability
functions.

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Job Monitor Dialog

The Job Monitor dialog lets you view the status of a job. When a job is running, this
panel expands to display information about the ongoing event such as the estimated
time remaining to complete the job, the percentage and size of the job already
completed, and the total size of the job when completed.

When a job is running, from the right pane, expand Recent Events and click the Detail
button to open the status monitors and display more detailed information about the
current running job.

You can click the Cancel button to stop the current job.

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How to Configure Arcserve UDP

Using Arcserve UDP, you can specify the following Arcserve UDP configuration settings.
■ Server Communication Protocol (see page 133)
■ Database Settings (see page 134)
■ arcserve Backup Data Synchronization (see page 137)
■ SRM Configuration (see page 138)
■ Node Discovery Configuration (see page 140)
■ Email and Alert Configuration (see page 141)
■ Configure Proxy Settings (see page 143)
■ Update Configuration (see page 144)
■ Administrator Account (see page 145)
■ Remote Deployment Settings (see page 145)
■ Share Plan (see page 146)
■ User Management (see page 148)
■ Configure the Console Timeout Duration (see page 149)

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Configure Server Communication Protocol

The Arcserve UDP solution uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for
communication among all of its components. If you are concerned about the security of
passwords that are communicated between these components, you can change the
HTTP protocol to Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). When you do not need
this extra level of security, you can change the protocol being used to HTTP.

Note: When you change the protocol to HTTPS, a warning displays in the web browser.
The warning appears because of a self-signed security certificate that prompts you to
ignore the warning and proceed or add that certificate to the browser to prevent the
warning from reappearing.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where the Arcserve UDP Console is installed using an
administrative account or an account with administrative privileges.
Note: If you do not log in using an administrative account or an account with
administrative privileges, configure the Command Line to run using the Run as
Administrator privilege.
2. Open the Windows Command Line.
3. Perform one of the following tasks:
a. To change the protocol from HTTP to HTTPS:
Launch the "changeToHttps.bat" utility tool from the following default location
Note: The location of the BIN folder can vary depending upon where you
installed the Arcserve UDP Console.
C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN

When the protocol is successfully changed, the following message displays:

The communication protocol was changed to HTTPS.

b. To change the protocol from HTTPS to HTTP:

Launch the "changeToHttp.bat" utility tool from the following default location
Note: The location of the BIN folder can vary depending upon where you
installed the Arcserve UDP Console.
C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN

When the protocol is successfully changed, the following message displays:

The communication protocol was changed to HTTP.

4. Restart the browser and reconnect to Arcserve UDP Console.

Note: To update the communication protocol used by the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point
Server and the Arcserve UDP Agent to communicate with the Arcserve UDP Console,
you must update the node directly from the Console.

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Configure Database
The Database Configuration page lets you enter details about the database. The
database configuration requires details about SQL Server, number of connections, and
authentication mode.

Note: You can re-create the database before configuring. Delete the Arcserve UDP
database using the procedure described in Re-create the Arcserve UDP Database (see
page 135), and then configure the database.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Database Configuration.

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To configure, complete the following fields on the configuration pane, and click Save.
SQL Server Machine Name
Specify the name of the server that hosts the SQL Server instance.
SQL Server Instance
Specify the name of the SQL Server instance.
SQL Server port
Specify the port number for this instance or enable the Auto detect option.
1025 to 65535 is the range of options for the port number.
Auto detect
Selecting the check box lets the application find the port number.
Authentication
Select one of the Authentication Modes from the following options:
Windows Authentication Mode: Default mode.
(Optional) Test: Click Test to verify that the application can communicate with
the Microsoft SQL Server instance.
SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode: Select the option and enter
the User Name and Password fields.
Database Connection Pool values
For Maximum and Minimum Connections, enter a value from 1 to 99.
The Database Server configuration is set.

Use Reset to clear all of the specified values and load the original data.

Re-create the Arcserve UDP Database

For various reasons, you may want to re-create the Arcserve UDP database. For
example, your current database consumes more than 10 GB of data. To re-create the
database, first you need to delete the existing Arcserve UDP database and then
configure a new database to replace the deleted database. The procedure applies to
Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition databases.

Important! When you delete the Arcserve UDP database, all current data is lost.

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To re-create the Arcserve UDP database

1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express and log in to the
ARCSERVE_APP instance.
Note: If Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express is not installed on the
Arcserve UDP server, you can download the utility from the Microsoft Download
Center.
2. Right-click arcserveUDP and click Delete on the pop-up dialog.
The Delete Object dialog opens.

3. On the Delete Object dialog, click the Close existing connections option, and then
click OK.
The existing Arcserve UDP database is deleted.
4. Configure the new database. For more information, see Configure Database (see
page 134).
The Arcserve UDP solution re-creates the database. The name of the database
instance is ARCSERVE_APP.

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Configure Arcserve UDP Backup Data Synchronization

The Arcserve Backup Data Synchronization Schedule page enables you to configure the
system to set a scheduled time and repeat method of how many days, which day of the
week, or which day of the month the user can synchronize the Arcserve Backup
database with the Arcserve UDP database.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Arcserve Backup Data Synchronization Schedule.
3. From the right pane, click Enable.
By default, Arcserve Backup Data Synchronization configuration is enabled.
Note: Clicking Disable stops scheduling.
4. Specify the following parameters to schedule Arcserve Backup Data
Synchronization:
■ Repeat Method
■ Scheduled Time
5. Click Save.
The schedule for Arcserve Backup Data Synchronization is applied.
Note: Do not click Save, if you want to run the synchronization immediately.
6. (Optional) To run the process immediately, click Run Now.
The Node dialog is displayed with the list of nodes available for synchronization.

7. Select the nodes that you want to run for synchronization and click OK.

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Configure SRM
The SRM Configuration page lets you configure an SRM schedule for nodes that defines
when and how often to collect SRM data. SRM (Storage Resource Management) is a
functionality that collects information about the following data:
■ Hardware, software, and application data for Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft
Exchange Server implementations.
■ Performance Key Indicators (PKI) data from nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click SRM Configuration.
3. From the right pane, click Enable.
By default, SRM Configuration is enabled.

Note: Clicking Disable stops scheduling.

4. Specify the following parameters to schedule SRM:
■ Repeat Method
■ Scheduled Time

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5. Click Save.
The schedule for SRM is applied.
Note: Do not click Save, if you want to collect the SRM data immediately.
6. (Optional) To run the process immediately, click Run Now.
The Node dialog is displayed with the list of nodes available for synchronization.

Select the nodes that you want to run for synchronization, and click OK.

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Node Discovery Configuration

The Node Discovery Configuration page lets you configure the Active Directory,
VMware vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper-V node discovery schedule on a repeating basis
and on a scheduled time. When new nodes are discovered, an email alert is sent to the
administrator so that the administrator can manually add the new nodes. By default,
Discovery Configuration is disabled.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Node Discovery Configuration.

To enable the configuration, click the Enable option to specify the type of repeating
method that you want and a scheduled time for the node discovery to begin.

You can specify the following parameters to configure your discovery schedule:
■ Every number of days: Lets you repeat this method on the number of days that are
specified. (Default)
■ Every selected day of the week: Lets you repeat this method on the days that are
specified. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are the default days
of the week.
■ Every selected day of the month: Lets you repeat this method on the specified day
of the month. 1 is the default option for the day of the month.
■ Scheduled Time: Lets you specify the time when the discovery runs according to the
repeat schedule.
■ Node Discovery List>Add: Select from where you want to add nodes from. Then
specify the credentials as required.
Note: Optionally, click Run Now to run the discovery instantly.

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Configure Email and Alert

The Email and Alert Configuration page lets you provide email settings and email alerts
configuration.

Notes:
■ As a prerequisite, install Adobe Flash Player ActiveX (version 10.0 or higher) on
the machine where you have installed the Console to send any
graphic-included report in an email.
■ As a prerequisite, install Microsoft .NET Framework (version 2.0 or higher) on
the machine where you have installed the Console for the Report Chart export
feature to export images in a report successfully.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Email and Alert Configuration.
3. Enter details to set default settings.

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Service
Select email services from the available options.
Email Server
Specify the host name of the SMTP server that you can use to send email alerts.
Port
Specify the port number related to the Email server.
Requires Authentication
Select check box to enter credentials.
Use SSL/Send STARTTLS/Use HTML Format
Select the desired option to specify requirements.
Enable Proxy Settings
Select check box to enter Proxy Server and Authentication details.
Test Email
Click to verify the details that you enter in the Email Settings section.
Send Email Alerts
Select Discovered Nodes to configure Active Directory nodes that you can find
using the Discover feature available for Nodes under the resources tab.

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Configure Proxy Settings

Select Proxy Settings to specify if you want the Arcserve UDP to communicate through
proxy server. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between your server and the
Arcserve server to ensure security, increased performance, and administrative control.
This serves as the connection to the Arcserve server from which your download server
gets the updates.

When you select the Arcserve Server as the download server, the Proxy Settings dialog
opens.

■ Use browser proxy settings

This selection is only applicable to Windows Internet Explorer (IE) and Google
Chrome.
When selected, directs Arcserve UDP to automatically detect and use the same
proxy settings that are applied to the browser to connect to the Arcserve server for
Arcserve UDP update information.
■ Configure proxy settings
When selected, enables the specified proxy server to connect to the Arcserve server
for Arcserve UDP update information. If you select this option, you must also
include the IP address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the
corresponding port number that is used by the proxy server for internet
connections.
In addition, you can also specify if your proxy server will require authentication.
When selected, specifies that authentication information (User ID and Password)
are required to use the proxy server.
Note: The format for user name should be a fully qualified domain user name in the
form of "<domain name>\<user name>".

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Update Configuration
The Update Configuration page lets you set Download Server and Update schedule for
configuring updates. You can provide details about Arcserve Server proxy settings or
Staging server for Download Server.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Update Configuration.

Provide the details on type of Update Server and Update Schedule. Update Server is
either Arcserve Server or Staging Server.

Follow these steps:

3. For Download Server, select one of the following options:
■ For Arcserve Server, click Proxy Settings to complete Proxy Setup.
■ For Staging Server, click Add Server to provide staging server details.

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You can add multiple staging servers.

4. Click Test Connection to verify the Download server details.
5. Enter details for Update Schedule.
6. Select Automatically check for updates.
7. Click Save to complete the update.

Configure Administrator Account

The Administrator Account page lets you create a user account by providing a
username and password.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Administrator Account.

3. Provide your administrator account credentials.

Remote Deployment Settings

The Remote Deployment Settings page lets you specify default settings for installing
Arcserve UDP Agent and Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server. Specify the default
installation settings to provide location of installation.

Enter the details for install path, protocol, and port, and click Save.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.

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2. From the left pane, click Remote Deployment Settings.

3. Enter details as required, and click Save.

Map the Plan to the User Account

Destination Administrator

You have already created a user account and a plan for a source Console. To identify and
manage replicated data, assign the plan to the user account.

Note: You can assign more than one plan to a user account but two different accounts
cannot share a plan. However, we recommend assigning a single plan to a user account
so that you can easily identify and manage the replicated data.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Share Plan.

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3. From the center pane, click Add.

The Assign Plan to User dialog opens.

4. Select the User Account.

5. Select a plan from the Available Plan column.
Note: If a plan is already added to a user name, that plan is not displayed in the
Available Plan column.
6. Click Add all plans or Add selected plans to add the plans in the Selected Plans
column.
7. Click OK.
The Assign Plan to User dialog closes. The user name and the associated plans are
displayed on the Share Plan page.

The user account is mapped to the plan created for the source Console.

You can use Edit to modify the user configuration or Delete to remove the user account
from the list.

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User Management
The User Management page lets you log in to the User Management Console (Identity
Service Console) from Arcserve UDP Console. The Arcserve UDP User Management
Console manages user identities and controls the access to features using the
role-based access control.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Click the settings tab.
3. Click User Management from the left pane.
The User Management page opens on the center pane.

4. Click Launch the Arcserve UDP User Management Console.

The Identity Service Console opens in a new window.

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5. Specify the username and password and click Sign-in.

The Identity Service Console home page opens.

You have successfully accessed the Arcserve UDP User Management Console.

Alternatively, you can also log in to the Identity Service Console by entering the address
in the following format in a new window:

http(or https)://(IP address or hostname): (console port number)/carbon

Configure the Console Timeout Duration

If the Console is inactive for a certain duration, you are automatically logged out of the
Console. You can change the default timeout value in the web.xml file.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the machine where you have installed the Console.
2. Open the web.xml file from the following location:
<UDP_Home>\Management\TOMCAT\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml
3. Change the value for session timeout.
The value is in minutes.
For example:
<session-config>
<session-timeout>120</session-timeout>

</session-config>
120 indicates the timeout duration for the Console is 120 minutes.
4. Save the web.xml file.

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How to Migrate Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Points to Arcserve UDP

Arcserve UDP lets you migrate Arcserve r16.5 recovery points data to an Arcserve UDP
data store. The migration facilitates the use of Arcserve r16.5 data in Arcserve UDP.

Important! If you are replicating from a shared folder to a data store selected on
Recovery Point Server, see How to Perform an Offline Data Replication Using RPS
Jumpstart (see page 412).

Create a Data Store to Replicate Data from an Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Point
To replicate data from an existing Arcserve r16.5 D2D recovery point, you first create a
data store from the Console where the data will be replicated.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Navigate to Destinations, Recovery Point Server.
3. Select the Recovery Point Server.
4. Right-click and select Add a Data Store.
5. Enter the details on the Add a Data Store page.
6. Save the data store.
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Replicate Arcserve r16.5 Data to the UDP Data Store

After creating the data store, you can replicate the Arcserve r16.5 recovery point data
using RPS Jumpstart.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Actions and then click RPS Jumpstart.
The RPS Jumpstart Wizard opens.
2. Select From a shared folder to a data store on Selected Recovery Point Server.
3. Specify the source shared folder.
The recovery point details are displayed.
Note: If the session is not encrypted and the target data store is unencrypted, then
session password is optional. If the session is not encrypted and then target data
store is encrypted, then you have to provide a session password in the Select Target
Data Store page.
4. Click Next.
The Select Target Data Store page opens. If the source data is encrypted, only the
encrypted data stores are displayed in the drop-down list.
5. (Optional) Specify the session password if the session is not encrypted in Step 3.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.
8. The recovery point data from Arcserve r16.5 is replicated to the Arcserve UDP data
Th
store.

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Register Arcserve UDP

After you install Arcserve UDP, you must register the product from the Console. This
registration allows Arcserve to automatically collect the usage details and statistics of
the Console.

Important! Arcserve does not collect any personal or business critical information such
as node name, IP address, login credentials, domain name, and network names.

If you have not registered the Console, you will receive the following notification in the
Messages tab of the Console.

Your copy of Arcserve Unified Data Protection has not been registered in the Arcserve
Product Improvement Program. Register.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click Help, Product Improvement Program.
The Arcserve Product Improvement Program dialog opens.
2. Select the Participate in Arcserve's Product Improvement Program check box.
3. Specify the following details:
Name
Specify your name.
Company
Specify the name of your company.
Phone Number
Specify your phone number in the following format:
Country code - Phone number. For example: 000-1122334455
Email Address
Specify your email address. This is a mandatory field. The verification email will
be sent to this email address.
Fulfillment Number
Specify the fulfillment number. You must have received this number in an email
when you downloaded Arcserve UDP.

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4. Click Send Verification Email.

The verification email is sent to the email address that you have mentioned on the
Arcserve Product Improvement Program dialog.
5. Log into the email account and open the received email.
6. Click the verification link provided in the email.
You have successfully registered Arcserve UDP.
After you have registered, the Cancel Participation button is activated.

To cancel your registration, click Cancel Participation.

If you want to update the email address, you have to register again. To register again,
follow the same process as described in this topic.

Set up Configuration Wizard

The Configuration Wizard helps you configure your data protection environment as
soon as you log in to the Console. If you are using Arcserve UDP for the first time,
Configuration Wizard is an ideal way to create your first backup plan. It creates plans to
define how to protect data. A plan consists of single or multiple tasks to define source,
destination, schedule, and advanced parameters. When you log in to the Console for the
first time, the Configuration Wizard opens. You can hide the welcome page of the
wizard by selecting Do not show this page next time.

You can create a plan to protect your physical nodes such as Windows and Linux nodes,
and virtual machines such as VMware and Hyper-V.

The following steps describe a generic description on how to create a Windows

Agent-based plan using the Configuration Wizard.
1. Log in to the Console.
If you are logging in for the first time, the Configuration Wizard opens.
2. If the wizard does not open, then click the resources tab and then click
Configuration Wizard from the right pane.

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The welcome page of the wizard opens.

3. Click Next.
The Create a Plan page opens.
4. Specify the plan name.
5. Select a node type to protect.
For example, select Backup: Agent-based Windows.
6. Click Next.
The Add Nodes to Protect page opens. The fields are optional in the Add Nodes to
Protect page.
7. Select the method to add nodes from the drop-down list.
The fields vary depending on your selection.
8. Provide the node details, click Add to List, and then click Next.
The Backup Destination page opens.
9. Specify the destination type from the drop-down list.
The remaining fields on the Backup Destination page vary depending on the
destination type. You can also enable the session password.
To create a data store, see Add a data store (see page 222).
10. Specify the remaining destination details and click Next.
The Backup Schedule page opens.
11. Specify the backup schedule and click Next.
The Plan Confirmation page opens.
12. Verify the plan.
13. (Optional) Click Create a Plan to add another plan.
14. Click Next
The resource configuration is complete.
15. Click Finish.
The wizard closes and a new plan is created.
You can see the plan in resources, Plans, All Plans.

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Administration
Role-based Administration (RBAC) allows administrators to assign different roles and
permission to different users for using the Arcserve UDP Console. Each role can have its
own permissions. A super administrator role can create customized roles and
permission for other users of the Arcserve UDP Console.

Using RBAC, you can assign varied level of security to each role.

This section contains the following topics:

Access the User Management Console (see page 155)
Add User, Delete User, and Change Password (see page 156)
Configure User Management (see page 157)
Troubleshooting (see page 165)

Access the User Management Console

The User Management page lets you log in to the User Management Console (Identity
Service Console) from Arcserve UDP Console. The Arcserve UDP User Management
Console manages user identities and controls the access to features using the
role-based access control.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Click the settings tab.
3. Click User Management from the left pane.
The User Management page opens on the center pane.

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4. Click Launch the Arcserve UDP User Management Console.

The Identity Service Console opens in a new window.

5. Specify the username and password and click Sign-in.

The Identity Service Console home page opens.

You have successfully accessed the Arcserve UDP User Management Console.

Alternatively, you can also log in to the Identity Service Console by entering the address
in the following format in a new window:

http(or https)://(IP address or hostname): (console port number)/carbon

Add User, Delete User, and Change Password

You can add or delete local or domain users from Windows User Control. The user
management list on the Identity Service Console updates immediately.

The user password can be changed from Windows User Control. When you update the
password of a user, the user must log in to the Identity Service Console using the latest
password. The role of the user is retained.

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Configure User Management

You can assign different roles to different users and provide different permissions to
different roles.

Pre-defined Roles
The function of a pre-defined role is to provide a reference for some typical role
definition. Each role has a predefined set of permissions assigned.

For the admin role, all the options in the permission are selected. An admin role can
access all the functions of Arcserve UDP.

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Click the permission for the Backup role and the following selected permissions are
pre-defined:

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The following permissions are predefined for the backup role:

■ Perform backup
■ View destination
■ Manage nodes/plan/sites
■ Monitor system function

The admin role has the complete flexibility to clear the selected permissions or select a
new permission. When you click Update, the newly added permission become the
default permission for the backup role. You can also rename the role.

For the Monitor role, the dashboard job monitor and log/report permission are
preselected.

For the Restore role, the following permissions are preselected:

■ Manage instant VM
■ View destination
■ View node
■ View plan
■ Manage virtual standby

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■ Monitor jobs
■ Access logs
■ Perform restore

If you assign the Restore role to one user, the user can log in and will have the
corresponding authority. For example, if a user has the Restore role, then if a node is
backed up successfully, you can Create an Instant VM or Restore to go to the next
activity.

For the RHA_Admin role, the RHA administration permission has access for the high
availability function.

Assign a Pre-defined Role

When a super administrator assigns a role to any user, only that user can log in to the
Console. The Users button displays the complete users list, including domain users and
local users.

You can assign the available (pre-defined) roles or self-defined roles to any local user or
domain users.

Note: Only a Super-administrator (an administrator who installs Arcserve UDP) can
assign the administrator role to other users. Administrators can assign only
non-administrator roles to other users.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Users and Roles from the Configure pane.
Users and Roles are displayed on the User Management page.
2. Click Users from the User Management page.
The list of users is displayed.
3. Click Assign Role for a user.
The Role List of User page opens.

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4. Select one or more roles and click Update.

The role for user is successfully updated.
5. Click Finish to go to the previous screen.

You have successfully assigned a role to user.

View and Cancel a Role

You can view the current role that is assigned to a user. You can cancel an assigned role
by clearing the check box for that role.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Users and Roles from the Configure pane.
Users and Roles are displayed on the User Management page.
2. Click Users from the User Management page.
The list of users is displayed.
3. Clear the check box to cancel a role and click Update.
The roles are removed from the user.
Note: If a user is not assigned any role, that user cannot log in to the Arcserve UDP
Console.
4. Click Finish to go to the previous page.

You have successfully viewed and canceled a role.

Add a New Role

You can create a customized role and select permission for that role.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Users and Roles from the Configure page.
Users and Roles are displayed on the User Management page.

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2. Click Roles.
The Roles page opens and lists all the available roles.

3. Click Add New Role.

The Add Role page opens.
4. Provide a role name and click Next.
Note: Do not use special characters such as ~!@#$%^&*\ and others in the name of
a role.
5. Select the required permission check boxes and click Next.
6. Select users for this role.
7. Click Finish.
A new role is created and assigned permissions to this role.

Note: Some permissions work only when the related permissions are also selected. For
example, if you want to configure a role for managing Virtual standby, then you need to
select the permission to manage Virtual standby and select the view node permission to
ensure that the role can function normally.

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Search Users and Roles

You can filter Users and Roles to find the required user or role. Enter * to search all
users and roles.

To search a role, follow these steps:

1. Click Users and Roles from the Configure page.
Users and Roles are displayed on the User Management page.
2. Click Roles.
The Roles page opens.

3. Specify the role name pattern and click Search.

The filtered result is displayed.

To search a user, follow these steps:

4. Click Users and Roles from the Configure page.
Users and Roles are displayed on the User Management page.
5. Click Users.
The Users page opens.
6. Specify the user name pattern and click Search.
The filtered result is displayed.

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Troubleshooting
The following list provides the possible errors you may encounter with the User
Management Console and possible resolutions to such errors:
■ Symptom
Failed to log in to the User Management Console
Solution
Verify that you have logged in as an administrator. Non-administrator users do not
have permission to access the User Management Console. Verify that the username
and password are correct.
■ Symptom
Authentication failure: User fails to log in to the Console
Solution
Verify whether the user is assigned any role. If a user is not assigned any role, that
user cannot log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.
■ Symptom
User Management Console page time out.
Solution
The login retaining time for the User Management page is 15 minutes. If the
Console does not detect any operation on the page for 15 minutes, then the user is
automatically logged out.

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This section contains the following topics:
How to Add Nodes to the Console (see page 167)
How to Manage Nodes (see page 177)
How to Add and Manage Node Groups (see page 200)
Add a Storage Array (see page 204)
How to Add and Manage a Site (see page 208)
Set up a Proxy Server for the Gateway (see page 213)

How to Add Nodes to the Console

A node refers to a physical or virtual source machine on hypervisors that you want to
protect. You can protect a node by backing up data to a destination. Arcserve Unified
Data Protection lets you add the following types of nodes:
■ Windows
■ Linux
■ Virtual machines in VMware ESX/vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V servers

You can add nodes by manually specifying the node details, discovering from an active
directory, or importing from a file and hypervisors.

Note: You can also add nodes while creating a plan.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 168)
■ Add Nodes (see page 169)
■ Discover Nodes (see page 172)
■ Import Nodes (see page 173)
■ Import Nodes from a File (see page 174)
■ Import Nodes from a vCenter/ESX Server (see page 175)
■ Import Nodes from a Hyper-V Server (see page 176)

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Review the Prerequisites

Before you start adding a node, complete the following prerequisite tasks:
1. Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.
2. Log in to the Console.
3. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
4. From the center pane, click Add Nodes.
The Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog opens.
The dialog provides multiple options to add a node.

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Add Nodes
When you have the IP address or name of a node or set of nodes, you can add them to
the Console by specifying their details manually. You can add the following types of
nodes:
■ Windows: Windows source nodes that you want to protect. Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) is installed on this node.
■ Linux: Linux source nodes that you want to protect. Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) is
installed on the Linux Backup Server and not on the Linux source nodes.
■ Linux Backup Server: Linux server that manages Linux source nodes. Arcserve UDP
Agent (Linux) is installed on this server.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Add nodes by drop-down list, select one of the following options:
Adding Windows Node

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Note: To enable the details for Arcserve Backup, select Installed.

Adding Linux Node

Notes:
■ For Linux, on selecting SSH Key Authentication, you do not need to enter
username and password details. For more information about configuring
the SSH Key, see Configure the Private Key and Public Key Authentication.
■ Before adding a Linux node, you must add a Linux Backup server that
manages the Linux nodes.
■ You can log in to the Linux Backup Server from the Arcserve UDP Console
only when you perform a restore.
Adding Linux Backup Server Node

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The following dialog appears when you add Linux Backup Server node from the
Backup: Agent-Based Linux task:

The details of the selected option are displayed.

2. Enter the details of the node and click Add to List.
The node is added to the right pane. To add more nodes, follow the steps again. All
the added nodes would be listed on the right pane.
3. (Optional) To remove the added nodes from the list on the right pane, select the
nodes and click Remove.
4. Select the nodes that you want to add and click Save.
The nodes are added and displayed at the Nodes: All Nodes page.

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Discover Nodes
To add nodes that are in an active directory, you can first discover the nodes by
providing the active directory details and then adding the nodes to the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Add nodes by drop-down list, select Discovering Nodes from Active
Directory.
2. Specify the user credentials and click Add.
Username
Specifies the domain and user name in the domain\username format.
Password
Specifies the user password.
Computer Name Filter
Specifies the filter to discover node names.
After validation, the user name is added to the list.
3. Select the added user name and click Browse.
A successful node discovery opens the Confirm dialog that prompts you to add the
nodes from the Discovery result.
Note: The discovery process may take a while depending upon the factors such as
the network and number of computers in the network.
4. Click Yes.
The discovered nodes are listed.
5. Select the node, enter the user name and password, and then click Apply.
Note: When you click Apply, the credentials are verified. You must verify each node
before you add to the list.
The green check marks are displayed for the verified nodes.
6. Click Add to List.
The selected node is listed to the right pane.
7. To add the nodes to the Console, from the right pane, select the node and click
Save. To add all the nodes, select the Node Name check box.
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Troubleshooting: The Specified Domain Either Does not Exist or Could not be Contacted

Symptom

When adding nodes by discovering from an Active Directory, I get the following error
message:

"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. Verify that the Console server can access
the domain controller through the network."

Solution

First verify the connectivity between the Arcserve UDP and domain controller. If the
connectivity is okay, use the following command with "dsgetdc" argument to test if
Windows can locate the domain controller from the domain name:

nltest.exe

For example, "nltest /dsgetdc:sample_domain", where sample_domain is the domain

name.

If the command fails, then there may be a DNS problem in your environment.

Note: You should run the above command on the UDP machine. For more details,
please refer to the following article from Microsoft.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/247811

Import Nodes
Arcserve Unified Data Protection lets you add multiple physical and virtual nodes by
using the import method. Depending on the requirement, you can use one of the
following import methods:
■ Import Nodes from a File (see page 174)
■ Import Nodes from a vCenter/ESX Server (see page 175)
■ Import Nodes from a Hyper-V Server (see page 176)

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Import Nodes from a File

When you have multiple physical nodes to add, you import all the nodes at once to the
Console. You can import nodes that you have saved using the Export option.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Actions drop-down list, select Import.
2. Click Browse to select your saved ZIP file.
3. Click Upload.
The nodes are added and displayed on the Nodes: All Nodes page.

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Import Nodes from a vCenter/ESX Server

Using this import method, you can import virtual machine nodes from the ESX or
vCenter server. This option lists all the virtual machines that are detected on the
specified server, even if they are already being managed in Arcserve Unified Data
Protection.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Add nodes by drop-down list, select Importing from vCenter/ESX.
2. Specify the vCenter/ESX server details, and click Connect.
In the left pane, a node tree is displayed.
Note: VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.0.1 is bundled with Arcserve
UDP Version 6.0, but VDDK 6.0.1 does not support HTTP. Also, vCenter and ESX
typically support HTTPS connection only by default. Select HTTPS, unless you
manually replace the built-in VDDK 6.0.1 by another version VDDK, and you
manually configure vCenter/ESX to allow HTTP connection.
3. Expand the node tree.
(Optional) You can type the node name in the filter field to locate the node in the
tree.
4. Select the nodes that you want to add.
5. Select Provide credentials for the selected nodes check box and provide the user
credentials.
Note: User credentials are required for functions such as Pre Flight Check (PFC),
Application Log Truncation, Pre/Post Backup Commands. If you do not provide the
user credentials, then PFC fails for the selected nodes.
6. Click Add to List.
The selected nodes are added to the right pane.
7. Select the nodes and click Save.
The nodes are added and displayed on the Nodes: All Nodes page.

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Import Nodes from a Hyper-V Server

Using this import method you can import the virtual machine nodes from the Microsoft
Hyper-V servers.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Add nodes by drop-down list, select Importing from Hyper-V.
2. Complete the following fields, and click Connect.
Hyper-V
Specifies the Hyper-V server name or the IP address. To import virtual
machines that are in Hyper-V clusters, specify either the cluster node name or
Hyper-V host name.
Username
Specifies Hyper-V user name having the administrator rights.
Note: For Hyper-V clusters, use a domain account with administrative privilege
of the cluster. For standalone Hyper-V hosts, we recommend using a domain
account.
Password
Specifies the password of user name.
The Arcserve UDP solution searches and displays a node tree on the left pane.
3. Expand the node tree.
(Optional) You can type the node name in the filter field to locate the node in the
tree.
Note: The virtual machines configured as cluster role are listed directly under the
cluster node name on the tree. The virtual machines that are not part of the cluster
are listed under the host name of individual Hyper-V host.
4. Select the nodes that you want to add.
5. Select Provide credentials for the selected nodes check box and provide the user
credentials.
Note: User credentials are required for functions such as Pre Flight Check (PFC),
Application Log Truncation, Pre/Post Backup Commands. If you do not provide the
user credentials, then PFC fails for the selected nodes.
6. Click Add to List.
The selected nodes are added to the right pane.
7. Select the nodes and click Save.
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Import Virtual Machine Using Additional Administrative Account

Additional administrative account refers to those accounts that are not default
administrators. Such accounts are also referred as non-built-in administrative accounts.
To import virtual machine from a Hyper-V host, you can either use the built-in
administrator account of the Hyper-V host, or a domain account which is in the local
administrators group of the Hyper-V host, or a non-built-in administrative user.

The user with additional administrative account can use the procedures to disable UAC
remote access.

Notes:
■ This procedure is not similar to disabling UAC. Using this procedure you can disable
some of the functionalities of UAC.
■ Considering that remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) technology
is used for import, ensure that WMI is not blocked by firewall.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type regedit in the Search programs and files field, and then press Enter.
The Windows Registry Editor opens.
Note: You may need to provide administrative credentials to open Windows
Registry Editor.
2. Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. From the Edit menu, click New and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Specify LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy as the name for the new entry and then
press Enter.
5. Right-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and then click Modify.
6. Specify 1 in the Value data field and then click OK.
7. Exit the Registry Editor.
For more information about Windows behavior, see Microsoft documentation.

How to Manage Nodes

Using Arcserve UDP, you can perform multiple actions to manage a node such as update
node and hypervisor, export nodes, delete, and perform preflight checks. The following
diagram illustrates how you can manage a node.

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What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 178)
■ Update Hypervisor Information (see page 178)
■ Specify the Hypervisor (see page 179)
■ Update VM Information (see page 180)
■ Update Nodes (see page 181)
■ Export Node (see page 184)
■ Synchronize Data (see page 185)
■ Delete Nodes from the Console (see page 185)
■ Deploy Agent to Nodes (see page 186)
■ Perform Preflight Checks for Your Backup Jobs (see page 187)

Review the Prerequisites

Before starting to manage the nodes, complete the following prerequisites:
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Add a node.

Update Hypervisor Information

After a VM node is added into Arcserve UDP, the connection-related information, such
as hostname or credentials of hypervisor of VM may change. In such cases, Arcserve
UDP lets you update the hypervisor information.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. Right-click on the node group under vCenter/ESX Groups or Hyper-V Groups.
3. Click Update vCenter/ESX or Update Hyper-V.
The Update vCenter/ESX or Update Hyper-V dialog is displayed.
4. Enter the new details in the dialog box and click OK.
The Update vCenter/ESX or Update Hyper-V dialog closes.

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Specify the Hypervisor

Specify the hypervisor details to avoid using extra license while protecting a VM. When
you protect a virtual machine (VM) using a host-based agentless backup plan, the
hypervisor host license is used to protect the VM. You do not have to install any agent
on the VM. In certain cases, you may decide to install the agent on the VM and create
an agent-based backup plan to protect the VM. In such cases, the VM uses another
license, other than the hypervisor host license. You can specify the hypervisor details in
such cases and the VM uses the hypervisor host license instead of using another license.

The following examples describe when you can specify the hypervisor information:
■ You have a Host-Based Agentless Backup plan to protect the VMs of ESX or Hyper-V
Server. The plan uses the Hypervisor license to protect the VM. Now you install the
UDP Agent in a VM of the specified Hypervisor and create an Agent-Based plan to
protect the VM. Typically the plan uses extra license to protect the VM. If you
specify the hypervisor for the VM, the plan uses the license of the Hypervisor.
■ You have an Agent-Based Linux Plan to protect the Linux VM Agent nodes. If you
specify the hypervisor for the VM, all the VMs on the same Hypervisor share the
Hypervisor license.

Consider the following points before specifying the hypervisor:

■ You cannot specify the hypervisor for a physical node.
■ You cannot specify the hypervisor for a VM node that is imported from vCenter/ESX
or Hyper-V.
■ You cannot specify the hypervisor for a VM on EC2.
■ You can specify the hypervisor for multiple VMs, which belong to the same
hypervisor, at the same time.
■ Verify that the latest VMware tools or Hyper-V integration service is installed, and
the VM is powered on. Also, verify the Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) is in the exception list of the firewall on the VM agent node.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes and click All Nodes.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the node name.
■ Select the node name, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the node name, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.

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4. Click Specify Hypervisor.

The Specify Hypervisor dialog opens. The Hypervisor Type can be Hyper-V, ESX, and
Other (Xen, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization).

5. Enter the hypervisor details and click OK.

The hypervisor information is specified.

Update VM Information
Using Arcserve UDP, you can update some of the properties of the VM nodes from their
hypervisors. You can trigger the update manually or automatically. The following
properties of the VM nodes are updated and synchronized with their corresponding
VMs in the hypervisor:
■ Node Name
■ VM Name
■ OS

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To manually trigger the update, use the Update VM Information option.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
2. From the center pane, click the Actions drop-down list, and then click Update VM
Information.
The Update VM Information dialog opens.
3. Click OK.
You have triggered a manual discovery and that updates the virtual machine nodes.

The auto update feature is triggered automatically when you perform the following
actions:
■ Open the resource tab on the Console.
■ Send a scheduled report.

Note: Even if you trigger multiple automatic updates, only one automatic update runs at
a time. The remaining automatic updates are put in a queue.

Update Nodes
You can update information that is related to the existing nodes. You can update the
node anytime. Some of the situations when you need to update a node are as follows:
■ A new product is installed on the node after the node was registered with Arcserve
UDP.
■ The user name or password of the node was updated after the node was registered
with Arcserve UDP.

Note: If a node acts as both recovery point server and agent, and you change the
credentials or protocol of that node, then update the node from the Destinations:
Recovery Point Server page. The plan will automatically deploy to the agent after you
update the recovery point server. If you update the node from the Nodes: All Nodes
page, then the plans involving those nodes are not deployed successfully. To deploy the
plan, update the node from the Destinations: Recovery Point Server page again.

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Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the node name.
■ Select the node name, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the node name, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
3. Click Update.
The Update node dialog opens.
The following dialog is for Linux nodes:

4. Update the details and click OK.

The node information is updated.

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Update Nodes Using an Additional Administrative Account

An additional administrative account refers to those accounts that are not using default
administrators. Such accounts are also referred as non-built-in administrative accounts.
The Update Node and Preflight Check (PFC) functions use the account specified in
Update Node to connect to a virtual machine and perform related checks.

Note: You should use either the built-in administrator or built-in domain administrator
account when performing the Update Node function. If necessary, you can use a
non-built-in administrator, but before doing so you should verify that the account you
are using has the required administrator permissions.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that you can access \\[VM host name]\ADMIN$ using the additional
administrator account from another machine. If you have any problem, verify if the
“File and Printer Sharing” is blocked by the firewall. If the firewall settings are good,
you may need to disable the UAC remote access. To disable UAC remote access, see
Import Virtual Machine Using Additional Administrative Account (see page 177).
2. In VMware, when you update nodes, Arcserve UDP automatically installs some
tools in the VM to perform PFC. To verify that the account has the required
permissions, perform the following:
a. Log in to the virtual machine using the non-built-in administrator account.
b. Copy one file from C:\Windows into C:\ and ensure that the following message
does not appear:

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c. If you experience any problem, you can modify the User Account Control (UAC)
configurations in the Local Security Policy by changing the UAC settings at
secpol.msc -> Local Policies -> Security Options. (Secpol.msc is Microsoft's
security policy editor).
Note: Do not attempt to disable the UAC in the User Account Control Settings
dialog box that opens from the control panel.
For more information about changing the UAC configuration settings, see the
corresponding Microsoft documentation.
3. For Hyper-V VMs, the additional administrator account must have similar
permissions as mentioned in Import Virtual Machine Using Additional
Administrative Account (see page 177).

Export Node
You can export the nodes as a ZIP (.zip) file. When required, you can import the ZIP file
to retain the nodes. For example, exporting the nodes before upgrades or rebooting
helps you import the same set of nodes.

You can export only such nodes that have valid credentials and are running the
Windows operating system.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
2. Select a node.
3. From the center pane, click the Actions drop-down list, click Export.
A dialog opens requesting your action on the list.zip file.
4. Click Open or Save.
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Synchronize Data
Synchronizing data keeps the data that are in different databases consistent and
up-to-date.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ (Node Level) Right-click the node name.
■ (Node Level) Select the node name, and from the center pane click the Actions
drop-down list, and then click Sync Data.
■ (Node Level) Select the node name, and from the right pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
■ (Group Level) Select one of the node groups that are displayed on the left pane,
and right-click.
4. Click one of the following options:
Note: You can view only those options that you have already added for the
synchronization with Arcserve UDP.
■ Full Synchronize arcserve Backup
■ Incremental Synchronize arcserve Backup
■ Full Synchronize arcserve UDP Agent
The Information dialog explains that the selected synchronization method is
submitted.

Delete Nodes from the Console

Using Arcserve UDP, you get the option to delete a node. If you delete the nodes, the
associated logs and job histories will also be deleted. You can add the deleted node
later, if required.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
2. Select a node that you want to delete.

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3. Perform one of the following actions:

■ Right-click the node name.
■ Select the node name, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the node name, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
4. Click Delete.
A Confirm dialog opens.
5. Click Yes.
The node is deleted from the Console.

Deploy Agent to Nodes

To upgrade or install Arcserve UDP Agent for a node, use Install/Upgrade Agent. If the
destination machine contains a prior version of Arcserve UDP agent, then use the
upgrade option to get the latest version. Otherwise, use the install option.

Note: You can deploy Arcserve UDP agents to multiple nodes. At one time, you can run
only 16 deploy tasks. If there are more than 16 tasks, other tasks remain in pending
status and run only when some of the default 16 deploy tasks complete. To modify the
maximum task count, update the following registry key:

deployMaxThreadCount

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
2. Select one or more nodes.
3. From the center pane, click the Actions drop-down list, and then click
Install/Upgrade Agent.
The details of Install or upgrade appear above the name of the node on the center
pane.
4. Verify the details.
5. Specify the install/upgrade schedule and click OK.
The node is installed or upgraded with the latest version of Arcserve UDP Agent.

Note: You can cancel an agent deployment if it is scheduled for a later time. To cancel
an agent deployment, select the agent and click Actions, Cancel Agent Deployment.

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Perform Preflight Checks for Your Backup Jobs

The Arcserve UDP solution features a utility named Preflight Check (PFC) that enables
you to run vital checks on specific nodes to detect conditions that can cause backup jobs
to fail. PFC is only applicable to virtual machine nodes that are imported from
vCenter/ESX or Hyper-V. PFC runs automatically when you perform the following
actions:
■ Import virtual machines from a vCenter Server/ESX Server system (see page 175) or
Hyper-V (see page 176).
■ Update a node (see page 181)

In addition, you can also perform a Preflight Check manually.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The All Nodes: Node page is displayed in the center pane.
3. Right-click the name of a node, and click Preflight Check.
Note: You can also perform Preflight Check using one of the following options:
■ (Node level) Click the check boxes of the nodes on which you want to run a
preflight check, and then click Actions and select Preflight Check.
■ (Group level) Right-click the group containing the nodes, click Preflight Check.
The following message is displayed: Starting to preflight check the virtual machine.
4. Navigate to the PFC Status column to view the status of the Preflight Check.
Note: By default, the PFC Status column is not visible on the UI. You need to
manually enable the PFC Status column on the UI.
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The following table describes the checks that PFC performs for VMware VM:

Item Description

Changed Block Tracking A feature to tracks disk sectors that are on a virtual
(CBT) machine which has changed. This helps minimize the
size of the backups.
This item verifies that CBT is enabled.
VMware Tools This item verifies that the VMware tools are installed on
each virtual machine.
Disk This item verifies the disks of the virtual machine.

Power State This item verifies that the virtual machine is powered
on.
Data Consistency This item verifies if Application consistent snapshot can
be taken for the VM.

The following table describes the checks that PFC performs for Hyper-V VM:
Item Description

Hyper-V Credentials The product needs to deploy a backup utility and a

Change Block Tracking utility to Hyper-V server through
system share ADMIN$. The action helps in verifying if
the product has necessary permission to the share.
The Backup/restore job fails if the Hyper-V credentials
are not correct or the administrator closed the ADMIN$
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Item Description

Integration Services This item verifies that the Hyper-V integration services
are installed and enabled on each virtual machine.
Without the integration services, Arcserve UDP cannot
complete the following actions:
■ Execute pre/post
command and
application log purge
actions.
■ Perform
application-consistent
backup.
Integration services contain several services. The
Arcserve UDP solution checks the statuses of the
following two services:
■ Hyper-V Data Exchange
Service: Required for
collecting the VM info,
executing the pre- or
post-commands and the
application log purge
actions.
■ Hyper-V Volume Shadow
Copy Requestor:
Required for the
application-consistent
backup.
Power State This item verifies that the virtual machine is powered
on. A Suspended warning is shown when the VM is in
the status other than powered on and power off, like
the Saved status.
The Arcserve UDP solution cannot run the pre/post
commands and the application log purge actions when
the VM is not in the Powered On status.
In addition, Arcserve UDP cannot perform the
application-consistent backup when VM is in the
Suspended status.
Disk This item verifies if unsupported disk is attached to the
VM.
Data Consistency This item verifies if Application consistent snapshot can
be taken for the VM.

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Solutions for Preflight Check Items of VMware VMs

The following tables describe the solutions to help you resolve errors and warnings from
your Preflight Check results for VMware VMs:

Changed Block Tracking (CBT)

Status Message Solution
Error Unable to enable changed block If the virtual machine does not have
tracking. hardware version 7 or higher, upgrade
the hardware version of the virtual
machine, or create an agent-based
backup plan in Arcserve UDP and use
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) to back
up the VM.
Warning Changed Block Tracking is Note: This affects Full and Verify
enabled with snapshots backup jobs only. For an Incremental
present. A full disk backup will backup job, only changed data are
be applied for Full and Verify backed up.
backup jobs. To apply the used block backup for Full
and Verify backup jobs, perform the
following steps:
1. Delete all the snapshots associated
with the virtual machine.
2. Log in to the Backup proxy server.
3. Open the registry editor and locate
the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ar
cserve\ARCserve Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<VM-I
nstanceUUID>
Note: Replace <VM-InstanceUUID>
with the UUID value of the virtual
machine where CBT is failing. You can
find the value in the URL of the virtual
machine that is used when connected
to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
4. Set registry key to "full disk
backupForFullBackup"=0.
5. Create/set the registry to
ResetCBT=1.
6. Submit the backup job.

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VMware Tools
Status Message Solution

Warning Out of date. Install the latest version of VMware

Tools.
Warning Not installed or not running. Install the latest version of VMware
Tools and ensure that the tool is
running.

Disk
Status Message Solution

Error VM snapshots are not Create an agent-based backup plan in

supported for the VM because it Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
has a SCSI controller configured Agent (Windows) to back up the VM.
for bus-sharing configuration.
Warning The physical Raw Device Create an agent-based backup plan in
Mapping (RDM) disk is not Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
backed up. Agent (Windows) to back up the VM.
Warning The virtual Raw Device Mapping Create an agent-based backup plan in
(RDM) disk backs up as a full Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
disk. Agent (Windows) to back up the VM.
Warning The independent disk is not Create an agent-based backup plan in
backed up. Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows) to back up the VM.
Warning For Full or Verify backup jobs, Note: This affects Full and Verify
the disk on the NFS data store is backup jobs only. For an Incremental
backed up as a full disk. backup job, only changed data are
backed up.
Move the virtual disk to a data store on
a block storage device or create an
agent-based backup plan in Arcserve
UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) to back up the VM.

Power State
Status Message Solution

Warning Powered off Power on the virtual machine.

Warning Suspended Power on the virtual machine.

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Data Consistency
Status Message Solution

Warning VMware does not support Create an agent-based backup plan in

application-consistent quiescing Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
for a VM that has IDE disks. Agent (Windows) to back up the
Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange
Server data.
Warning VMware does not support Create an agent-based backup plan in
application-consistent quiescing Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
for a VM that has SATA disks. Agent to back up the Microsoft SQL
Server and Exchange Server data.
Warning VMware does not support Upgrade ESX Server to 4.1 or higher or
application-consistent quiescing create an agent-based backup plan in
because the version of the ESX Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
server is prior to release 4.1. Agent (Windows) to back up the
Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange
Server data.
Warning VMware does not support Create an agent-based backup plan in
application-consistent quiescing Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
because there are not enough Agent (Windows) to back up the
SCSI slots available Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange
Server data.
Warning VMware does not support Create an agent-based backup plan in
application-consistent quiescing Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
if the guest OS has dynamic Agent (Windows) to back up the
disks. Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange
Server data.
Note: VMware does not support
application-level quiescing on virtual
machines that are Windows Server
2008 or later with dynamic disks
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Status Message Solution

Warning Not verified because the Provide the built-in local administrator
application failed to access the or domain administrator credentials to
virtual machine. Verify that the log in to the virtual machine guest
user credentials are correct and operating system. Also, verify that the
have administrative privileges. VMware Tools inside the virtual
machine are update-to-date and
running. For virtual machines in ESXi
4.x, VIX needs to be installed on the
Console machine.
Due to a VMware limitation, backup is
supported only on VMs running on an
ESX server that has a paid license.
Backup is not supported on an ESXi
server with a free license.
Note: Data Consistency check is
supported on Windows Server 2003
and later.
Warning Unable to verify whether Refer to the Power State column
data-consistent backup is
possible because the virtual
machine is not powered on.
Warning VMware does not support Create an agent-based backup plan in
application-consistent quiescing Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP
if the guest OS has storage Agent (Windows) to back up the
spaces enabled. File-level Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft
recovery is supported only for Exchange Server data.
those volumes that do not have
storage spaces enabled. (Full
VM recovery is supported
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How to Create Application Consistent Snapshots for VMware

In some cases, the VMware VSS writer does not create application consistent snapshots
on some virtual machines (VM). As a result, the backed up data may not be in an
application-consistent state.

Verify Prerequisites:

Complete the following prerequisites to create application consistent snapshots:

■ Latest VMware Tools must be installed and running inside the guest OS of the VM.
Also, ensure that VMware Snapshot Provider service is installed (no need to be
running).
■ The VM must run on ESXi 4.1 or later.
■ The VM must use only SCSI disks. The VM must have equal number of free SCSI slots
to match the number of disks.
■ Application consistent quiescing is not supported for VM that have IDE or SATA
disks.
■ All volumes in the VM are basic disks and there are no dynamic disks.
■ The VM guest OS does not have storage spaces enabled.
■ The disk.EnableUUID parameter of the VM must be enabled. VMs created on 4.1 or
later have this parameter enabled by default. The following configurations are
performed automatically by backup job to avoid data inconsistency and perform
application-consistent backup. If backup job cannot enable disk.EnableUUID due to
some reasons, configure the parameter manually using the following procedure:
– If disk.EnableUUID exists and is FALSE, change it to TRUE.
– If disk.EnableUUID does not exist, create it and set it to TRUE.
– If disk.EnableUUID exists and is TRUE, keep it as it is.
Note: For more information about creating application-consistent backup, see
the VMware KB article.

Affected Features:

If any of the requirements are not met, the session data remains crash consistent. As a
result, the following features are affected:
■ Backed up data that includes application data of a VM, such as SQL, Exchange, and
SharePoint, may remain in a crash consistent state.
■ Catalog job may fail.

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Solutions for Preflight Check Items of Hyper-V VMs

The following tables describe the solutions to help you resolve errors and warnings from
your Preflight Check results for Hyper-V VMs:

Hyper-V Credentials
Status Message Solution
Error Failed to access the ■ Verify if the Hyper-V server is running
ADMIN$ share of the
Hyper-V server or does ■ Verify if the network of Hyper-V server is
not have the proper connectable.
credentials. ■ Verify if the ADMIN$ share of Hyper-V
Server is enabled.
■ Provide administrator rights of Hyper-V
when importing VM from it.

Integration Services
Status Message Solution
Warning Not installed, running, Install/Upgrade/Enable the integration
operational. services.
Notes:
■ For Windows VM, if the integration
services are installed, verify if the
following two required services are
running in the VM: Hyper-V Data
Exchange Service and Hyper-V Volume
Shadow Copy Requestor. Also verify, if
there are errors of Hyper-V services in the
event log of VM.
■ For Linux VM, verify the latest integration
services are installed, and Key-Value Pair
and Live virtual machine backup features
are available on the specific Linux VM. For
more information on Linux-integrated
services on Hyper-V VM, see the
Microsoft KB article.
Warning Not responding Restart the integration services in the guest
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Warning The integration service Create an agent-based backup plan in

inside the virtual Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to
machine is not back up the VM.
compatible with the
integration service in the
Hyper-V server.
Warning Out of date. Upgrade the integration services.

Power State
Status Message Solution

Warning Powered off. Power on the virtual machine.

Warning Suspended. Power on the virtual machine.

Disk
Status Message Solution

Warning The physical hard disk Create an agent-based backup plan in

that is attached to the Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to
virtual machine will not back up the virtual machine.
be backed up.
Error Unable to back up the Create an agent-based backup plan in
VM. The VM has disks on Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to
a remote share. back up the virtual machine.

Warning Failed to get the virtual Verify if the virtual machine exists on the
machine by instance Hyper-V server.
UUID.

Data Consistency
Status Message Solution

Warning An application-consistent Create an agent-based backup plan in

snapshot is not Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to
supported. The virtual back up the virtual machine.
machine has a dynamic
disk.
Warning An application-consistent Create an agent-based backup plan in
snapshot is not Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to
supported because the back up the virtual machine.
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Status Message Solution

Warning An application-consistent Change the volume's shadow copy storage

snapshot is not area to the volume itself.
supported because the Note: For a VM in Hyper-V 2012 R2, if certain
VM has a volume whose update of Microsoft is applied on Hyper-V
shadow copy storage is host, application-consistent snapshot is still
located on another supported in such cases.
volume.
Warning An application-consistent If you want to back up the virtual machine but
snapshot is not skip the File Systems other than NTFS/Refs,
supported. The virtual create an agent based backup plan in Arcserve
machine has different UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to back up the
file systems other than virtual machine.
NTFS/Refs. Note: For a VM in Hyper-V 2012 R2, if certain
update of Microsoft is applied on Hyper-V
host, application-consistent snapshot is still
supported in such cases.
Warning An application-consistent Disable the Scoped Snapshot inside VM by
snapshot is not adding a DWORD registry key
supported. The Scoped HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft
Snapshot feature is \Windows
enabled in the virtual NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\ScopeSnap
machine. shots with the value 0.
Warning An application-consistent Refer to the Integration Services column.
snapshot is not
supported. The
integration service is not
operational (Failed
state).
Warning Not verified because the Verify if the virtual machine exists on the
application failed to get Hyper-V server.
the virtual machine by
instance UUID.
Warning Not verified because the Refer to the Power State column.
virtual machine is not
powered on.
Warning An application-consistent Provide built-in local administrator or domain
snapshot is not administrator credentials to log in to the
supported. Failed to log virtual machine guest operating system. Also,
in to the virtual machine verify that the virtual machine has network
to check the reason. connectivity.

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Status Message Solution

Warning An application-consistent To identify the reason of cannot take an

snapshot is not application-consistent snapshot, check the
supported for an event logs. The event log is located at the
unknown reason. following location:
Inside the VM: Event Viewer>Windows
Logs>Application and System. In the log, look
for errors that come from Disk, VSS, and
VolSnap.
On the Hyper-V server: Event
Viewer>Windows Logs>Application and
Services Logs>
Microsoft>Windows>Hyper-V-*. In the log,
look for errors for the respective VM.

How to Create Application Consistent Snapshots for Hyper-V

In some cases, the Hyper-V VSS writer does not create application consistent snapshots
on some virtual machines (VM). As a result, the backed up data may not be in an
application-consistent state.

Verify Prerequisites:

Complete the following prerequisites to create application consistent snapshots:

■ In the child VM, the integration service named Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy
Requestor is installed and running.
■ The child VM is in the running state.
■ The Snapshot File Location for the VM is set to the same volume in the host
operating system as the VHD files for the VM.
■ All volumes in the child VM are basic disks and there are no dynamic disks.
■ All disks in the child VM must use a file system that supports snapshots (for
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Verify Considerations:

Complete the following considerations to create application consistent snapshots:

■ Integration Service installed in the child VM must be compatible with the Hyper-V
host.
– For example: Windows 8.1/2012R2 integration service inside VM is not
compatible with Windows 2008R2 Hyper-V host.
■ For Windows 8, 2012 and later, and the VM running in Windows 2008R2 Hyper-V
host, the Scoped Snapshot feature in the VM must be disabled. To disable the
Scoped Snapshot feature, follow these steps:
1. Log into the VM.
2. Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
3. Open the SystemRestore key.
Note: Create the key if it does not exist.
4. Add a 32-bit DWORD registry value named "ScopeSnapshots" and set the value
as 0.

Affected Features:

If any of the requirements are not met, the session data is crash consistent. As a result,
the following features are affected:
■ Backed up data that includes application data of a VM, such as SQL, Exchange, and
SharePoint, may remain in a crash consistent state.
■ Catalog job may fail.

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How to Add and Manage Node Groups

Using Arcserve UDP, you can add multiple nodes in to a group. You can add node groups
to manage your physical and virtual machine environment.

The following diagram illustrates how you can add and manage the node groups:

The Arcserve UDP solution contains following node groups:

■ Default Groups:
– All Nodes: Displays all the nodes that are added to the Console.
– Nodes without a Plan: Displays the nodes that do not have any plan assigned.
Note: You cannot modify or delete the default node groups.
■ Groups that appear when you add child groups:
– Plan Groups: Displays the list of plans that you have created. Select each plan
under the group to view all the nodes associated with that plan.
– Custom Groups: Displays the list of customized node groups that you have
created. For example, the node group that you create by clicking Actions, Node
Group, Add from the center pane.
– vCenter/ESX Groups: Displays the nodes that you add using the Importing
from vCenter/ESX option.
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– Hyper-V Groups: Displays the nodes that you add using the Importing from
Hyper-V option.
– VM Backup Proxy Groups: Displays Agentless nodes that are protected by
Backup, Host-based Agentless task
– Global Dashboard Groups: Displays all the arcserve Backup branch primary
server under the GDB server. The Global Dashboard group is added when you
add one arcserve Backup Global Dashboard server into the Console and
perform a Full arcserve Backup synchronization for the added GDB server.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 201)
■ Add Node Groups (see page 201)
■ Modify Node Groups (see page 202)
■ Delete Node Groups (see page 203)

Review the Prerequisites

Before working on the node groups, complete the following prerequisites:
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Add a node.

Add Node Groups

To manage the list of nodes, you can create a group for selected nodes. For example,
you can group nodes by business function or by installed application. You can also add
nodes into any custom groups later after adding a blank group.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
3. From the center pane, click the Actions drop-down list.

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4. Click Add under Node Group.

The Add Group dialog opens displaying all the available nodes.
5. Complete the following actions to add nodes to the group, and click OK.
■ Select nodes that you want to add in a group.
■ Provide a name to the group.
The Information dialog opens on the right pane to provide the message that the
node group is created.
The added group is placed below Custom Groups on the left pane.

Note: The Modify and Delete options are enabled only when you have added a group.

Modify Node Groups

Using Arcserve UDP solution, you can modify the node groups that you created. You can
add and remove nodes from node groups and change the name of the node groups.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
3. From Custom Groups in the left pane, select a group.
The details of selected group are displayed on the center pane.
4. Click the Actions drop-down list, and then click Modify.
The Modify Group dialog opens.
5. Update the details and click OK.
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Delete Node Groups

You can delete a group, if required. When you delete a group that was manually added,
the virtual or physical machines are not removed from Arcserve UDP. However, if you
delete a group that was automatically created from an ESX or vCenter Server discovery,
the group and all virtual machines are deleted from the Console.

Important! You cannot delete the default node groups.

Note: The process of deleting the node groups does not delete individual nodes from
the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
The Nodes: All Nodes page is displayed.
3. From Custom Groups in the left pane, select a group name.
The details of selected group are displayed on the center pane.
4. Click the Actions drop-down list, and then click Delete.
The Confirm dialog opens.
5. Click Yes.
The Information dialog opens on the right pane to provide the message that the
node group is deleted.

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Add a Storage Array

If you are using hardware snapshots, you have to add the storage array details to the
Console. If you do not add a storage array and you submit a backup job using hardware
snapshot, the backup job will first look for the storage array details in the Console.
When the backup job does not find the storage array details, the job uses a software
snapshot to create backup sessions.
Important! You must have the Array and Data IP address to add a storage array. To
find the IP address, refer to the topic Find Array and Data IP of the SVM Storage
Array for the Arcserve UDP Console (see page 206).

Adding a storage array is required for VMware host-based agentless backup only. You
can add a standalone array, Cluster, or vFiler to the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructure on the left pane and click Storage Arrays.
The Add a Storage Array dialog opens.
3. Select one of the following options for the type of array:
Standalone
Specifies the storage array is a standalone appliance..
Cluster(SVM)
Specifies the storage array belongs to a cluster of arrays.
vFiler
Specifies the storage array is a vFiler.

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4. Provide the following details for the specific type of array:

Site
Specifies the name of the site.
Array IP
Specifies the IP address of the array. For 7-mode, provide the IP address that
can access the iSCSI interface and NFS. The IP address that you provide is used
by the VMware(ESXi) to access the storage array for read and write operations.
For cluster and Vfiler, provide the management IP address of the Storage Array
or management IP address of the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM).
To find the Array IP address, refer to the topic Find Array and Data IP of the
SVM Storage Array for the Arcserve UDP Console (see page 206).
Data IP
Specify the Data access IP (Logical Interface) of the storage virtual machine
(SVM), where the target machines (ESXi) can access this storage array for read
and write operations. This option is applicable for Cluster and vFiler only. If the
Storage Virtual Machine supports only FC protocol, then enter NA.
To find the Data IP address, refer to the topic Find Array and Data IP of the SVM
Storage Array for the Arcserve UDP Console (see page 206).
Username
Specifies the user name to connect to the storage array.
Password
Specifies the password for the user name.
Port
Specifies the port number of the array.
Protocol
Specifies the protocol to connect to the array. For vFiler, the default protocol is
HTTP.
5. Click Save.

The storage array is added to the Console.

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Find Array and Data IP of the SVM Storage Array for the Arcserve UDP Console
This section describes how to find Array and Data IP when the NetApp Storage array is
running in the cDOT(clustered) mode.

Note: Only applicable for the Cluster (SVM).

Follow these steps:

1. Login to the NetApp system manager and connect to the cluster with valid
credentials.
2. Identify the SVM that you want to add to the Arcserve UDP console.

3. Change the View to Cluster.

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5. Filter the storage virtual machine by the SVM that you have identified.

6. Find out which interface has the Management Access IP address and the Data
protocol access IP address, and provide them at Add Storage Array in the UDP
Console.
■ Get Management Access IP address:
■ Locate the Interface that has the option Yes under the Management
Access column.
■ From the interface, select the IP address available under IP
Address/WWPN.
■ Get Data Protocol Access IP address:
■ Locate the Interface that has the option iSCSI or NFS under the Data
Protocol column.
■ For the ISCSI or NFS interface, select the respective IP address available
under IP Address/WWPN.

Note: The ESXi server must use the same Data protocol access IP address for read
and write to the NetApp storage array for iSCSI or NFS.

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How to Add and Manage a Site

Arcserve UDP Console can manage remote nodes and recovery point servers from
another subnet across a WAN. The remote nodes and server in a Site interact with the
Console using a gateway. The gateway is installed in Sites. Although the Console cannot
connect to the remote nodes directly, Arcserve UDP uses the gateway to establish a
connection between the nodes and Console.

Important! If the recovery points are in a remote site, then to restore data, the Console
must connect to the remote site using a VPN connection.

The following diagram shows the connection between local and sites.

After you add a site, you can modify, update, or delete sites from the Console. Also, you
can manage the remote nodes from the Console.

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Specify the Site Name

The Site Name page lets you specify a name for the site and select a heartbeat interval.
This site name is displayed on the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Infrastructures and click Sites.
The Infrastructure: Remote Sites page opens on the center pane.
3. Click Add a Site.
The Add a Site wizard opens.
4. Provide the following details on the Site Page page:
Site Name
Provide a name for the site.
Heartbeat Interval
Select a time interval for the heartbeat from the drop-down list. The hearbeat
will check the connection between the Console and the site at specified
interval.
UDP Console Connection URL
Specifies the URL of the UDP Console. The gateway server connects to this URL.
Remember UDP Console Connection URL
Select this check box to remember the Console URL.
5. Click Next.
The Arcserve Remote Management Gateway Installation Instructions page opens.

You have specified the name for the remote site.

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Share the Registration Instruction

The Share the Registration Instruction includes the information to download and install
the gateway. The download instructions are sent to the remote administrator. The
remote administrator needs to use the download information to download and install
the gateway.

Follow these steps:

1. Copy the instructions and save it for your reference.
If you have not configured Arcserve UDP email, send the copied instructions to the
remote administrator from another email server.
2. Select Send instructions using Arcserve UDP email and provide the email address
of the remote administrator.
3. Click Next
The Confirmation page opens.

You have successfully shared the registration instruction.

Verify and Add the Site

Verify the details before you add the site. You can click Previous to visit the previous
pages.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify the details on the confirmation page.
You can modify any information on the previous pages, if required.
2. Click Finish.
The wizard closes.

The remote site is created on the Infrastructure: Sites page.

When the remote administrator installs Arcserve Remote Management Gateway and
successfully provides the gateway authorization code, a green check mark is displayed
beside the site name on the Console.

You have successfully added a site.

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Modify the Console URL

When you change the Console URL, the gateway must be registered again to manage
the site from the Console. The gateway registration is performed by the remote
administrator. When you update the Console URL, Arcserve UDP sends an email to the
remote administrator with detailed instructions on how to register the gateway to the
Console.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructures on the left pane and click Sites.
The Infrastructure: Site page opens on the center pane.
3. Select the site and click Actions, Update Console URL.
The Update Console URL dialog opens.
4. Specify the new URL of the Console.
5. Click Send.
An email is sent to the remote administrator. When the remote administrator
updates the new URL on the gateway server, the Console displays a green check
mark beside the updated site..

You have successfully modified the Console URL.

Modify the Site

You can modify the site to change any of the parameters of the added site. For example,
you can rename the site or change the heartbeat interval.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructures on the left pane and click Sites.
The Infrastructure: Site page opens on the center pane.
3. Select the site and click Actions, Modify.
The Modify a Site wizard opens.
4. Use Previous and Next to visit any pages and modify any parameter.
5. Click Finish.
The Modify a Site wizard closes.

You have successfully modified the site.

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Delete a Site
You can delete a site that you do not want to manage. Before deleting a site, all nodes
and node discovery filters related to this site must be deleted first.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructures on the left pane and click Sites.
The Infrastructure: Site page opens on the center pane.
3. Select the site and click Actions, Delete.
The Confirm dialog opens.
4. Click Yes.

The site is deleted.

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Set up a Proxy Server for the Gateway

Arcserve UDP supports installing a proxy server on the Gateway machine. Gateway uses
this proxy setting to communicate with its registered Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Arcserve Remote Management Gateway Setup wizard.

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2. On the Proxy Settings dialog, select one of the two options:

Use browser proxy settings (for IE and Chrome only)
Specifies to use the proxy settings of the browser. You must update the
browser proxy settings. Open the browser and click Options, Connection, LAN
setup.

Configure proxy settings

Specifies that you have to provide the proxy server details on the wizard page.

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3. Clear the authentication check box if the proxy does not support credentials.

The proxy server is set up for the gateway.

4. To verify the proxy setting, open regedit and navigate to Proxy.

On the Type field, 0 indicates browser settings and 1 indicates other settings.
Note: If you want to change any of the proxy settings such as port, server IP
address, or type, you can change from regedit.

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This section contains the following topics:
How to Add a Destination (see page 217)
How to Manage a Data Store (see page 233)
How to Manage a Recovery Point Server (see page 250)
How to Manage Arcserve Backup Servers (see page 254)

How to Add a Destination

A destination is a location where you store your backup data. For Arcserve UDP, you can
assign a recovery point server (RPS) as a central destination. You can store data from
multiple nodes in a recovery point server and then recover data when necessary. Adding
a destination primarily involves two steps:
a. Adding a recovery point server to the Console.
b. Adding a data store to the recovery point server.

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The following diagram illustrates how to add a destination:

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites (see page 218)
2. Add a Recovery Point Server (see page 219)
3. (Optional) Deploy the Recovery Point Server (see page 221)
4. Add a Data Store (see page 222)
5. Verify the Destination (see page 233)

Review the Prerequisites

Before you set up a recovery point server, complete the following prerequisites:
■ Review the Release Notes for a description of system requirements, supported
operating systems, and a list of issues that are known to exist with this release of
Arcserve UDP.
■ Verify that you have administrator privileges to install Arcserve UDP.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Add a Recovery Point Server

Adding a destination starts with addition of a recovery point server to the Console.
Later, you add data stores to the RPS.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP, and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed in the center pane.
3. Click Add a Recovery Point Server.
The Add a Recovery Point Server page is displayed.
4. Enter the following details:
Node Name/IP Address
Defines the node name of the recovery point server that you want to add to
the Console.
Username and Password
Defines the user name and its password that helps you log in to the node.
Note: Use one of the following formats for the user name: Computer name, domain
name/username, or username.
Description
(Optional) Defines any additional information about the node.
5. Enter the following fields for the Installation Settings:
Note: If the node already has Recovery Point Server installed, ignore these
installation settings.
Installation Folder
Specify the location where you want to install the recovery point server. You
can accept the default path or can specify an alternative path.
Port
Specifies the port number that connects to the web-based UI.
Default: 8014.
Protocol
Specify the protocol that you want to use to communicate with the destination
server. The available selections are HTTP and HTTPS.
Note: For a more secure communication, select the HTTPS protocol.

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Change Tracking Driver

Specify if you want to Install Agent Change Tracking Driver.
6. Schedule the installation or upgrade by selecting one of the options from Start Time
to Install or Upgrade.
Note: If the server already has Recovery Point Server installed, ignore these
settings.
7. Click Save.
The deployment progress is displayed in the right pane. The recovery point server is
added.

Now, the recovery point server is deployed. You can add data stores after the recovery
point server is added.

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(Optional) Deploy the Recovery Point Server

Using Arcserve UDP, you can discover and deploy the latest version of the RPS
component to recovery point servers. After you deploy the RPS component, the node is
ready to store the backup sessions and serve as a recovery point server.

Note: The RPS components are installed with the Arcserve UDP installation.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destination: Recovery Point Server page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
4. Click Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server.
The Installation and Upgrade page is displayed.

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5. Modify the deployment settings, and click OK to deploy the recovery point server
on the selected node.
The recovery point server deployment starts. You can view the deployment
progress on the right pane.

Add a Data Store

To create the destination, the recovery point server needs data stores. The data store
specifies where the backup data is stored. You can add multiple data stores to a RPS.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
4. Click Add a Data Store.
The Create a Data Store page is displayed with the name of the specified recovery
point server.
5. Specify the following fields and click Save.
Data Store Name
Defines the name of the data store.
Recovery Point Server
Defines the recovery point server where the data store is created. The recovery
point server is already added by default.
Backup Destination Folder
Defines the location of the folder where the data store is created. Click Browse
to select the destination folder.
Note: For non-deduplication and deduplication data store, the backup
destination path should be an empty folder.

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Enable Deduplication
Specifies that deduplication is enabled for this data store. Arcserve UDP
supports both types of deduplication: Source-side deduplication and Global
deduplication. Source-side deduplication prevents duplicate data blocks to
move across network from a particular agent. Global deduplication eliminates
duplicate data across all client machines based on the volume cluster level.
Deduplication Block Size
Defines the deduplication block size. The options are 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, and
32 KB. The deduplication block size also impacts the Deduplication capacity
estimation. For example, if you change the default 4 KB to 8 KB, the
Deduplication capacity estimations double. Increasing the deduplication
block size can decrease the deduplication percentage.
Hash Destination is on a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Specifies if the hash folder is on a solid state drive.
Note: Configure the hash destination on local SSD, if the Hash destination
is on a Solid State Drive(SSD) option is enabled

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Hash Memory Allocation

Specifies the amount of physical memory that you allocate to keep hashes.
This field is pre-filled with a default value. The default value is based on the
following calculation:
If the physical memory of the RPS is smaller than 4 GB (or is identical to 4
GB), the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is identical to the
physical memory of the RPS.
If the physical memory of the RPS is greater than 4 GB, Arcserve UDP
calculates the available free memory at this time. Assume that the
available free memory is X GB at present. Arcserve UDP further checks the
following conditions:
– If (X * 80%) > = 4 GB, the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is (X *
80%).
– If (X * 80%) < 4 GB, the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is 4 GB.
Example: Consider the RPS has 32 GB of physical memory. Assume that
operating system and other applications use 4 GB memory while creating
the data store. So, the available free memory at this time is 28 GB. Then,
the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is 22.4 GB (22.4 GB = 28 GB *
80%).
Data Destination
Defines the data destination folder to save the actual unique data blocks.
Use the largest disk to store data as that contains the original data blocks
of source.
Note: The Data Destination path should be a blank folder.
Index Destination
Defines the index destination folder to store the index files. Choose a
different disk to improve the deduplication processing.
Note: The Index Destination path should be a blank folder.
Hash Destination
Defines the path to store the hash database. Arcserve UDP uses the SHA1
algorithm to generate the hash for source data. The hash values are
managed by the the hash database. Selecting a high speed Solid State
Drive (SSD) increases the deduplication capacity and requires a lower
memory allocation.
Note: The Hash Destination path should be an empty folder.
Note: You cannot specify the same path for the following four folders: Backup
Destination folder, Data Destination, Index Destination, and Hash
Destination.
Enable Compression
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Compression Type
Specifies whether to use the standard compression type.
Compression is often selected to decrease the usage of the disk space, but
also has an inverse impact on your backup speed due to the increased CPU
usage. Based on your requirement, you can select one of the three
available options.
Note: For more information, see Compression Type (see page 993).
Enable Encryption
Specifies that encryption settings are enabled. When you select this option, you
must specify and confirm the encryption password.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. The Arcserve Unified Data Protection
solution uses secure, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption
algorithms to achieve maximum security and privacy of your data. For data
stores, encryption or No encryption is supported. For Encryption, only AES-256
is available.
Concurrent Active Nodes
Specifies the maximum concurrent jobs on the data store.
No Limit: The default means that all jobs in this Data Store are started
immediately.
Limit to: Refers to a value from 1 to 9999. The value indicates the number
of jobs that can concurrently run. If the running jobs meet the number,
another job is placed in to the queue and job can only start when one of
the running job completes. The completed job could mean a finished,
canceled, or a failed job.
The number applies to the Job Types but not to the Server nodes. For
example, number 5 indicates that five backup jobs are running. Any job
scheduled after five backup jobs waits in the queue, but you can submit
another job such as File System Catalog.
Note: Limit to number only impacts the replication outbound job, not the
replication inbound job. Limit to number does not impact the Restore or
BMR jobs. Such jobs are not placed in a queue.

The data store is created and gets displayed on the center pane. Click the data store to
view the details in the right pane.

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Various States of Data Store

The data store displays different status depending on the task performed by the data
store. When you select a data store from the resources tab, the data store status is
displayed on the right pane
■ Stopped: The data store is inactive. You cannot submit any job in this state.
■ Starting: The data store is starting. When the data store is getting started, the
progress is displayed on the Console.
■ Running: The data store is active. You can submit jobs in this state.
■ Stopping: The data store is stopping. When the data store is stopping, the progress
is displayed on the Console.
■ Modifying: The data store is getting updated with the new data. When the data
store is getting modified, the progress is displayed on the Console.
■ Deleting: The data store is getting deleted. When the data store is getting deleted,
the progress is displayed on the Console.
■ Out of Service: The data store is not functioning properly. You cannot submit any
jobs in this state. Stop the data store and verify the reason for this behavior. The
following cases can result in the Out of Service status of a data store:
– The data store backup destination cannot be accessed.
– The configurations in registry or file are corrupted.
– The GDD index or data role has internal errors.
– The GDD index or data role process is manually stopped.
■ Restore Only: In the Restore Only state, any jobs that require to write data to the
data store does not run. Jobs such as backup, replication (in) job, jumpstart (in),
data migration job. All others jobs run, which require to read data from the data
store. The data store status changes to Restore Only in the following conditions:
– When the hash role process is manually stopped.
– When the hash path volume capacity or the assigned hash memory reaches its
maximum limit.

Important! When the status of the data store is Restore only (Degraded State) or Out of
service (Bad State), the data store does not function properly. You must stop the data
store and verify the root cause for the status. For example, the problem may be the data
deduplication volume has reached its maximum. After you resolve the root cause, start
the data store and resubmit the backup job.

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Add Arcserve Backup Servers

Add an Arcserve Backup Server to archive data to a tape. When you create a plan to
archive data to a tape device, you can use this destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP, and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Arcserve Backup Servers.
The Destinations: Arcserve Backup Servers page is displayed in the center pane.
3. Click Add an Arcserve Backup Server.
The Add an Arcserve Backup Server page is displayed.
4. Enter the following details:
Node Name/IP Address
Specifies the node name or the IP address of the Arcserve Backup server.
Authentication Type
Specifies the type of authentication used to log in to the Arcserve Backup
server. The following two options are available:

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Windows Authentication
Specifies that the Windows authentication is used to log in to the Arcserve
Backup server.
Note: The Windows user must be registered in Arcserve Backup first using
Arcserve Backup User Profile Manager.
Arcserve Backup Authentication
Specifies that the Arcserve Backup authentication is used to log in to the
Arcserve Backup server.
Username and Password
Specifies the user name and its password that helps you log in to the node.
Note: Use one of the following formats for the user name: Computer name,
domain name/username, or username.
Port
Specifies the port number that is used to connect to the Arcserve Backup
server.
Note: Arcserve UDP uses the port number to connect to both the servers, the
Arcserve Backup Primary server and the Member server in the Arcserve Backup
domain.
5. Click Save.
The Arcserve Backup Server is added to the Console.

After adding the Arcserve Backup Server to the Console, you can navigate to resources,
Destination, Arcserve Backup Servers and check detailed information of the tape
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Add a Cloud Account

Add a cloud account to copy the recovery points to a cloud storage. You can use this
account while creating File Copy or File Archive task.

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The available options are Amazon S3, Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows
Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus.

Instead of Amazon S3, if for Storage Service you select the Amazon S3 -Compatible or
Windows Azure - Compatible option, then you need to enter details for Storage
Endpoint.
Storage Endpoint
Specifies the Vendor service URL. For example, http://[server name]:Port No

Notes:
■ Using Eucalyptus-Walrus as your file copy cloud vendor, you cannot copy files
whose path length is greater than 170 characters.
■ For S3 Compatible/S3 sub-vendors, who use the V3/V2 authentication type to
get certified with Arcserve CCI, it works fine as the default Signer type override
flag is set to True. But, sub-vendors using the V4 authentication need to change
the flag to False in the AmazonPlugin.properties file and restart services.
SIGNER_OVERRIDE=false
■ To support HGST cloud for Amazon-S3 Compatible, you have to change the
following AmazonPlugin.property:
SET_STORAGECLASS_HEADER=false
This property helps to skip the storage header. As a result, using this property if
you add a File Copy / File Archive task with Amazon as the Cloud destination, by
default the storage header is skipped.
The AmazonPlugin.properties file is located at the following location:
C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\CCI\Config

C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN\CCI\Config

The configuration options for each cloud vendor are similar (with some different
terminology), and any differences are described.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP, and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Cloud Accounts.
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3. Click Add a Cloud Account.

The Add a Cloud Account page is displayed.
4. Enter the following details:
Storage Name
Specifies the name of the cloud storage. This name will be added to Console for
identifying the cloud account. Each cloud account must have a unique storage
name.
Storage Service
Select the service from the drop-down list. The configuration option varies
depending on the storage service that is selected.
Access Key ID/Account Name/Query ID
Identifies the user who is requesting access to this location.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Access Key ID, Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure) use Account Name, and Eucalyptus-Walrus uses Query ID).
Secret Access Key/Secret Key
Because your Access Key is not encrypted, this Secret Access Key is a password
that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access this location.
Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of your
accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in a secure
location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or other publicly
accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure channels.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Secret Access Key. Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Secret Key).
Proxy Settings
Specifies the proxy server settings. Select Connect using a proxy server to
enable this option. If you select this option, you must also include the IP
address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port
number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also
select this option if your proxy server requires authentication. You then must
provide the corresponding authentication information (Domain
Name\Username and Password) that is required to use the proxy server.
(Proxy capability is not available for Eucalyptus-Walrus).

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Bucket Name
All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and
organized in your buckets (or containers). Buckets are like a container for your
files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every object stored
at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.
(For this field, Amazon S3 and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Bucket Name. Windows
Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Container).
Note: For the remainder of this step, all references to Buckets can also be
applied to Containers unless specified.
Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage
For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced Redundancy
Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that helps you reduce
cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy
than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the standard and reduced
redundancy storage options store data in multiple facilities and on multiple
devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer times, so the cost is less. You
should expect the same latency and throughput using either the Amazon S3
standard storage or RRS. By default this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses
the standard storage option).
5. Click OK.
The cloud account is added to the Console.

Note: If you have configured File Copy and File Archive in previous version of Arcserve
UDP and now you upgrade to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, then for File Archive, Arcserve
UDP creates a new cloud bucket suffixed with -fa. File Copy uses the same bucket as in
the previous version.

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Verify the Destination

After completing all the procedures involved in adding an RPS, verify if the RPS is added
successfully.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Verify the following details:
■ The RPS that you created is displayed.
■ The data stores are displayed under the RPS.

How to Manage a Data Store

After you create a data store, you may need to perform various operations such as
modify, delete, stop, and start a data store.

You can also run on-demand merge jobs for multiple nodes to create more space on a
data store.

What To Do Next?
■ Review Prerequisites (see page 234)
■ Modify a Data Store (see page 235)
■ Delete a Data Store from the Console (see page 243)
■ Stop a Data Store (see page 244)
■ Start a Data Store (see page 245)
■ Browse Recovery Points in a Data Store (see page 246)
■ Delete Node Data from a Data Store (see page 248)
■ Run a Manual or On-demand Merge Job (see page 249)
■ Troubleshooting: How to Use a Data Store When the Backup Destination Folder is
Full (see page 250)

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Review the Prerequisites

To manage a data store, complete the following prerequisites:
■ You have already added a data store.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Modify a Data Store

You can modify an already existing data store, however, there are some restrictions and
you cannot modify the following details of a data store:
■ Compression details
■ Non-deduplication data store to a deduplication data store or deduplication data
store to a non-deduplication data store.
■ Deduplication options: Deduplicate Data and Deduplication Block Size.

Considerations before you modify a data store:

■ If you change the path of the data store or the encryption password, all jobs
running in that data store, including the jobs waiting in queue are canceled. Any
change in the data store name, hash memory size, or concurrent active nodes
number does not impact the running jobs.
■ For non-deduplication data store: To change the data store path, keep the backup
destination folder empty.
■ For deduplication data store: To change the data store path, keep the following
folders empty:
■ Backup Destination folder
■ Data Destination
■ Index Destination
■ Hash Destination
■ The Encryption Password options are editable only if you selected the Encrypt Data
option while creating the data store.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page displays the list of available
recovery point servers.
3. Expand a recovery point server.
You can see the list of data stores associated with the recovery point server.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the data store name.
■ Select the data store, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the data store, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.

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5. Click Modify.
The Modify a Data Store page is displayed.
6. Update the required fields and click Save.
Data Store Name
Defines the name of the data store.
Recovery Point Server
Defines the recovery point server where the data store is created. The recovery
point server is already added by default.
Backup Destination Folder
Defines the location of the folder where the data store is created. Click Browse
to select the destination folder.
Note: For non-deduplication and deduplication data store, the backup
destination path should be an empty folder.
Enable Deduplication
Specifies that deduplication is enabled for this data store. Arcserve UDP
supports both types of deduplication: Source-side deduplication and Global
deduplication. Source-side deduplication prevents duplicate data blocks to
move across network from a particular agent. Global deduplication eliminates
duplicate data across all client machines based on the volume cluster level.
Deduplication Block Size
Defines the deduplication block size. The options are 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, and
32 KB. The deduplication block size also impacts the Deduplication capacity
estimation. For example, if you change the default 4 KB to 8 KB, the
Deduplication capacity estimations double. Increasing the deduplication
block size can decrease the deduplication percentage.
Hash Destination is on a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Specifies if the hash folder is on a solid state drive.
Note: Configure the hash destination on local SSD, if the Hash destination
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Hash Memory Allocation

Specifies the amount of physical memory that you allocate to keep hashes.
This field is pre-filled with a default value. The default value is based on the
following calculation:
If the physical memory of the RPS is smaller than 4 GB (or is identical to 4
GB), the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is identical to the
physical memory of the RPS.
If the physical memory of the RPS is greater than 4 GB, Arcserve UDP
calculates the available free memory at this time. Assume that the
available free memory is X GB at present. Arcserve UDP further checks the
following conditions:
– If (X * 80%) > = 4 GB, the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is (X *
80%).
– If (X * 80%) < 4 GB, the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is 4 GB.
Example: Consider the RPS has 32 GB of physical memory. Assume that
operating system and other applications use 4 GB memory while creating
the data store. So, the available free memory at this time is 28 GB. Then,
the default value of Hash Memory Allocation is 22.4 GB (22.4 GB = 28 GB *
80%).
Data Destination
Defines the data destination folder to save the actual unique data blocks.
Use the largest disk to store data as that contains the original data blocks
of source.
Note: The Data Destination path should be a blank folder.
Index Destination
Defines the index destination folder to store the index files. Choose a
different disk to improve the deduplication processing.
Note: The Index Destination path should be a blank folder.
Hash Destination
Defines the path to store the hash database. Arcserve UDP uses the SHA1
algorithm to generate the hash for source data. The hash values are
managed by the the hash database. Selecting a high speed Solid State
Drive (SSD) increases the deduplication capacity and requires a lower
memory allocation.
Note: The Hash Destination path should be an empty folder.
Note: You cannot specify the same path for the following four folders: Backup
Destination folder, Data Destination, Index Destination, and Hash
Destination.
Enable Compression
Specifies that the data compression settings are enabled.

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Compression Type
Specifies whether to use the standard compression type.
Compression is often selected to decrease the usage of the disk space, but
also has an inverse impact on your backup speed due to the increased CPU
usage. Based on your requirement, you can select one of the three
available options.
Note: For more information, see Compression Type (see page 993).
Enable Encryption
Specifies that encryption settings are enabled. When you select this option, you
must specify and confirm the encryption password.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. The Arcserve Unified Data Protection
solution uses secure, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption
algorithms to achieve maximum security and privacy of your data. For data
stores, encryption or No encryption is supported. For Encryption, only AES-256
is available.
Concurrent Active Nodes
Specifies the maximum concurrent jobs on the data store.
No Limit: The default means that all jobs in this Data Store are started
immediately.
Limit to: Refers to a value from 1 to 9999. The value indicates the number
of jobs that can concurrently run. If the running jobs meet the number,
another job is placed in to the queue and job can only start when one of
the running job completes. The completed job could mean a finished,
canceled, or a failed job.
The number applies to the Job Types but not to the Server nodes. For
example, number 5 indicates that five backup jobs are running. Any job
scheduled after five backup jobs waits in the queue, but you can submit
another job such as File System Catalog.
Note: Limit to number only impacts the replication outbound job, not the
replication inbound job. Limit to number does not impact the Restore or
BMR jobs. Such jobs are not placed in a queue.

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Modify the Data Store Threshold

A data store has default threshold setup in the system and physical memory. To free up
space or replace the existing disk with a bigger disk, you can modify the default
threshold manually. In a deduplication data store, the threshold monitors the memory
allocated to the hash destination and the disk space allocated for the backup
destination folder, index destination, and data destination. For a nondeduplication data
store, the threshold monitors the storage space only of the backup destination folder.
All the five items that the thresholds monitors have two types of values: warning
threshold and error threshold.

Thresholds registry locations and default values

1. Registry location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\DataStore\XXXXXXX\CommStore]
Threshold values: "WarnPathThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorPathThreshold"="100"
2. Registry location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\DataStore\XXXXXXX\GDD\DataRole]
Threshold values: "WarnPathThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorPathThreshold"="100"
3. Registry location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\DataStore\XXXXXXX\GDD\HashRole]
Threshold values: "WarnPathThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorPathThreshold"="100",
"WarnMemThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorMemThreshold"="10"
Note: Hash role monitors the memory and disk usage both. Path represents the disk
usage and Mem represents the memory.
4. Registry location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\DataStore\XXXXXXX\GDD\IndexRole]
Threshold values: "WarnPathThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorPathThreshold"="100"
5. For physical memory available in both the system and physical memory allocated to
the data store:
Registry location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\DataStore\XXXXXXX\GDD\HashRole]
Threshold values: "WarnMemThreshold"="0.03" and "ErrorMemThreshold"="10"

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Follow these steps to modify the threshold:

1. Navigate to the respective registry location.
2. Manually modify the default value of threshold.
When the data store approaches a threshold, the following warning message is
displayed:
Running Low Disk Space: Data Destination.

Note: You can view the error and warning messages from the log tab in the Console.

The data store threshold is modified.

Fix the Data Store Threshold Warning and Error Messages

The log tab display errors or warning statuses related to data store threshold. The
following diagrams displays the different types of errors or warnings for specific folders:

Example Graphics of Error and Warning Messages for Threshold:

■ Warning or Error Message for Four Folders

■ Warning or Error Message for One Item

■ Error Message for Only One Item

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When Does Error or Warning Message Appear

If the threshold value is less than 1, then the value is percentage or the value unit is MB.
For example, for backup destination folder, WarnPathThreshold"="0.03" leads to the
following report status:
■ Report warning status if the volume free size is less than volume size 3%
■ Report error status if the volume free size less than 100MB.

Follow these steps to fix the messages:

1. Navigate to the respective registry location.
2. Manually modify the default value of threshold to change the thresholds or release
more space.

Note: If the threshold is reached, you can release the space manually. The updated
status is available in 15 minutes.

Modify Only the Hash Destination

When a deduplication data store is changed, only the hash path destination can be
changed to an empty folder. Arcserve UDP regenerates the hash path for the new data
store. This process is useful when the hash folder runs out of space and all the jobs get
canceled. You can change the data store and provide a new hash destination folder.

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How to Switch the Hash Destination Modes

When you create a deduplication data store, you specify whether the hash destination is
on a Solid State Drive (SSD mode) or the hard disk drive (RAM mode). If you configured
hard disk as the hash destination, you need more memory to process hash keys. As a
result when your backup size grows, all your memory may get exhausted. In that case,
you can add an SSD to back up more data. Similarly if you had configured an SSD as the
hash destination, you need less memory to process hash keys. However, if you are
moving to a higher memory machine, you might want to switch to the RAM mode for a
faster hash processing.

To switch the hash destination from a RAM to SSD or SSD to a RAM, Arcserve UDP lets
you modify an existing data store and change the mode as required.

You can modify an existing data store even when it is running but the data store restarts
after you save the change.
Changing from the RAM to SSD Mode

When you switch from the RAM to SSD mode, you would need less memory. So,
Arcserve UDP automatically decreases the minimum value of "Hash Memory
Allocation". However, you can manually change Hash Memory Allocation. For this case,
you change the hash destination folders to SSD. When you change the hash destination,
Arcserve UDP automatically copies the hash files to the new location on SSD.
Changing from the SSD to RAM Mode

When you switch from the SSD to RAM mode, the RAM should be large enough to
accommodate the current hash database. For example, before the change, the data
store created 30 GB of hash files on SSD. Now after the change, you should allocate at
least a 30 GB memory for hash files. If the RAM is not enough, the switch fails. In this
case, Arcserve UDP automatically increases the following two parameters:
■ Minimum value of Hash Memory Allocation
■ Hash Memory Allocation

This ensures that data store starts after the modification.

For this case, you change the hash destination folders to the hard disk drive. When you
change the hash destination, Arcserve UDP automatically copies the hash files to the
new location on hard disk drive.

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FQDN Support for a Data Store

When creating a data store in a local disk, Arcserve UDP creates a shared folder for the
data store, so that the jobs running on other servers can access the data.

In Arcserve UDP Version 5.0, the folder was shared with the hostname (for example,
<hostname>\sharename). As a result, when the remote server could access only the RPS
with FQDN (Fully qualified domain name), it could not access the RPS with hostname,
and the jobs failed.

Now, the data store folder can be shared with FQDN or IP address. This allows the
remote server to access the data store.

To achieve this, update the Recovery Point Server on the Console to FQDN or IP address,
and create new data store.

Note: For an existing database, stop the data store and import it again. You can
overwrite the data store instead of deleting it. Then, re-deploy the plans that use the
data store.

Delete a Data Store from the Console

If you no longer want to use a data store, you can delete the data store. When deleted,
the data store is removed from the Console. However, the deleted data store exists in
the recovery point server.

Notes:
■ You can import the deleted data store, when required.
■ To delete a data store that is linked to plans, first delete the plan that is linked to
the data store.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page displays the list of available
recovery point servers.
3. Expand a recovery point server.
You can see the list of data stores associated with the recovery point server.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the data store name.
■ Select the data store, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the data store, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
5. Click Delete.
A Confirm dialog opens.
Note: If the data store is linked to a plan, instead of the Confirm dialog you get a
Warning dialog.
6. Click Yes.
The data store is removed.

Stop a Data Store

If you do not want a data store to run, use the stop option. Stopping the data store
ensures that no job is running on it.

Notes:
■ If you stop a data store, all the jobs running, including the jobs waiting in
queue, on that data store are canceled.
■ If you stop a data store while a replication job is in progress, then on restarting
the data store, the replication job starts from the same point at which you
stopped the data store.
■ If you stop the data store while a replication job (for example, Job-10) is in
progress, and by that time two more backup jobs complete (for example,
Job-11, Job-12), then when you restart the data store, the replication jobs
complete in a sequence (Job-10, Job-11, Job-12, respectively).

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page displays the list of available
recovery point servers.
3. Expand a recovery point server.
You can see the list of data stores associated with the recovery point server.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the data store name.
■ Select the data store, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the data store, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
5. Click Stop.
The Confirm dialog opens.
6. Select Yes to stop.
The right pane displays the information that the data store is stopping.
The data store stops and the status icon for the selected data store changes from
Running to Stopped.

Start a Data Store

If you have stopped a running data store for any routine maintenance check, then you
can start the data store again after the maintenance check is over. When you start the
data store, the pending jobs will start from the point they were paused.

Note: To start a deduplication data store, depending on the Hash size, the hash data
takes time to load from the hard disk to memory. On the right pane, the progress of the
data store is displayed in percentage.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page displays the list of available
recovery point servers.
3. Expand a recovery point server.
You can see the list of data stores associated with the recovery point server.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the data store name.
■ Select the data store, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the data store, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
5. Click Start.
The right pane displays the information that the data store is starting. The status
icon of the selected data store changes from Stopped to Running.

Browse Recovery Points in a Data Store

You can use the Browse Recovery Points option to view the details related to recovery
points and the plans associated with that data store. For example, you can view the
details related to data store settings and recent events.

You can also browse the recovery points from the Shared Folders view.

To delete a node from a data store, see Delete Node Data From a Data Store (see
page 248).

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page displays the list of available
recovery point servers.
3. Expand a recovery point server.
You can see the list of data stores associated with the recovery point server.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right-click the data store name.
■ Select the data store, and from the center pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
■ Select the data store, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down list.
A list of options is displayed.
Note: You can also click the name of a Data store to browse the data store.
5. Click Browse Recovery Points from the options displayed after selecting a data
store.
The page for the selected data store appears with the summary displaying
information about Recovery Points. For example, the page displays information
related to Datastore Settings and Recent Events.
6. To update information about the plan or data store, select the plan or that data
store, and click Actions, Refresh.
7. To restore, select the Agent node, and click Actions, Restore.
You can see the Restore dialog box where you can opt for the restore option that
you want to perform for the data store.

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Delete Node Data from a Data Store

As a storage administrator, you may want to delete backed up node data from a data
store to free up space and effectively manage your storage space. Arcserve UDP lets you
select the node data in a data store and delete it. You can select multiple nodes in a
data store. You can delete any type of node data including the encrypted and
deduplicated data. The data store should be in the running state when you start this job,
this job is called the Purge job.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. Click the data store that contains the node data that you want to delete.
3. The Recovery Points Summary page is displayed.
4. Select the node that you want to delete.
5. Click Actions, Delete.
Note: To delete multiple nodes from a data store, press the Ctrl or Shift key and
select the nodes, then click Action, Delete.
6. Confirm that you want to delete the node data.

The purge job is initiated and the node data is deleted from the data source. You can
see the status of purge job from Recent Events and logs.

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Run a Manual or On-demand Merge Job

As a storage administrator, you can run an on-demand merge job, and specify the
number of recovery points to retain. The values can be different than the Plan settings.
The merge job deletes the selected backup sessions from a data store to free up the
space and effectively manages your storage space. You can select multiple nodes and
run the on-demand merge job.

Note: For merge job, when a replication task is configured and you run an on-demand
merge job from the source data store, the job does not check whether the sessions are
replicated or not. As a result, the merged sessions cannot be replicated to target data
store and you end up replicating more data. For example, consider there are five
sessions, s1, s2, s3, s4, and s5 respectively. s1 and s2 are replicated. Now, you run an
on-demand merge job on the source side and retain two session. s4 and s5 are retained.
s4 is a full session. So, when the next replication job starts, the job needs to replicate a
full session.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations and click Recovery Point Servers.
3. From the center pane, click the data store that contains the node data that you
want to merge.
The Recovery Points Summary page is displayed.
4. Select the node that you want to merge.
5. Click Actions, Merge Now.
Note: To merge multiple nodes from a data store, press the Ctrl or Shift key and
select the nodes, then click Action, Merge Now.
The Run a Merge Now dialog is opened
6. Specify the number of recovery points that you want to retain and click OK.
The on demand merge job is initiated and the node data is deleted from the data
source. You can see the status of merge job from Recent Events and logs.

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Troubleshooting: How to Use a Data Store When One or Multiple folders are Full
Symptom:
How do I continue to use the data store when one of the following folders is full:
■ Data store backup destination
■ Deduplication index
■ Hash
■ Data

Solution:

You can stop the data store, copy the corresponding folder into a large volume, then
specify the new path to import data store (see page 253), and overwrite the existing one
to continue using it.

Note: Verify that before copying the folder, you stop the data store. During copy, ensure
that all files are copied to the destination folders, without skipping any files.
Warning! Skipping any files may result into data corruption.

How to Manage a Recovery Point Server

Using Arcserve UDP, you can perform various operations on the existing recovery point
server such as update, delete, import and upgrade.
The recovery point server is displayed under Name on the Destinations: Recovery Point
Server page. Click the Actions tab or the name of the recovery point server on the
Destinations: Recovery Point Server page to receive all the options to manage your
recovery point server.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 251)
■ Update a Recovery Point Server (see page 251)
■ Delete a Recovery Point Server from the Console (see page 252)
■ Import a Data Store (see page 253)
■ Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server (see page 254)

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Review the Prerequisites

To manage a recover point server, complete the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Add a recovery point store.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Update a Recovery Point Server

When the credentials or protocol is changed for the recovery point server, you must
update the recovery point server. Otherwise, the recovery point server fails to function
properly.

Note: If a node acts as both recovery point server and agent, and you change the
credentials or protocol of that node, then update the node from the Destinations:
Recovery Point Server page. The plan will automatically deploy to the agent after you
update the recovery point server. If you update the node from the Nodes: All Nodes
page, then the plans involving those nodes are not deployed successfully. To deploy the
plan, update the node from the Destinations: Recovery Point Server page again.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
4. Click Update.
The Update Node dialog opens.
5. Modify the details as desired, and click OK.
The recovery point server is updated.

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Delete a Recovery Point Server from the Console

To remove a recovery point server from the Console, use the Delete option.

Note: When you remove a recovery point server, the associated data stores are not
deleted. A recovery point server that is used in any plan cannot be deleted.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
4. Click Delete.
The Confirm dialog opens.
5. Click Yes.
The recovery point server is deleted.

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Import a Data Store

The Import Data Store feature lets you add a data store to the recovery point server.
You can import any existing data store to a recovery point server. The data stores that
you have deleted earlier from a recovery point server are available to import.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
4. Click Import Data Store.
The Import a Data Store page is displayed.
5. Perform the following actions, and click Next:
■ Browse to select the Backup Destination Folder from where you want to
import the data store.
■ Enter Encryption Password.
Note: Leave it empty if the data store is not encrypted.
After authenticating the Backup Destination folder, the Import a Data Store page
displays the details of the data store.
6. Modify the details, if necessary, and click Save.
If you have copied folder of Data Destination, Index Destination, and Hash
Destination for Deduplication data store, change the folder path.
Note: You cannot enable or disable the encryption option for an existing data store.
The data store is added to the recovery point server and displayed at the
Destinations: Recovery Point Servers dialog.

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Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server

Use the Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server option for the following reasons:
■ When the installation fails.
■ When you want to upgrade the product.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
4. Click Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server.
The install path details appear on the same page above the list of the added
recovery point server.
5. Update the details as required.
6. Specify the install/upgrade schedule and click OK.
The install or upgrade starts per the schedule. You can view the install or upgrade
progress on the right pane.
Note: You can cancel a recovery point server deployment if it is scheduled for a
later time. To cancel a recovery point server deployment, select the agent and click
Actions, Cancel Agent Deployment.

How to Manage Arcserve Backup Servers

You can manage Arcserve Backup Servers from the Arcserve UDP Console. You can also
update (see page 255) and delete (see page 255) the Arcserve Backup Server from the
Console.

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Update an Arcserve Backup Server

When the credentials or the Arcserve web service port of the Arcserve Backup Server is
changed, you must update the same on the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Arcserve Backup Servers.
The Destinations: Arcserve Backup Servers page is displayed on the center pane.
3. Select an Arcserve Backup Server, right-click, and select Update.
The Update an Arcserve Backup Server page opens.
4. Update the required fields and click Save.
The Update an Arcserve Backup Server page closes.

You have successfully updated the Arcserve Backup Server.

Delete an Arcserve Backup Server

If you no longer need an Arcserve Backup Server, you can delete that server from the
Console. Before deleting an Arcserve Backup Server, ensure that the Arcserve Backup
Server is not included in any task in a plan. If the server is included in any task, either
delete the task or change the backup destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Arcserve Backup Servers.
The Destinations: Arcserve Backup Servers page is displayed on the center pane.
3. Select an Arcserve Backup Server, right-click, and select Delete.
The confirmation dialog opens.
4. Click Yes.

You have successfully deleted the Arcserve Backup Server from the Console.

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To protect a node, you need to create a plan with a backup task. A plan is a group of
tasks to manage backup, replication, and creation of virtual standby nodes. A plan
consists of a single or multiple tasks. Tasks are a set of activities to define the source,
destination, schedule, and advanced parameters.

You can create the following tasks:

Backup Tasks
Lets you create a backup task to protect Windows, Linux, and host-based virtual
machine nodes. Based on the type of nodes you want to protect, use one of the
following backup tasks:
Agent-Based Windows Backup
Defines a backup task to protect Windows nodes. In an agent-based backup
method, an agent component is used to back up data. The agent is installed on
the source node.
Host-Based Agentless Backup
Defines a backup task to protect host-based virtual machines in a VMware
vCenter/ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V server. In an agentless backup method, you
do not need to install an agent component on either the server or the virtual
machine. However, you have to install the agent on a proxy server.
Agent-Based Linux
Defines a backup task to protect Linux nodes. The agent is installed on a Linux
Backup Server and not on the source nodes that you want to protect.
Replicate from a remote RPS task
Lets you create a task to receive data from a remote recovery point server.
Replicate task
Lets you create a task to replicate backup data from a recovery point server to
another recovery point server.
Virtual Standby task
Lets you create a task to create a virtual standby node.
File Copy task
Lets you copy selected files from the source node and store the copied files in a
local or shared folder. You can also store the files in a cloud storage.

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Copy Recovery Points task

Lets you copy the recovery points to a local or shared folder.
Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS task
Lets you create a task to replicate or send data to a remote recovery point server.
File Archive task
Lets you copy the recovery points to a network share, cloud storage, or volume on a
protected node. When the recovery points get copied to the destination, the source
files are deleted.
Copy to Tape task
Lets you copy the recovery points to a tape.

The following table displays the list of follow-up tasks that you can add after Task 1:
Task 1 Follow-up Tasks
Backup: Agent-Based Windows ■ Replicate
■ Virtual Standby
■ Copy Recovery Points
■ File Copy
■ Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
■ File Archive
■ Copy to Tape
Backup: Host-Based Agentless ■ Replicate
■ Virtual Standby
■ Copy Recovery Points
■ Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
■ Copy to Tape
Backup: Agent-Based Linux ■ Replicate
■ Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
■ Copy to Tape
Replicate data from a remote RPS ■ Virtual Standby
■ Replicate

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The following diagram illustrates how different tasks form a backup plan. The diagram
also shows parameters that you can define in each task.

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This section contains the following topics:

How to Create a Windows Backup Plan (see page 260)
How to Create a Linux Backup Plan (see page 281)
How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan (see page 302)
How to Create a Virtual Standby Plan (see page 342)
How to View Virtual Standby Settings from the Monitor Server (see page 374)
How to Protect Virtual Standby Machines (see page 385)
How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed from a UDP Console (see page
392)
How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed From Different UDP Consoles (see
page 397)
How to Perform an Offline Data Replication Using RPS Jumpstart (see page 412)
How to Create a Copy Recovery Points Plan (see page 420)
How to Create a File Copy Plan (see page 438)
How to Create a File Archive Plan (see page 463)
How to Create a Copy to Tape Plan (see page 488)
How to Create and Manage an Instant Virtual Machine (see page 497)
How to Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites (see page 512)

How to Create a Windows Backup Plan

To protect your Windows nodes or clustered nodes, you need to create a plan. The plan
for Windows nodes consists of a backup task. This backup task lets you specify the
nodes you want to protect, the backup destination, and the backup schedule. The
backup destination is a recovery point server where you want to store your backup data.
The destination can also be a local destination or a remote share folder.

You can also back up an Oracle database. Before you create a plan to back up an Oracle
database, review the following prerequisites:
■ Prerequisite to back up an Oracle database (see page 261)

To backup Microsoft clustered nodes and shared disks, review the following
prerequisites:
■ Review the Prerequisites to Back Up Microsoft Clustered Nodes and Shared Disks
(see page 263)

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 261)
2. Create a Backup Plan (see page 265)
3. (Optional) Perform a Manual Backup (see page 280)
4. Verify the Backup (see page 281)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that you have completed the following prerequisite tasks:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ (Optional) Create data store to store the backup data.
■ Review the prerequisites to back up an Oracle database (see page 261).
■ Review the Prerequisites to back up Microsoft clustered nodes and shared disk (see
page 263).
■ (For backup of SQL when database is in full mode) Review How to enable log
truncations when SQL Database is in full recovery mode. (see page 264)
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

The following prerequisites are for hardware snapshots:

■ Install a VSS hardware provider that supports hardware snapshot on the Arcserve
UDP Agents. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider includes:
– Specifying a server that controls the LUN.
– Specifying the disk array credentials to access the disk array.
Note: For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your
hardware provider vendor.

Review the Prerequisites for Oracle Database

To back up an Oracle database with consistent data, ensure that the ARCHIVELOG mode
is enabled to archive the Redo logs.

Follow these steps to verify if the ARCHIVELOG mode is enabled:

a. Log in to the Oracle server as an Oracle user with SYSDBA privileges.
b. Enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt:
ARCHIVE LOG LIST;

Archive log settings for the current instance is displayed.

c. Configure the following settings:
Database log mode: Archive Mode
Automatic archival: Enabled

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d. Start the ARCHIVELOG mode.

Note: If the ARCHIVELOG mode is not enabled, you must start the ARCHIVELOG
mode to backup the database.

Follow these steps to start the ARCHIVELOG mode:

a. Shut down the Oracle server.
b. Run the following statements in Oracle:
CONNECT SYS/SYS_PASSWORD AS SYSDBA

STARTUP MOUNT;

ALTER DATABASE ARCHIVELOG;

ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

By default, archive logs is written to the flash recovery area. If you do not want
to write archive logs to the flash recovery area, you can set the
LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter to the location where you want to write
archive logs.
SQL>ALTRE SYSTEM SET
LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1='LOCATION=e:\app\administrator\oradata\<oracle_database_name>\arch'
SCOPE= BOTH;

System altered.

SQL> ARCHIVE LOG LIST;

Archive log settings for the current instance is displayed.

c. Configure the following settings:
Database log mode: Archive Mode
Automatic archival: Enabled
Archive destination:
E:\app\oracle\oradata\<oracle_database_name>\arch
Oldest online log sequence: 21
Current log sequence: 23
■ Oracle VSS Writer Service is started and functioning properly.
Note: If Oracle VSS Writer Service is not running, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows)
will automatically start it before taking the snapshot.

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■ Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) is installed and a plan is scheduled.

Ensure that you have selected the volumes that include all the Oracle data files,
server parameter file, control files, archived redo logs, and online redo logs for the
backup.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

If you want to perform a BMR for a disaster recovery, ensure that you have selected the
system volumes and the volumes which includes all the oracle installation files.

Review the Prerequisites to Back Up Microsoft Clustered Nodes and Shared Disks

Review the following prerequisite steps when backing up Microsoft Clustered Nodes
and Shared Disks:
■ Install the Arcserve UDP Agent on all the clustered nodes.
■ Add all agents or nodes into the same backup plan.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Note: The shared disks will be backed up along with the agent which owns the shares
disks. If the shared disk is moved from Node A to Node B during a failover, then for the
next backup job on Node B, the disk will be backed up as a full disk even though the job
itself appears as an incremental. After another failover if the shared disk moves back to
Node A, even then the disk will be backed up as a full disk even though the job itself
appears as an incremental.

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How to enable Log Truncations when SQL Database is in Full Recovery Mode

Symptom
When the database is in the Full mode and a full database backup is performed, the SQL
truncation log cannot be truncated.

Solution
To resolve this problem, add two registry values to enable Arcserve UDP run the
BACKUP LOG command to back up the transaction log. This command marks the space,
which is already written to database file, as reusable.

Follow these steps to add the registry value:

1. Open the registry table editor on the agent machine using the following command:
regedit
2. Navigate to the following keys depending on the agent-based or agentless backup:
For agent-based backup for both 32-bit and 64-bit OS, navigate to the following key
on the agent machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
For agentless backup, navigate to the following key. Create the registry table value
inside the VM that you want to back up on the proxy server. If there is no such
registry table key, create the complete key path.
■ 32-bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
■ 64-bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WoW6432Node\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
3. Create the following two registry values and and for both set the value to 1:
■ dword value named BackupSQLLog4Purge .
■ dword value named ForceShrinkSQLLog
The registry value is added.

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Create a Backup Plan with a Backup Task

A backup plan includes a backup task that performs a backup of a physical node and
stores data to a specified destination. Each task consists of parameters that define the
source, destination, schedule, and other backup details.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.
Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select the Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

Now specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced details.

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Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you
add source nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and click Add Node.
2. Select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Windows Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
Discovering Nodes from Active Directory
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.
3. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can
enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

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The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

4. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes (>>) or
Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.
5. Click OK to close the dialog.
6. To choose Protection Type, select one of the following options:
Back up all volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.
Back up selected volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.

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b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
Note: The session password is optional when the backup destination is an
unencrypted RPS data store.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
c. Optionally, provide an encryption password.
d. Confirm the encryption password.
e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

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Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and can provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times a day
based on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a
backup schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed after the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
The Backup Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.

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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minutes unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and displayed on the Schedule page.
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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate file system catalog. The File System catalog is required to
perform faster and easier search. If you select the catalog check boxes, the catalogs
are enabled depending on the type of backup that you have specified. Clear the
check box to disable generating the catalog.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.

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Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
assigned to that plan are retained at the target data store.

Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing truncate log settings, providing the location of any
scripts, and email settings.

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The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Snapshot Type for Backup
Select one of the following options for the backup snapshot.
Use software snapshot only
Specifies that the backup type uses only the software snapshot. Arcserve
UDP will not check for hardware snapshot. The software snapshot utilizes
less resources on the virtual machines. You can use this option if the server
has lower configurations and processing speed.
Use hardware snapshot wherever possible
Specifies that the backup type first checks for a hardware snapshot. If all
the criteria are met, the backup type uses hardware snapshot.
Note: For more information on the hardware snapshot criteria, see the
prerequisite.
Truncate Log
Lets you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
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User Name
Lets you specify the user who is authorized to run a script.
Password
Lets you specify the password of the user who is authorized to run the script.
Run a command before backup is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the complete path
where the script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run
Job or Fail Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the
script returns the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop
when the script returns the exit code.
Run a command after snapshot is taken
Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the complete
path where the script is stored.
Run a command after backup is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the complete
path where the script is stored.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details. For more information about how
to configure Email Settings, refer to Email and Alert Configuration (see
page 141).
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.

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Enable Resource Alerts

Lets you specify a threshold for CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk
Throughput, Network I/O. You can provide the value in percentage. You
will receive an email when the Alert Threshold value exceeds.
2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green check mark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the Resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
perform a manual backup at any time.

(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup

Typically, backups are performed automatically and are controlled by the schedule
settings. In addition to the scheduled backup, a manual backup provides you the option
to back up your nodes on a need basis. For example, if you have a repeat schedule for
Full, Incremental, and Verify backups and you want to make major changes to your
machine, you should perform an immediate manual backup without waiting for the next
scheduled backup to occur.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
Nodes are displayed in the center pane.

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3. Select the nodes that you want to backup and that has a plan assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, Backup Now.
The Run a backup now dialog opens.
5. Select a backup type and optionally provide a name for the backup job.
6. Click OK.
The backup job runs.

The manual backup is successfully performed.

Verify the Backup

To verify your backup, confirm that you have successfully created the backup plan. After
you verify that the plan is created successfully, confirm whether the backup job is
running as scheduled. You can verify the status of backup jobs from the Jobs tab.

Follow these steps: to verify plans

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps: to verify backup jobs

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job is successful.

The backup job is verified.

How to Create a Linux Backup Plan

To protect your Linux nodes, you need to create a plan. A backup plan for Linux nodes
consists of a backup task. This backup task lets you specify the nodes you want to
protect, the backup destination, and the backup schedule. The backup destination can
be a local destination or remote share folder, or a data store in a recovery point server.

Note: You can log in to the Linux Backup Server from the Arcserve UDP Console only
when you perform a restore.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to protect Linux nodes:

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 282)
2. Create a Backup Plan (see page 283)
3. (Optional) Perform a Manual Backup (see page 300)
4. Verify the Backup (see page 300)
5. Troubleshooting (see page 301)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Complete the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Create a Backup Plan

A backup plan includes a backup task that performs a backup of the physical or virtual
node and stores the data to the specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have added any plans, these plans will be displayed in the center pane.

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3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.

The Add a Plan page opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: When a plan is paused, the running job is not paused. All corresponding
scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you can manually
run the paused jobs. For example, backup job and merge job for a node can be run
manually even if the respective plan is paused. When you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the pending
jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down menu select Backup, Agent-Based Linux.

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Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one nodes in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes from the Source page. You can save a plan without adding any
source nodes but the plan will not be deployed unless you add any nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab.
2. Select the Linux Backup Server from the drop-down list.

3. (Optional) Click Add to add a new Linux Backup Server to the list.
4. Click Add Nodes and select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Linux Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
5. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes column and click the Add all nodes or
Add selected nodes button.
The selected nodes are displayed in the Selected Nodes column.

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6. Click OK to close the dialog.

7. (Optional) Provide the details for the following options:
Filter volumes for backup
Select either Include or Exclude from the drop-down list. Include specifies that
only the specified volumes will be included for backup. Any volume that is not
specified will not be backed up. Excluded specifies that the volumes will be
excluded from the backup.
Files/folders to be excluded
Specify the files and folders that you do not want to backup for all the listed
nodes. If you do not want to backup multiple files and folders, separate each
file and folder using a colon (:). Provide the full path of the file and folder that
you want to exclude.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Destination tab.

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2. Select one of the following as Destination Type:

Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup data will be stored at a local disk or shared folder.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup data
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
■ If you have selected NFS share, then type the Backup Destination detail in the
following format:
IP address of the NFS Share:/full path of the storage location

Note: Some versions of Data Domain NAS do not support the file locking
mechanism of NFS. As a result, such NFS share cannot be used as a backup
destination. For more information about this issue, see Compatibility Issues
with Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) in the Release Notes.
■ If you have selected CIFS share, then type the Backup Destination detail in the
following format:
//hostname/share_folder

Note: The shared folder name cannot contain any spaces.

– If you have selected Source local, then provide the path of the local
destination.
a. Click the arrow button to validate the Backup Destination information.
If the backup destination is invalid, an error message is displayed.
b. Select a compression level from the Compression drop-down list to specify a
type of compression that is used for backup.
The available options for Compression are:
Standard Compression
Specifies that this option provides a good balance between the CPU usage
and the disk space usage. This compression is the default setting.
Maximum Compression
Specifies that this option provides the highest CPU usage (lowest speed),
but also has the lowest disk space usage for your backup image.

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c. Select an algorithm from the Encryption Algorithm drop-down list and type the
encryption password, if necessary.
d. Select the type of encryption algorithm that you want to use for backups.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) data
protection solution uses secure, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
encryption algorithms to achieve the maximum security and privacy of your
specified data.
For available format options of Encryption, see Encryption Settings (see
page 995).
■ A full backup and all its related incremental backups must use the same
encryption algorithm.
■ If the encryption algorithm for an incremental backup has changed, you
must perform a full backup.
For example, if you change the algorithm format and then you run an
incremental backup, then the backup type automatically converts to a full
backup.
e. When an encryption algorithm is selected, you must provide (and confirm) an
encryption password.
■ The encryption password is limited to a maximum of 23 characters.
■ A full backup and all its related incremental backups use the same
password to encrypt data.
4. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server as Destination Type,
provide the following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password. The session password is optional when the backup
destination is an unencrypted RPS data store.
d. Confirm the session password.

The destination is specified.

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Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a backup schedule to repeat at specific intervals.
After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically per the schedule. You can add
multiple schedules and provide retention settings. If Local disk or shared folder is the
backup destination, the default value is a custom incremental backup at every 10:00
PM. If RPS server is the backup destination, the default value is a daily Incremental
backup at every 10:00 PM.

You can edit or delete a backup job schedule.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Schedule tab.
2. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

a. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

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b. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
c. Specify the backup start time.
d. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
e. Click Save.
The Backup Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
3. Specify the retention settings if the destination is a shared or a network folder.
Note: For more information about the recovery sets, see Understanding the
Recovery Sets (see page 293).
Specify the number of recovery sets to retain
Specifies the number of recovery sets retained.

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Start a new recovery set on every:

Selected day of the week
Specifies the day of the week selected to start a new recovery set.
Selected day of the month
Specifies the day of the month selected to start a new recovery set. Specify
1 through 30, or the last day of the month.
Note: The Linux Backup Server checks for the number of recovery sets in the
configured backup storage every 15 minutes and deletes any extra recovery set
from the backup storage location.
4. If you have selected Arcserve Recovery Point Server as the destination, then follow
these additional steps.
Add Merge Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.

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Add Throttle Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
5. Specify the start time for the scheduled backup.

6. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.

The backup schedule is specified.

Understanding the Recovery Sets

A recovery set is a storage setting where a group of recovery points backed-up over a
specified period is stored as one set. A recovery set includes a series of backups, starting
with a full backup, and then followed by a number of incremental, verify, or full
backups. You can specify the number of recovery sets to retain.

The Recovery Set Settings ensures periodic maintenance of recovery sets. When the
specified limit is exceeded, the oldest recovery set is deleted. The following values
define the default, minimum, and maximum recovery sets in Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux):

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Default: 2

Minimum: 1

Maximum number of recovery sets: 100

Note: If you want to delete a recovery set to save backup storage space, reduce the
number of retained sets and Backup Server automatically deletes the oldest recovery
set. Do not attempt to delete the recovery set manually.

Example Set 1:
■ Full
■ Incremental
■ Incremental
■ Verify
■ Incremental

Example Set 2:
■ Full
■ Incremental
■ Full
■ Incremental

A full backup is required to start a new recovery set. The backup that starts the set will
be automatically converted to a full backup, even if there is no full backup configured or
scheduled to be performed at that time. After the recovery set setting is changed (for
example, changing the recovery set starting point from the first backup of Monday to
the first backup of Thursday), the starting point of existing recovery sets will not be
changed.

Note: An incomplete recovery set is not counted when calculating an existing recovery
set. A recovery set is considered complete only when the starting backup of the next
recovery set is created.

Example 1 - Retain 1 Recovery Set:

■ Specify the number of recovery sets to retain as 1.
Backup Server always keeps two sets to keep one complete set before starting the
next recovery set.

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Example 2 - Retain 2 Recovery Sets:

■ Specify the number of recovery sets to retain as 2.
Backup Server deletes the first recovery set when the fourth recovery set is about
to start. This ensures that when the first backup is deleted and the fourth is
starting, you still have two recovery sets (recovery set 2 and recovery set 3)
available on disk.
Note: Even if you choose to retain only one recovery set, you will need space for at
least two full backups.

Example 3 - Retain 3 Recovery Sets:

■ The backup start time is 6:00 AM, August 20, 2012.
■ An incremental backup runs every 12 hours.
■ A new recovery set starts on Friday. By default, the first backup job on Friday will be
the start of the new recovery set.
■ You want to retain 3 recovery sets.

With the above configuration, an incremental backup will run at 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM
every day. The first recovery set is created when the first backup (must be a full backup)
is taken. Then the first full backup is marked as the starting backup of the recovery set.
When the backup scheduled at 6:00 AM on Friday is run, it will be converted to a full
backup and marked as the starting backup of the recovery set.

Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the entire
day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing the backup throughput and pre/post script settings.

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Follow these steps:

1. Click the Advanced tab.
2. Specify the throttle backup value.
Applicable only when the backup destination is a local or a shared folder.
You can specify the maximum speed (MB/min) at which backups are written. You
can throttle the backup speed to reduce CPU or network use. However, limiting the
backup speed has an adverse effect on the backup window. As you lower the
maximum backup speed, it increases the amount of time of perform the backup.
Note: By default, the Throttle Backup option is not enabled and backup speed is not
being controlled.
3. Specify your pre-backup settings and post-backup settings in Pre/Post script
Settings.
These scripts run script commands for actions to take before the start of the job
and/or upon the completion of the job.
Note: The Pre/Post Script Settings fields are populated only if you have already
created a script file and placed it at the following location of Linux Backup Server:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Note: For more information about creating the pre/post scripts, see Manage
Pre/Post Scripts for Automation (see page 297).
4. Click Enable Email Alerts to specify the Email Settings and select job alerts..
Applicable only when the backup destination is Arcserve Recovery Point Server.
5. Click Save.
The changes are saved.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
perform a manual backup at any time.

Now, you can add the following tasks to the plan:

■ Replicate
■ Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
■ Copy to Tape

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(Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation

Pre/Post scripts let you run your own business logic at specific stages of a running job.
You can specify when to run your scripts in Pre/Post Script Settings of the Backup
Wizard and the Restore Wizard in the Console. The scripts can be run on the Backup
Server depending on your setting.

Managing the pre/post script is a two part process, consisting of creating the pre/post
script and placing the script in the prepost folder.

Create Pre/Post Scripts

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the Backup Server as a root user.
2. Create a script file using the environment variables in your preferred scripting
language.
Pre/Post Script Environment Variables
To create your script, use the following environment variables:
D2D_JOBNAME
Identifies the name of the job.
D2D_JOBID
Identifies the job ID. Job ID is a number provided to the job when you run the
job. If you run the same job again, you get a new job number.
D2D_TARGETNODE
Identifies the node that is being backed up or restored.
D2D_JOBTYPE
Identifies the type of the running job. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBTYPE variable:
backup.full
Identifies the job as a full backup.
backup.incremental
Identifies the job as an incremental backup.
backup.verify
Identifies the job as a verify backup.

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restore.bmr
Identifies the job as a bare-metal recovery (bmr). This is a restore job.
restore.file
Identifies the job as a file-level restore. This is a restore job.
D2D_SESSIONLOCATION
Identifies the location where the recovery points are stored.
D2D_PREPOST_OUTPUT
Identifies a temp file. The content of the first line of the temp file is displayed in
the activity log.
D2D_JOBSTAGE
Identifies the stage of the job. The following values identify the D2D_JOBSTAGE
variable:
pre-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server before the job starts.
post-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server after the job
completes.
pre-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before the job starts.
post-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after the job
completes.
pre-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before capturing the
snapshot.
post-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after capturing the
snapshot.
D2D_TARGETVOLUME
Identifies the volume that is backed up during a backup job. This variable is
applicable for pre/post snapshot scripts for a backup job.

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D2D_JOBRESULT
Identifies the result for a post job script. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBRESULT variable:
success
Identifies the result as successful.
fail
Identifies the result as unsuccessful.
D2DSVR_HOME
Identifies the folder where Backup Server is installed. This variable is applicable
for the scripts that run on the Backup Server.

The script is created.

Note: For all scripts, a return value of zero indicates success and a nonzero return value
indicates failure.

Place the Script in the Prepost Folder and Verify

All the pre/post scripts for a Backup Server are centrally managed from the prepost
folder at the following location:

/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Follow these steps:

1. Place the file in the following location of the Backup Server:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

2. Provide the execution permission to the script file.

3. Log into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
4. Open the Backup Wizard or the Restore Wizard and navigate to the Advanced tab.
5. Select the script file in the Pre/Post Script Settings drop-down list and then submit
the job.
6. Click Activity Log and verify that the script is executed to the specified backup job.
The script is executed.

The pre/post scripts are successfully created and placed in the prepost folder.

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(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup

Typically, backups are performed automatically and are controlled by the schedule
settings. In addition to the scheduled backup, a manual backup provides you the option
to back up your nodes on a need basis. For example, if you have a repeat schedule for
Full, Incremental, and Verify backups and you want to make major changes to your
machine, you should perform an immediate manual backup without waiting for the next
scheduled backup to occur.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
Nodes are displayed in the center pane.
3. Select the nodes that you want to backup and that has a plan assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, Backup Now.
The Run a backup now dialog opens.
5. Select a backup type and optionally provide a name for the backup job.
6. Click OK.
The backup job runs.

The manual backup is successfully performed.

Verify the Backup

To verify your backup, confirm that you have successfully created the backup plan. After
you verify that the plan is created successfully, confirm whether the backup job is
running as scheduled. You can verify the status of backup jobs from the jobs tab.

Follow these steps: to verify plans

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps: to verify backup jobs

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.

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3. Verify that the backup job is successful.

The backup job is verified.

Troubleshooting
Job Status, Job History, and Activity Log are Not Visible

Symptom
I cannot see the job status, job history, and activity log for Linux nodes in Arcserve UDP
Console.

Solution
Linux Backup Server is unable to connect to Arcserve UDP using the hostname.

Follow these steps:

1. Create the server_ip.ini file at the following location of Arcserve UDP:
"UDP installation path"\Management\Configuration\server_ip.ini

2. Enter the IP address of Arcserve UDP in this file.

3. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console and update Linux Backup Server and Linux
nodes.
Note: Linux Backup Server can be updated only from Linux Backup Server Groups,
where all the Linux backup servers are listed.

The job status, job history, and activity log are visible.

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How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan

To protect your host-based virtual machine nodes, you need to create a host-based
backup plan. A backup plan for host-based virtual machine nodes consists of a backup
task. The backup task lets you specify the nodes that you want to protect, the backup
destination, and the backup schedule. The backup destination can be a local destination
or a remote share folder, or the recovery point server where you want to store your
backup data.

You can also back up Oracle databases, SQL and Exchange Servers. To back up Oracle
databases, you have to ensure specific prerequisites (To back up SQL Server and
Exchange Server, there are no prerequisites required). Review the following
prerequisites to perform an application consistent backup of an Oracle database:
■ Prerequisite to create an application consistent backup of an Oracle database (see
page 305)

The following diagram illustrates the process to protect host-based virtual machine
nodes.

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What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 303)
2. Create a Host-Based Backup Plan (see page 307)
3. (Optional) Perform a Manual Backup (see page 333)
4. Verify the Plan (see page 334)
5. Troubleshooting (see page 335)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Prepare a host-based backup proxy server where you have installed Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows).
■ To run functions such as Preflight Check, pre/post commands, or application log
purge, update the virtual machine in the node list view of the Arcserve UDP Console
with one of the following credentials for the guest virtual machine:
– Built-in administrator user credentials.
– Built-in domain administrator user credentials.
– For other administrator credentials, disable the User Account Control (UAC) on
the guest virtual machine.

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■ To be able to perform a database level restore (for Exchange and SQL Server) or
granular level restore (Exchange) after a backup, the following prerequisites must
be met:
– The VM must support the application consistent backup. For more information
on application consistent backup, see How to Create Application Consistent
Snapshots for VMware (see page 194) or How to Create Application Consistent
Snapshots for Hyper-V (see page 198).
– For VMware VM, the VMware Tools snapshot quiescing method must be used
in the backup plan.
– For Hyper-V VM, Arcserve UDP needs to automatically deploy an utility into the
guest OS of VM to gather the application metadata during a backup. The guest
OS of the VM needs to be accessed from either the backup proxy server or
Hyper-V host using a network. At the same time, the VM node must be
updated with proper administrative credentials in the node list view of
Arcserve UDP Console. For some reasons, if the guest OS of the VM cannot be
accessed from the backup proxy server and Hyper-V host both, follow these
steps to manually install the utility in the guest OS of VM:
a. Log in to the backup proxy server and navigate to the following folder:
<Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN (Example, C:\Program
Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN)
b. Locate the executable file VMICService_32.exe or VMICService_64.exe.
c. Copy the executable file to any a folder inside the guest OS of the VM. (If it
is a 32-bit OS, copy VMICService_32.exe, otherwise copy
VMICService_64.exe).
For example, you can create an ISO image by including this executable file
and mount it to the DVD device of the VM.
d. Log in to the guest OS of the VM and run VMICService_32.exe -install or
VMICService_64.exe -install.
■ Install the server component and create Data Stores if you want to store the backup
data in the recovery point server.
■ Review the prerequisites to back up an Oracle database (see page 305).
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

The following prerequisites are for hardware snapshots:

For Hyper-V
■ Install a VSS hardware provider on the Hyper-V servers and to support the
transportable snapshot install the VSS hardware provider on the backup proxy
server. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider include:
– Specifying a server that controls the LUN
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For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your
hardware provider vendor.
■ The Hyper-V server and the proxy server must have a similar operating system
version.
■ If Hyper-V server belong to a cluster, the proxy server should not be part of the
Hyper-V cluster.
For VMware
■ Arcserve UDP supports NetApp iSCSI and NetApp NFS LUNs.
■ To create a hardware snapshot for VMware, add the storage array to the
Console. For more information on adding a storage array, see Add a Storage
Array (see page 204).
■ To use the hardware snapshot, Flexclone license is mandatory for Netapp
storage arrays running with data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode and Cluster
mode.

Consider the following points before you back up the VM:

■ How a volume defragmentation can affect continued backups
The volume defragmentation by Windows native tool affects the size of the
block-level backups because Arcserve UDP continues to incrementally back up all
changed blocks. It means that blocks that shifted during the defragmentation are
included in the backup, even if no data has changed in the files. As a result, the
backup size increases. This is an expected behavior.

Review the Prerequisites to Perform Application Consistent Backup for Oracle Database

To back up an Oracle database with consistent data, ensure that the ARCHIVELOG mode
is enabled to archive the Redo logs.

Follow these steps to verify if the ARCHIVELOG mode is enabled:

a. Log in to the Oracle server as an Oracle user with SYSDBA privileges.
b. Enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt:
ARCHIVE LOG LIST;

Archive log settings for the current instance is displayed.

c. Configure the following settings:
Database log mode: Archive Mode
Automatic archival: Enabled

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d. Start the ARCHIVELOG mode.

Note: If the ARCHIVELOG mode is not enabled, you must start the ARCHIVELOG
mode to backup the database.

Follow these steps to start the ARCHIVELOG mode:

a. Shut down the Oracle server.
b. Run the following statements in Oracle:
CONNECT SYS/SYS_PASSWORD AS SYSDBA

STARTUP MOUNT;

ALTER DATABASE ARCHIVELOG;

ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

By default, archive logs is written to the flash recovery area. If you do not want
to write archive logs to the flash recovery area, you can set the
LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n parameter to the location where you want to write
archive logs.
SQL>ALTRE SYSTEM SET
LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1='LOCATION=e:\app\administrator\oradata\<oracle_database_name>\arch'
SCOPE= BOTH;

System altered.

SQL> ARCHIVE LOG LIST;

Archive log settings for the current instance is displayed.

c. Configure the following settings:
Database log mode: Archive Mode
Automatic archival: Enabled
Archive destination:
E:\app\oracle\oradata\<oracle_database_name>\arch
Oldest online log sequence: 21
Current log sequence: 23

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Create a Host-Based Backup Plan

A backup plan includes a backup task that performs a backup of the virtual machine and
stores the data to the specified destination. Each task consists of parameters that define
the source, destination, schedule, and other backup details.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.
Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Host-Based Agentless.

Now specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced details.

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Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you add
source nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and add a backup proxy server.
The proxy server is a node where you install the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows). If
the Agent is not installed on this proxy server, then, when you save the plan, the
agent is deployed to the proxy server. The agent deployment setting is in the Agent
Installation task in the plan.
■ If Backup Proxy is already added, select the backup proxy from the drop-down
list.

■ If the backup proxy is not added, then click Add.

The Adding Host-Based Agentless Backup Proxy Server dialog opens.
Specify the proxy server details and click OK.

You do not have to add the port number and protocol. The port number and
protocol are configured on the settings tab of the Console.
Note: When you modify a plan by changing the Backup Proxy but the nodes
included in the plan have jobs running, the plan deployment fail. Follow these steps
to change proxy of a plan:
a. Pause the plan.
b. Wait until all the nodes in the plan complete the running backup jobs. (Or,
you can cancel the running jobs).
c. Change the proxy of the plan and save it.
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2. Click Add Nodes to add the nodes that you want to backup.
a. Select one of the following options to add nodes and select one of the
following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes
from the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the
nodes to the Console.
Importing from Hyper-V
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if
you have not added the nodes and you want to import the nodes from a
Hyper-V server.
Importing from vCenter/ESX
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if
you have not added the nodes and you want to import the nodes from a
vCenter/ESX server.
b. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. Enter
keywords to further filter your nodes.

The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

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c. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes
(>>) or Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.
3. (Optional) Select one of the following quiescing methods for VMware. These
options are applicable for VMware only.
VMware Tools
Indicates that Arcserve UDP uses the VMware tools for quiescing the virtual
machine. If you have used the Microsoft VSS inside VM option in the previous
backup job, the first consequent backup job with this option requires the
credentials to access the virtual machine. This is because Arcserve UDP
removes necessary tools from the VM. In addition, VMware Tools needs to be
installed and update to date in the VM.
Microsoft VSS inside VM
Indicates that Arcserve UDP uses Microsoft VSS in the guest OS for
quiescing the virtual machine. It is applicable only for virtual machines with
Windows guest OS. VMware tools must be installed in the guest OS and the
tools must be updated. For VM which resides ESXi 4.x, VIX must be installed on
proxy machine. When you use this option, the virtual machine must be
powered on and it must be updated with the built-in administrator credentials.
For more information on updating a node, see Update Nodes (see page 181).
Note: The snapshot provided by VMware using this option may not be
application consistent. In other words, the backup generated using this option
may not be an application-consistent backup. The workaround is to use
VMware Tools snapshot quiescing method, along with disabling the VSS writers
MSSearch Service Writer and Shadow Copy Optimization Writer in guest OS of
VM before this problem gets fixed.
Take snapshot without guest quiescence if quiescence snapshot fails
Indicates that, when backup job fails to take the snapshot with quiescence
option, Arcserve UDP will continue the backup job by taking a snapshot without
quiescing the virtual machine.
Notes:
■ The Microsoft VSS inside VM option does not support the application database
level and granular level of restore.
■ Both the quiescing methods are not applicable when the virtual machine is
powered off. If a backup job is initiated when the virtual machine is powered
off, the backup job ignores both the quiescing methods.
■ For both the quiescing methods, if the backup job cannot continue for any
reason (for example, the credentials are incorrect), Arcserve UDP fails the
backup job. For more information about the backup job failure, see the
troubleshooting (see page 335) topic.

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4. (Optional) Select one of the transport methods for VMware. These options are
applicable for VMware.
Let VMware select the best available method
Indicates that VMware selects the data transfer option. You do not have to
manually set any data transfer option.
Set method priorities for this plan
Indicates that you can select the data transfer option and set the priority for
each option. Use the arrow button to prioritize the transport mode.
■ HOTADD transport mode (see page 996)
■ NBD transport mode (see page 996)
■ NBDSSL transport mode (see page 996)
■ SAN transport mode (see page 997)
Note: If you have specified the transport mode in both the Console and registry key,
then the priority set from the Console overrides the priority set in the registry key.
For more information on setting the priority using the registry key, see Define a
Transport Mode for Host-Based Agentless Backup and Restore.

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5. (Optional) Select Hyper-V snapshot method. These options are applicable for
Hyper-V only.
VM must be backed up using snapshots generated by Microsoft VSS method
Indicates that Arcserve UDP uses the native snapshot methods of Microsoft -
online and offline for the backup job. This is the default option. When this
checkbox is not selected and when both Microsoft online and offline methods
are not available, the backup job uses the Arcserve UDP method to back up the
virtual machine.
If the Microsoft offline method is used for backup and the virtual machine is
required to be in a Saved state, select the VM may be placed into "Saved"
state before snapshot is taken check box also. If you do not select this check
box, the backup job fails.
Online backup is the recommended backup method because it supports the
application consistent backup without the downtime of the virtual machine.
The virtual machine is accessible during the backup. The online backup method
must satisfy some prerequisites such as integration services must be installed
and running. If any of the prerequisites are not satisfied, then only the offline
backup method is used.
The Microsoft offline backup method has two approaches - save state approach
and checkpoint approach. If the Hyper-V host has the Windows 2012R2
operating system with KB 2919355 or later, then the checkpoint approach is
used; else the save state approach is used.
The major difference between these two approaches is that the save state
approach requires the virtual machine to be inaccessible for a short time. The
virtual machine must be placed into a saved state for a few minutes while
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Apart from the Microsoft native snapshot methods, Arcserve UDP has its own
snapshot method that can be used when the Microsoft native snapshot
methods are not available.
Note: Both Microsoft offline method and Arcserve UDP method are
crash-consistent backup methods. Both the methods cannot guarantee data
integrity. The main difference between the methods is that the Microsoft
offline method can be compared to the state that VM has been powered off
abruptly whereas the Arcserve UDP method can be compared to the state that
Hyper-V host has been powered off abruptly.
VM may be placed into "Saved" state before snapshot is taken
Indicates that the virtual machine is placed in the Saved state, if required,
before taking the VSS snapshot. Select this option when the virtual machine
does not support the online backup. If the virtual machine supports the online
backup, then even on enabling this option the virtual machine will not be in the
Saved state.
6. (Optional) Select the snapshot separation option for Hyper-V. This option is
applicable for Hyper-V only.
Backup each VM individually using separate snapshot
Indicates that when you select this option Arcserve UDP captures separate
snapshot for each virtual machine that is specified in the current plan.
However, it increases the workload of the Hyper-V host when multiple
snapshots are captured. If you do not select this option, Arcserve UDP captures
one VSS snapshot for all the virtual machines if the backup jobs start at the
same time. It is recommended to disable this option.
For more information about the separate snapshot state of a virtual machine,
see the troubleshooting (see page 340) topic.

The source is specified.

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Define a Transport Mode in the Registry for Host-Based Agentless Backup and Restore

You can define transport mode (transfer data) for UDP agent as proxy that executes
host-based agentless backup or restore job for virtual machines residing on VMware ESX
server. By default, host-based agentless backup and restore uses a mode that lets
host-based agentless backup and restore to optimize the performance (increase the
speed) of the data transfer. However, when you want to specify a particular transport
mode for backup or restore, configure the registry key described in this topic.

Note: For backup, the transport mode defined in plan takes precedence over what is
defined in registry.

Host-based VM backup can execute backups using the following transport modes:
■ HOTADD transport mode (see page 996)
■ NBD transport mode (see page 996)
■ NBDSSL transport mode (see page 996)
■ SAN transport mode (see page 997)

Be aware of the following considerations:

■ This is an optional configuration task. By default, host-based VM backup executes
backups using a transport mode that optimizes the performance of the backup
operation.
■ When you configure this registry key to use a specific transport mode and the mode
is not available, the host-based VM backup uses an available default transport
mode for the backup operation.
■ You can define the transport mode for all VMs that are used for backup using the
proxy server (proxy level) or define a specific VM (VM level). If you configure both
the proxy server and the VM, the VM level registry takes precedence over the proxy
level registry.

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Follow these steps to define the transport mode at the proxy server level (applicable
for both backup and restore):
1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) backup proxy server.
2. Open Windows Registry Editor and browse to the following key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine]

3. Right-click VDDKEnforceTransport and click Modify on the pop-up menu to open

the Edit String dialog.
4. In the Value Data field, specify the transport mode that you want to use during the
backup job. Specify one or more of the following values separated by ":". (For
example nbd or san:nbd:nbdssl:)
hotadd
HOTADD transport mode
nbd
NBD transport mode
nbdssl
NBDSSL transport mode
san
SAN transport mode
5. Click OK to apply the value and close the Edit String dialog.

The transport mode is defined and is used the next time when the job runs.

Note: To restore thin Virtual Machine Disks (VMDK), the non-advanced transport (LAN
transport mode) mode is used by default. To enable the advanced transport mode for
thin VMDK, update the registry key as shown in the following example:
a. Open Windows Registry Editor and browse to the following key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine]
b. Create a key named AFRestoreDll.
c. Create a string value named EnforceTransportForRecovery within the
AFRestoreDll key.
d. Specify the transport mode that you want to use during the recovery job. (For
example: "san:nbd:nbdssl")
Example
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\AFRestoreDll]

"EnforceTransportForRecovery"="san:hotadd:nbd:nbdssl"

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Follow these steps to define the transport mode at the VM level (applicable for
backup only):
1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) backup proxy server for the virtual
machines.
2. Open Windows Registry Editor and browse to the following key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\{VM-InstanceUUID}

3. Right-click VM-InstanceUUID and select New.

4. Click String Value on the pop-up menu.
5. Name the new string value as follows.
EnforceTransport

6. Right-click EnforceTransport and click Modify on the pop-up menu to open the Edit
String dialog.
7. In the Value Data field, specify the transport mode that you want to use during the
backup job. Specify one of the following values:
hotadd
HOTADD transport mode
nbd
NBD transport mode
nbdssl
NBDSSL transport mode
san
SAN transport mode
8. Click OK to apply the value and close the Edit String dialog.

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Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
Note: The session password is optional when the backup destination is an
unencrypted RPS data store.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
c. Optionally, provide an encryption password.

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d. Confirm the encryption password.

e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times daily based
on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a backup
schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and
complete by performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to
the original backup source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A
Verify Backup looks at the most recent backup of each individual block and
compares the content and information to the source. This comparison
verifies that the latest backed up blocks represent the corresponding
information at the source. If the backup image for any block does not
match the source (possibly because of changes in the system since the last
backup), Arcserve UDP refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block
that does not match. You can also use a Verify Backup (very infrequently)
to get the guarantee of full backup without using the space required for a
full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform backups and you
should use this by default.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
b. The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
c. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
e. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
b. The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
c. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
d. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
e. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
f. Click Save.
The Throughput Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
3. Specify the start time for the scheduled backup.

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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate the file system catalog. The File System catalog is
required to perform faster and easier search. The catalogs are enabled depending
on the type of backup that you have specified.
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This option lets you detect data corruption issues by verifying the file system of the
volumes. When the backup job completes, Arcserve UDP mounts the recovery point
and runs the chkdsk Windows command. If the chkdsk command detects an error,
the next backup job is converted to a Verify backup job. This option is applicable for
both VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines with the Windows guest OS. Review
the following considerations before enabling this option:
■ The following types of volume are not supported and they are skipped by
Recovery Point Check:
■ The volume whose file system type is not NTFS
■ The volume whose type is striped with parity
■ The volume that is in that storage pool
■ The chkdsk command cannot detect all file system problems. The recovery
point check may pass but the recovery point can still be corrupted.
■ Depending on the size of the file system of the guest OS, the chkdsk command
may take a longer time to run. The chkdsk uses a large amount of system
memory on the Backup Proxy server and affects the performance of the proxy
server. This result in the backup job taking a longer time to complete. In the
worst case, the system memory of the Backup Proxy server may get exhausted
and the server may become non-responsive, especially when there are
numerous concurrent backup jobs or huge volumes are being checked. Check
recovery point itself can monitor the system memory usage and, if the memory
usage reaches to a threshold, check recovery point will suspend itself for some
time and release some the system memory. However, as a best practice,
disable this option unless it is necessary or you have a powerful Backup Proxy
server. Alternatively, you can distribute the load to multiple proxy servers by
creating multiple plans and specifying different proxy serves in each of the
plan.
■ If the backup is crash consistent, there are high chances that chkdsk will detect
problems (due to the nature of a crash consistent backup). As a best practice,
do not enable this option for a crash consistent backup.
■ If you want to enable the Recovery Point Check option but you do not want the
next backup job to be converted to a Verify backup job, create a DWORD value
named CheckRecoveryPointIgnoreError in the registry of the proxy server and
set the DWORD value to 1. Create the DWORD value at the following location:
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
The DWORD is applicable for all the backup jobs that are running on the
current proxy server. If you want to control the behavior of a specific virtual
machine, you can set the value at the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<VM GUID>.
Note: If you add the registry key in both the VM and proxy level registry, then
the setting in the VM level registry will have the priority over the setting in the
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■ If you want to fail the backup job after the Recovery Point Check detects
problem (so that you can be aware of data problem promptly), create a
DWORD value named CheckRecoveryPointDontFailJob in the registry of the
proxy server and set the DWORD value to 0. Create the DWORD value at the
following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
The DWORD is applicable for all the backup jobs that are running on the
current proxy server. If you want to control the behavior of a specific virtual
machine, you can set the value at the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<VM GUID>.
Note: If you add the registry key in both the VM and proxy level registry, then
the setting in the VM level registry will have the priority over the setting in the
Proxy level registry.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.
Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
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Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
Lets you merge recovery points based on the provided schedule.

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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing snapshot type for backup, truncate log settings,
providing the location of any scripts, and email settings. Review the prerequisites before
you select the hardware snapshot type.

The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Snapshot Type for Backup
Select one of the following options for the backup snapshot.
Use software snapshot only
Specifies that the backup type uses only the software snapshot. Arcserve
UDP will not check for hardware snapshot. The software snapshot utilizes
less resources on the virtual machines. You can use this option if the server
has lower configurations and processing speed.
Use hardware snapshot wherever possible
Specifies that the backup type first checks for a hardware snapshot. If all
the criteria are met, the backup type uses hardware snapshot.
Note: For more information on the hardware snapshot criteria, see the
prerequisite.
For Hyper-V, Arcserve UDP uses the hardware provider to take a VSS
snapshot of the volumes on the Hyper-V host and import the hardware
snapshot to the proxy server. The proxy server must have a suitable
hardware provider installed. For VMware, Arcserve UDP creates vSphere
software snapshot for a brief period and then creates a hardware
snapshot. This hardware snapshot is mounted on the VMware ESX server
and the software snapshot is deleted. Arcserve UDP then uses the contents
in the hardware snapshot to back up the VM related files.
Use transportable snapshots to improve performance
Specifies that the hardware snapshot uses a transportable snapshot. A
transportable snapshot increases the backup throughput. This option is
applicable for Hyper-V servers only.
Truncate Log
Let you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
Server. You can specify the schedule as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. This is
applicable only for VMware.

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Run a command before a backup is started

Let you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored inside the guest OS of the virtual machine. Click On exit code
and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail Job. Run Job indicates that the
backup job will continue when the script returns the exit code. Fail Job
indicates that the backup job will stop when the script returns the exit code.
This is applicable only for Windows VM.
Notes: (also applicable for the After snapshot is taken and After backup is
completed commands)
– We suggest to specify the full path of the command/script. For example,
use C:\Windows\System32\Ping.exe, instead of just Ping.exe.
– To avoid the situation that backup job gets stuck because command/script
hangs, by default the command/script will be terminated if it cannot finish
in 3 minutes. If you want to change the default timeout setting, follow
these steps at proxy server or VM level:
At Proxy Server level (applicable for all backup jobs running in this proxy
server)
a. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
b. Add a DWORD value with name PrePostCMDTimeoutInMinute and specify
its value with timeout time in minute.
At VM level
a. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<vm instance uuid>]
b. Add a DWORD value with name PrePostCMDTimeoutInMinute and specify
its value with timeout time in minute.
Note: If you add the registry value in both the VM and proxy level registry,
then the setting in the VM level registry will have the priority over the
setting in the Proxy level registry.

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Run a command after a snapshot is taken

Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the path where
the script is stored inside the guest OS of the virtual machine. This is applicable
only for Windows VM.
Run a command after a backup is completed
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored inside the guest OS of the virtual machine. This is applicable
only for Windows VM.
Run a command even when the job fails
If this check box is selected, the script specified in "Run a command after a
backup is completed" is executed even when the backup job fails. Otherwise,
that script is executed only when backup job completes successfully.
Username for Commands
Lets you specify the username to run the commands.
Password for Commands
Let you specify the password to run the commands.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and specify the
types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job alert emails that you want to receive.

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2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.
The plan is automatically deployed to the source virtual machine node.

The host-based agentless backup plan for the virtual machine is created. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
perform a manual backup at any time.

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Run Script Command and Log Truncation with Additional Administrator Account

Additional administrator account refers to those accounts that are not default
administrators. The following two accounts are involved when you run the commands
or scripts:
1. Account set by Update Node
2. Account set on the Advanced tab of a Plan

VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines have separate conditions to use the additional
administrator accounts.

VMware Virtual Machines

If both accounts are set, use the first account to log in to the virtual machine (vSphere
SDK is used to communicate with virtual machine, so that the network access is not
required between proxy server and virtual machine). Then use the second account to
run the command or script in the virtual machine.

If either of the account is not set, use the available account to log in to the virtual
machine and run the command or script.

It is recommended to use the built-in administrator account or built-in domain

administrator account for both accounts.

If you use any additional administrator account (non-built-in administrator account), the
procedure is different.

Follow these steps:

1. To log in to the virtual machine using the added administrator account, follow the
step in the Update Node (see page 183) topic to ensure that the account has the
required permissions.
2. To run the command or script using the additional administrator account, ensure
that this account has the required permission. Log in to the guest virtual machine
using the additional administrator account, run the command or script, and confirm
that the command or script can complete successfully.

Hyper-V Virtual Machines

You need only one account for Hyper-V virtual machines. If both accounts are set, use
the second account (set on the Advanced tab of a plan) to connect to the virtual
machine and launch the command or script. Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) is used to communicate with the virtual machine, so that the network access is
required between proxy server and virtual machine.

If either of the account is not set, use the available administrator account to connect to
the virtual machine and launch the command or script.

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Follow these steps:

1. Access the virtual machine with remote WMI. Ensure that you have the required
permissions with the additional administrator account. See the Update Node (see
page 183) topic for the requirements of the account.
2. To run the command or script using the additional administrator account, ensure
that this account has the required permission. Log in to the guest virtual machine
using the additional administrator account, run the command or script, and confirm
that the command or script can complete successfully.

Also, verify if WMI is allowed by firewall on the guest VM. If not enabled, follow these
steps:
3. Login to the guest VM.
4. Open the Control panel.
5. Open the Windows Firewall.
6. Click Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall.
7. Enable Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI).
8. Click OK.

Define a Limit to the Quantity of Concurrent Backups

You can define a limit to the quantity of backup jobs that run concurrently. This
capability lets you optimize the performance of the host-based VM backup proxy server
in your backup environment. By default, Host-Based VM Backup can run up to four
VMware VM backup jobs and ten Hyper-V VM backup jobs concurrently. In
environments that contain many virtual machines that are associated with a proxy
server, a high quantity of concurrent backups can have an adverse effect on network
and backup performance.

Note: When the quantity of concurrent jobs exceeds the defined limit, the jobs that
exceed the limit enter a job queue.

Note: If the maximum number of concurrent VMware backup jobs exceeds the ESX
server connection limit, communication failure can occur between the ESX server and
the backup proxy, and the file system of the ESX server data store can remain locked. In
such cases, restart the ESX server or migrate the locked virtual machine to another data
store to unlock the VM. For more details, refer to the VMware document
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=display
KC&externalId=1022543 (VMware KB:1022543).

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP virtual machine proxy system.
2. Open Windows Registry Editor and browse to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine

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3. Locate the following keys:

VMwareMaxJobNum

HyperVMaxJobNum
Note: Both the keys are already created and the default value is 4 and 10,
respectively.
4. Right-click VMMaxJobNum or HyperVMaxJobNum and click Modify on the pop-up
menu.
The Edit String dialog opens.
5. In the Value Data field, specify the quantity of backup jobs that you want to allow to
run concurrently.
■ Minimum limit--1
■ Maximum limit--none.
■ Default--10 for Hyper-V and 4 for VMware
6. Click OK.
The limit is defined.

The limit of concurrent backup jobs is defined.

(Optional) Perform a Manual Backup

Typically, backups are performed automatically and are controlled by the schedule
settings. In addition to the scheduled backup, a manual backup provides you the option
to back up your nodes on a need basis. For example, if you have a repeat schedule for
Full, Incremental, and Verify backups and you want to make major changes to your
machine, you should perform an immediate manual backup without waiting for the next
scheduled backup to occur.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
Nodes are displayed in the center pane.

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3. Select the nodes that you want to backup and that has a plan assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, Backup Now.
The Run a backup now dialog opens.
5. Select a backup type and optionally provide a name for the backup job.
6. Click OK.
The backup job runs.

The manual backup is successfully performed.

Verify the Plan

To verify your backup, confirm that you have successfully created the backup plan. After
you verify that the plan is created successfully, confirm whether the backup job is
running as scheduled. You can verify the status of backup jobs from the jobs tab.

Follow these steps: to verify plans

1. Click the Resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps: to verify backup jobs

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job is successful.

The backup job is verified.

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Troubleshooting
This section contains the following topics:
■ Incremental Backup Converts to Verify Backup or the Backup Size Increases in
Hyper-V (see page 335)
■ Host-based Backup Fails for Hyper-V VM That Has a Special Differencing Disk
Configuration (see page 337)
■ The backup job fails for a VMware virtual machine (see page 338)
■ The backup job is complete but the VM is in the Backing up status (see page 340)
■ Disable Rescan of Host Bus Adapters When the Source and Proxy are in Different
VMware ESX Servers (see page 341)

Incremental Backup Converts to Verify Backup or the Backup Size Increases in Hyper-V

Valid on Hyper-V VM

Symptom
■ I have performed an incremental change in a Hyper-V virtual machine. When I
perform an incremental backup, the entire virtual machine is backed up instead of
backing up only the changed data.
■ I have a proxy server with Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 that backs up a virtual machine
from one Hyper-V host (example HOST1). I have another proxy server with an older
version of Arcserve UDP that backs up a virtual machine from the same Hyper-V
host (HOST1). In such cases, the CBT is inactive and the Incremental jobs do not run.
The Incremental backup converts to the Verify backup.

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Solution

The root causes of above symptoms can be one of the following reasons:
■ The loss of change block tracking (CBT) data. The following circumstances will result
in CBT data loss:
– The Hyper-V host crashes or is powered off abnormally.
– The CBT service is stopped or the service abnormally quits.
– The CBT service did not complete its work while the Hyper-V host was shutting
down.
■ Different versions of CBT in the Hyper-V server and the proxy server.
Example: Consider you have two Arcserve UDP environments, one is Arcserve UDP
Version 5 and another is Arcserve UDP Version 6.0. These two Arcserve UDP
environments back up different VMs in the same Hyper-V server. The Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0 environment automatically detects the older version of CBT in the
Hyper-V server and upgrades it to the latest version. In such cases, the Arcserve
UDP Version 5 environment converts the remaining scheduled incremental backup
to a full backup.
If Arcserve UDP detects different CBT versions, the Activity Log displays a warning
message.

The solution is to upgrade all the proxy servers that protects virtual machines from one
Hyper-V host to the same version of Arcserve UDP.

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Host-based Backup Fails for Hyper-V VM That Has a Special Differencing Disk Configuration

Valid for Hyper-V VM

Symptom
If a differencing disk is configured in a Hyper-V virtual machine, the backup job for that
virtual machine fails. It displays the following error message in the activity log:

Failed to prepare for backup of the virtual machine

The following error message is displayed in the backup job log file under C:\Program
Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs,

The virtual disk file

\\?\UNC\<IP_Address_VM>\HYPERV_HBBU_SNAPSHOT@<snapshot_name>\WIN12-S
QL\VIRTUAL HARD DISKS\WIN12-SQL-1.VHDX was not exposed.

The problem occurs only when the virtual machine has the following differencing disk
configurations. All the configurations must apply.
■ The virtual machine has one regular virtual hard disk (Fixed size or Dynamically
expanding) Disk1 that is attached to one IDE or SCSI controller of the virtual
machine.
■ The virtual machine has one differencing virtual hard disk (Disk2) that is also
attached to one IDE or SCSI controller of the virtual machine.
■ The parent disk of Disk2 is specified to Disk1.

Solution

This error occurs because of an abnormal or incorrect configuration. To resolve this

error, detach either the differencing disk or its parent from the virtual machine.
Arcserve UDP does not support such differencing disk configuration.

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Backup Job Fails for a VMware Virtual Machine

Valid for VMware VM

Symptom
When I back up a VMware virtual machine, the backup job fails with either of the
following error messages in the activity log:

Abort backup because backup job has been configured to use the "Microsoft VSS
inside VM" snapshot method. However, only the "VMware Tools" snapshot method is
applicable because Host-based VM Backup failed to deploy the necessary tools into
the VM.
Or

Abort backup because backup job has been configured to use the "VMware Tools"
snapshot method. However, only the "Microsoft VSS inside the VM" snapshot method
is applicable because Host-based VM Backup failed to undeploy tools from inside VM.

Solution
The first error can occur because of multiple reasons. You have selected the Microsoft
VSS inside VM option but:
■ You did not update the VM with the required credentials
■ The credentials are not correct
■ VMware Tools are not installed or updated.

In this case, Arcserve UDP cannot deploy necessary tools to the virtual machine to use
the new snapshot method.
To resolve this error, update the virtual machine with correct credentials. Verify that
VMware Tools are updated and running in the virtual machine. After the verification,
resubmit the backup job.

Solution
The second error may occur in the following scenario. You have used the Microsoft VSS
inside VM option in the previous backup jobs. Now, you want to use the VMware Tools
option but the credentials of the virtual machine have changed (for example, you have
changed the password of the guest OS but you did not update the virtual machine node
in Console), or VMware Tools is not running for some reason. In such cases, Arcserve
UDP cannot undeploy the tools (which were deployed by the previous backup job) from
the virtual machine to use the new snapshot method.
To resolve this error, perform one of the following steps:
■ Update the virtual machine with correct credentials. Verify that VMware Tools are
updated and running in the virtual machine guest OS. After the verification,
resubmit the backup job.

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■ Manually undeploy the tools from the virtual machine:

a. Log in to the virtual machine.
b. Navigate to the following folder:
C:\Program
Files\ARCServe\ASVMOperationTools\custom-freeze-vmware-snapshot\auto-d
eploy
c. Right-click the auto-undeploy.bat batch file and select Run as administrator.
d. Delete the following folders:
C:\Program Files\ARCServe\as-hbbu-vmwarebackup
C:\Program Files\ARCServe\ASVMOperationTools
e. Resubmit the backup job.

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Backup Job is Complete but the VM is in the Backing Up Status

Valid for Hyper-V VM

Symptom

In Hyper-V 2012 or later, the virtual machine stays in the Backing up status although the
agent-less host-based backup job of this virtual machine has already finished. I cannot
perform some operations such as power-on or power-off the virtual machine during
that time in the Hyper-V manager. If the virtual machine is a Hyper-V cluster, I cannot
perform live migration for it. In addition, if another backup job for this VM starts at the
same time, the backup job fails with the following error:

The Hyper-V VSS writer has encountered an error when processing this virtual machine.

This problem occurs in the following situations:

■ There are several backup jobs starting at the same time or at times closer to each
other (within one minute).
■ One or more backup jobs are complete, but there is still at least one backup job in
progress.

Solution
If the backup jobs start at the same time or at times closer to each other, Arcserve UDP
takes one VSS snapshot for all virtual machines instead of taking one VSS snapshot for
each virtual machine. This avoids unnecessary workload to the Hyper-V host. After the
VSS snapshot is taken, all the virtual machines inside this VSS snapshot instance are
locked (in the Backing up status). Arcserve UDP cannot release the snapshot until all
backup jobs are finished, even if the backup job of a virtual machine is already
completed.

The VSS snapshot has a limitation. Only one snapshot can be taken for a virtual machine
at a time. If another backup job of the same virtual machine starts at this time, it fails
and provides the error message. This error does not happen in Hyper-V 2008R2 because
Hyper-V 2008R2 has a different VSS snapshot mechanism.

While the virtual machine is locked, you can still use the guest OS. The lock has no
impact on the usage or availability of the guest OS. However, to avoid this situation, you
can perform either of the following tasks:
■ Enable the Hyper-V Snapshot Separation option on the resource tab of the
agent-less host-based backup. Then, Arcserve UDP takes a separate snapshot for
each virtual machine specified in the plan. The virtual machine is released after the
backup is complete.
■ Use different plans to protect virtual machines that have different storage sizes.
Include the virtual machines with similar storage size in one plan. It will ensure that
the backup jobs take a similar amount of time to complete. Also, set different
schedules different plans.

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Disable Rescan of HBA Adapters During Incremental Backup

Applicable for VMware ESX

Symptom
When the source node and the proxy server are in different VMware ESX servers, and I
run an Incremental backup, my backup takes a longer time to run. I also receive multiple
rescan messages. I want to disable the rescanning of all host bus adapter (hba) of other
VMware ESX servers during Incremental backups.

Solution

You can disable the scan by creating a registry key in the proxy server and assigning a
value to it.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the machine.
2. Navigate to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine
3. Create the following registry key (DWORD), if it is not already created
DisableAllESXNodeRescan
4. Set the value of the registry key to 1.

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How to Create a Virtual Standby Plan

The virtual standby converts the recovery points to virtual machine formats and
prepares a snapshot to easily recover your data when needed. This feature provides the
high availability capability also and ensures that the virtual machine can take over
immediately when the source machine fails. The standby virtual machine is created by
converting the recovery points to an VMware or a Hyper-V virtual machine format.

Note: The virtual standby task runs only if the backup task creates a valid recovery point
snapshot. If the backup task fails, then the virtual standby task is skipped.

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 342)
2. Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 343)
3. Add a Virtual Standby Task to the Plan (see page 357)
4. (Optional) Run the Virtual Standby Job Manually (see page 369)
5. Pause and Resume the Heartbeat (see page 370)
6. Pause and Resume the Virtual Standby Job (see page 371)
7. Verify the Plan (see page 372)
8. Applying Best Practices (see page 373)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Install the server component and create Data Stores if you want to store the backup
data to recovery point servers.
■ You have a valid recovery point to create a virtual standby machine. The recovery
points can be from one of the following tasks:
– Backup, Agent-based Windows
– Backup, Host-Based Agentless
– Replicate
– Replicate from a remote Recovery Point Server
■ Back up the full machine to enable the Virtual Standby task. You cannot create a
Virtual Standby task if the backup is not a full backup.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. To create a virtual
standby machine, you create a plan that includes a backup task and a virtual standby
task. A backup task performs a backup of the source nodes and stores the data to the
specified destination. This backup data is then used by the virtual standby feature and
converts it to a virtual machine format.

You can create a virtual standby machine from an agent-based Windows backup,
host-based agentless backup. You can also create a virtual standby machine from data
that are replicated using the Replicate task. The following procedure is an example to
create agent-based Windows backup.

Notes:
For more information on host-based agentless backup, see How to Create a
Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan.
For more information on replicating a backup data, see How to Create a Recovery
Point Server Replication Plan.
Virtual standby support the source machine boot from UEFI firmware with below
limitations
Virtualization Type – VMware
The VMware VDDK 6.0.1 is packaged in Arcserve UDP 6.0. With the ability
of VDDK 6.0.1, Arcserve UDP 6.0 could mount a VMDK file whose format is
GPT. As a result, virtual standby supports source machine boot from UEFI
to VMware for Arcserve UDP 6.0.
Virtualization Type - Hyper-V
Due to a Hyper-V limitation which does not support a virtual machine that
uses the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), virtual standby
cannot support the UEFI system. Therefore, when you deploy a virtual
standby task whose standby destination is Hyper-V server to a UEFI
system, deployment fails. This is applicable when the Hyper-V server is
2008, 2008 r2, or 2012.
If the destination Hyper-V server is 2012 r2 and the source node is a UEFI
system, and is one of the following operating systems, it will be supported:
– Windows Server 2012
– Windows Server 2012 R2
– Windows 8 (64-bit)
– Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.

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If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.
Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

Now, specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced details.

Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you
add source nodes.

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Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and click Add Node.
2. Select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Windows Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
Discovering Nodes from Active Directory
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.
3. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can
enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

4. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes (>>) or
Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.

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5. Click OK to close the dialog.

6. To choose Protection Type, select one of the following options:
Back up all volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.
Back up selected volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
c. Optionally, provide an encryption password.

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d. Confirm the encryption password.

e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and can provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times a day
based on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a
backup schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
The Backup Schedule is specified and displayed on the Schedule page.

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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate the File System catalog. The File System catalog is
required to perform faster and better search. If you select the catalog check boxes,
the catalogs are enabled depending on the type of backup that you have specified.
Clear the check box to disable generating the catalog.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.
Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

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You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
assigned to that plan are retained at the target data store.

Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing truncate log settings, providing the location of any
scripts, and email settings.

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The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Truncate Log
Lets you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
Server. You can specify the schedule as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
User Name
Lets you specify the user who is authorized to run a script.
Password
Lets you specify the password of the user who is authorized to run the script.
Run a command before backup is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail
Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the script returns
the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop when the script
returns the exit code.

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Run a command after snapshot is taken

Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Run a command after backup is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.
Enable Resource Alerts
Lets you specify a threshold for CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk
Throughput, Network I/O. You can provide the value in percentage. You
will receive an email when the Alert Threshold value exceeds.
2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the Resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
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Add a Virtual Standby Task to the Plan

Create a virtual standby task so that the backup data is converted to a virtual machine
format and a virtual machine is created. The virtual standby feature also monitors the
heartbeat of the source node so that when the source node is down, the virtual
machine immediately takes over as the source node.

Notes:
■ Virtual standby cannot automatically power on recovery point snapshots taken
from host-based virtual machine nodes, nodes replicated from a remote recovery
point server, and the Source of the Virtual Standby task is the one replicated to a
different Site. You have to manually power on recovery point snapshots for such
nodes.
■ If you pause the plan, the Virtual Standby job will not start. When you resume the
plan again, the Virtual Standby job is not resumed automatically. You have to
manually run another backup job to start the Virtual Standby job. Also, if the plan is
paused the Pause/Resume Virtual Standby option will not be available. If you do not
want the virtual machine to start automatically after the plan is paused, then you
have to manually pause the heartbeat for the nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select Virtual Standby.
The Virtual Standby task is added.
3. From the Source tab select one source for the virtual standby task.
4. Click the Virtualization Server tab and enter the virtualization server and
monitoring server details.
Virtualization Type - VMware
ESX Host/vCenter
Specify the host name of the ESX or vCenter Server system.
User Name
Specify the user name that is required to log in to the VMware system.
Note: The account that you specify must be an administrative account or an
account with administrative privileges on the ESX or vCenter Server system.

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Password
Specify the password for the user name that is required to log in to the
VMware system.
Protocol
Specify HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol that you want to use for communication
between the source Arcserve UDP agent and the monitoring server.
Port
Specify the port that you want to use for data transfer between the source
server and the monitoring server.
ESX Node
The values in this field vary based on the value specified in the ESX
Host/vCenter field:
ESX Server systems
When you specify an ESX Server system in the ESX Host/vCenter field, this
field displays the host name of the ESX Server system.
vCenter Server systems
When you specify a vCenter Server system the ESX Host/vCenter field, this
field lets you specify (from a drop-down list) the ESX Server system that
you want to associate with this plan.
Monitor
Specify the host name of the server that you want to monitor the status of the
source server.
Notes:
■ The monitor server can be any physical computer or virtual machine
provided that the server is not the backup source.
■ The monitor server does not need to be configured if the nodes are
replicated from a remote recovery point server or the Source of the Virtual
Standby task is the one replicated to a different Site.
User Name
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Password
Specify the password for the user name that is required to log in to the
monitoring system.
Protocol
Specify HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol that you want to use for communication
between the Arcserve UDP and the ESX Server system (monitoring server).
Port
Specify the port that you want to use for data transfer between the Arcserve
UDP and the ESX Server system (monitoring server).
Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer
Specify this option to let the monitor server copy the conversion data from the
Arcserve UDP agent node to the ESX Server data store. With this option
enabled, the virtual standby feature transfers the conversion data from the
agent node to the ESX Server data store using the fibre channel
communication, which is faster than using the LAN communication to transfer
data. Only the write operation for the conversion happens over the fibre
channel. The read operation happens over the LAN.
Note: The Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer option is enabled by
default. You can disable this option to allow the Arcserve UDP agent node to
copy the conversion data directly to the data store on the ESX Server system.
Virtualization Type - Hyper-V
HyperV Host Name
Specify the host name of the Hyper-V system.
User Name
Specify the user name that is required to log in to the Hyper-V system.
Note: The account that you specify must be an administrative account or an
account with administrative privileges on the Hyper-V system.
Password
Specify the password for the User Name that is required to log in to the
Hyper-V system.
Protocol
Specify HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol that you want to use for communication
between the Arcserve UDP server and the Hyper-V Server system (monitoring
server).
Port
Specify the port that you want to use for data transfer between the Arcserve
UDP server and the Hyper-V Server system (monitoring server).

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5. Click the Virtual Machine tab and enter the details for the VM Basic Settings, VM
DataStore for VMware, VM path for Hyper-V, and VM Network.
VMware Systems:
Apply the following Virtual Machine options to VMware systems:
VM Name Prefix
Specify the prefix that you want to add to the display name for the virtual
machine on the ESX Server system.
Default value: UDPVM_
Resource Pool
Specify the name of resource pool where standby virtual machine is to be
grouped.
CPU Count
Specify the minimum and maximum CPU count supported by the standby
virtual machine.
Memory
Specify the total amount of RAM in MB to be allocated for the standby virtual
machine.
Note: The amount of RAM specified must be a multiple of two.
Recovery Point Snapshots
Specify the number of recovery point snapshots (recovery points) for the
standby virtual machine. The maximum number of recovery point snapshots
count is 29 for VMware virtualization servers.
All virtual disks share the same datastore
Select this option to copy all of the disks related to the virtual machine to one
data store.
Clear the check box to copy the disk-related information for the virtual machine
to the corresponding data store. Specify the location where you want to store
the conversion data.
Network
Lets you define the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the ESX Server
system uses to communicate with the virtual machines.
Note: The VMware SR-IOV passthrough and Flexible network adapter is not
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Same number of network adapters as source at last backup

Select this option to define how to map the virtual NIC to the virtual network.
Specify this option when the virtual machine contains virtual NICs and a virtual
network.
Clear the check box to define the name of the virtual network that you want
the NIC to use to communicate.
Hyper-V Systems:
Apply the following Virtual Machine options to Hyper-V systems:
Basic Settings
Complete the following Basic settings:
VM Name Prefix
Specify the prefix that you want to add to the display name for the virtual
machine on the Hyper-V system.
Default value: UDPVM_
CPU Count
Specify the minimum and maximum CPU count supported by the standby
virtual system.
Memory
Specify the total amount of RAM in MB to be allocated to the standby virtual
machine.
Note: The amount of RAM specified must be a multiple of four.
Recovery Point Snapshots
Specify the number of recovery point snapshots for the standby virtual
machine. The maximum number of recovery point snapshots is 24 for Hyper-V
virtualization servers.
All virtual disks share the same path
Select this option to specify the location on the Hyper-V server where you want
to store the conversion data.
Clear the checkbox to specify the location on the Hyper-V server where you
want to store the conversion data for each virtual disk.
Note: The Arcserve UDP solution does not support creating virtual disk images
(VHD/VHDX files) on compressed volumes and volumes that are encrypted by
the file system. If the path specified resides on compressed or encrypted
Hyper-V volumes, Arcserve UDP prevents you from creating the virtual standby
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VM Network
Lets you define the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the Hyper-V server
uses to communicate with the virtual machines. Specify one of the following
options and complete the required fields.
Same number of network adapters as source at last backup
Select this option to define how to map the virtual NIC to the virtual network.
Specify this option when the virtual machine contains virtual NICs and a virtual
network.
Clear the check box to define the name of the virtual network that you want
the NIC to use to communicate.
6. Click the Advanced tab and provide the following details:
Automatically start the Virtual Machine
Specify if you want to start the virtual machine automatically.
Note: This option is unavailable for host-based virtual machine nodes and
nodes replicated from a remote recovery point server and the Source of the
Virtual Standby task is the one replicated to a different Site.
Timeout
Specify the time that the monitor server must wait for a heartbeat before it
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Frequency
Specify the frequency that the source server communicates heartbeats to the
monitor server.
Example: The Timeout value specified is 60. The Frequency value specified is 10.
The source server will communicate heartbeats in 10-second intervals. If the
monitoring server does not detect a heartbeat within 60 seconds of the last
heartbeat that was detected, the monitor server powers on a virtual machine using
the latest recovery point snapshot.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you receive email alerts depending on the settings that you provide. When
you select this option, further categories of email alerts are enabled for your
selection.
■ Missing heartbeat for source machine--Virtual standby sends alert
notifications when the monitor server does not detect a heartbeat from the
source server.
Note: For nodes from Replicate from a remote Recovery Point Server or if the
source of the Virtual Standby task is the one that is replicated to a different
site, this option is not available.
■ VM powered on for source machine configured with auto power ON--Virtual
Standby sends alert notifications when it powers on a virtual machine that was
configured to power on automatically when a heartbeat is not detected.
Note: For nodes from Replicate from a remote Recovery Point Server or if the
source of the Virtual Standby task is the one that is replicated to a different
site, this option is not available. This option is unavailable for host-based virtual
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■ VM powered on for source machine configured with manual power

ON--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it manually powers on a
virtual machine.
■ Virtual Standby errors/failure/crash--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications
when it detects an error that occurred during the conversion process.
■ Virtual Standby success--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it
detects that a virtual machine powered on successfully.
■ The Virtual Standby did not start successfully from the Recovery Point
Snapshot--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it detects that a
virtual machine was not powered automatically and the Automatically start the
Virtual Machine Stand-in Recovery option is specified.
■ Hypervisor is not reachable--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it
detects that it cannot communicate with the ESX Server system or the Hyper-V
system.
■ VM storage free space less than--Virtual Standby sends alert notifications
when it detects insufficient free disk space on the defined hypervisor path. The
detection occurs when the amount of free disk space is less than the
user-defined threshold. The threshold can be defined either an absolute value
(MB) or as a percentage of the capacity of the volume.
7. Click Save.
The changes are saved and the virtual standby task is automatically deployed to the
virtual standby server.

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How the Application Determines the Quantity of NICs to Power ON

While powering on virtual machines, virtual standby determines the quantity of NICs
(network interface cards) to power on based on whether the standby virtual machine
network is configured. The following table illustrates how virtual standby determines
the quantity of NICs that are required to power on standby virtual machines:
Values Defined in the Plan The Power on the standby The Power on the standby
for VM Network virtual machine with virtual machine with
customized network customized network
configurations option is configurations option is
not specified specified
The values defined are the Virtual standby powers on Virtual standby powers on
same as the source the quantity on NICs the quantity NICs based on
machine. defined for the source the larger of the following
machine as of the last values:
backup job.
■ The quantity defined
under custom network
configuration.
■ The quantity of NICs
defined for the source
machine as of the last
backup job.
The values defined are Virtual standby powers on Virtual standby powers on
custom values. the quantity of custom the quantity NICs based on
networks that are defined the larger of the following
in the plan. values:
■ The quantity defined
under custom network
configuration.
■ The quantity of NICs
defined for the custom
policy.

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The following dialog (Edit Virtual Standby task of Modify a Plan) in the Virtual Standby
task consist of custom configurations for NICs to power on:

The following dialog (Standby VM - <host_name>) illustrates the location where you
specify the Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network
configurations option:

Configure the Standby VM Network

You can power on the Standby VM with customized network settings. You can configure
the following network settings on the standby VM:
■ Specify the virtual network and NIC (Network Interface Card), and TCP/IP settings
for each network adapter from the Network Adapter Settings tab.
■ Update the DNS servers to redirect clients from the source computer to the virtual
standby virtual machines based on the TCP/IP settings from the DNS Update
Settings tab.

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The following diagram displays the Network Adapter Settings tab of Standby VM
Network Configuration:

Follow these steps:

1. From the resources tab, navigate to the Virtual Standby node group.
The Virtual Standby nodes are displayed on the center pane.
2. On the center pane, select the node and click Standby VM Network Configuration.
The Standby VM Network Configuration - <node name> page opens.
3. On the Network Adapter Settings tab, select the virtual network from the Standby
VM - Virtual Network list.
4. Select the NIC type from the Standby VM - NIC Type list.
5. Select Customize the TCP/IP settings.
6. Click the Add address button and add IP Addresses, Gateway Addresses, DNS
Addresses, and WINS Addresses.
Note: If you add DNS Addresses, then configure the DNS servers in the DNS Update
Settings tab.
7. Click Save.
The Standby VM Network Configuration - <node name> page closes.

The Standby VM network is configured.

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Set Backup Passwords for One or More Nodes

When you submit the backup job, the password for the backup is stored on the Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) node that you are protecting. The Arcserve UDP solution then
replicates the recovery points to a remote recovery point server. The converter on the
remote server then converts the replicated data to virtual machine data and stores the
data on the remote destination. However, the converter cannot convert the replicated
recovery points because the backup passwords reside on the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) node.

To ensure that the converter can convert the replicated recovery points, virtual standby
lets you specify backup passwords for the data that the converter can use to convert the
data.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
3. From the center pane, right-click the node and click Set Backup Passwords.
The Set Backup Passwords for Node dialog opens.

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4. Perform the following tasks in the Set Backup Passwords dialog for one or more
nodes:
– Add--Click Add to add one or more backup passwords to the selected nodes.
– Delete--Click Delete to delete one or more backup passwords from the
selected nodes.
Note: For multiple nodes, you can override the current backup passwords for
multiple nodes by selecting the Override the current backup passwords for the
selected nodes check box.

5. Click Save.
The dialog closes and the backup passwords are set for the selected remote nodes.

(Optional) Run the Virtual Standby Job Manually

To manually run a virtual standby job, you have to first perform a manual backup. The
virtual standby task is associated with a backup task. If a plan includes a backup task and
a virtual standby task, then when you manually run the backup job, the virtual standby
job runs automatically after the completion of the backup job.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
If you have added any plans, these plans will be displayed in the center pane.

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3. Select the nodes that you want to backup and that has a plan assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, Backup Now.
The Run a backup now dialog opens.
5. Select the backup type and provide a name for the backup job.
6. Click OK.
The backup job runs.
The virtual standby job runs immediately after the backup job is over.

The virtual standby job is manually run.

Pause and Resume Heartbeat

The Arcserve UDP solution lets you pause and resume the heartbeats that are detected
by the monitoring server. The heartbeat is the process where the source server and
monitoring server communicate about the health of the source server. If the monitoring
server does not detect a heartbeat after a specified length of time, the virtual standby
feature provisions the virtual machine to function as the source node.

Examples: When to Pause or Resume Heartbeats

The following examples describe when to pause and resume heartbeats:

■ Pause the heartbeat when you want to offline a node (source server) for
maintenance.
■ Resume the heartbeat after the maintenance tasks are complete and the node
(source server) is online.

Be aware of the following behavior:

■ You can pause and resume heartbeats at the individual node level.
■ You can pause and resume heartbeats for one or more nodes in one step.
■ The Arcserve UDP solution does not power on recover point snapshots while the
heartbeat is in a paused state.
■ When you upgrade the agent installations on source nodes, Arcserve UDP pauses
the heartbeat for the nodes. To help ensure that monitor servers monitor the
upgraded nodes, resume the heartbeat for the nodes after you complete the
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Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
2. Click the resources tab.
3. From the left pane, navigate to Virtual Standby and click All Nodes.
If you have added any nodes, then the nodes will be displayed in the center pane.
4. Select the node that you want to pause or resume.
5. On the center pane, click Actions, Heartbeat, Pause or Resume.
The heartbeat of the selected node is paused or resumed.

Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Job

Virtual conversion is the process where virtual standby converts the Arcserve UDP
recovery points from source nodes to virtual machine formats named recovery point
snapshots. In the event a source node fails, the virtual standby feature uses the
recovery point snapshots to power on a virtual machine for the source node.

As a best practice, allow the virtual conversion process to operate continuously.

However, if you want to pause the virtual conversion process on local and remote
virtual standby servers temporarily, you can do so from the Console. After you correct
the problems on the source node, you can resume the virtual conversion process.

When you pause virtual standby jobs (conversion jobs), the pause operation does not
pause the conversion job that is currently in progress. The pause operation applies to
only the job that is expected to run at the end of the next backup job. As a result, the
next conversion job does not start until you explicitly resume the (paused) conversion
job.

If you resume virtual standby for nodes and if there are multiple backup sessions
without recovery point snapshot, you will get a dialog to select the smart copy option. If
you click Yes, virtual standby will convert the combined session into a single recovery
point snapshot. If you click No, virtual standby will convert each session individually

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Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
2. Click the resources tab.
3. From the left pane, navigate to Virtual Standby and click All Nodes.
If you have added any nodes, then the nodes will be displayed in the center pane.
4. Select the node that you want to pause or resume.
5. On the center pane, click Actions, Virtual Standby, Pause or Resume.
The virtual standby function for the selected node is paused or resumed.

Verify the Plan

To verify your virtual standby feature, confirm that you have successfully created the
virtual standby plan. After you verify that the plan is created successfully, check whether
the backup job is running as scheduled. After the backup job successfully completes, the
virtual standby job runs. You can check the status of the backup job and virtual standby
job from the jobs tab.

Follow these steps to verify plans:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these to verify virtual standby jobs:

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job and virtual standby job is successful.
The plan for virtual standby is successfully verified.

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Applying Best Practices

Exclude Files from Antivirus Scanning

Antivirus software can interfere with the smooth running of virtual standby process by
either temporarily blocking access to files or by quarantining or deleting files that are
incorrectly classified as suspicious or dangerous. You can configure most antivirus
software to exclude particular processes, files, or folders so that you can skip scanning
certain data. It is important to configure your antivirus software properly so that it does
not interfere with backup and restore operations, or any other types of processes.

In a Hyper-V server, the antivirus software corrupts the VM configuration file. The
Hyper-V server changes the VM state to 'save' mode and the VM becomes corrupted
and useless. In such cases, you have to delete the VM and and perform a full conversion
to create a new VM.

To avoid the VM from entering the save mode, exclude the following processes, folders,
and files from the antivirus scanning:
■ Process list
– C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\TOMCAT\bin\tomcat7.exe
– C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\TOMCAT\JRE\bin
■ java.exe
■ java-rmi.exe
■ javaw.exe
■ keytool.exe
■ rmid.exe
■ rmiregistry.exe

To ensure that the local and remote virtual standby works properly and to avoid the VM
from entering the save mode, exclude the following files that targets Hyper-V virtual
machines and Hyper-V processes:
■ Virtual machine configuration files directory:
– (Default) C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
– Arcserve UDP Virtual Standby virtual machine configuration files directory
■ Virtual machine virtual hard disk files directory:
– (Default) C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks
– Arcserve UDP Virtual Standby virtual machine virtual hard disk files directory

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■ Snapshot files directory:

– (Default)
%systemdrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Snapshots
– Arcserve UDP Virtual Standby virtual machine snapshot files directory
■ Hyper-V process:
– %windows%\system32\Vmms.exe
– %windows%\system32\Vmwp.exe

How to View Virtual Standby Settings from the Monitor Server

After you have created and deployed the virtual standby plan, you can view the virtual
standby settings from the monitor server.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to view the virtual standby settings from
the monitor server:

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 376)
■ Log in to Monitor Servers (see page 376)
■ Understanding the Virtual Standby Summary Screen (see page 377)
■ View Activity Log (see page 380)
■ View Virtual Standby Settings (see page 380)
■ View the Email Settings (see page 384)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that you have complete the following prerequisite tasks:
■ Logged in to the Console
■ Created and deployed a virtual standby plan
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Log In To Monitor Servers

Arcserve UDP lets you log in directly to the server that is monitoring the Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows) source nodes. From the monitor server, you can perform maintenance
tasks and view information about the health of the source nodes.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console.
2. Click the resource tab.
3. Click All Nodes.
4. On the center pane, select the node that has the virtual standby task.
5. Right-click the node and select Log in to Monitor Server.
The monitor server interface opens in a new window.

Note: If a new browser window does not open, verify that the pop-up options for
your browser allow all pop-ups or pop-ups only for this website.
6. Click the Virtual Standby tab.
The Virtual Standby page opens.

You are logged in to the monitor server.

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Understanding the Virtual Standby Summary Screen

The Virtual Standby Summary screen displays icons that provide a quick visual
indication of the current status, along with guidance for the urgency of any actions that
you need to take.

The following icons appear on the home page:

The Virtual Standby Summary screen displays the following information:

■ Servers list--Displays a list of source servers (source nodes) that this monitoring
server is protecting. The list sorts source servers by their current status. For
example, All, Action Required, Server Running, and so on.
Note: The Servers list appears only when you are logged in to the monitoring
server. For more information, see How to Use the Servers List (see page 377).
■ Virtual Standby Summary--Displays summary information for the selected source
server. For more information, see Monitor the Status of Virtual Conversion Jobs
(see page 379).
■ Virtual Standby Settings--Displays summary information about virtual conversion
settings for the selected source server. For more information, see View Virtual
Standby Settings for Source Servers (see page 378).
■ Recovery Point Snapshots--Displays a list of recovery point snapshots that are
available for the selected source server. For more information, see View the
Recovery Point Snapshots List (see page 379).
■ Tasks--Displays a list of tasks that you can perform for the selected source server.
■ Support and Community Access--Provides a mechanism that lets you initiate
various support-related functions.

Understanding the Servers List

The Servers list on the Virtual Standby Summary screen displays a list of source servers
that a monitoring server is protecting. The list sort servers by their current status. For
example, All, Action Required, Source Running are some of the status.

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To perform maintenance tasks or to view information about an Arcserve UDP Agent

(Windows) node, click the Virtual Standby tab and then click the server as illustrated on
the following screen:

View Virtual Standby Settings for Source Servers

The Virtual Standby Summary screen displays information about the virtual machines
that are protecting source servers.

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Monitor the Status of Virtual Conversion Jobs

Virtual standby lets you monitor the status of in-progress virtual conversion jobs. In
addition, virtual standby lets you view the summary about the virtual conversion data
and the virtual machines that are protecting your Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) source
servers.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Monitor Server.
2. Click the Virtual Standby tab.
Virtual Standby Summary displays information about in-progress virtual conversion
jobs and displays a summary about virtual conversion jobs and the virtual machine
that is protecting the source server.

View the Recovery Point Snapshots List

The Virtual Standby screen displays a list of the most recent recovery point snapshots.
The list box displays the date and time the backup of the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows)
source nodes when completed.

From the list of recovery point snapshots list, you can power on virtual machines. For
more information, see Power On Virtual Standby Machines from Recovery Point
Snapshots (see page 387).

Note: If the Virtual Standby destination is a VMware ESX server, the maximum number
of recovery point snapshots that are displayed is 29. If the Virtual Standby destination is
a Microsoft Hyper-V server, the maximum number of recovery point snapshots that are
displayed is 24.

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View Activity Log

Virtual standby lets you view Activity Log information about virtual conversion jobs. The
Activity Log contains virtual conversion job records for the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) source node that you are protecting.

Note: The Activity Log (activity.log) is stored in the following directory on the node
where Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) is installed:

C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs

Follow these steps:

1. Login to the monitor server, and click the Virtual Standby tab.
2. Expand the servers from the Sources pane, and click a node to view its activity log.
3. From the Virtual Standby Tasks pane, click View Logs.
The Activity Log dialog opens.

View Virtual Standby Settings

The Virtual Standby Settings dialog contains information about the plan assigned to the
node. You can view information about the Virtualization Server, the Virtual Machine, the
Stand-in Server, and the Preferences defined in the plan that is assigned to the Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) source node. You cannot edit settings from this dialog.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resource tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
3. On the center pane, select the node that you specified as Monitor in the Virtual
Standby task, and click Login Agent.
A new browser opens and you are automatically logged in to the monitor server.
Note: If a new browser window does not open, verify that the pop-up options for
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4. Click the Virtual Standby tab.

The Virtual Standby Summary screen appears.
5. From Expand All or Server Running from the Servers list, and click the node whose
Virtual Standby settings you want to view.
6. From the Virtual Conversion Tasks list located on the right side of the Virtual
Standby Summary screen, click Virtual Standby Settings.
The Virtual Standby Settings dialog opens.
Virtualization Server Options
■ VMware Systems:
The following options apply to VMware systems:
■ Virtualization type--VMware.
■ ESX Host/vCenter--Identifies the host name of the ESX or vCenter Server
system.
■ User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the
VMware system.
■ Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to
the VMware system.
■ Protocol--Displays the communication protocol used between the source
arcserve UDP Agent node and the monitoring server.
■ Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the source server
and the monitoring server.
■ Monitoring:
The following options apply to VMware systems.
■ Monitor Server--Identifies the host name of the server that monitors the
source server.
■ User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the
monitoring server.
■ Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to
the monitor server.
■ Protocol--Identifies the communication protocol used between the
arcserve Central Virtual Standby server and the ESX Server system
(monitoring server).

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■ Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the arcserve
Central Virtual Standby server and the ESX Server system (monitoring
server).
■ Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer--Identifies that the monitor
server copies the conversion data from the arcserve UDP Agent source
server to the ESX Server data store.
Note: The Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer option is enabled
by default. You can disable this option to allow the arcserve UDP Agent
source server to copy the conversion data directly to the ESX Server data
store.
■ Hyper-V Systems:
The following options apply to Hyper-V systems:
■ Virtualization type--Hyper-V.
■ Hyper-V Host Name--Identifies the host name of the Hyper-V system.
■ User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the
Hyper-V system.
■ Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to
the Hyper-V system.
■ Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the source server
and the monitoring server.
Virtual Machine Options
VMware Systems:
■ VM Name Prefix--Identifies the prefix added to the display name for the
virtual machine on the ESX Server system.
Default: UDPVM_
■ VM Resource Pool--Identifies the name of resource pool where the
standby virtual machine is grouped.
■ Datastore--Identifies the location where you want to store the conversion
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■ Specify one datastore for all virtual disks--Indicates that the application
copies all of the disks related to the virtual machine to one data store.
■ Specify a datastore for each virtual disk--Indicates that the application
copies disk-related information for the virtual machine to the
corresponding data store.
■ Networks--Identifies the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the ESX
Server system uses to communicate with the virtual machines.
Same number of network adapters as source at last backup--Identifies the
virtual NICs that are mapped to the virtual network. This option is specified
when the virtual machine contains virtual NICs and a virtual network.
Custom--Identifies the name of the virtual network that you want the NIC
to use to communicate.
■ CPU Count--Identifies the minimum and maximum CPU count supported
by the standby virtual machine.
■ Memory--Identifies the total amount of RAM in MB allocated for the
standby virtual machine.
■ Recovery Point Snapshot--Specify the number of recovery points for the
standby virtual machine. The maximum number of recovery points is 24 for
Hyper-V virtualization servers
Hyper-V Systems:
■ VM Name Prefix--Identifies the prefix added to the display name for the
virtual machine on the Hyper-V system.
Default: UDPVM_
■ Path--Identifies the location on the Hyper-V Server where the conversion
data is stored.
■ Networks--Identifies the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the
Hyper-V server uses to communicate with the virtual machines.
■ CPU Count--Identifies the minimum and maximum CPU count supported
by the standby virtual machine.
■ Memory--Identifies the total amount of RAM in MB allocated to the
standby virtual machine.
■ Recovery Point Snapshot--Specify the number of recovery points for the
standby virtual machine. The maximum number of recovery points is 24 for
Hyper-V virtualization servers.
Stand-in Settings
Recovery:
■ Manually start the Virtual Machine--Indicates that the virtual machines
are powered on and provisioned manually when the source server fails or
stops communicating.

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■ Automatically start the Virtual Machine--Indicates that the virtual

machines are powered on and provisioned automatically when the source
server fails or stops communicating.
■ Heartbeat Properties:
Timeout--Identifies the length time that the monitor server must wait for a
heartbeat before it powers on a recovery point snapshot.
Frequency--Identifies the frequency that the source server communicates
heartbeats to the monitor server.
7. Click Cancel to close the Virtual Standby Settings dialog.

The virtual standby settings are viewed.

View the Email Settings

You can onfigure the email settings to receive email alerts.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resource tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
3. On the center pane, select the node that you specified as Monitor in the Virtual
Standby task, and click Login Agent.
A new browser opens and you are automatically logged in to the Monitor server.
Note: If a new browser window does not open, verify that the pop-up options for
your browser allow all pop-ups or pop-ups only for this website.
4. Click the Virtual Standby tab.

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The Virtual Standby Summary screen appears.

5. From Expand All or Server Running from the Servers list, and click a node to view
its Virtual Standby settings.
6. From the Navigation pane, expand Virtual Standby Tasks and click Virtual Standby
Settings.
The Virtual Standby Settings dialog opens.
7. Click the Preferences tab.
■ Missing heartbeat for source machine--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends
alert notifications when the monitor server does not detect a heartbeat from
the source server.
■ VM powered on for source machine configured with auto power
ON--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it powers on
a virtual machine that was configured to power on automatically when a
heartbeat is not detected.
■ VM powered on for source machine configured with manual power
ON--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it manually
powers on a virtual machine.
■ VM storage free space less than--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert
notifications when it detects insufficient free disk space on the defined
hypervisor path. The detection occurs when the amount of free disk space is
less than the user-defined threshold. The threshold can be defined either an
absolute value (MB) or as a percentage of the capacity of the volume.
■ Virtual Standby errors/failure/crash--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert
notifications when it detects an error that occurred during the conversion
process.
■ Virtual Standby success--Indicates that the process of creating a virtual
standby virtual machine completed successfully.
■ Hypervisor is not reachable--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert
notifications when it detects that it cannot communicate with the ESX Server
system or the Hyper-V system.
■ The Virtual Standby did not start successfully from the Recovery Point
Snapshot--Indicates that the process of creating a virtual standby virtual
machine from a recovery point snapshot did not complete successfully.

The email settings are viewed.

How to Protect Virtual Standby Machines

You can back up virtual standby machines and protect the data from getting corrupted.
Before you protect the machine, you have to power on the machine.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to protect virtual standby machines:

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 386)
■ Power On Virtual Standby Machines (see page 387)
■ Protect Virtual Standby Machines After Power On (see page 391)
■ Verify the Virtual Standby Machine Is Protected (see page 392)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that you have completed the following prerequisite tasks:
■ Logged into the Console
■ Have a virtual standby machine ready.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Power On Virtual Standby Machines

You can power on virtual standby machines and protect the virtual machines after the
machines are powered on. The following diagram describes the process flow to power
on the virtual machines:

Power On Virtual Standby Machines from Recovery Point Snapshots

Virtual standby can be configured to power on virtual standby machines from recovery
point snapshots automatically when the monitoring server does not detect a heartbeat
from the source server. Optionally, you can power on virtual standby machines from
recovery point snapshots manually in the event a source server fails, an emergency
occurs, or you want to offline a source node for maintenance.

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Note: The following steps describe how to power on virtual standby machines from
recovery point snapshots manually. For information about how to allow Virtual Standby
to power on Recovery Point Snapshots automatically, see Add a Virtual Standby Task to
the Plan.

Follow these steps:

1. From the resources tab, navigate to the Virtual Standby node group.
The virtual standby nodes are displayed on the center pane.
2. On the center pane, select the node and click Standby VM.
The Standby VM dialog opens.
3. On the Standby VM dialog, perform the following tasks:
■ Select a date and time snapshot of the recovery point snapshot to power on
the virtual machine.
Note: If the standby virtual machine was not configured yet, the link "The
standby virtual machine network is not configured." is displayed.
a. Click this link to configure the network.
b. Click Save. The settings are saved for the virtual standby virtual machine.
c. Click Close and the Recovery Point Snapshot dialog appears.
■ Click Power On VM.
The virtual machine is powered on using the data contained in the recovery point
snapshot.

Note: After the virtual machine is powered on, you can be prompted to restart the
computer one or more times. This behavior occurs because VMware installs VMware
Tools on the virtual machine or Windows Hyper-V installs Integration Services on the
virtual machine.

After you power on virtual standby machines from recovery point snapshots, you may
need to complete the following tasks:
■ Activate the Windows operating system that is running on the virtual machine.
■ Start Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) on the virtual machine.
■ Update Arcserve UDP with the host name, IP address, and the login credentials for
the virtual machine.
■ Assign the node to a plan.

Note: This task is required only when you want to create recovery point snapshots for
the virtual machine that was powered on.

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Power on Virtual Standby Machines from Hyper-V Manager

When you want to power-on Virtual Standby virtual machines manually, the best
practice is to power on the virtual machines from the Standby VM dialog of Arcserve
UDP server. For more information, see Power on Virtual Standby Virtual Machines from
Recovery Point Snapshots (see page 387). However, if you want to start the Virtual
Standby virtual machines from the Hyper-V server, you can do so using Hyper-V
Manager.

Note: The Hyper-V Manager lets you access the recovery point snapshots that virtual
standby created to protect the node. You should not delete the snapshots. When you
delete the snapshots, the relationship between the data contained in the snapshots
becomes inconsistent the next time a Virtual Standby job runs. With inconsistent data,
you cannot power on Virtual Standby virtual machines properly.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Hyper-V server that is monitoring the nodes that you are protecting.
2. Start Hyper-V Manager by doing the following:
a. Click Start, click All Programs, click Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V
Manager.
Hyper-V Manager opens.
b. From the Hyper-V Manager directory tree, expand Hyper-V Manager and click
the Hyper-V server containing the virtual machine that you want to power on.
The virtual machines associated with the specified Hyper-V server display in the
Virtual Machines list in the center pane.
3. Perform one of the following tasks:
■ To power on the virtual machine using the latest snapshot: In the Virtual
Machines list, right-click the virtual machine that you want to power on and
click Start on the pop-up menu.
■ To power on the virtual machine using an older snapshot:
a. In the Virtual Machines list, click the virtual machine that you want to
power on.
The snapshots associated with the virtual machine display in the Snapshots
list.
b. Right-click the snapshot that you want to use to power on the virtual
machine and click Apply on the pop-up menu.
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c. Click Apply.
d. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click the virtual machine that you want to
power on and click Start on the pop-up menu.
The virtual standby machine is powered on.

If necessary, you can back up the virtual machines and create recovery point snapshots
after you power on the virtual machine.

Power on Virtual Standby Machines from VMware vSphere Client

When you want to power-on virtual standby machines manually, the best practice is to
power on the virtual machines from the Standby VM dialog of Arcserve UDP. For more
information, see Power on Virtual Standby Virtual Machines from Recovery Point
Snapshots (see page 387). However, if you want to start the virtual standby machines
from the ESX Server or the vCenter Server system, you can do so using VMware vSphere
Client.

Note: The VMware vSphere Client lets you access the recovery point snapshots that
virtual standby created to protect the node. You should not delete the snapshots. When
you delete the snapshots, the relationship between the data contained in the snapshots
becomes inconsistent the next time a virtual standby runs. With inconsistent data, you
cannot power on virtual standby machines properly.

Follow these steps:

1. Open VMware vSphere Client and log in to the ESX Server or vCenter Server system
that is monitoring the nodes that you are protecting.
2. From the directory tree, expand the ESX Server system or the vCenter Server
system, locate, and click the virtual machine that you want to power on.
3. Perform one of the following tasks:

To power on the virtual machine using the latest snapshot: Click the Getting Started tab
and then click Power on the virtual machine located on the bottom the screen.

To power on the virtual machine using an older snapshot:

a. Click the Snapshot Manager button on the toolbar.
The Snapshots for (virtual machine name) dialog opens to display a list of
snapshots that are available for the virtual machine.
b. From the list of snapshots, click the snapshot that you want to use to
power on the virtual machine and then click Go to.
The virtual standby machine is powered on.

If necessary, you can back up the virtual machines and create recovery point snapshots
after you power on the virtual machine.

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Protect Virtual Standby Machines After it is Powered On

After a virtual standby machine is powered on (either manually or automatically), the
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) backup job and the virtual standby job will not run as
they were scheduled. You have to manually configure the virtual standby machine to
protect it.

Follow these steps:

1. Modify the VM Name Prefix in the Virtual Standby task.
When you power on virtual standby machines, the application defines the virtual
machine names of the powered on virtual machines as the concatenation of the VM
Name Prefix option specified in the Virtual Standby task and the host name of the
source node.
Example:
■ VM Name Prefix: AA_
■ Host name of the source node: Server1
■ Virtual machine name of the virtual standby machine: AA_Server1
After the virtual standby machines are powered on, virtual machine name conflicts
can occur when you do not modify the VM Name Prefix in the Virtual Standby task.
Problems of this type occur when the source nodes and the virtual standby
machines reside on the same hypervisor.
If necessary, you can update other Virtual Standby task settings. Optionally, you can
create a new Virtual Standby task to protect the Virtual Standby virtual machine.
2. After you deploy the plan to the virtual standby machine, resume the Virtual
Standby job.
For more information, see Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Jobs (see page 371).
3. After you deploy the plan, log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) on the virtual
standby machine and schedule a repeat method for the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) backup job.
For more information, see the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) User Guide.

Note: Arcserve UDP lets you automatically resynchronize the plans to the managed
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) nodes on a weekly basis. This mechanism lets Arcserve
UDP restart the backup jobs on the virtual standby machines by redeploying the plan
that was in effect on the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) node to the virtual standby
machine. The plan deployment process behaves in this manner because the source
node and the virtual standby machine have the same host name, which lets Arcserve
UDP resynchronize the plan. The only limitation to this behavior is Arcserve UDP and the
virtual standby machine must be able to communicate with each other through the
network. After Arcserve UDP resynchronizes and deploys the plan to the virtual standby
machine, you then resume the Virtual Standby job on the virtual standby machine. For
more information, see Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Jobs (see page 371).

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Verify the Virtual Standby Machine is Protected

Verify the virtual standby machines are protected by confirming the valid recovery
points are available at the backup destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the backup destination and navigate to the backup destination folder.
2. Verify that the backup of the virtual standby machine was successful and recovery
points are available.
The virtual standby machine is verified and it is protected.

The virtual standby machines are successfully protected.

How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed from a UDP

Console
Using Arcserve UDP, you can replicate your backup data from one data store to another.
These data stores are managed from the same UDP Console but are in different
recovery point servers. You need to create a plan with two tasks--backup and replicate.
The backup task will back up data based on the schedule and the replicate task will
replicate the backed up data to the specified recovery point server. The replicate job
runs per the schedule that you specify in the replicate task. You can create multiple
replicate tasks in a plan.

If the replication job fails for some reasons (such as network problem), then the failed
replication job resumes first before transferring any new session. The replication job
resumes from the break point of the last failed replication job.

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 393)
2. Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 393)
3. Add a Replicate Task to the Plan (see page 394)
4. (Optional) Perform a Manual Replication (see page 396)
5. Verify the Plan (see page 397)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Install the server component and create Data Stores.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Create a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. Typically a plan
includes a primary tasks followed by a secondary task. Typically, a primary task is a
backup task or replicate from a remote Console task. The role of a backup task is to
create a backup of the source nodes that you want to protect. You can back up data
from Windows and Linux physical and virtual machines. You can then save the backup
data to another location as an added precaution.

For more information on:

■ How to back up a Windows node, see How to Create a Windows Backup Plan (see
page 260).
■ How to back up virtual machines, see How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine
Backup Plan (see page 302).

How to back up Linux nodes, see How to Create a Linux Backup Plan (see page 281).

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Add a Replicate Task to the Plan

Create a replicate task to further protect your data by copying your backup data from
one recovery point server to another recovery point server. The replication destination
must be a data store in the recovery point server. You can create multiple replicate task
to perform multiple replications.

Notes:
■ For merge job: When a replication task is configured and you run an
on-demand merge job from the source data store, the job does not check
whether the sessions are replicated or not. As a result, the merged sessions
cannot be replicated to target data store and you end up replicating more data.
For example, consider there are five sessions, s1, s2, s3, s4, and s5 respectively.
s1 and s2 are replicated. Now, you run an on-demand merge job on the source
side and retain two session. s4 and s5 are retained. s4 is a full session. So, when
the next replication job starts, the job needs to replicate a full session.
■ For purge job: When a replication task is configured and if you run purge job on
the target data store, then the next replication job replicates all sessions to
target data store.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select Replicate.
The Replicate task is added. You do not have to configure the Source tab in the
Replicate task because it reflects the backup destination from the Backup task.

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3. Click the Destination tab and enter the recovery point server details and retry
schedule details.

Recovery Point Server

Select the recovery point server from the list.
Data Store
Select the data store from the list.
Start retry
Specify the time (in minutes) to restart the replicate job after the job fails. For
example, if you specify 10 minutes, then the replicate job will restart after 10
minutes of its failure.
Limit: 1 to 60
Retry
Specify the number of times you want to start the replicate job when the job
fails. The replicate job runs until the job is successful, or until the limit is
reached.
Limit: 1 to 99

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4. Click the Schedule tab and add Replication Job Schedule, Replication Throttle
Schedule, Merge Schedule, and Retention Settings.
Note: The replication throttle quota is averagely shared by all the replication jobs
started from all the nodes of a current plan.

5. Click the Advanced tab and enter the details.

6. Click Save Changes or Add a Task.
If you have added a task, then you can create another replicate task to perform
multiple levels of replication. You can add multiple replicate task in the plan.
If you save the changes, then the plan is saved and the replication task is deployed
to the replication destination.
The replicate task is created.

You have successfully created and automatically deployed a replication plan.

(Optional) Perform a Manual Replication

To manually run a replication job, you must have at least one successful backup data. If
you have not set the replication schedule, the replication job will run immediately after
the backup job, otherwise, it depends on your replication schedule setting.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
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3. Select the nodes that you want to backup and that has a plan assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, Replicate Now.
The Replicate node dialog opens.
5. Select the Source RPS and Target RPS for the job.
6. Click OK.
The replication job runs.

The manual replication is successfully performed.

Verify the Plan

To verify the replication feature, confirm that you have successfully created the
replication plan. After you verify that the plan is created successfully, check whether the
backup job is running as scheduled. After the backup job successfully completes, the
replicate job runs. You can check the status of the backup job and the replicate job from
the jobs tab.

Follow these steps: to verify plans

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps: to verify replicate jobs

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job and replicate job is successful.

How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed From Different

UDP Consoles
To protect your data, you may have to replicate your backup data to another recovery
point server that is managed from a different Arcserve UDP Console. For example, you
can replicate your data to a service provider that offers its replication services to
multiple customers. In this example, the data gets replicated from a source data store
(on the source Console) to a destination data store (on the destination Console).

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As the administrator of the destination Console, create a unique username, password,

and a plan for the source Console. The plan defines the destination data store and the
username and password helps the source administrator connect to your server and
replicate data.

As the administrator of the source Console, create a plan to replicate data to the
destination data store. While you create the plan, connect to the destination server and
select the plan that is assigned to you by the destination administrator.

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The following diagram illustrates how to replicate data to another data store that is
managed from a different Console:

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What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites (see page 400)
2. Create a User Account for the Source Console (see page 400)
3. Create a Plan to define the Destination Data Store (see page 401)
4. Map the Plan to the User Account (see page 146)
5. Send the Plan and User Account Details to the Source Administrator (see page 405)
6. Receive the Plan and User Account Details from the Destination Administrator (see
page 405)
7. Create a Replication Plan to Send Data to the destination Console (see page 405)
8. Verify the Data is Replicated (see page 410)

Review the Prerequisites

Review the following prerequisites before replicating data:
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Administrator—Destination Console
■ Verify that you have installed Arcserve UDP on the destination server.
■ Verify that you have full privileges to create Windows user accounts on the
destination server.

Administrator—Source UDP Console

■ Verify that you have installed Arcserve UDP on the source server.
■ Verify that you have at least completed one full backup on a data store.

Create a User Account for the Source Console

Destination Administrator

To identify and manage the replicated data on the destination server, create a Windows
user account. If you are managing more than one source Console, then create a user
account for each source Console.

The source Console administrator uses this account details to connect to the destination
server.

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To create a user account in a Windows operating system, use the User Accounts section
in Windows Control Panel. For more information about creating user accounts in
Microsoft Windows, see Microsoft documentation.

Create a Plan to Define the Destination Data Store

Destination Administrator

The source data is replicated to this destination data store. To define this destination
data store, you create a plan. The plan lets you define the destination data store and the
merge schedule.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have added any plans, these plans are on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.
The Add a Plan page opens.
4. Enter a plan name in the New Plan field.
5. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Replicate from a remote RPS.
The Source tab displays. You cannot provide any details on the Source tab. The
source administrator at the source Console provides the source details.

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6. Click the Destination tab and specify the recovery point server and the data store.
7. (Optional) Select the Server is behind NAT router checkbox and provide the server
address and port number.
8. Click the Schedule tab.

9. Click Add and select Add Replication Merge Schedule.

The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
10. Enter the merge schedule.
Note: To know more about the schedules, see Understanding Advanced Scheduling
and Retention (see page 273).
11. Click Save.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog closes.
12. Enter the recovery points retention details.

13. Click the Advanced tab and provide the following details.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.

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Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job alerts that you want to receive.
14. Click Save.
The changes are saved and the plan is created.

The replication plan is successfully created. You can also add Replicate tasks and Virtual
Standby tasks to the plan.

Map the Plan to the User Account

Destination Administrator

You have already created a user account and a plan for a source Console. To identify and
manage replicated data, assign the plan to the user account.

Note: You can assign more than one plan to a user account but two different accounts
cannot share a plan. However, we recommend assigning a single plan to a user account
so that you can easily identify and manage the replicated data.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the settings tab.
2. From the left pane, click Share Plan.

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3. From the center pane, click Add.

The Assign Plan to User dialog opens.

4. Select the User Account.

5. Select a plan from the Available Plan column.
Note: If a plan is already added to a user name, that plan is not displayed in the
Available Plan column.
6. Click Add all plans or Add selected plans to add the plans in the Selected Plans
column.
7. Click OK.
The Assign Plan to User dialog closes. The user name and the associated plans are
displayed on the Share Plan page.

The user account is mapped to the plan created for the source Console.

You can use Edit to modify the user configuration or Delete to remove the user account
from the list.

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Send the Plan and User Account Details to the Source Administrator
Destination Administrator

After the plan is associated with the user account, send the plan and user account
details to the source administrator. The source administrator uses these details to
connect to the destination Console.

As a destination administrator, you have completed all your tasks.

Receive the Plan and User Account Details from the Destination Administrator
Source Administrator

To replicate data to the source Console, you need the destination server, plan, and user
account details from the destination administrator. You receive the details from the
destination administrator. Understand the details and get your questions clarified from
the destination administrator before you start creating replication plans.

Create a Replication Plan to Send Data to the Destination Console

Source Administrator

To replicate your backup data to the destination recovery point server that is managed
from a different console, create a replication plan. This replication plan includes a
backup task and a remotely managed replication task. In the replication task, specify the
remote server and plan details and connect to the remote server. If the connection is
successful, you can select the plan that the destination administrator created for you.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans and click All Plans.
3. Click Add a Plan.
The Add a Plan page opens.

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4. Enter a plan name and select one of the following backup tasks and create the task:
■ Backup: Agent-Based Windows
■ Backup: Host-Based Agentless
■ Backup: Agent-Based Linux
Note: For more information about creating a backup task, see the following topics:
■ How to Create a Windows Backup Plan (see page 260)
■ How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan (see page 302)
■ How to Create Linux Backup Plan (see page 281)
5. On the left pane, click Add a Task.
A new task is added to the left pane.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS.
The Replicate task is added and the Source page opens. For the Source tab, the
destination of the backup task (for example, Backup: Agent-Based Windows) is the
source for the Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS task.

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Remote Console
Specify the IP address of the destination Console. The destination administrator
provides you the destination Console address.
Username
Specify the username created by the destination administrator. The destination
administrator provides you the username.
Password
Specify the password created by the destination administrator. The destination
administrator provides you the password.
Port
Specify the port number of the destination Console. The destination
administrator provides you the port number of the destination Console.
Protocol
Specify the protocol used by the destination administrator to connect to the
destination Console.
Enable Proxy
Select the checkbox to enable the proxy server selection.
Proxy Server
Specify the address of the proxy server.
Port
Specify the port number of the proxy server.
Proxy server requires authentication
Select the checkbox to enable the authentication fields for the proxy server.
Username
Specify the username to connect to the proxy server.
Password
Specify the password to authenticate the proxy server connection.

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Connect
Verifies the connection between the source Console and the destination
Console. If the connection is successful, then you can see the plan name in the
Plan field. This plan name is assigned to this Console by the destination
administrator.
Plan
Specify the plan that the destination administrator has created for you. If there
are multiple plans in the list, then contact the destination administrator to
know the correct plan.
Start retry
Reruns the replication job after the specified time if there is a failure. Enter a
value from 1 to 60 and the time is defined in minutes.
Retry
Specify the number of retries that you want to perform if there is a job failure.
After the number of retries is over, the replication job will run only at the next
scheduled time. Enter a value from 1 to 99.
8. Click the Schedule tab and provide the replication job schedule and replication
throttle schedule.
Replication Job Schedule
Specify the date and time to start the replication jobs. You can edit or delete a
replication job schedule.
Replication Throttle Schedule
Specify the maximum speed (Mbps) at which the replication is done. You can
throttle the replication speed to reduce the CPU or network usage. For a
replication job, the jobs tab displays the average Read and Write speed of the
job in progress and the configured throttle speed limit.
You can edit or delete a replication throttle schedule.
9. Click Save.
The plan is saved and runs per the schedule.

You have successfully created and automatically deployed a replication plan. When the
plan runs, the data gets replicated from the source location to the destination data
location over a network.

Note: After the replication process is complete, the replicated node details are
automatically added to the destination Console.

You have successfully replicated data between two data stores managed from different
UDP Consoles.

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Verify the Data is Replicated

Destination Administrator

After data is replicated, you can verify whether the replication is successful.

Follow these steps:

1. On the destination Console, navigate to the destination data store on the recovery
point server.
2. Verify that the replicated data size matches the source data.

You have successfully replicated data between two data stores managed from different
UDP Consoles.

Applying Best Practices

Configure Multi-Stream Parameters

Replication over WAN related settings are saved at the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Network]

The following list displays the Registry key and their default value:
■ "WAN_EnableAutoTunning"=dword:00000001
■ "WAN_ChunkSizeByte"=dword:00001000
■ "WAN_NumberofStreams"=dword:00000005
■ "WAN_MultiStreamsMaxCacheSize"=dword:01000000
■ "WAN_SendCommandFragDataMerged"=dword:00000001
■ "WAN_RTT_Threshold"=dword:00000032

The following description describes the registry key settings:

WAN_EnableAutoTunning
Specifies the switch to enable or disable multiple streaming. If the value is 0,
multi-stream is disabled. For other values, multi-stream is enabled. The default
value to enable multi-stream is 1.
WAN_ChunkSizeByte
Specifies the data chunk size for each packet. Packet size affects the throughput. If
the WAN bandwidth is higher, the data chunk size can be increased higher.
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WAN_NumberofStreams
Specifies the number of streams that needs to be created on WAN, when the
latency is more than the WAN_RTT_Threshhold number. The default stream
number is 5. The stream range is from 1 to 10.
WAN_RTT_Threshold
When RTT is greater than WAN_RTT_Threshold, multiple sockets are created. The
unit of WAN_RTT_Threshold is millisecond (ms). The default value is 50 millisecond.
The range is limited from 20 ms to 600 ms.
WAN_MultiStreamsMaxCacheSize
Specifies that the memory size will be allocated when the multi-stream is enabled.
This memory buffer will be used to cached received fragged memory. The range is
from 16MB to 64MB. Default value is 16MB. If the value is zero, the value will be set
to 64MB. The unit of this value is BYTE.
WAN_SendCommandFragDataMerged
Specifies that if the value is not zero, the communication library groups small files
and send them in one chunk. If the value is zero, then small files are sent
individually. The default value is one.

Notes:
■ In a replication job, the socket connection number may not be consistent with the
WAN_NumberofStreams registry.
Replication job from non-GDD to non-GDD
When RTT is more than WAN_RTT_Threshold, the socket connection number is
equal to WAN_NumberofStreams.
Replication job from non-GDD to GDD or GDD to GDD
There are four types of connections. Only the data block connection works with
the multi-stream feature. So, when RTT is more than WAN_RTT_Threshold, the
total socket connection is 3+WAN_NumberofStreams.
■ Replication job detects the network status to determine whether the
communication is on WAN or not. If the network status is weak, LAN may be
accepted as WAN.

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How to Perform an Offline Data Replication Using RPS Jumpstart

Replicating a large data store to another recovery point server (managed from a
different UDP Console) is time consuming over a network (LAN, WAN, Internet). To
replicate a large data store quickly, Arcserve UDP provides an offline data replication
method. This method is named RPS Jumpstart.

RPS Jumpstart is an offline replication method that uses an external storage device such
as a USB flash drive to replicate a data store. This replication is between two data stores
that are managed from different UDP Consoles. For example, consider a service provider
that offers its replication services to multiple customers. The customer replicates the
data to a storage device and sends the storage device to the service provider. The
service provider replicates data from the storage device to the destination server. Both
the service provider and the customer must have Arcserve UDP that is installed at their
locations.

The offline replication requires both the administrators (the Source and Destination
administrators) to complete the following steps at their respective location.

Important! If you are replicating from a shared folder to a data store selected on
Recovery Point Server, see How to Migrate Arcserve r16.5 Recovery Points to Arcserve
UDP (see page 150).
Source Administrator
1. Replicate the source data store to an external device.
2. Send the external device to the destination location.
Destination Administrator
1. Receive the external device.
2. Replicate the source data store from the external device to the destination recovery
point server.

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The following diagram illustrates how to perform an offline data replication using RPS
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What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 414)
■ Create a Temporary Data Store on an External Device (see page 415)
■ Replicate Source Data to the Temporary Data Store (see page 416)
■ Delete the Temporary Data Store from the Source Console (see page 417)
■ Send the External Device to the Destination Location (see page 417)
■ Receive the External Device (see page 417)
■ Import the Temporary Data from the External Device (see page 418)
■ Create a Destination Data Store (see page 418)
■ Replicate Data from the Temporary Data Store to the Destination Data Store (see
page 419)
■ Verify that the Data is Replicated (see page 419)
■ (Optional) Set the Concurrent Node Count for RPS Jumpstart (see page 420)

Review the Prerequisites

Review the following prerequisites before you perform an offline data replication:
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Administrator—Source Console
■ Verify that you have created the source data store.
■ Verify that you have at least completed one backup on a data store.
■ (Optional) Verify that you have configured the concurrent node count for RPS
Jumpstart. For more information about configuring the concurrent node count, see
Set the Concurrent Node Count for RPS Jumpstart (see page 420).

Administrator—Destination Console
■ Verify that there is enough available space for replication.
■ Verify that you have the required privileges on the external device.

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Create a Temporary Data Store on an External Device

Source Administrator

To import data from an existing data store to an external device, you first create a
temporary data store on the external device. To create the temporary data store,
connect the external device to the computer.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the UDP Console.
2. Navigate to Destinations, Recovery Point Server.
3. Select the Recovery Point Server.
4. Right-click and select Add a Data Store.
5. Enter the details on the Add a Data Store page.
Note: Make sure that the backup destination folders are on the external device.
6. Save the data store.
The temporary data store is created on the external device.

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Replicate Source Data to the Temporary Data Store

Source Administrator

After creating the temporary data store on the external device, you can replicate the
source data to the external device using RPS Jumpstart.

Note: Before you begin the RPS Jumpstart process, pause the related plan. Pausing the
plan ensures that any scheduled replication job does not start when the Jumpstart
process is in progress.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Actions and then click RPS Jumpstart.
The RPS Jumpstart Wizard opens.
2. Select whether you want to migrate from the same data store or from a shared
location.
3. Select the source recovery point server, source data store, and plan.
The nodes that belong to the plan are displayed.
4. Select the nodes that you want to migrate.
5. Click Next.
The Select Target Data Store page opens. If the source data store is encrypted, only
the encrypted data stores are displayed in the drop-down list.
6. Select the target recovery point server and the target data store. The target data
store should be on the external device.
7. .Click Finish.
The Recent Events section on the right pane displays the replication progress.
After the replication process is complete, the data is replicated to the temporary
data store. You can verify the size of both the data store from the Destinations:
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Delete the Temporary Data Store from the Source Console

Source Administrator

To maintain data integrity on the external device, delete the temporary data store from
the UDP Console before removing the external device.

Note: Deleting the temporary data store from the source UDP Console does not delete
the data store files from the external device.

Follow these steps:

1. Right-click the temporary data store and click Stop.
The data store stops.
2. Right-click the temporary data store and select Delete.
A confirmation dialog opens.
3. Click Yes.
The data store is deleted.
Now you can remove the external device from the computer.

Send the External Device to the Destination Location

Source Administrator

After you remove the external device, send the device to the destination location.

Receive the External Device

Destination Administrator

Receive the external device that includes source data. Now, connect this external device
to the destination server.

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Import the Temporary Data Store from the External Device

Destination Administrator

Before you can replicate the source data to the destination data store, import the
temporary data store to the destination recovery point server.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the resources tab and select the recovery point server where you want
to import the data store.
2. Right-click the recovery point server and select Import Data Store.
The Import a Data Store dialog opens.
3. Select the backup destination folder from the external device.
4. Click Next.
The temporary data store details are displayed. If required, then change the Data,
Index, and Hash path.
5. Click Save.
The data store is imported and you can see the data store on the destination
Console.

Create a Destination Data Store

Destination Administrator

To replicate data from the temporary data store, first create a destination data store.

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Replicate Data from the Temporary Data Store to the Destination Data Store
After you create the destination data store, replicate data from the temporary data
store to the destination data store. After data is replicated to the destination data store,
you can delete the temporary data store.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Actions and then click RPS Jumpstart.
The RPS Jumpstart Wizard opens.
2. Select the source recovery point server and source data store.
The nodes are displayed.
3. Select the nodes that you want to migrate.
4. Click Next.
The Select Target Data Store page opens. If the source data store is encrypted, only
the encrypted data stores are displayed in the drop-down list.
5. Select the target recovery point server and the target data store. The target data
store should be on the external device.
6. Click Finish.
The Recent Events section on the right pane displays the replication progress.
After the replication process is complete, the data is replicated to the temporary
data store. You can verify the size of both the data store from the Destinations:
Recovery Point Server page.
The data is replicated to the destination data store.

Verify that the Data is Replicated

Destination Administrator

After data is replicated, you can verify whether the replication is successful.

Follow these steps:

1. On the destination Console, navigate to the destination data store on the recovery
point server.
2. Verify that the replicated data size matches the source data.
You have successfully replicated data between two data stores managed from
different UDP Consoles.

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(Optional) Set the Concurrent Node Count for RPS Jumpstart

Source Administrator

When you start an RPS jumpstart job, the concurrent node value for data store is not set
initially. To specify the concurrent node count, create a key and manually add a DWORD
to set the count.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the recovery point server.
2. Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine

3. Create a key in the Engine directory and name the key as RPS Jumpstart.
4. Add the following DWORD in the RPS Jumpstart key:
JumpStartConCurrencyCount

5. Provide a value for the DWORD.

Example: If you want to limit to ten nodes per RPS Jumpstart job, then add the
following value as DWORD:
JumpStartConCurrencyCount=10

The concurrent node count is set for RPS Jumpstart.

How to Create a Copy Recovery Points Plan

Using Arcserve UDP, you can copy the recovery points to a shared folder or local volume
to protect the recovery points. This process helps ensure that you have an additional
copy of the recovery points if your original recovery points are accidentally deleted. The
copy recovery points task copies the recovery points from the backup destination to a
shared folder or a local volume only. You cannot copy the recovery point to a recovery
point server.

You can add only one Copy Recovery Points task in a plan.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 421)
■ Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 421)
■ Add a Copy Recovery Points Task to the Plan (see page 435)
■ Verify the Plan (see page 437)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Install the server component and create Data Stores if you want to store the backup
data to recovery point servers.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. To create a copy
recovery points task, you must first have a valid recovery point. To get a valid recovery
point, you have to create a backup task.

The backup task performs a backup of the source nodes and stores the data to the
specified destination. Copy Recovery Points is supported for both Agent-based Windows
and Host-based agentless backup. The following procedure explains the steps to create
the agent-based Windows backup task. You cannot perform copy recovery point for a
non-Windows VM.

Note: For more information on host-based agentless backup, see How to Create a
Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.

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3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.

Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box to pause the plan.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

Now, specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced details.

Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you
add source nodes.

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Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and click Add Node.
2. Select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Windows Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
Discovering Nodes from Active Directory
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.
3. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can
enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

4. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes (>>) or
Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.

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5. Click OK to close the dialog.

6. To choose Protection Type, select one of the following options:
Back up all volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.
Back up selected volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
c. Optionally, provide an encryption password.

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d. Confirm the encryption password.

e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and can provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times a day
based on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a
backup schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
The Backup Schedule is specified and displayed on the Schedule page.

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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
3. Specify the start time for the scheduled backup.

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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate the File System catalog. The File System catalog is
required to perform faster and better search. If you select the catalog check boxes,
the catalogs are enabled depending on the type of backup that you have specified.
Clear the check box to disable generating the catalog.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.
Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

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You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
assigned to that plan are retained at the target data store.

Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing truncate log settings, providing the location of any
scripts, and email settings.

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The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Truncate Log
Lets you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
Server. You can specify the schedule as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
User Name
Lets you specify the user who is authorized to run a script.
Password
Lets you specify the password of the user who is authorized to run the script.
Run a command before backup is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail
Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the script returns
the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop when the script
returns the exit code.

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Run a command after snapshot is taken

Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Run a command after backup is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.
Enable Resource Alerts
Lets you specify a threshold for CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk
Throughput, Network I/O. You can provide the value in percentage. You
will receive an email when the Alert Threshold value exceeds.
2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the Resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
perform a manual backup at any time.

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Add a Copy Recovery Points Task to the Plan

The copy recovery task copies the recovery points from the backup destination to a
shared folder or local volume.

Note: If a backup job is in progress and you pause the plan, the backup job will get over
and the copy recovery points job will not start. When you resume the plan again, the
copy recovery points job is not resumed automatically. You have to manually run
another backup job to start the copy recovery points job.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select Copy Recovery Points.
The Copy Recovery Points task is added. You do not have to configure the Source
tab in the Copy Recovery Points task because it displays the backup destination
from the Backup task.
3. Click the Copy Settings tab and enter the details.

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Destination
Specifies the destination where you want to keep the copy recovery points.
This destination can only be a shared folder. It cannot be a recovery point
server.
Specify the number of Copy Recovery Points to keep
Specifies the number of recovery points copy that you want to retain. When
the number exceeds, the oldest recovery point is merged until the specified
number of recovery points copy is remained.
Default: 1
Maximum: 1440
Compression
Specifies to select a compression level for the recovery point copies.
Compression is typically performed to decrease your disk space usage, but also
has an inverse impact on your backup speed due to the increased CPU usage.
The available options are:
No Compression - Compression is not performed. Files are pure VHD. This
option has the lowest CPU usage (fastest speed), but also has the highest disk
space usage for your backup image.
No Compression - VHD - Compression is not performed. Files are converted to
.vhd format directly, without the need for manual operations. This option has
the lowest CPU usage (fastest speed), but also has the highest disk space usage
for your backup image.
Standard Compression - Some compression is performed. This option provides
a good balance between CPU usage and disk space usage. This setting is the
default setting.
Maximum Compression - Maximum compression is performed. This option
provides the highest CPU usage (lowest speed), but also has the lowest disk
space usage for your backup image.
Note: If your backup image contains uncompressible data (such as JPG images
or ZIP files), additional storage space can be allocated to handle such data. As a
result, if you select any compression option and you have uncompressible data
in your backup, it can actually result in an increase in your disk space usage.
Encryption Algorithm
Specifies the type of encryption algorithm that is used for the recovery point
copies. The available format options are No Encryption, AES-128, AES-192, and
AES-256.
Encryption Password
Specifies to provide an encryption password that will be used to encrypt the
destination session. When you restore from the copy recovery points, you must
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Confirm Encryption Password

Specifies to reenter the password.
4. Click the Schedule tab and specify the job schedule.
The Copy Recovery Points job runs after the specified number of successful backups
is performed. For example, you have specified that the Copy Recovery Points job
will run after five successful backups. If you have four successful backups and one
unsuccessful backup, the copy recovery Points job will not start. It will wait until
there are five successful backups. After the five successful backups, the recovery
point from the fifth backup is copied to the specified destination.
Note: Number of successful backups is counted for any custom, daily, weekly, and
monthly backups that are configured.
5. Click Save Changes.
The changes are saved and the copy recovery points task is automatically deployed
to the node.

You have successfully created and deployed the copy recovery points plan.

Verify the Plan

To verify the copy recovery points feature, confirm that you have successfully created
the plan. After you verify that the plan is created successfully, check whether the
backup job is running as scheduled. After the backup job successfully completes, the
copy recovery points job runs. You can check the status of the backup job and the copy
recovery points job from the jobs tab.

Follow these steps to verify plans:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps to verify copy recovery points jobs:

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job and copy recovery points job is successful.

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How to Create a File Copy Plan

Using Arcserve UDP, you can copy or move selected source files to a destination. The
destination can be a cloud storage, or shared network. The source file must be from the
same volume that you have already backed up. For example, you have backed up the
entire D:\ volume of your source node. Now you want to copy a specific file from the D:\
volume of the source node. You can create a file copy task to perform this operation.

File Copy can be used for copying critical data to secondary locations and can also be
used as an archiving solution.

The advantages of copying files are:

■ Improve Efficiency - Helps you to speed backup and recovery processes by copying
and moving unchanged data and reduce the amount of real data being backed up
and stored to tape or disk.
■ Meet Regulatory Compliance - Helps you to preserve important documents, emails,
and other critical data, as necessary to comply with internal rules and external
regulations.
■ Reduce Storage Cost - Helps you to reclaim storage capacity by migrating older or
infrequently accessed data from your primary systems to more cost-effective
archival storage locations.
■ Maintain Multiple File Versions - Helps you to roll back to previous versions of
backed-up files (if necessary) or maintain multiple versions of the same files at
different destinations.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 489)
■ Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 490)
■ Add a File Copy Task to the Plan (see page 453)
■ (Optional) Perform a Manual File Copy (see page 462)
■ Verify the Plan (see page 462)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Considerations:
■ The following table provides the limit on the file name length for a file copy job. The
files exceeding the limits are skipped.
Destination Limit
Network Share 240
Cloud 245

■ If the File Copy is running from a replicated session and the Replicate source has
multiple backup sessions, then the File Copy job runs for each session separately.
For example, if there are five backup sessions in the backup destination and you
add a Replicate task, then the Replicate task replicates all the sessions in a single
job. Now, if you add a File Copy task and the File Copy source is the Replicate
destination, then five File Copy job runs to replicate each session.

Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. To create a file copy
task, you must first have a valid recovery point. To get a valid recovery point, you have
to create a backup task.

The backup task performs a backup of the source nodes and stores the data to the
specified destination. File Copy is supported only for the Agent-based Windows backup.
The following procedure explains the steps to create the agent-based Windows backup
task.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.

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3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.

Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

Now, specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced settings.

Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you
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Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and click Add Node.
2. Select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Windows Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
Discovering Nodes from Active Directory
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.
3. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can
enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

4. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes (>>) or
Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.

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5. Click OK to close the dialog.

6. To choose Protection Type, select one of the following options:
Back up all volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.
Back up selected volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
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d. Confirm the encryption password.

e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and can provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times a day
based on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a
backup schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
The Backup Schedule is specified and displayed on the Schedule page.

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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate the File System catalog. The File System catalog is
required to perform faster and better search. If you select the catalog check boxes,
the catalogs are enabled depending on the type of backup that you have specified.
Clear the check box to disable generating the catalog.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.
Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

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You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
assigned to that plan are retained at the target data store.

Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing truncate log settings, providing the location of any
scripts, and email settings.

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The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Truncate Log
Lets you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
Server. You can specify the schedule as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
User Name
Lets you specify the user who is authorized to run a script.
Password
Lets you specify the password of the user who is authorized to run the script.
Run a command before backup is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail
Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the script returns
the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop when the script
returns the exit code.

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Run a command after snapshot is taken

Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Run a command after backup is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.
Enable Resource Alerts
Lets you specify a threshold for CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk
Throughput, Network I/O. You can provide the value in percentage. You
will receive an email when the Alert Threshold value exceeds.
2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the Resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
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Add a File Copy Task to the Plan

The file copy task lets you copy individual files to the specified destination. The original copy is retained after you
have copied the files to the specified destination. File copy is not dependent on catalog jobs. If the backup
destination is a deduplication or non-deduplication data store, the Catalog folder is moved to the backup
destination. The catalog job is a part of the file copy job. The file copy job runs on recovery point server and by doing
so Arcserve UDP offloads the task from agents.
Arcserve UDP supports file copy from a replication data store. ;

Pre-flight Check for File Copy Nodes: You can also perform Pre-flight Check (PFC) for file
copy. Only those node that are added for file copy are eligible for PFC. To perform PFC
for file copy, right-click the node from All Nodes and select Filecopy Preflight check.

Note: If a backup job is in progress and you pause the plan, the backup job will get over
and the file copy job will not start. When you resume the plan again, the file copy job is
not resumed automatically. You have to manually run another backup job to start the
file copy job.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select File Copy.
The File Copy task is added.
3. Click the Source tab and specify the details.
Recovery Points Source for File Copy
Let you select the source of recovery points. If there is only one source, the
source is displayed automatically. If there are more than one source, you have
to select the correct source from the drop-down list.
Types of Recovery Points
Lets you select the recovery points for file copy. You can select either of the
following two options:
Copy files from selected backup types(s)
You can select either Daily Backups, Weekly Backups, Monthly Backups.
The daily, weekly, or monthly options are enabled depending on the
schedule of the source backup. For example, if the source backup has only
monthly backup scheduled, then the Copy files from selected backup
types(s) option has only Monthly Backups enabled.
Copy file from the first of every backup(s)
You can specify the backup number that you want to copy. For example, if
you specify 3, then the third backup will be copied. File copy supports up
to 700 recovery points to copy from.

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4. Click Add Source Path.

The Add a File Source dialog opens.

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5. Specify the path of the source folder that you want to copy.
6. Click Add a Filter.
The filter is added below the Add a Filter button. You can add multiple filters and
can also remove the filters. For more information, see Add File Copy Filters (see
page 460).
7. Select the filter from the list and click OK.
The Add a File Source dialog closes.
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Destination Type
Specifies that the destination types is a network share or a cloud storage. For
either destination option, if the connection to the specified destination is lost
or broken, Arcserve UDP makes several attempts to continue the file copy job.
If these reattempts are not successful, a makeup job is then performed from
the point where the failure occurred. In addition, the activity log is updated
with a corresponding error message and an email notification is sent (if
configured).
Network Share
Specifies that the destination is a shared folder. When selected, lets you specify
the full path of the location where you want to move or copy the source
files/folders.
Destination Folder
Specifies the destination where the copied files are stored. The destination can
be any local volume or folder or a file share accessible by any uniform naming
convention (UNC) path. This field is available when you select Network Share as
the destination type. You can also browse the destination folder.
Cloud Storage
Specifies that the copied files are stored in a cloud environment. Arcserve UDP
currently supports file copying to multiple cloud vendors, such as Amazon S3
(Simple Storage Service), Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows
Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus.
These cloud vendors are publicly available web services which let you safely
and securely store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from
anywhere on the Web.
Note: To eliminate any potential clock skew error when attempting to connect
to the cloud, verify that your machine has the correct time zone set and the
clock is in sync with the global time. Always check the time of your machine
against the GMT time. If the time of your machine is not synchronized with the
correct global clock time (within 5 to 10 minutes), your cloud connection may
not work. If necessary, reset the correct time for your machine and rerun your
file copy job.
Storage Device
Select the device type from the drop down list.

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Cloud Storage
Select the cloud storage path from the drop-down list. The drop-down list is
available if you have specified your cloud storage details. If you are specifying
the cloud storage account for the first time, click Add to add your cloud
account. When you select Cloud Storage from the next time, the account will
be displayed in the Cloud Storage drop-down list.
Note: For more information on adding a cloud account, see Add a Cloud
Account (see page 229).
Compression
Specifies the type of compression that is used for the File Copy jobs.
Compression is performed to decrease your storage space at the File Copy
destination, but also has an inverse impact on your file copy speed due to the
increased CPU usage.
Note: For a compressed File Copy job, the Activity log displays only the
uncompressed size.
The available options are:
Standard Compression
Some compression is performed. This option provides a good balance
between CPU usage and storage space requirement. This is the default
setting.
Maximum Compression
Maximum compression is performed. This option provides the highest CPU
usage (lowest speed), but also has the lowest storage space requirement
for your file copy.
Enable Encryption
Specifies to use encryption for file copying.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. Arcserve UDP data protection uses secure,
AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption algorithms to achieve
maximum security and privacy of your specified data. When an encryption is
selected, you must provide (and confirm) an encryption password.
Note: When you modify a file copy task, the Encryption or Compression cannot be
modified.
File Retention
Retains the files in the file copy destination if the specified criteria is met.
File created within the last
Specifies the amount of time (years, months, days) that the stored data is
retained at the destination location. At the end of the specified retention
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Important! At the end of the specified retention time when the data is
purged from the destination, all of this purged data is no longer stored or
saved.
Note: The Retention Time purge process is only triggered if the File Copy
Schedule option is enabled.
File version less than
Specifies the number of copies retained and stored at the destination
location. After this number is exceeded, the earliest (oldest) version will be
discarded. This cycle of discarding the oldest stored version repeats as
newer versions are added to the destination, allowing you to always
maintain the specified number of stored versions.
For example, if your specified File Versions retention count is set to 5 and
you perform five file copies at times t1, t2, t3, t4, and t5, these file copies
become the five file copy versions retained and available to recover. After
the sixth file copy is performed (new version is saved), Arcserve UDP will
remove the t1 copy and the five available versions to recover are now t2,
t3, t4, t5, and t6.
By default, the number of copies retained at the destination location
before discarding is 15.
9. Click the Schedule tab and specify the file copy schedule.

If a file copy job runs beyond the end time, the job will continue to run until it is
complete. The next file copy job does not run until the previous file copy job is
complete even if a scheduled job overlaps the running job.
The File Copy job runs as specified in the schedule.
10. Click Save.

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Add File Copy Filters

Add a Filter
Lets you add a filter. Filters let you limit the objects to be file copied by certain
specified types and values.

Filter Category
There are three categories of filters available: File Type, File Name, and Folder
Name. The Filter Variable and Filter Value field changes depending on Filter
category.
Filter Variable
If the Filter Category is File Type, the Filter Variable options are is and is not. If
the Filter Category is File Name or Folder Name, the Filter Variable options are
contains or does not contain.
You can specify multiple filters within the same file copy request. You can
specify the same Filter Category but different Filter Variable.
Note: When the Filter Variable conflict for the same Filter Category, the is not
or does not contain variable is always a higher priority and is enforced.
Filter Value
The filter value lets you limit the information that is file copied by selecting only
the parameter information that you specify, such as .txt files.
Arcserve UDP supports the use of wildcard characters to help select multiple
objects to file copy with a single request. A wildcard character is a special
character that can be used as a substitute to represent either a single character
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The wildcard characters asterisk and question mark are supported in the Value
field. If you do not know the complete file/folder pattern value, you can
simplify the results of the filter by specifying a wildcard character.
– "*" - Use the asterisk to substitute zero or more characters in the value.
– "?" - Use the question mark to substitute a single character in the value.
For example, you can enter *.txt to exclude all files with a .txt extension if you
do not know the specific file name. You can provide as much of the file name as
you know, then use wildcards to fill in the blanks.
Note: When you select File Type as the filter type, a drop-down list of
predefined filters for many commonly used files is available (MS-Office files,
Image files, Executable files, Temp files, etc.). After choosing any of the
predefined filters, you can still append or modify the corresponding values.

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(Optional) Perform a Manual File Copy

Typically, a File Copy is performed automatically and it is controlled by the File Copy
schedule settings. In addition to the scheduled File Copy, a manual File Copy provides
you the option to copy your important files on a need basis.

When you run a manual File Copy, the File Copy job runs only for the first backup
session, which is qualified for a File Copy. (Backup sessions qualify for File Copy per the
backup schedule and if the sessions are in a queue. For example, if you specify to run
File Copy for every second backup, then every second backup only is qualified for File
Copy, not all the backups are qualified for File Copy.) After the File Copy is complete, the
first session is removed and the second session in line becomes the first session. For
example, if there are three backup sessions (S1, S2, S3 respectively) and you run a
manual File Copy, then the File Copy job runs only for S1. The File Copy job does not run
for S2 and S3. When you run the manual File Copy job again, S2 is copied.

File Copy can be run manually from the Nodes view and Plans view by clicking Actions
menu or context menu.

Follow these steps to run the File Copy manually from the Nodes view:
1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
Nodes are displayed in the center pane.
3. Select the nodes for a File Copy job. The nodes must have a File Copy plan assigned
to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, File copy Now.
The Run File copy now dialog opens.
5. Click OK.
The File Copy job runs.

The manual File Copy is successfully performed.

Verify the Plan

To verify the file copy plan, confirm that you have successfully created the plan. After
you verify that the plan is created successfully, check whether the backup job is running
as scheduled. After the backup job successfully completes, the file copy job runs as
scheduled. You can check the status of the backup job and the file copy job from the
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Follow these steps to verify plans:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps to verify file copy jobs:

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs Completed.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job and file copy job is successful.

How to Create a File Archive Plan

Using Arcserve UDP, you can archive selected source files to a destination. The
destination can be a cloud account or a shared network. The source file must be from
the same volume that you have already backed up. For example, you have backed up
the entire D:\ volume of your source node. Now you want to copy a specific type of file
(for example, .htm) from the D:\ volume of the source node. After you copy the file, you
want to delete that file from the source node. You can create a file archive plan to
perform this operation.

File Archive allows you to safely and securely delete the source data after it has been
copied to an off-site or secondary storage repository.

The advantages of archiving files are:

■ Improve Efficiency - Helps you to speed backup and recovery processes by archiving
unchanged data and reduce the amount of real data being backed up and stored to
tape or disk.
■ Meet Regulatory Compliance - Helps you to preserve important documents, emails,
and other critical data, as necessary to comply with internal rules and external
regulations.
■ Reduce Storage Cost - Helps you to reclaim storage capacity by migrating older or
infrequently accessed data from your primary systems to more cost-effective
archival storage locations.
■ Maintain Multiple File Versions - Helps you to roll back to previous versions of
backed-up files (if necessary) or maintain multiple versions of the same files at
different destinations.

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What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 489)
■ Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 490)
■ Add a File Archive Task to the Plan (see page 478)
■ Verify the Plan (see page 462)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Be aware of the following considerations:

■ File archive job runs from the latest available backup session.
■ File archive job runs only once a day per the schedule.
■ File archive delete job runs as a new job to delete the source files.
■ The following table provides the limit on the file name length for a file archive job.
The files exceeding the limits are skipped.
Destination Limit
Network Share 240
Cloud 245

Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. To create a file archive
task, you must first have a valid recovery point. To get a valid recovery point, you have
to create a backup task.

The backup task performs a backup of the source nodes and stores the data to the
specified destination. File Archive is supported only for the Agent-based Windows
backup. The following procedure explains the steps to create the agent-based Windows
backup task.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Plans, and click All Plans.
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3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.

Add a Plan opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select Pause this plan check box.
The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all
corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you
can manually run a job. For example, backup job and replication job for a node can
be run manually even if the respective plan is paused. If there is a following task to
the on-demand (manual) job, it will not run. For example, there is a replication task
after an on-demand backup job, the replication job will not run for the on-demand
backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the
plan, the pending jobs will not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the
pending jobs will run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup, Agent-Based Windows.

Now, specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced settings.

Specify the Source

The Source page lets you specify the source nodes that you want to protect. You can
select more than one node in a plan. If you have not added any nodes to the Console,
you can add nodes when you create or modify a plan from the Source page. You can
also save a plan without adding any source nodes. The plan gets deployed only after you
add source nodes.

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Follow these steps:

1. Click the Source tab and click Add Node.
2. Select one of the following options:
Select Nodes to Protect
Opens the Select Nodes to Protect dialog and you can select the nodes from
the displayed list. Select this option if you have already added the nodes to the
Console.
Adding Windows Nodes
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
have not added the nodes and you want to manually add the nodes to protect.
Discovering Nodes from Active Directory
Opens the Add Nodes to Arcserve UDP Console dialog. Select this option if you
want to discover and add nodes from the Active Directory.
3. (Optional) Select a filter from the Groups drop-down list to filter nodes. You can
enter keywords to further filter your nodes.

The nodes are displayed on the Available Nodes area.

4. Select the nodes from the Available Nodes area and click the Add all nodes (>>) or
Add selected nodes (>) icon.
The selected nodes are displayed on the Selected Nodes area.

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5. Click OK to close the dialog.

6. To choose Protection Type, select one of the following options:
Back up all volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of all the volumes.
Back up selected volumes
Prepares a backup snapshot of the selected volume.

The source is specified.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a location where you store the backup data. You must at least specify
the destination to save the plan.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following Destination Type:
Local disk or shared folder
Specifies that the backup destination is either a local destination or a shared
folder. If you select this option, you can save data as either recovery points or
recovery sets. The recovery points and recovery sets options are available on
the Schedule tab.
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the backup destination is a recovery point server. If you select
this option, then data is stored as recovery points. You cannot store data as
recovery sets.
2. If you have selected Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, then provide the
following details:
a. Select a recovery point server.
b. Select a data store. The list displays all data stores that are created at the
specified recovery point server.
c. Provide a session password.
d. Confirm the session password.
3. If you have selected Local disk or shared folder, then provide the following details:
a. Provide the full path of the local or network destination. For the network
destination, specify the credentials with the write access.
b. Select the encryption algorithm. For more information, see Encryption Settings
(see page 995).
c. Optionally, provide an encryption password.

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d. Confirm the encryption password.

e. Select a type of compression. For more information, see Compression Type
(see page 993).
Note: If you store the data to a local disk or shared folder, you cannot replicate the
data to another recovery point server. Replication is supported only if you store the
data to a recovery point server.

The destination is specified.

Specify the Schedule

The Schedule page lets you define a schedule for Backup, Merge, and Throttle functions
to repeat at specific intervals. After you define a schedule, the jobs run automatically
per the schedule. You can add multiple schedules and can provide retention settings.

A Backup Schedule refers to regular schedule that is repeated multiple times a day
based on the number of hours or minutes you select. Besides the regular schedule, a
backup schedule also provides options to add daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.

Note: For more information on scheduling and retention settings, see Understanding
Advanced Scheduling and Retention (see page 273).

Follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Select the option to manage recovery points. This option is visible only if
you have selected Local or shared folder as your backup destination.
Retain by Recovery Points
The backup data is stored as recovery points.
Retain by Recovery Sets
The backup data is stored as recovery sets.
2. Add backup, merge, and throttle schedules.
Add Backup Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Backup Schedule.

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The New Backup Schedule dialog opens.

b. Select one of the following options:

Custom
Specifies the backup schedule that repeats multiple times a day.
Daily
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a day. By default, all the
days of the week are selected for Daily backup. If you do not want to run
the backup job on a specific day, clear the checkbox for that day of the
week.
Weekly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a week.
Monthly
Specifies the backup schedule that occurs once a month.

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c. Select the backup type.

Full
Determines the backup schedule for Full Backups. As scheduled, Arcserve
UDP performs a full backup of all used blocks from the source machine. A
full backup typically consumes time depending on the backup size.
Verify
Determines the backup schedule for Verify Backups.
Arcserve UDP verifies that the protected data is valid and complete by
performing a confidence check of the stored backup image to the backup
source. If necessary, the image is resynchronized. A Verify Backup looks at
the most recent backup of each individual block and compares the content
and information to the source. This comparison verifies that the latest
backed up blocks represent the corresponding information at the source. If
the backup image for any block does not match the source (possibly
because of changes in the system since the last backup), Arcserve UDP
refreshes (resynchronizes) the backup of the block that does not match.
You can also use a Verify Backup (infrequently) to get the guarantee of full
backup without using the space required for a full backup.
Advantages: Produces a small backup image when compared to full
backup because only the changed blocks (blocks that do not match the last
backup) are backed up.
Disadvantages: Backup time is long because all source blocks are
compared with the blocks of the last backup.
Incremental
Determines the backup schedule for Incremental Backups.
As scheduled, Arcserve UDP incrementally backs up only those blocks that
have changed since the last successful backup. The advantages of
Incremental Backups are that it is a fast backup and it produces a small
backup image. This is the most optimal way to perform a backup.
d. Specify the backup start time.
e. (Optional) Select the Repeat check box and specify the repeat schedule.
f. Click Save.
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Add Merge Schedule

a. Click Add and select Add Merge Schedule.
The Add New Merge Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the start time to start the merge job.
c. Specify Until to specify an end time for the merge job.
d. Click Save.
The Merge Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
Add Throttle Schedule
a. Click Add and select Add Throttle Schedule.
The Add New Throttle Schedule dialog opens.
b. Specify the throughput limit in MB per minute unit.
c. Specify the start time to start the backup throughput job.
d. Specify Until to specify an end time for the throughput job.
e. Click Save.
The Throttle Schedule is specified and it is displayed on the Schedule page.
3. Specify the start time for the scheduled backup.

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4. Specify the recovery points retention settings for Custom, Daily, Weekly, and
Monthly schedule.
These options are enabled if you have added the corresponding backup schedule. If
you modify the retention settings on this page, the changes are reflected on the
Backup Schedule dialog.
5. Specify the catalog details.

Catalogs let you generate the File System catalog. The File System catalog is
required to perform faster and better search. If you select the catalog check boxes,
the catalogs are enabled depending on the type of backup that you have specified.
Clear the check box to disable generating the catalog.

The schedule is specified.

Understanding Advanced Scheduling and Retention

The scheduling option lets you specify a Custom schedule or a Daily / Weekly / Monthly
schedule, or both the schedules. In the Custom schedule, you can configure the backup
schedule for each day of the week and you can add up to four backup schedules each
day. You can select a specific day of a week and create a time window to define when to
run backup and at what frequency.
Supported
Schedule Job Comments
Backup Backup job Define time windows to run backup jobs.
Define time windows to control the backup
Backup throttling Backup job speed.
Merge Merge job Define when to run merge jobs.
Daily schedule Backup job Define when to run daily backup jobs.
Weekly schedule Backup job Define when to run weekly backup jobs.
Monthly schedule Backup job Define when to run monthly backup jobs.

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You can also specify the retention settings for the recovery points.

Note: Retention settings must be set within each plan to control how data for the nodes
assigned to that plan are retained at the target data store.

Schedules for Daily / Weekly / Monthly backups are independent to the Custom
schedule, and each other. You can configure only to run Daily backup, Weekly backup or
Monthly backup, without configuring the Custom schedule.
Backup Job Schedule
You can add four time windows per day in your backup schedule. A valid time
window is from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM. You cannot specify a time window such
as 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. In such cases, you have to manually specify two different
time windows.
For each time window, the start time is inclusive, and the end time is exclusive. For
example, you have configured to run Incremental Backup every one hour between
6:00 AM and 9:00 AM and the backup will start at 6:00 AM. This means the backup
will run at 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, but NOT 9:00 AM.
Note: If you want to run the backup job repeatedly until the end of day, set the
schedule until 12:00 AM. For example, to run backup job every 15 minutes for the
entire day, set the schedule from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every 15 minutes.
Backup Throttle Schedule
Backup throttle schedule lets you control the backup throughput speed, which in
turn controls the resource usage (disk I/O, CPU, network bandwidth) of the server
being backed up. This is useful if you do not want to affect the server performance
during business hours. You can add four time windows per day in your backup
throttle schedule. For each time window, you can specify a value, in MB per minute.
This value will be used to control the backup throughput. Valid values are from 1
MB/minutes to 99999 MB/minutes.
If a backup job extends its specified time, then the throttle limit will adjust
according to the specified time window. For example, you have defined the backup
throttle limit as 500 MB/minute from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and 2500 MB/minute
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. If a backup job starts at 7:00 PM and it runs for three
hours, then, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM the throttle limit will be 500 MB/minute and
from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM the throttle limit will be 2500 MB/minute.
If you do not define any backup schedule and backup throughput schedule, the
backup will run as fast as it can.
Merge Schedule
Lets you merge recovery points based on the provided schedule.

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Consider the following points for the merge job:

■ At any given time only one merge job can run for a node.
■ If a merge job starts, it has to complete before the next merge job can start.
This means, if one or more sets of recovery points are being merged, new
recovery point cannot be added to this merge process, until the merge process
of the current set of recovery point completes.
■ If a merge job is processing more than one set of recovery points (for example
set [1~4], set [5~11], and set [12~14]; they are three sets), recovery point
server will process these sets one by one.
■ If a merge job is resumed after a pause, the job detects at which point it was
paused and resumes the merge from the break-point.

Specify the Advanced Settings

The Advanced tab lets you specify some advanced settings for the backup job. The
advanced settings include providing truncate log settings, providing the location of any
scripts, and email settings.

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The following image displays the Advanced tab:

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details.
Truncate Log
Lets you specify the schedule to truncate logs for SQL Server and Exchange
Server. You can specify the schedule as Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
User Name
Lets you specify the user who is authorized to run a script.
Password
Lets you specify the password of the user who is authorized to run the script.
Run a command before backup is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail
Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the script returns
the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop when the script
returns the exit code.

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Run a command after snapshot is taken

Lets you run a script after the backup snapshot is taken. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Run a command after backup is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.
Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.
Enable Resource Alerts
Lets you specify a threshold for CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk
Throughput, Network I/O. You can provide the value in percentage. You
will receive an email when the Alert Threshold value exceeds.
2. Click Save.
Note: When you select a node as a backup source or backup proxy, Arcserve UDP
checks whether the agent is installed on the node and if it is the latest version.
Arcserve UDP then displays a verification dialog that lists all the nodes that either
have an outdated version of the agent or does not have the agent installed. To
install/upgrade the agent on these nodes, select the installation method and click
Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.
Note: If you have to add another task, you must select the plan from the Resources
tab and modify the plan. To modify the plan, click the plan from the center pane.
The plan opens and you can modify it.

The backup plan is created and automatically deployed to the source node. The backup
runs per the schedule that you have configured in the Schedule tab. You can also
perform a manual backup at any time.

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Add a File Archive Task to the Plan

The file archive task lets you archive individual files to the specified destination. The
original files are deleted from the source after you have copied the files to the specified
destination and provides more available free space at your source. The file archive job is
not dependent on the catalog job.

Note: If a backup job is in progress and you pause the plan, the backup job will get over
and the file archive job will not start. When you resume the plan again, the file archive
job is not resumed automatically. You have to manually run another backup job to start
the file archive job.

For files copied using File Archive, Arcserve UDP leaves a stub file with the "UDP.txt"
extension. For more information on updating the stub file, see Update Stub Files (see
page 486).

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select File Archive.
The File Archive task is added.
3. Click the Source tab and specify the details.
Recovery Point Location
Specifies the location of the recovery points that will be archived. This field is
pre-selected.

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4. Click Add a Source.

The Add a File Source dialog opens.

5. Specify the file path of the source path that you want to copy.
6. Specify the File Size Filter and File Age Filter.

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7. Click Add a Filter.

8. Select the filter from the list and click Apply.
9. Click OK.
The Add a File Source dialog closes.
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Destination Type
Specifies that the destination types is a network share or cloud storage. For
either destination option, if the connection to the specified destination is lost
or broken, Arcserve UDP makes several attempts to continue the file archive
job. If these reattempts are not successful, a makeup job is then performed
from the point where the failure occurred. In addition, the activity log is
updated with a corresponding error message and an email notification is sent
(if configured).
Network Share
Specifies that the destination is a shared folder. When selected, lets you specify
the full path of the location where you want to move the source files/folders.
Destination Folder
Specifies the destination where the archived files are stored. The destination
can be any local volume or folder or a file share accessible by any uniform
naming convention (UNC) path. This field is available when you select Network
Share or Volume on a Protected Node as the destination type. You can also
browse the destination folder.
Cloud Storage
Specifies that the copied files are stored in a cloud environment. Arcserve UDP
currently supports file copying to multiple cloud vendors, such as Amazon S3
(Simple Storage Service), Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows
Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus.
These cloud vendors are publicly available web services which let you safely
and securely store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from
anywhere on the Web.
Note: To eliminate any potential clock skew error when attempting to connect
to the cloud, verify that your machine has the correct time zone set and the
clock is in sync with the global time. Always check the time of your machine
against the GMT time. If the time of your machine is not synchronized with the
correct global clock time (within 5 to 10 minutes), your cloud connection may
not work. If necessary, reset the correct time for your machine and rerun your
file copy job.
Storage Device
Select the device type from the drop down list.
Cloud Storage
Select the cloud storage path from the drop-down list. The drop-down list is
available if you have specified your cloud storage details. If you are specifying
the cloud storage account for the first time, click Add to add your cloud
account. When you select Cloud Storage from the next time, the account will
be displayed in the Cloud Storage drop-down list.
Note: For more information on adding a cloud account, see Add a Cloud
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Compression
Specifies the type of compression that is used for the File Archive jobs.
Compression is performed to decrease your storage space at the File Archive
destination, but also has an inverse impact on your file archive speed due to
the increased CPU usage.
Note: For a compressed File Archive job, the Activity log displays only the
uncompressed size.
The available options are:
Standard Compression
Some compression is performed. This option provides a good balance
between CPU usage and storage space requirement. This is the default
setting.
Maximum Compression
Maximum compression is performed. This option provides the highest CPU
usage (lowest speed), but also has the lowest storage space requirement
for your file copy.
Enable Encryption
Specifies to use encryption for file archiving.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. Arcserve UDP data protection uses secure,
AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption algorithms to achieve
maximum security and privacy of your specified data. When an encryption is
selected, you must provide (and confirm) an encryption password.
Retention Time
Specifies the amount of time (years, months, days) that the stored data is
retained at the destination location. At the end of the specified retention time
period, the stored data is purged from the destination.
The retention time calculations are based upon a month being 30 days and a
year being 365 days. For example: If you specify a retention time of 2 years, 2
months, and 5 days, then the total retention time for your file copied data is
795 days (365 + 365 + 30 + 30 + 5).
Important! At the end of the specified retention time when the data is purged
from the destination, all of this moved data is no longer stored or saved.
Note: The Retention Time purge process is only triggered if the File Copy
Schedule option is enabled.
File version less than
This setting only applies to copied data that is retained (not copied data
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Specifies the number of copies retained and stored at the destination

location (cloud or disk). After this number is exceeded, the earliest (oldest)
version will be discarded. This cycle of discarding the oldest stored version
repeats as newer versions are added to the destination, allowing you to
always maintain the specified number of stored versions.
For example, if your specified File Versions retention count is set to 5 and
you perform five file copies at times t1, t2, t3, t4, and t5, these file copies
become the five file copy versions retained and available to recover. After
the sixth file copy is performed (new version is saved), Arcserve UDP will
remove the t1 copy and the five available versions to recover are now t2,
t3, t4, t5, and t6.
By default, the number of copies retained at the destination location
before discarding is 15.
11. Click the Schedule tab and specify the time to run the file archive job.

12. Click Save.

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Add File Archive Filters

Add a Filter
Lets you add a filter. Filters let you limit the objects to be file copied by certain
specified types and values.

Filter Type
There are two types of filters: Include and Exclude.
An Include filter copies only those objects from the file copy source that match
the specified value.
An Exclude filter copies all objects from the file copy source except those that
match the specified value.
You can specify multiple filters within the same file copy request by separating
each filter value with a comma.
– If you specify multiple Include filters, the data is included in the file copy if
any one of those Include filters matches.
– If you specify multiple Exclude filters, the data is excluded from the file
copy if any one of those Exclude filters matches.
– You can mix both Include and Exclude filters in the same file copy request.
Note: When the specified parameters of Exclude and Include filters conflict, the
Exclude filter is always a higher priority and is enforced. An Include filter can
never file copy an object that was also Excluded.

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Filter Variable (Pattern)

There are two types of variable pattern filters: File Pattern and Folder Pattern.
You can use a File Pattern filter or Folder Pattern filter to include or exclude
certain objects from the file copy.
Filter Value
The filter value lets you limit the information that is file copied by selecting only
the parameter information that you specify, such as .txt files.
Arcserve UDP supports the use of wildcard characters to help select multiple
objects to file copy with a single request. A wildcard character is a special
character that can be used as a substitute to represent either a single character
or a string of text.
The wildcard characters asterisk and question mark are supported in the Value
field. If you do not know the complete file/folder pattern value, you can
simplify the results of the filter by specifying a wildcard character.
– "*" - Use the asterisk to substitute zero or more characters in the value.
– "?" - Use the question mark to substitute a single character in the value.
For example, you can enter *.txt to exclude all files with a .txt extension if you
do not know the specific file name. You can provide as much of the file name as
you know, then use wildcards to fill in the blanks.
Note: When you select File Pattern as the filter type, a drop-down list of
predefined filters for many commonly used files is available (MS-Office files,
Image files, Executable files, Temp files, etc.). After choosing any of the
predefined filters, you can still append or modify the corresponding values.
File Size Filter
File size filters let you limit the source objects to be file copied based upon the size
of the file. When you enable the file size filter, the parameters that you specify
become the filter for which objects will and will not be included in the file copy. You
can select the range (Equal to or Greater Than, Equal to or Less Than, or Between)
and then enter a value for the size.
For example, if you specify Equal to or Greater Than 10MB, then Arcserve UDP only
file copies objects that meet this criteria. All other objects that do not meet this file
size criteria are not file copied.
File Age Filter
File age filters let you automatically include source objects to be file copied based
upon certain dates for the file. You can select a parameter (Files not accessed in,
Files not modified in, and/or Files not created in) and then enter a value for the
number of days, months, or years for the file age filter. You can select multiple file
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For example, if you specify Files not modified in 180 days, then Arcserve UDP
automatically copies all files that meet this criteria (have not been modified during
the last 180 days).

Important! If you specify both File Size and File Age filters (or multiple File Age filters),
then only the files which meet all of the specified filter parameters are copied. Files
which do not meet any one of these specified parameters are not copied.

Update Stub Files

For files copied using the File Archive, Arcserve UDP leaves a stub file with the "UDP.txt"
extension. The stub file contains information about the destination where the files were
moved and some additional information. If a file is restored to the original location and
then gets moved again to the specified destination, then the stub file is updated with
this move information. If necessary, these file copy stub files can be safely disabled or
deleted without any negative impact. (Existing stub files are not deleted when the
registry key is changed to no longer create stub files).

The following information is present in the stub file by default:

Please contact your IT department to restore this file.

You can change the default text by adding a configuration entry. Add the following XML
tag entry in the FileCopyDebugSetting.xml file from the
$UDPHome\Engine\Configuration directory:

<ArchiveStubFileText> New Text can be added here to display in stub file

</ArchiveStubFileText>

Example: The FileCopyDebugSetting.xml file would look like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<HKLM>

<AFArchiveDLL>

<ArchiveStubFileText> New Text can be added here to display in stub file

</ArchiveStubFileText>.

</AFArchiveDLL>

</HKLM>

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If the FileCopyDebugSetting.xml file is not present under the

$UDPHome\Engine\Configuration directory, create the XML file.

If you want to disable the stub file creation, add the following XML tag entry in the
FileCopyDebugSetting.xml file from the $UDPHome\Engine\Configuration directory:

<CreateStubFile>0</CreateStubFile>
Example: The FileCopyDebugSetting.xml file would look like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<HKLM>

<AFArchiveDLL>

<CreateStubFile>0</CreateStubFile>

</AFArchiveDLL>

</HKLM>

Note: If you disable or delete the file copy stub files, you can no longer track the status
and location of moved files.

(Optional) Perform a Manual File Archive

Typically, a File Archive is performed automatically and it is controlled by the File
Archive schedule settings. In addition to the scheduled File Archive, a manual File
Archive provides you the option to copy your important files on a need basis. When you
run a manual File Archive, the job archives all the sessions in the File Archive source.

File Archive can be run manually from the Nodes view and Plans view by clicking Actions
menu or context menu.

Follow these steps to run the File Archive manually from the Nodes view:
1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
Nodes are displayed in the center pane.
3. Select the nodes for a File Archive job. The nodes must have a File Archive plan
assigned to it.
4. On the center pane, click Actions, File archive Now.
The Run File archive now dialog opens.
5. Click OK.
The File Archive job runs.

The manual File Archive is successfully performed.

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Verify the Plan

To verify the file copy plan, confirm that you have successfully created the plan. After
you verify that the plan is created successfully, check whether the backup job is running
as scheduled. After the backup job successfully completes, the file copy job runs as
scheduled. You can check the status of the backup job and the file copy job from the
jobs tab.

Follow these steps to verify plans:

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
A list of all nodes is displayed on the center pane.
3. Verify that plans are mapped with nodes.

Follow these steps to verify file copy jobs:

1. Click the jobs tab.
2. From the left pane, click All Jobs Completed.
The status of each job is listed on the center pane.
3. Verify that the backup job and file copy job is successful.

How to Create a Copy to Tape Plan

Arcserve UDP integrates with Arcserve Backup to copy backup data to a tape media
destination. You can create a plan to backup source data and copy the backup data to
the tape. You can create and manage the plan from the Console.

The advantages of archiving recovery points to a tape media are:

■ Meet Regulatory Compliance - Helps you to preserve important documents, emails,
and other critical data, as necessary to comply with internal rules and external
regulations.

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■ Reduce Storage Cost - Helps you to reclaim storage capacity by migrating older or
infrequently accessed data from your primary systems to more cost-effective
archival storage locations.
■ Maintain Multiple File Versions - Helps you to roll back to previous versions of
backed-up files (if necessary) or maintain multiple versions of the same files at
different destinations.

Supported Scenarios
■ If the Destination of Task 1 is Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, install the client
agent on the RPS node.
■ For Agent-based plan with Destination as Local/Remote share, install the client
agent on all the Arcserve UDP agent nodes.
■ For Host-Based Agentless plan, install the client agent on the Arcserve UDP Proxy
Node.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 489)
■ Create a Plan with a Backup Task (see page 490)
■ Add a Copy to Tape Plan (see page 490)
■ Verify the Plan (see page 462)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify if you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ Log in to the Console.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.
■ Added the Arcserve Backup Server to the Console. For more information on adding
Arcserve Backup Server to the Console, see Add Arcserve Backup Servers (see
page 227).

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Create a Plan with a Backup Task

A plan includes different types of tasks that you want to perform. Typically a plan
includes a primary tasks followed by a secondary task. Typically, a primary task is a
backup task or replicate from a remote Console task. The role of a backup task is to
create a backup of the source nodes that you want to protect. You can back up data
from Windows and Linux physical and virtual machines. You can then save the backup
data to another location as an added precaution.

For more information on:

■ How to back up a Windows node, see How to Create a Windows Backup Plan (see
page 260).
■ How to back up virtual machines, see How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine
Backup Plan (see page 302).

How to back up Linux nodes, see How to Create a Linux Backup Plan (see page 281).
■ Replicating a backup data to a remote destination, see How to Replicate Data
Between Data Stores Managed from Different UDP Consoles.

Add a Copy to Tape Task to the Plan

The Copy to Tape task lets you copy your data to a tape. The tape media is identified
from the Arcserve Backup Server that you have added.

When the Arcserve Backup group is renamed in the Arcserve Backup server, you must
modify the Copy to Tape in an Arcserve UDP plan to link the new group name. You must
also specify the new media pool to retain tapes. The Copy to Tape task is already
changed to the new group name and so it cannot use the original media pool, which is
associated with the old group name.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add a Task from the left pane.
A new task is added to the left pane.
2. From the Task Type drop-down menu, select Copy to Tape.
The Copy to Tape task is added.
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Specify the Source

The source file is typically a backup destination or a replication destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details in the Source tab.
Source of Copy to Tape
Specifies the location of the recovery points that will be copied. If you have
only one source, then this field is pre-selected. For example, if your plan has
only one backup task and then you add Copy to Tape task, then the destination
of the backup task becomes the source of copy to tape. If you have multiple
source for copy to tape, you can add a Copy to Tape for each of those source.
For example, if the first task is a backup task, the second and third tasks are
replicate tasks, then you can add three Copy to Tape task to the plan.
Types of Recovery Points
Specifies the types of recovery points. The available options are Daily Backups,
Weekly Backups, and Monthly Backups.
2. Click the Destination tab.
The Destination page opens.

You have successfully provided the source details.

Specify the Destination

The destination is a tape media group in your Arcserve Backup Server. You must add the
Arcserve Backup Server to Console before you create this task.

Follow these steps:

1. Specify the following details for the backup destination.
Arcserve Backup Server
Select the Arcserve Backup server from the drop-down list.
Media Group
Select the media group from the drop-down list. The media group depends on
the Arcserve Backup server. By default, the <ASBU> disk-based device are not
listed in the media group. Also, the tape raid group is not listed in the media
group.

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To migrate Arcserve UDP recovery points to an Arcserve Backup disk-based

device, the incremental recovery points must be converted to full recovery
points. The recommended way to migrate Arcserve UDP recovery point to a
disk-based device is to perform a replication from Arcserve UDP data store to
another data store.
Only tape groups can be configured as the destination for a Copy to Tape job.
You can add a registry key in the following path to display the ASBU FSD group
as the Copy to Tape destination:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\Console\DisplayASBUFSDGroup

“DisplayASBUFSDGroup = 0”
When the value is 0, the ASBU FSD group is not displayed.
“DisplayASBUFSDGroup = 1”
When the value is 1, the ASBU FSD group is displayed.
The list of the media group is queried from Arcserve Backup Server. It is
corresponding to the device group list in the Arcserve Backup Server.
Multiplexing
Select the check box to enable multiplexing. Specify the maximum number of
streams that can write to a tape at the same time. The default number of
streams is 4 and the supported range is from 2 through 32.
Encryption
Specifies to use encryption for copy to tape.
Enabling encryption ensures that data is encrypted on tape. When an
encryption is selected, you must provide (and confirm) an encryption
password.
Compression
Enabling compression ensures that the data is compressed on tape.
2. Verify the Media Group Details for the selected Arcserve Backup server and media
group.
3. Click the Schedule tab.
The Schedule page opens.

You have specified the destination.

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Specify the Schedule

You can specify the schedule to start your copy to tape job. You can also decide the
media retention policy and tape usage mode.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add, Add Copy to Tape Schedule.
The Add New Copy to Tape Schedule dialog opens.
2. Specify a tape schedule.
A schedule defines the time range to start a copy to tape job. If you add a schedule,
then the copy to tape job runs only during the defined time schedule. If you do not
specify a schedule, then the copy to tape job runs within 30 minutes after a
qualified recovery point is ready on a data store.
3. Click Save.
The Add New Copy to Tape Schedule dialog closes.
4. Select the Medial Pool Name from the drop-down list.
A default media pool name is selected based on the plan name.
You can also select an existing media pool name from the drop-down list. In that
case, the media retention policy and tape usage mode associated with that media
pool would be copied into this task. You can share the tapes across multiple
Arcserve UDP plans by specifying the same media pool in all the Arcserve UDP
plans.
You can also specify a different pool name. A maximum of 13 characters is accepted
for a media pool name.
5. Specify a Recovery Point Retention policy.
A recovery point retention policy allows you to retain recovery points on a daily,
weekly, or monthly basis. You can specify a different retention time for different
types of recovery points. For example, if you select Daily Backups and Weekly
Backups from the Source tab, then you can specify different recovery point
retention period for both these types of backup.
6. Select one of the Tape Usage options.
Append to Existing Tapes
Indicates that all recovery points generated within the specified retention
period are copied to the same tape. For example, if you have specified the
retention time for daily backup as 7, then all the recovery points from Day 1 to
Day 7 are copied to the same tape. Then, all the recovery points from the next
7 days (Day 8 to Day 14) are copied to a different tape, and so on.
The recovery points from the first week (Day 1 to Day 7)) are retained for the
next 7 days (Day 8 to Day 14). From Day 15, the recovery points are again
copied to Tape 1 because the retention policy for first week recovery points is
expired.

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The following list shows the default retention time for Append to Existing Tape:
■ Daily - 7 days
■ Weekly - 5 weeks
■ Monthly - 12 months
Seven daily recovery points are copied to the same tape, five weekly recovery
points are copied to the same tape, and 12 monthly recovery points are copied
to the same tape.
Copy to Separate Tapes
Indicates that recovery points of each day are copied to a separate tape. For
example, if you have specified the retention time for daily backup as 7, then
recovery points from Day 1 are copied to Tape 1, recovery point from Day 2 are
copied to Tape 2, recovery points from Day 3 are copied to Tape 3, and so on.
The recovery points from Day 1 is retained for 7 days. On Day 8, the recovery
points are copied to Tape 1 because the retention policy is expired for Day 1
recovery points.
The following list shows the default retention time for Copy to Separate Tapes:
■ Daily - 7 days
■ Weekly - 5 weeks
■ Monthly - 12 months
Each of the seven daily recovery points are copied to separate tapes, each of
the five weekly recovery points are copied to separate tapes, and each of the
12 monthly recovery points are copied to separate tapes.
7. Click the Advanced tab.
The Advanced page opens.

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Specify the Advanced Settings

The advanced settings lets you configure some additional settings for the copy to tape
task.
1. Specify the following details.
Media Eject
Specifies that the media is ejected from the drive after the job finishes. This
helps prevent any other job from overwriting information on this media.
Backup Verification
Specifies that Arcserve Backup verifies the reliability of the backup by checking
the header of each file for readability. This option does not apply to
multiplexed backups.
Run a command before a copy to tape job is started
Lets you run a script before the backup job starts. Specify the path where the
script is stored. Click On exit code and specify the exit code for Run Job or Fail
Job. Run Job indicates that the backup job will continue when the script returns
the exit code. Fail Job indicates that the backup job will stop when the script
returns the exit code.
Run a command after a copy to tape job is over
Lets you run a script after the backup job is completed. Specify the path where
the script is stored.
Username for commands
Lets you specify username to run the script.
Password for commands
Lets you specify the password to run the script.
Enable Email Alerts
Lets you enable email alerts. You can configure email settings and can specify
the types of alerts that you want to receive in an email. When you select this
option, the following options are enabled for your selection.

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Email Settings
Lets you configure the email settings. Click Email Settings and configure
the email server and proxy server details.
Job Alerts
Lets you select the types of job emails you want to receive.
2. Click Save.
The changes are saved and a green checkmark is displayed next to the task name.
The plan page closes.

The copy to tape task is created and it runs per the schedule.

Important! After you copy the recovery points to a tape, you cannot restore the data in
tape from Arcserve UDP Console. You have to restore the data from Arcserve Backup
Manager. For more information on restoring the tape data, see Backing Up and
Recovering D2D/UDP Data in Arcserve Backup Administrator Guide.

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How to Create and Manage an Instant Virtual Machine

Instant virtual machine (Instant VM) creates a virtual machine in the hypervisor and runs
the backup session inside the virtual machine without any prior conversion. The
advantage of an Instant virtual machine is that it provides an immediate access to data
and applications present in the Arcserve UDP backup sessions. Instant VM eliminates
the downtime associated with a traditional restore or conversion of the backup session
to a physical or virtual machine.

You can create an Instant VM from the following backup sessions:

■ Agent-based Windows backup
■ Agent-based Linux backup
■ Host-based agentless backup

You can choose VMware vCenter/ESX(i) server or Windows Hyper-V server as the
hypervisor.

The following diagram explains the architecture of an Instant VM:

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Review the Prerequisites for an Instant Virtual Machine

Complete the following prerequisites before creating an Instant VM:
■ Verify that you have at least one Arcserve UDP backup.
■ Verify that the Arcserve UDP Agents are already installed on the Recovery Server.
■ Verify that the NFS feature is installed on the Recovery Server, if the destination
hypervisor is a VMware vCenter/ESX(i) server.
■ Verify that the operating system of the Recovery Server is 64-bit Windows Server
2008 R2 or later.
■ Verify that the Recovery Server has enough space for the Instant VM.

Note: Machine can boot up. NIC(s) are configured according to the user input on UI.

Consideration
■ The Migrate InstantVM between nodes feature is not supported when an Instant
VM is started in a Hyper-V cluster.
■ When you create an Instant VM from a Linux agent backup, the settings of a virtual
machine created by Instant VM cannot be modified using a vSphere client. You
must use the vSphere web client to modify the virtual machine settings.
■ If the number of NFS datastore reaches the maximum number of NFS mounts on an
ESXi/ESX host and you create an Instant VM, then Arcserve UDP fails to create the
NFS datastore. To increase the maximum number of NFS mounts on the ESXi/ESX
host, see the VMware KB article.
■ If recovery point is from agentless backup, and destination hypervisor is vsphere
ESX/VC, the NFS server is required on the Linux Backup Server machine.
■ If target hypervisor is MS Hyper-V, command net must be available on the Linux
Backup Server. This command may be installed by samba client packages.

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Create an Instant Virtual Machine

Creating an Instant VM involves the following five broad steps:
1. Open the Instant VM wizard (see page 500)
2. Specify the VM location (see page 502)
3. Specify the recovery server (see page 501)
4. Specify the Instant VM details (see page 505)
5. Submit the Instant VM job (see page 509)

On the successful completion of the job, an Instant VM is created.

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Open the Instant Virtual Machine Wizard

You can configure and create an Instant VM from the Instant VM wizard. There are
three ways to open the Instant VM wizard:
■ From the Node Management
■ From the Destination Management: Recovery Point Server
■ From the Destination Management: Shared Folder

Open the Wizard from the Node management view

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes and click All Nodes.
3. All the nodes are displayed on the center pane.
4. Right-click a node and select Create an Instant VM.
The Instant VM wizard opens.
Note: If a node is not associated with any plan, such node does not have the Create
an Instant VM option.

Open the Wizard from the Destination management view

From Destinations: Recovery Point Server

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
If you have added any data stores, these data stores are displayed in the center
pane.
3. Click the data store.
If you have already backed up data to the RPS, all the source node are listed in
the pane.
4. Right-click a node and select Create an Instant VM.
The Instant VM wizard opens.

From Destinations: Shared Folder

1. Click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Shared Folders.
3. If you have added any shared folders, these shared folders are displayed on the
center pane.
4. Click a shared folder and select Recovery Point Browser.
If you have already backed up data to the shared folder, all the source nodes
are listed in the pane.

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5. Right-click a node, and select Create an Instant VM.

The Instant VM wizard opens.

Select a Recovery Point

The Select a Recovery Point page displays the location of the recovery point and lets you
select a recovery point. The recovery point can be in a shared location or in a data store
in RPS.

The Console automatically recognizes the location of the recovery point and pre-selects
the Location Type, Recovery Point Server, and Data Store or Network Share Folder
fields.

Expand the Date list, select the required recovery point from the list, and click Next.

The VM Location page opens.

Note: If you create an Instant Virtual Machine from the Node management view, then
only those Recovery Point Servers are listed that are in the same Site as the source
node. If you want to create an Instant Virtual Machine from the Recovery Point Server
managed from a different Site, then navigate to that Site and open the Wizard from the
Destination management view.

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Select a VM Location

Specify the location of the virtual machine where you want to create the Instant VM.
You can specify either VMware or a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine.

Follow these steps:

1. Select a Hypervisor Type.
VMware vSphere
a. Select VMware vSphere.
b. If you have already added a VMware node to the selected Site in the Console,
select the node from the vCenter ESX(i) Server drop-down list.
c. If you have not added any VMware nodes, then click Add.
The Specify the VM Destination dialog opens.
d. Specify the virtual machine details and click OK.
The Specify the VM Destination dialog closes and you see the VM Location
page again. All the ESX(i) or resource pools are displayed on the central pane.
e. Select either the ESX(i), cluster, resource pool, virtual App as the location.
The VMware vSphere machine is specified.
Microsoft Hyper-V
a. Select Microsoft Hyper-V.
b. If you have already added a Hyper-V node to the selected Site in the Console,
select the node from the Hyper-V Server/Cluster drop-down list.
c. If you have not added any Hyper-V nodes, then click Add.
The Specify the VM Destination dialog opens.
Note: When you connect to the Hyper-V Instant VM using a local non-built-in
administrator account, the remote UAC needs to be disabled. For more
information on how to disable the remote UAC for non-built-in administrator,
see How to disable a remote UAC for a non-built-in administrator (see
page 503).
d. Specify the Hyper-V server details and click OK.
The Hyper-V virtual machine is specified.
2. Click Next.
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How to Disable a Remote UAC for a non-built-in Administrator

Additional administrative account refers to those accounts that are not default
administrators. Such accounts are also referred as non-built-in administrative accounts.
To import virtual machine from a Hyper-V host, you can either use the built-in
administrator account of the Hyper-V host, or a domain account which is in the local
administrators group of the Hyper-V host, or a non-built-in administrative user.

The user with additional administrative account can use the procedures to disable UAC
remote access.

Notes:
■ This procedure is not similar to disabling UAC. Using this procedure, you can
disable some of the functionalities of UAC.
■ Considering that remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
technology is used for import, ensure that WMI is not blocked by the firewall.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type regedit in the Search programs and files field, and then press Enter.
The Windows Registry Editor opens.
Note: You may need to provide administrative credentials to open Windows
Registry Editor.
2. Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System

3. From the Edit menu, click New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Specify LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy as the name for the new entry and then press
Enter.
5. Right-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and then click Modify.
6. Specify 1 in the Value data field and then click OK.
7. Exit the Registry Editor.

For more information about the Windows behavior, see the Microsoft documentation.

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Select a Recovery Server

The recovery server hosts the core module of the Instant VM. The default recovery
server is the RPS. You can also assign a node as a recovery server.

For Linux backup sessions, the recovery server is a Linux Backup Server.

Follow these steps:

1. Select one of the following as recovery server:
Use Recovery Point Server
Specifies that the RPS is used as a recovery server.
Select a Windows node from the node list
Specifies that the recovery server is a Windows node. You can select the node
from the list. Only those nodes are displayed that are managed by the selected
Site.
Notes:
■ You have to select a Recovery Server only when the hypervisor is VMware
vSphere.
■ When the hypervisor is VMware vSphere, the Windows Network File System
(NFS) role must be installed on the Recovery Point Server. It could be
automatically installed by Instant VM process. To manually install the Network
File System, see How to manually install Network File System on a Windows
Server (see page 505).
■ If Arcserve Backup is installed on the Recovery Server, the Windows Network
File System (NFS) service may fail to start. It is because the default port number
of the Windows NFS service is 111 and it is used by Arcserve Backup service
Remote Procedure Call Server. To change the default port number of Arcserve
Backup service Remote Procedure Call Server, see Modify the Ports
Configuration File and Primary Server and Member Server Communication
Ports in Arcserve Backup documentation
2. Click Next.
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How to Manually Install Network File System on a Windows Server

You can manually install Network File System (NFS) on a Windows Server using the
Server Manager.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Server Manager and click Manage, Add Roles and Features Wizard.
The Add Roles and Features Wizard opens.
2. Click Server Roles and select File and Storage Services.
3. Expand File and iSCSI Services.
4. Select File Server and Server for NFS.
5. Click Add Features to include the selected NFS features.
6. Click Install to install the NFS components on the server.
You have manually installed Network File System on the Windows Server.

Specify the Instant Virtual Machine Details

Specify the details for the Instant VM. The options may vary depending on the
hypervisor.

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Follow these steps:

1. Specify the name and description of the Instant VM.
VM Name
Specifies the name of the Instant VM. You can only specify itme as the prefix or
suffix of the Instant VM. The name of the source node becomes the default
name of the Instant VM. The name of the source node with a prefix is the
default name of the Instant VM. Some special characters are not allowed in the
name, such as ‘@’, ‘\’ and so on.
Description
(Optional) Specifies the description for the Instant VM.
2. Specify the folder location of the Instant VM on the recovery server.
You can browse the volume information of the recovery server.
3. Specify the Instant VM settings.
CPU Count
Specifies the number of CPU that you would require in the Instant VM.
Memory Size
Specifies the size of memory that you would require in the Instant VM.
4. Add network adapters.
Note: For a Linux Instant VM, at least one virtual NIC can be used to connect to
Linux Backup Server.
a. Click the Add an Adapter button to add an adapter and specify the details of
the network.

You can add multiple network adapters. After adding a network adapter, you
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b. Specify the Virtual Network, Adapter Type, and TCP/IP Settings. If you want to
specify the IP address of the Instant VM, you can click Add an Address and
select the address you want to configure.

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5. Update DNS.
Note: This feature is only available for Windows Instant VM.
a. Click the Update DNS button to specify DNS details.

Note: You can specify the Update DNS detail information if you have specified
an IP address and DNS address in the Network Adapter and the source machine
is in a domain.
b. Click Add a DNS Address to add a DNS update record. Click Remove to remove
DNS update record. Click Up and Down button to adjust the sequence of the
records.

c. Select a DNS Address and an IP Address from the drop-down list and then click
OK.
d. Specify the Time to Live (TTL).
e. Specify the DNS Authentication.
For Microsoft DNS Server, enter the username and password. For Bind Server,
you need to specify the full path, including the file name of the key file in the
Recovery Server.
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a. Click the Change Host Name checkbox to update the hostname of the Instant
Virtual Machine.

b. Specify a New Host Name for the Instant Virtual Machine. If the source
machine is in a domain, provide the User Account and password.
Note: If the source machine is in a domain, the account should have the permission
to change the hostname in domain.

Now you can submit the job.

Submit the Instant Virtual Machine Job

To create the Instant VM, submit the Instant VM job. After the job is complete, you can
see the Instant VM in resources, Infrastructure, Instant Virtual Machine.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Create VM.
The Create VM dialog opens.
2. Select one of the following options:
Boot Now
Submits a job to create the Instant VM. After the VM is created, it
automatically starts the VM.
Boot Later
Creates an Instant VM. You have to manually start the VM. You can start the
VM after the Instant VM job is complete.
Cancel
Closes the Create VM dialog without creating any VM. You are returned to the
Create VM page.

The Instant VM job is successfully created.

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Manage an Instant Virtual Machine

You can manage the Instant VM from Console. You can power-on or power-off an
Instant VM from the Console. Also, you can delete any Instant VM.

Note: The Console displays only those Instant VM that are created from the recovery
points managed from the selected Site.

Start or Stop an Instant Virtual Machine

You can start or stop an Instant VM after it is created. The start or stop button displays
depending on the status of the VM.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructures and click Instant Virtual Machines.
3. Select the virtual machine from the center pane and click Actions.
4. Select Power On or Power Off depending on the status of the virtual machine.

The virtual machine successfully starts or stops.

Delete an Instant Virtual Machine

You can delete any Instant VM that you do not require anymore.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Navigate to Infrastructures and click Instant Virtual Machines.
3. Select the virtual machine from the center pane and click Actions.
4. Click Delete.
A confirmation dialog opens.
5. Click OK.

The virtual machine is successfully deleted.

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Convert the Linux Instant Virtual Machine to an Independent Virtual Machine

You can change a Linux Instant Virtual machine (IVM) to an Independent virtual machine
(VM). You need to use VMware Storage vMotion to convert the IVM into an
independent VM.

Notes:
■ To continue you need a menu item that is available only after the IVM has run into
“Ready to use” job phase.
■ The menu item is unavailable if the recovery point is agentless backup, and the
target hypervisor is vSphere ESX/VC

Follow these steps:

1. Open Linux Backup Server UI.

2. From the Job Status tab, select the IVM job, right click for context menu.
3. Select Resume auto recovery.
The IVM job is moved to Job History after the process finishes successfully.

Migrate the Linux Instant Virtual Machine to a Physical Machine

To migrate the Linux Instant Virtual Machine to a physical machine, refer to the How to
Perform a Migration BMR for Linux Machines section in the Agent for Linux User Guide.

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How to Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites

The replication across site feature allows you to use the same Console to replicate data
between different sites. The following diagram illustrates the connection among
Console, Site 1 and Site 2:

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Console (For example, in public network), Site 1 (For example, in a private network) and
Site 2 (For example, in another private network) can be in different network segments.
Site 1 and Site 2 are managed by console through the gateway.

The diagram gives an example to illustrate this feature of UDP, which is just a reference
because the real environment that you are using may not be similar to the one
described here. The example aims to replicate data from Site 1 source RPS to Site 2
destination RPS. Gateway in Site 1 and Site 2 can connect to the Console through the
proxy or NAT. The proxy and NAT should be properly configured.

Description of diagram:
■ Proxy1 or NAT1 has both public interface and private interface. For example: IP-1 as
public IP is in the same segment with console and IP-2 as private IP is in the same
segment with Site1. In the network setting of Gateway1 machine, default gateway
is set to private IP of Proxy1 or NAT1.
■ Proxy2 and NAT2 also have the same setting with Proxy1/NAT1, besides that NAT2
needs extra configuration of a port redirection rule so that from the public network
one can access the private service by this mapping. In this example, that is the
source RPS through which NAT2 port redirection can connect to destination RPS.
■ With windows server 2012R2 OS, both windows GUI and command could set port
direction for NAT. Here is an example command, which means: input this address
from source RPS web explorer https or http://<NAT2 IP-1>:<port number=8855>,
and it will redirect to destination RPS https or http://<destination RPS
IP=192.168.30.102>:8014, then you can execute the replication cross site.
netsh interface portproxy add v4tov4 listenport=8855
connectaddress="192.168.30.102" connectport=8014 protocol=tcp

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Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites

You can create a plan to replicate across sites.

Follow these steps:

1. In Site1, which is the source RPS, create one backup task as Task1.
2. Add a Replicate task to the same plan.
3. In the Destination tab, select the other site (Site 2 in the example) where the
destination RPS or data store is located.
4. (Optional) Enable the Proxy details (server, port and authentication).
Note: Before you enable the proxy details, you must configure the proxy server
between Site 1 and the Console.
5. (Optional) Enable the NAT details.
Note: Before you enable the NAT details, you must configure the NAT server and
port redirection between the Console and Site 2.

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6. Configure the other tabs such as Schedule and Advanced and save the plan.
7. When the job runs, verify the monitor and log status for backup, replication (out)
and replication (in).

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Chapter 10: Using Hardware Snapshot for

Backup
Arcserve UDP has the capability to utilize hardware storage snapshots for backup. You
can specify whether you want to use the hardware snapshot while creating a backup
task. If you select hardware snapshot, then Arcserve UDP first tries to create a hardware
snapshot. If hardware snapshot fails, Arcserve UDP automatically reverts to the
software snapshot without failing the backup job.

You can use the hardware snapshot for an agent-based backup (Windows physical
machines) and host-based agentless backup (VMware and Hyper-V).

Supported storage arrays:

■ NetApp Storage Array: Arcserve UDP supports hardware snapshot for
agent-based backup (Windows physical machines) and host-based agentless
backup (VMware and Hyper-V).
■ Nimble Storage Array: Arcserve UDP supports hardware snapshot for agent
based backup (Windows physical machines) and host-based agentless backup
(only Hyper-V).

What To Do Next
■ Use Hardware Snapshot for VMware Agentless Backup (see page 517)
■ Use Hardware Snapshot for Hyper-V Agentless Backup (see page 523)
■ Use Hardware Snapshot for Agent-based Backup (see page 524)
■ Verify the Backup has Used Hardware Snapshot (see page 525)

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Use Hardware Snapshot for VMware Agentless Backup

Follow these steps:
1. Verify if the following prerequisites are met:
■ Arcserve UDP supports NetApp iSCSI//FC LUNs and NetApp NFS Volume
exports that are configured as Data stores. iSCSI, FC, and NFS must meet
certain conditions to use the hardware snapshot.
– Considerations for NetApp iSCSI/FC Support for VMware (see page 518)
– Considerations for NFS Support for VMware (see page 521)
■ To create a hardware snapshot for VMware, add the storage array to the
Console. For more information on adding a storage array, see Add a Storage
Array (see page 204).
■ To use a hardware snapshot, Flexclone license is recommended for NetApp
storage arrays running with data ONTAP, operating in the 7-Mode and Cluster
mode.
Note: For more information on configuring NetApp, refer the NetApp
documentation or contact the NetApp Support team.
2. Log in to the Console and create a plan for backup.
Note: For more information on creating an agentless backup plan, see How to
Create a Host-based Agentless Backup Plan (see page 302).
3. Verify that you have selected the Use hardware snapshot wherever possible option
in the Advanced tab.
4. Save the plan and submit the backup job.

The backup job runs using the hardware snapshot.

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Considerations for NetApp iSCSI/FC Support for VMware

Arcserve UDP provides hardware snapshot support for VMware virtual machine only
when the underlying storage array is a NetApp storage array.

NetApp in 7-mode

If the NetApp storage system operates in the 7-mode, it is not mandatory to install any
additional licenses to use hardware snapshots. However, we recommend that you have
the FlexClone license installed.

NetApp in Cluster-mode

If the NetApp storage system operates in the Cluster mode (C-mode), you must have a
FlexClone or SnapRestore license installed to use hardware snapshots.

The following flowchart explains the conditions applied to hardware snapshot for
NetApp iSCSI/FC VMware:

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Limitation of a LUN Clone

In a traditional LUN clone, sometimes the backup snapshot cannot be deleted during
cleanup operations. Typically, a LUN exists as a file in the filesystem. So, a snapshot
captures the file. When you create a LUN clone, another file gets created in the
filesystem. So, the next snapshot captures the original file and the duplicate file. When
multiple snapshots are captured, the LUN clone becomes a part of the snapshot chain.
Now, if you delete a snapshot, the snapshot does not get deleted because it refers to a
LUN clone which is, in turn, backed by another snapshot. In such cases, you cannot
delete a snapshots until you delete the LUN clone and all the snapshots that reference
that LUN clone. As a result, your retention policy for scheduled snapshots may be
disrupted.

To avoid this situation, install the FlexClone license on your NetApp storage system and
Arcserve UDP will use the FlexClone technology for LUN cloning.

Registry Keys for SnapRestore

When you use the SnapRestore license, restoring LUNs take a longer time depending on
the size of the LUN and the environment. This is because deleting a snapshot takes a
longer time as the snapshot is busy restoring LUN, which takes a longer time. Arcserve
UDP does not have a mechanism to monitor the progress of restoring LUN. So, Arcserve
UDP uses the retry mechanism for deleting the snapshot.

Arcserve UDP provides two registry keys (DeleteRetryTimeoutInMins and

DeleteRetryCount) that you can use to improve the performance of snapshot deletion
depending on the size of the LUN and the environment. The registry keys are at the
following location:

SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine

DeleteRetryTimeoutInMins
Specifies the timeout duration (in minutes) to delete a snapshot. If you only
have SnapRestore and you do not have the FlexClone license, it is most likely
that the snapshot deletion takes time. You can use the registry key to specify
the custom values. However, it is advisable to use the FlexClone license.
For example, if the timeout duration is two minutes, UDP agent waits for two
minutes for NetApp to delete the snapshot before sending the delete
command to the NetApp storage array in its next retry. This registry key is used
in combination with the DeleteRetryCount key.
Default value: 1 (in minutes)
Type: REG_SZ
DeleteRetryCount
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For example, if the retry count is five, UDP agent will try for five times to send
the snapshot delete command to the NetApp storage array. After retrying five
times to send the snapshot delete command, if snapshot still exists, then you
have to manually delete the snapshot and also, increase the retry count to the
appropriate value so that next backup will not have this problem. This registry
key is used in combination with the DeleteRetryTimeoutInMins key.
Default value: 30
Type: REG_SZ

Considerations for NFS Support for VMware

The following flowchart explains the conditions applied to hardware snapshot for
NetApp NFS VMware:

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Arcserve UDP supports hardware snapshot for NFS Version 3.0 version Data Stores. To
use the hardware snapshot, the backup proxy must have the Microsoft NFS client
installed and configured.

The following table displays the NFS versions that VMware VM and Arcserve UDP
support. Ensure that you have the correct NFS version with the corresponding VMware
version.
VMware Versions NFS Versions NFS Versions that NFS Versions that
that VMware Arcserve UDP Arcserve UDP Support
Support Support for Hardware for Hardware Snapshot
Snapshot for for Windows NFS Client
FlexClone
VMware 6.0 and Supports NFS Supports NFS 3.0 and Supports NFS 3.0 only
higher 3.0 and 4.1 4.1 and should meet the
prerequisites
VMware versions Supports NFS Supports NFS 3.0 Supports NFS 3.0 only
older than 6.0 3.0 only and should meet the
prerequisites

Prerequisite for NFS 3.0

■ If the FlexClone license is not present, then, to support hardware snapshot of VMDK
files hosted on an NFS 3.0 data store, the NetApp appliance must have the following
versions of OnTAP installed:
– All Data ONTAP 7-Mode systems are supported.
– Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 releases starting with the release 8.2.3 are
supported. Also, Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 releases starting with the release
8.3.1 are supported
– By default, the Windows NFS v3 client support is disabled. To enable it on
Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs), use the following command:
vserver nfs modify -vserver svm_name -v3-ms-dos-client enabled
■ The backup proxy, which backs up the VMware VM, should have the Microsoft NFS
client installed and configured. The backup proxy should have access to the NFS
share. To manually install NFS client on the server, see How to Manually Install the
Microsoft NFS Client on a Windows Server (see page 523).
■ You need to restart the Microsoft NFS client service on the proxy server after
deploying the agentless backup plan. You have to restart the service only once for
the very first time because the plan deployment trigger few changes regarding the
NFS client on the proxy server.

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How to Manually Install the Microsoft NFS Client on a Windows Server

Follow these steps to manually install the Microsoft NFS client on a Windows server.
1. Log in to the Windows server.
2. Open the Server Manager and click Manage.
3. Click Add Roles and Features.
4. On the Before you begin dialog, click Next.
5. On the Select installation type dialog, select Role-based or feature-based
installation, and then click Next.
6. On the Select destination server dialog, if you are installing to the local server, click
Next. Otherwise, select a server from the Server Pool list.
7. On the Select server roles dialog, click Next.
8. On the Select features dialog, scroll down the list of available features and select
the Client for NFS check box.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Confirm installation selections dialog, review your selections and then click
Install.
11. After the installation completes, review the results and then click Close.

Use Hardware Snapshot for Hyper-V Agentless Backup

Follow these steps:
1. Verify if the following prerequisites are met.
■ Install a VSS hardware provider (for example, NetApp) on the Hyper-V servers.
To support the transportable snapshot, install the VSS hardware provider on
the backup proxy server. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider
includes:
– Specifying a server that controls the LUN
– Specifying the disk array credentials to access the disk array
Note: For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your
hardware provider vendor.

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■ The Hyper-V server and the proxy server must have a similar operating system
version.
■ If the Hyper-V server belongs to a cluster, the proxy server should not be a part
of the Hyper-V cluster.
2. Log in to the Console and create a plan for backup.
Note: For more information on creating an agentless backup plan, see How to
Create a Host-based Agentless Backup Plan (see page 302).
3. Verify that you have selected the Use hardware snapshot wherever possible option
in the Advanced tab.
4. Save the plan and submit the backup job.

The backup job runs using the storage snapshot.

Use Hardware Snapshot for Agent-based Backup

Follow these steps:
1. Verify if the following prerequisites are met:
■ Install a VSS hardware provider that supports hardware snapshot on the
Arcserve UDP Agents. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider
includes:
– Specifying a server that controls the LUN.
– Specifying the disk array credentials to access the disk array.
Note: For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your
hardware provider vendor.
2. Log in to the Console and create a plan for backup.
Note: For more information on creating an agent-based plan for Windows, see How
to Create a Windows Backup Plan (see page 260).
3. Verify that you have selected the Use hardware snapshot wherever possible option
in the Advanced tab.
4. Save the plan and submit the backup job.

The backup job runs using the storage snapshot.

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Verify the Backup has Used Hardware Snapshot

If the prerequisites for a hardware snapshot are not met, Arcserve UDP automatically
switches to a software snapshot without failing the backup job. If hardware snapshot
fails, the event is recorded in the activity logs.

Review the log messages to ensure that the backup has used the hardware snapshot.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the following path:
<Installation folder>\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs
2. Open the corresponding file for the respective Job ID.
For example, if the Job ID is JW002, navigate to the Logs folder and open the JW002
file.
3. Review the messages in the file to confirm whether the backup has used the
storage snapshot.

You have successfully used the storage snapshot for a backup.

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This section contains the following topics:
How to Restore From a Recovery Point (see page 527)
How to Restore From a File Copy (see page 541)
How to Restore From a File Archive (see page 555)
How to Restore Files/Folders (see page 569)
How to Restore a Virtual Machine (see page 588)
How to Use Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility (see page 604)
How to Restore a Microsoft Exchange Application (see page 611)
How to Restore Exchange Data on a VMware Virtual Machine (see page 620)
How to Restore a Microsoft SQL Server Application (see page 620)
How to Restore an Oracle Database (see page 630)
How to Perform a File-Level Recovery on Linux Nodes (see page 642)
How to Perform a File-Level Recovery from Host-Based Agentless Backup for Linux
Nodes (see page 659)
How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines (see page 674)
How to Perform a Migration BMR for Linux Machines (see page 696)
How to Perform a BMR Using a Backup (see page 700)
How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery Using a Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM (see
page 730)
How to Restore Microsoft Clustered Nodes and Shared Disks (see page 762)
How to Restore an Active Directory (see page 767)

How to Restore From a Recovery Point

Each time Arcserve UDP performs a successful backup, a point-in-time snapshot image
of your backup is created (recovery point). This collection of recovery points allows you
to locate and specify exactly which backup image you want to restore. If at some later
time, you suspect any of the backed up information is missing, corrupted, or not
reliable, you can then locate and restore from a previous known good version.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore from a recovery point:

Perform the following tasks to restore from a recovery point:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 529)
2. Specify the Recovery Point Information to Restore (see page 533)
a. Specify the Recovery Point and Content to Restore (see page 534)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 537)
3. Restore the Recovery Point Content (see page 540)
4. Verify that Content was Restored (see page 541)

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Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have at least one recovery point available to restore.
■ You have a valid and accessible recovery point destination to restore the recovery
point content from.
■ You have a valid and accessible target location to restore the recovery point
content to.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ If the restore is to a remote destination and if all the drive letters (A - Z) are
occupied, the restore to a remote path will not succeed. Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) needs to use one drive letter to mount the remote destination path.
■ (Optional) Understand how the restore process works. For more information, see
How File Level Restores Work (see page 530).
■ (Optional) Review the files skipped during restore. For more information, see Files
Skipped During Restore (see page 531).
■ When you attempt to restore an optimized backup session to a non-empty volume
(unoptimized restore), the restore job may take more time than the estimated time
displayed in the job monitor. The amount of data that is processed and the elapsed
time may increase based on the data that is optimized on the volume.
Example:
The backup volume size is 100 GB and after optimization the volume size is reduced
to 50 GB.
When you perform an unoptimized restore of this volume the restore job monitor
displays 100% after restoring 50 GB, but it will take more time to restore the entire
100 GB.
■ The following Activity log message will be displayed when restoring the system files:
"System files were skipped. If necessary, you can use the Bare Metal Recovery
(BMR) option to restore them."

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How File Level Restores Work

During a block-level backup, each backed up file is made up of a collection of blocks that
define that particular file. A catalog file is created containing a list of the backed up files,
along with the individual blocks that were used for each file and the available recovery
points for these files. When you need to restore a particular file, you can search your
backup and select the file you want to restore and the recovery point you want to
restore from. Then Arcserve UDP collects the version of the blocks that were used for
the recovery point of the specified file, and reassembles and restores the file.

Note: You can also perform a restore without a catalog file from a catalog-less backup
recovery point.

The following flow diagram shows the process of how Arcserve UDP restores a specific
file:

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Files Skipped During Restore

While performing a restore by Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) some files may be
skipped intentionally.

The files and folders in the following table are skipped during a restore if the following
two conditions exist:
■ Files are skipped when such files exist before the restore and the conflict option is
"skip existing files".
■ Files and folders listed in the following table are skipped because they are an
important component for Windows or Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).

OS Folder or Location File or Folder Remark

Name
All Root folder of each CAVolTrc.dat Used by the Arcserve UDP tracking
volume Driver.
cavoltrcsnap
shot.dat
System Used to save files/folders by a Windows
Volume system, for example, volume shadow
Information\ copy files.
*
RECYCLER\* Used only on NTFS partitions. It contains
a Recycle Bin for each user that logs on to
the computer, sorted by their security
identifier (SID).
$Recycle.Bin When you delete a file in Windows NT
\* Explorer or My Computer, the file is
stored in the Recycle Bin until you empty
the Recycle Bin or restore the file.
Any folder contain Thumbs.db Stores thumbnail images for Windows
picture files Explorer thumbnail view.
Root folder of PageFile.Sys Windows virtual memory swap file.
volume
Hiberfil.sys Hibernate file, used to save the system
data when a computer goes into
hibernate mode.

The following files and folders are skipped only when you restore to the original
location.

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All Folder specified inAll Folder contains a cached dll file which is
value record under:files/folders( used for System File Checker (SFC) and
HKLM\Software\Mic recursively) contents of the system dll cache directory
rosoft\Windows are rebuilt by using SFC.
NT\CurrentVersion\
WinLogon\SfcDllCac
he
%SystemRoot%\SYST
EM32\dllCache
Root folder of MSCS\* Used for Microsoft Cluster Server.
quorum_device
%SystemRoot%\SYST perf?00?.dat Performance data used by the Windows
EM32\ performance counter.
perf?00?.bak

CATROOT\* Used for Windows File Protection (WFP)

records digital signatures of the
operating system installs (such as DLL,
EXE, SYS, OCX, and so on) to protect them
from deletion or from replacement by
older versions.
%SystemRoot%\inets metabase.bi Metabase binary file of earlier IIS
rv\ n versions before 6.0.
File or folder All Files and folders should not be backed up
specified in value files/folders( and restored. For more information, see
except "SIS Common recursively) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library
Store" under /windows/desktop/bb891959(v=vs.85).as
HKLM\SYSTEM\Curre px#filesnottobackup
ntControlSet\Control
\BackupRestore\Files
NotToBackup
XP System volume NTLDR The main boot loader.
W20
03
BOOT.INI Contains boot configuration (if missing,
NTLDR will default to \Windows on the
first partition of the first hard drive).
NTDETECT.C Required for booting an NT-based OS.
OM Detects basic hardware information
needed for a successful boot.

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Vista Root folder of boot\* Boot folder for Windows.

and system volume
later
bootmgr Windows boot manager file.

EFI\Microsof Used for EFI boot.

t\Boot\*
%SystemRoot%\SYST LogFiles\WM Stores ETW trace files (extension .etl) for
EM32\ I\RTBackup\* real time event trace sessions.
config\RegBa Backup of current registry table.
ck\*
Win8 System volume swapfile.sys System controller file, normally around
and 256 MB. It is used by Metro style
later applications that do not fit the traditional
paging characteristics (such as usage
pattern, growth, space reservation) of
pagefile.sys.
BOOTNXT Used to boot from OS, other than
Windows 8. Created when enabling the
startup options, and updated by
Windows.

The Activity log provides the following information:

■ Date Time Information: jobxxxx System Files skipped. You can use Bare-Metal
Recovery Option (BMR) to restore them.
■ Date Time Information: jobxxxx Files or Directories skipped. Which files or
directories were skipped can be found in: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\Logs\Restore-<YYYYMMDD>-<hhmmss>-<Process ID>-<Job
ID>.log.

Specify the Recovery Point Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP provides you with an option to restore data from a recovery point. The
goal of running a successful restore job is to identify quickly the data you need and to
retrieve it from the appropriate backup location. Each restore job requires a source and
destination.

The process involved in restoring from a recovery point is as follows:

1. Specify the Recovery Point and Content to Restore (see page 534)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 537)

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Specify the Recovery Point and Content to Restore

Use the Browse Recovery Points option to restore from a recovery point. When you
select a recovery date, and then specify the time, all the associated recovery points for
that duration are displayed. You can then browse and select the backup content
(including applications) to be restored.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.

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2. Click the Browse Recovery Points option.

The Browse Recovery Points dialog opens. You can see the Recovery Point Server
details in the Backup Location.

3. Click Change to update the backup location.

The Source dialog opens where you can select the backup location.

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4. Select one of the following sources:

Select local disk or shared folder
a. Specify or browse to the location where your backup images are stored and
select the appropriate backup source.
You can click the green arrow button to verify the connection to the specified
location. If necessary, enter the Username and Password credentials to gain
access to that source location.
The Select backup location dialog opens.
b. Select the folder where the recovery points are stored and click OK.
The Select backup location dialog closes and you can see the backup location
in the Source dialog.
c. Click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Browse Recovery Points dialog.
Select Recovery Point Server
a. Specify the Recovery Point Server setting details and click Refresh.
All the agents are listed in the Data Protection Agent column in the Source
dialog.
b. Select the agent from the displayed list and click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Browse Recovery Points dialog.
5. Select the calendar date for the backup image to restore.
All the dates containing recovery points for the specified backup source are
highlighted in green.
The corresponding recovery points for that date are displayed, with the time of the
backup, the type of backup that was performed (Full, Incremental, or Verify), and
the name of the backup.
6. Select a recovery point to restore.
The backup content (including any applications) for the selected recovery point
displays.
Note: A clock icon with a lock symbol indicates the recovery point contains
encrypted information and may require a password for restore.
7. Select the content to restore.
■ For a volume-level restore, you can specify to restore the entire volume or
selected files/folders within the volume.
■ For an application-level restore, you can specify to restore the entire
application or selected components, databases, instances, and so on, within
the application.

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8. Click Next.
The Restore Options dialog Opens.

The recovery point and content to restore is specified.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify a recovery point and content to restore, define the copy options for
the selected recovery point.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

The available destination options are:

Restore to Original Location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.
Restore to
Restores to the specified location. You can click the green arrow button to
verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the
Username and Password credentials to gain access to that location.

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2. Specify the Resolving Conflicts option that Arcserve UDP performs if conflicts are
encountered during the restore process.
The available options are:
Overwrite existing files
Overwrites (replaces) any existing files, which are at the restore destination. All
objects are restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence
on your computer.
Replace active files
Replaces any active files upon reboot. If during the restore attempt Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) discovers that the existing file is currently in use or being
accessed, it will not immediately replace that file, but instead to avoid any
problems will delay the replacement of the active files until the next time the
machine is rebooted. (The restore occurs immediately, but the replacement of
any active files is done during the next reboot).
This option is only available if you select the Overwrite existing files option.
Note: If you do not select this option, any active file is skipped from the
restore.
Rename files
Creates a new file if the file name already exists. Selecting this option copies
the source file to the destination with the same filename but a different
extension. Data is then restored to the new file.
Skip existing files
Skips over and not overwrite (replace) any existing files that are located at the
restore destination. Only objects that are not currently existing on your
machine are restored from the backup files.
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3. Specify the Directory Structure to create a root directory during restore.

Create root directory
Specifies that if a root directory structure exists in the captured backup image,
Arcserve UDP recreates that same root directory structure on the restore
destination path.
With this option not selected, the file or folder is restored directly to the
destination folder.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt" and during
the restore you specified to the restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore the "A.txt" and "B.txt" files individually, the
destination for the restored files will be "D:\Restore\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified file level will not
be recreated).
■ If you select to restore from the "SubFolder2" level, the destination for the
restored files will be "D:\Restore\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\SubFolder2\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified
folder level will not be recreated).
With this option selected, the entire root directory path for the files/folders
(including the volume name) is recreated to the destination folder. If the
files/folders to be restored are from the same volume name, then the
destination root directory path does not include that volume name. However, if
the files/folders to be restored are from different volume names, then the
destination root directory path does include the volume name.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt", "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt", and also
E:\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" and during the restore you specified to the
restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore just the "A.txt" file, the destination for the restored
file will be "D:\Restore\ Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" (the entire root
directory without the volume name will be recreated).
■ If you select to restore both the "A.txt" and "C.txt" files, the destination for
the restored files will be "D:\Restore\C\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\E\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" (the entire root directory with
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4. If necessary, specify the Backup Encryption Password, when the data you are trying
to restore is encrypted.
A password is not required if you are attempting to restore from the same Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) computer from where the encrypted backup was performed.
However, if you are attempting to restore from a different Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) computer, a password is required.
Note: A clock icon with a lock symbol indicates the recovery point contains
encrypted information and may require a password for restore.
5. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options are defined to restore from a recovery point.

Restore the Recovery Point Content

After you define the restore options, verify that your settings are correct and confirm
the restore process. Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that
you defined and modify them if necessary.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that all
the restore options and settings are correct.

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■ If the summary information is incorrect, click Previous and go back to the

applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore
process.

The recovery point content is restored.

Verify that Content was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, verify that content was restored to the
specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the restore destination you specified.
A list of folders appears.
2. Locate the file to which you have restored the content.
For example, If you select to restore the A.txt file to the restore destination as
"D:\Restore, then navigate to the following location:
D:\Restore\A.txt.
3. Verify the content to confirm the restore job.

The restored content is successfully verified.

How to Restore From a File Copy

Each time Arcserve UDP performs a successful file copy job, it backs up all files that have
changed since the last successful file copy job. This restore method allows you to
browse the file copied data and specify exactly which file you want to restore.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore from a file copy:

Perform the following tasks to restore from a File Copy:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 543)
2. Specify the File Copy Information to Restore (see page 544)
a. Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore (see page 544)
■ Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore (see page 580)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 550)
3. Restore the Recovery Point Content (see page 553)
4. Verify that Content was Restored (see page 554)

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Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have at least one file copy available to restore.
■ You have a valid and accessible file copy destination to restore the file copy content
from.
■ You have a valid and accessible target location to restore the file copy content to.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ Arcserve UDP only allows one restore job to run at the same time. If you attempt to
launch a restore job manually, while another restore job is running, an alert
message opens informing you another job is running and requests you to try again
later.
■ If the restore is to a remote destination and if all the drive letters (A - Z) are
occupied, the restore to a remote path will not succeed. Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) needs to use one drive letter to mount the remote destination path.
■ Enhance file copy to optimize performance:
– File Copy can send multiple chunks simultaneously to the destination
(ArchMultChunkIO)
– File Copy can copy more than one file at a time from the destination
(ThreadsForArchive).
– Restore from a File Copy can download more than one file at a time
(ThreadsForRestore).
– Catalog Synchronization uses multiple threads (ThreadForCatalogSync).
You can change the default File Copy Registry values by modifying the appropriate
DWORD value. For more information, see Configure File Copy Settings to Optimize
Performance in the online help.
■ (Optional) Understand how the restore process works. For more information, see
How File Level Restores Work (see page 543).

How File Level Restores Work

During a File Copy, each backed up file is made up of a collection of blocks that define
the particular file. A catalog file is created for every version of the backed up file, along
with the individual blocks that were used for these files. When you need to restore a
particular file, you can browse and select the file you want to restore and the file copy
versions you want to restore from. Then Arcserve UDP collects the version of the blocks
that were used for the file copy of the specified file, which reassembles and restores the
file.

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The following flow diagram shows the process of how Arcserve UDP restores a specific
file.

Specify the File Copy Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP provides you with an option to restore data from a file copy. The goal of
running a successful restore job is to identify quickly the data you need and to retrieve it
from the appropriate backup location. Each restore job requires a source and
destination.

The process involved in restoring from a file copy is as follows:

1. Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore (see page 544)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 550)

Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore

Use the Browse File Copies option to restore from a file copy. This restore method
allows you to browse the file copied data and specify exactly which file you want to
restore.

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Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.

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2. Click the Browse File Copies option.

The Restore dialog opens. The destination that is currently showing in the Restore
From field is the configured default File Copy destination.

3. If necessary, you can click Add to browse to an alternate location where your file
copy images are stored.
The Destination dialog opens displaying the available alternate destination options.

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Local or network drive

The Select a Backup Location dialog opens, allowing you to browse to and
select an alternate local or network drive location.
Cloud
The Cloud Configuration dialog opens, allowing you to access and select an
alternate cloud location. For more information about this dialog, see Specify
Cloud Configuration for Restore.
Regardless of whether you selected to restore from Local or network drive or
from Cloud, when you change the destination to an alternate location a pop-up
dialog will appear, asking if you want to perform a new catalog synchronization
or read from the existing catalog.

■ If it is the first time you are performing a catalog synchronization, the

Browse Existing button will be disabled because there is no existing file
copy catalog locally.
■ If a catalog synchronization has been previously performed, this dialog will
display details about the last time the catalog was synchronized from this
destination. If there were more file copy jobs run since that displayed time,
your catalog may not be currently synchronized and you can select the
Sync option to ensure your file copy catalog is up-to-date.
1. Click Sync to download the file copy catalog from the specified file copy
destination to your local machine to provide faster browsing.
2. Click Browse Existing to use the file copy catalog that is available locally
and not download/sync it again.
4. On the left pane, specify the file copy data to be restored. You can select file copied
folders or files to be restored.
When you select an individual file to be restored, all file copied versions of that file
are displayed in the right pane. If multiple versions are available, you must select
which file copied version you want to restore.
5. After selecting the file copied folder or file version to restore, click Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

The File Copy and Content to restore is specified.

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Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore

Note: The following procedure only applies if you are restoring a file/folder from a file
copy or file archive cloud location.

The available options are Amazon S3, Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows
Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus. (Amazon S3
is the default vendor).

Note: If you are using Eucalyptus-Walrus as your file copy cloud vendor, you will not be
able to copy files whose entire path length is greater than 170 characters.

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The configuration options for each cloud vendor are similar (with some different
terminology), and any differences are described.
1. From the Browse File Copies option or the Find Files/Folders to Restore option,
click Add.
The Destination dialog opens.
2. Select Cloud and click Browse.
The Cloud Configuration dialog opens.
3. Enter the following details:
Storage Name
Specifies the name of the cloud storage. This name will be added to Console for
identifying the cloud account. Each cloud account must have a unique storage
name.
Storage Service
Select of the service from the drop-down list. The configuration option varies
depending on the storage service that is selected.
Access Key ID/Account Name/Query ID
Identifies the user who is requesting access this location.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Access Key ID, Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure) use Account Name, and Eucalyptus-Walrus uses Query ID).
Secret Access Key/Secret Key
Because your Access Key is not encrypted, this Secret Access Key is a password
that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access this location.
Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of your
accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in a secure
location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or other publicly
accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure channels.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Secret Access Key. Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Secret Key).
Proxy Settings
Specifies the proxy server settings. Select Connect using a proxy server to
enable this option. If you select this option, you must also include the IP
address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port
number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also
select this option if your proxy server requires authentication. You then must
provide the corresponding authentication information (Domain
Name\Username and Password) that is required to use the proxy server.
(Proxy capability is not available for Eucalyptus-Walrus).

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Bucket Name
All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and
organized in your buckets (or containers). Buckets are like a container for your
files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every object stored
at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.
(For this field, Amazon S3 and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Bucket Name. Windows
Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Container).
Note: For the remainder of this step, all references to Buckets can also be
applied to Containers unless specified.
Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage
For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced Redundancy
Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that helps you reduce
cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy
than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the standard and reduced
redundancy storage options store data in multiple facilities and on multiple
devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer times, so the cost is less. You
should expect the same latency and throughput using either the Amazon S3
standard storage or RRS. By default this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses
the standard storage option).
4. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the specified cloud location.
5. Click OK.
The cloud account is added to the Console.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify the file copy information to restore, define the copy options for the
selected file copy and content.

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Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

The available destination options are:

Restore to Original Location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.
Restore to
Restores to the specified location. You can click the green arrow button to
verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the
Username and Password credentials to gain access to that location.
2. Specify the Resolving Conflicts option that Arcserve UDP performs if conflicts are
encountered during the restore process.
The available options are:
Overwrite existing files
Overwrites (replaces) any existing files, which are at the restore destination. All
objects are restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence
on your computer.

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Replace active files

Replaces any active files upon reboot. If during the restore attempt Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) discovers that the existing file is currently in use or being
accessed, it will not immediately replace that file, but instead to avoid any
problems will delay the replacement of the active files until the next time the
machine is rebooted. (The restore occurs immediately, but the replacement of
any active files is done during the next reboot).
This option is only available if you select the Overwrite existing files option.
Note: If you do not select this option, any active file is skipped from the
restore.
Rename files
Creates a new file if the file name already exists. Selecting this option copies
the source file to the destination with the same filename but a different
extension. Data is then restored to the new file.
Skip existing files
Skips over and not overwrite (replace) any existing files that are located at the
restore destination. Only objects that are not currently existing on your
machine are restored from the backup files.
Default: Skip existing files.
3. Specify the Directory Structure to create a root directory during restore.
Create root directory
Specifies that if a root directory structure exists in the captured backup image,
Arcserve UDP recreates that same root directory structure on the restore
destination path.
With this option not selected, the file or folder is restored directly to the
destination folder.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt" and during
the restore you specified to the restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore the "A.txt" and "B.txt" files individually, the
destination for the restored files will be "D:\Restore\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified file level will not
be recreated).
■ If you select to restore from the "SubFolder2" level, the destination for the
restored files will be "D:\Restore\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\SubFolder2\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified
folder level will not be recreated).

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With this option selected, the entire root directory path for the files/folders
(including the volume name) is recreated to the destination folder. If the
files/folders to be restored are from the same volume name, then the
destination root directory path does not include that volume name. However, if
the files/folders to be restored are from different volume names, then the
destination root directory path does include the volume name.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt", "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt", and also
E:\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" and during the restore you specified to the
restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore just the "A.txt" file, the destination for the restored
file will be "D:\Restore\ Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" (the entire root
directory without the volume name will be recreated).
■ If you select to restore both the "A.txt" and "C.txt" files, the destination for
the restored files will be "D:\Restore\C\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\E\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" (the entire root directory with
the volume name will be recreated).
4. Specify the encryption password in File Copy Encryption Password.
5. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options are defined to restore from a file copy.

Restore the File Copy Content

After you define the restore options, verify that your settings are correct and confirm
the restore process. Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that
you defined and modify them if necessary.

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Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that all
the restore options and settings are correct.

■ If the summary information is incorrect, click Previous and go back to the

applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore
process.

The file copy content is restored.

Verify that Content was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, verify that content was restored to the
specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the restore destination you specified.
A list of folders appears.

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2. Locate the file to which you have restored the content.

For example, If you select to restore the A.txt file to the restore destination as
"D:\Restore, then navigate to the following location:
D:\Restore\A.txt.
3. Verify the content to confirm the restore job.

The restored content is successfully verified.

How to Restore From a File Archive

Each time Arcserve UDP performs a successful file archive copy job, it archives all files
that have changed since the last successful file archive job. This restore method allows
you to browse the archived files and specify exactly which file you want to restore.

The file archive restore process is identical to file copy restore.

Perform the following tasks to restore from a File Archive:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 543)
2. Specify the File Copy Information to Restore (see page 544)
a. Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore (see page 544)
■ Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore (see page 580)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 550)
3. Restore the Recovery Point Content (see page 553)
4. Verify that Content was Restored (see page 554)

Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have at least one file copy available to restore.
■ You have a valid and accessible file copy destination to restore the file copy content
from.
■ You have a valid and accessible target location to restore the file copy content to.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Review the following restore considerations:

■ Arcserve UDP only allows one restore job to run at the same time. If you attempt to
launch a restore job manually, while another restore job is running, an alert
message opens informing you another job is running and requests you to try again
later.
■ If the restore is to a remote destination and if all the drive letters (A - Z) are
occupied, the restore to a remote path will not succeed. Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) needs to use one drive letter to mount the remote destination path.
■ Enhance file copy to optimize performance:
– File Copy can send multiple chunks simultaneously to the destination
(ArchMultChunkIO)
– File Copy can copy more than one file at a time from the destination
(ThreadsForArchive).
– Restore from a File Copy can download more than one file at a time
(ThreadsForRestore).
– Catalog Synchronization uses multiple threads (ThreadForCatalogSync).
You can change the default File Copy Registry values by modifying the appropriate
DWORD value. For more information, see Configure File Copy Settings to Optimize
Performance in the online help.
■ (Optional) Understand how the restore process works. For more information, see
How File Level Restores Work (see page 543).

How File Level Restores Work

During a File Copy, each backed up file is made up of a collection of blocks that define
the particular file. A catalog file is created for every version of the backed up file, along
with the individual blocks that were used for these files. When you need to restore a
particular file, you can browse and select the file you want to restore and the file copy
versions you want to restore from. Then Arcserve UDP collects the version of the blocks
that were used for the file copy of the specified file, which reassembles and restores the
file.

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The following flow diagram shows the process of how Arcserve UDP restores a specific
file.

Specify the File Copy Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP provides you with an option to restore data from a file copy. The goal of
running a successful restore job is to identify quickly the data you need and to retrieve it
from the appropriate backup location. Each restore job requires a source and
destination.

The process involved in restoring from a file copy is as follows:

1. Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore (see page 544)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 550)

Specify the File Copy and Content to Restore

Use the Browse File Copies option to restore from a file copy. This restore method
allows you to browse the file copied data and specify exactly which file you want to
restore.

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Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.

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2. Click the Browse File Copies option.

The Restore dialog opens. The destination that is currently showing in the Restore
From field is the configured default File Copy destination.

3. If necessary, you can click Add to browse to an alternate location where your file
copy images are stored.
The Destination dialog opens displaying the available alternate destination options.

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Local or network drive

The Select a Backup Location dialog opens, allowing you to browse to and
select an alternate local or network drive location.
Cloud
The Cloud Configuration dialog opens, allowing you to access and select an
alternate cloud location. For more information about this dialog, see Specify
Cloud Configuration for Restore.
Regardless of whether you selected to restore from Local or network drive or
from Cloud, when you change the destination to an alternate location a pop-up
dialog will appear, asking if you want to perform a new catalog synchronization
or read from the existing catalog.

■ If it is the first time you are performing a catalog synchronization, the

Browse Existing button will be disabled because there is no existing file
copy catalog locally.
■ If a catalog synchronization has been previously performed, this dialog will
display details about the last time the catalog was synchronized from this
destination. If there were more file copy jobs run since that displayed time,
your catalog may not be currently synchronized and you can select the
Sync option to ensure your file copy catalog is up-to-date.
1. Click Sync to download the file copy catalog from the specified file copy
destination to your local machine to provide faster browsing.
2. Click Browse Existing to use the file copy catalog that is available locally
and not download/sync it again.
4. On the left pane, specify the file copy data to be restored. You can select file copied
folders or files to be restored.
When you select an individual file to be restored, all file copied versions of that file
are displayed in the right pane. If multiple versions are available, you must select
which file copied version you want to restore.
5. After selecting the file copied folder or file version to restore, click Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

The File Copy and Content to restore is specified.

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Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore

Note: The following procedure only applies if you are restoring a file/folder from a file
copy or file archive cloud location.

The available options are Amazon S3, Amazon S3-compatible, Windows Azure, Windows
Azure-compatible, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus. (Amazon S3
is the default vendor).

Note: If you are using Eucalyptus-Walrus as your file copy cloud vendor, you will not be
able to copy files whose entire path length is greater than 170 characters.

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The configuration options for each cloud vendor are similar (with some different
terminology), and any differences are described.
1. From the Browse File Copies option or the Find Files/Folders to Restore option,
click Add.
The Destination dialog opens.
2. Select Cloud and click Browse.
The Cloud Configuration dialog opens.
3. Enter the following details:
Storage Name
Specifies the name of the cloud storage. This name will be added to Console for
identifying the cloud account. Each cloud account must have a unique storage
name.
Storage Service
Select of the service from the drop-down list. The configuration option varies
depending on the storage service that is selected.
Access Key ID/Account Name/Query ID
Identifies the user who is requesting access this location.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Access Key ID, Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure) use Account Name, and Eucalyptus-Walrus uses Query ID).
Secret Access Key/Secret Key
Because your Access Key is not encrypted, this Secret Access Key is a password
that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access this location.
Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of your
accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in a secure
location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or other publicly
accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure channels.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Secret Access Key. Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud
(Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Secret Key).
Proxy Settings
Specifies the proxy server settings. Select Connect using a proxy server to
enable this option. If you select this option, you must also include the IP
address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port
number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also
select this option if your proxy server requires authentication. You then must
provide the corresponding authentication information (Domain
Name\Username and Password) that is required to use the proxy server.
(Proxy capability is not available for Eucalyptus-Walrus).

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Bucket Name
All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and
organized in your buckets (or containers). Buckets are like a container for your
files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every object stored
at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.
(For this field, Amazon S3 and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Bucket Name. Windows
Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Container).
Note: For the remainder of this step, all references to Buckets can also be
applied to Containers unless specified.
Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage
For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced Redundancy
Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that helps you reduce
cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy
than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the standard and reduced
redundancy storage options store data in multiple facilities and on multiple
devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer times, so the cost is less. You
should expect the same latency and throughput using either the Amazon S3
standard storage or RRS. By default this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses
the standard storage option).
4. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the specified cloud location.
5. Click OK.
The cloud account is added to the Console.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify the file copy information to restore, define the copy options for the
selected file copy and content.

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Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

The available destination options are:

Restore to Original Location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.
Restore to
Restores to the specified location. You can click the green arrow button to
verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the
Username and Password credentials to gain access to that location.
2. Specify the Resolving Conflicts option that Arcserve UDP performs if conflicts are
encountered during the restore process.
The available options are:
Overwrite existing files
Overwrites (replaces) any existing files, which are at the restore destination. All
objects are restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence
on your computer.

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Replace active files

Replaces any active files upon reboot. If during the restore attempt Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) discovers that the existing file is currently in use or being
accessed, it will not immediately replace that file, but instead to avoid any
problems will delay the replacement of the active files until the next time the
machine is rebooted. (The restore occurs immediately, but the replacement of
any active files is done during the next reboot).
This option is only available if you select the Overwrite existing files option.
Note: If you do not select this option, any active file is skipped from the
restore.
Rename files
Creates a new file if the file name already exists. Selecting this option copies
the source file to the destination with the same filename but a different
extension. Data is then restored to the new file.
Skip existing files
Skips over and not overwrite (replace) any existing files that are located at the
restore destination. Only objects that are not currently existing on your
machine are restored from the backup files.
Default: Skip existing files.
3. Specify the Directory Structure to create a root directory during restore.
Create root directory
Specifies that if a root directory structure exists in the captured backup image,
Arcserve UDP recreates that same root directory structure on the restore
destination path.
With this option not selected, the file or folder is restored directly to the
destination folder.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt" and during
the restore you specified to the restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore the "A.txt" and "B.txt" files individually, the
destination for the restored files will be "D:\Restore\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified file level will not
be recreated).
■ If you select to restore from the "SubFolder2" level, the destination for the
restored files will be "D:\Restore\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\SubFolder2\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified
folder level will not be recreated).

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With this option selected, the entire root directory path for the files/folders
(including the volume name) is recreated to the destination folder. If the
files/folders to be restored are from the same volume name, then the
destination root directory path does not include that volume name. However, if
the files/folders to be restored are from different volume names, then the
destination root directory path does include the volume name.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt", "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt", and also
E:\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" and during the restore you specified to the
restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore just the "A.txt" file, the destination for the restored
file will be "D:\Restore\ Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" (the entire root
directory without the volume name will be recreated).
■ If you select to restore both the "A.txt" and "C.txt" files, the destination for
the restored files will be "D:\Restore\C\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\E\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" (the entire root directory with
the volume name will be recreated).
4. Specify the encryption password in File Copy Encryption Password.
5. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options are defined to restore from a file copy.

Restore the File Copy Content

After you define the restore options, verify that your settings are correct and confirm
the restore process. Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that
you defined and modify them if necessary.

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Follow these steps:

1. On the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that all
the restore options and settings are correct.

■ If the summary information is incorrect, click Previous and go back to the

applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore
process.

The file copy content is restored.

Verify that Content was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, verify that content was restored to the
specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the restore destination you specified.
A list of folders appears.

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2. Locate the file to which you have restored the content.

For example, If you select to restore the A.txt file to the restore destination as
"D:\Restore, then navigate to the following location:
D:\Restore\A.txt.
3. Verify the content to confirm the restore job.

The restored content is successfully verified.

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How to Restore Files/Folders

Each time Arcserve UDP performs a successful backup, all backed up files/folders are
included in the snapshot image of your backup. This restore method allows you to
specify exactly which file/folder you want to restore.

The following diagram illustrates the process to restore specific files/folders:

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Perform the following tasks to restore files/folders:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 570)
2. Specify the File/Folder Information to Restore (see page 574)
a. Specify the File/Folder Location (see page 575)
■ Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore (see page 580)
b. Specify the File/Folder to Restore (see page 582)
c. Define the Restore Options (see page 583)
3. Restore the File/Folder (see page 586)
4. Verify that the File/Folder was Restored (see page 587)

Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have at least one backup or file copy version available to restore.
■ You have a valid and accessible backup or file copy destination to restore the
backup or file copy content from.
■ You have a valid and accessible target location to restore the backup or file copy
content to.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ For a recovery point without a file system catalog created, to ensure you can
browse and select files/folders to restore from the UI, the account/group should be
granted access to all the folders/files on all volumes with read/list access before the
backup is taken.
The local system (SYSTEM) or built-in administrators group
(BUILTIN\Administrators) needs to be added to the ACL of the folders for Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) to be able to browse a backup without a file system catalog
created. Otherwise, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will not be able to browse the
folders from the restore UI.
■ (Optional) Understand how the restore process works. For more information, see
How File Level Restores Work (see page 571).
Note: The process for restoring from a file copy location is similar to restoring from
a backup location.
■ (Optional) Review the files skipped during restore. For more information, see Files
Skipped During Restore (see page 531).

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How File Level Restores Work

During a block-level backup, each backed up file is made up of a collection of blocks that
define that particular file. When you need to restore a particular file, you can search
your backup and select the file you want to restore and the recovery point you want to
restore from. The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) then collects the version of the blocks
that were used for the recovery point of the specified file, and reassembles and restores
the file.

Note: When you specify your backup settings, you have an option to create a file catalog
during backup. This file catalog lets you browse the backup sessions faster during
restore. If you choose not to create the catalog during backup, it can still be created at a
later time.

The following flow diagram shows the process of how Arcserve UDP restores a specific
file.

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Files Skipped During Restore

While performing a restore by Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) some files may be
skipped intentionally.

The files and folders in the following table are skipped during a restore if the following
two conditions exist:
■ Files are skipped when such files exist before the restore and the conflict option is
"skip existing files".
■ Files and folders listed in the following table are skipped because they are an
important component for Windows or Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).

OS Folder or Location File or Folder Remark

Name
All Root folder of each CAVolTrc.dat Used by the Arcserve UDP tracking
volume Driver.
cavoltrcsnap
shot.dat
System Used to save files/folders by a Windows
Volume system, for example, volume shadow
Information\ copy files.
*
RECYCLER\* Used only on NTFS partitions. It contains
a Recycle Bin for each user that logs on to
the computer, sorted by their security
identifier (SID).
$Recycle.Bin When you delete a file in Windows NT
\* Explorer or My Computer, the file is
stored in the Recycle Bin until you empty
the Recycle Bin or restore the file.
Any folder contain Thumbs.db Stores thumbnail images for Windows
picture files Explorer thumbnail view.
Root folder of PageFile.Sys Windows virtual memory swap file.
volume
Hiberfil.sys Hibernate file, used to save the system
data when a computer goes into
hibernate mode.

The following files and folders are skipped only when you restore to the original
location.

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All Folder specified inAll Folder contains a cached dll file which is
value record under:files/folders( used for System File Checker (SFC) and
HKLM\Software\Mic recursively) contents of the system dll cache directory
rosoft\Windows are rebuilt by using SFC.
NT\CurrentVersion\
WinLogon\SfcDllCac
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%SystemRoot%\SYST
EM32\dllCache
Root folder of MSCS\* Used for Microsoft Cluster Server.
quorum_device
%SystemRoot%\SYST perf?00?.dat Performance data used by the Windows
EM32\ performance counter.
perf?00?.bak

CATROOT\* Used for Windows File Protection (WFP)

records digital signatures of the
operating system installs (such as DLL,
EXE, SYS, OCX, and so on) to protect them
from deletion or from replacement by
older versions.
%SystemRoot%\inets metabase.bi Metabase binary file of earlier IIS
rv\ n versions before 6.0.
File or folder All Files and folders should not be backed up
specified in value files/folders( and restored. For more information, see
except "SIS Common recursively) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library
Store" under /windows/desktop/bb891959(v=vs.85).as
HKLM\SYSTEM\Curre px#filesnottobackup
ntControlSet\Control
\BackupRestore\Files
NotToBackup
XP System volume NTLDR The main boot loader.
W20
03
BOOT.INI Contains boot configuration (if missing,
NTLDR will default to \Windows on the
first partition of the first hard drive).
NTDETECT.C Required for booting an NT-based OS.
OM Detects basic hardware information
needed for a successful boot.

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Vista Root folder of boot\* Boot folder for Windows.

and system volume
later
bootmgr Windows boot manager file.

EFI\Microsof Used for EFI boot.

t\Boot\*
%SystemRoot%\SYST LogFiles\WM Stores ETW trace files (extension .etl) for
EM32\ I\RTBackup\* real time event trace sessions.
config\RegBa Backup of current registry table.
ck\*
Win8 System volume swapfile.sys System controller file, normally around
and 256 MB. It is used by Metro style
later applications that do not fit the traditional
paging characteristics (such as usage
pattern, growth, space reservation) of
pagefile.sys.
BOOTNXT Used to boot from OS, other than
Windows 8. Created when enabling the
startup options, and updated by
Windows.

The Activity log provides the following information:

■ Date Time Information: jobxxxx System Files skipped. You can use Bare-Metal
Recovery Option (BMR) to restore them.
■ Date Time Information: jobxxxx Files or Directories skipped. Which files or
directories were skipped can be found in: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\Logs\Restore-<YYYYMMDD>-<hhmmss>-<Process ID>-<Job
ID>.log.

Specify the File/Folder Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP provides you with an option to find and restore a specific file or folder.
The goal of running a successful restore job is to identify quickly the data you need and
to retrieve it from the appropriate backup location. Each restore job requires a source
and destination.

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The process involved in restoring by find files/folders is as follows:

1. Specify the File/Folder Location (see page 575)
■ Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore (see page 580)
2. Specify the File/Folder to Restore (see page 582)
3. Define the Restore Options (see page 583)

Specify the File/Folder Location

Use the Find Files/Folders option to restore files and folders. This restore method
allows you to specify exactly which file or folder you want to restore.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.

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■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):

a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
2. Click the Find Files/Folders to Restore option.
The Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog opens.

3. Select File Copy Location checkbox and click Change to change the location to the
destination where your file copy images are stored.
The Destination dialog opens and you can select Local or network drive or Cloud.
Note: By default, the Backup Location and File Copy Location fields display the
corresponding path used for the most recent backup/file copy destinations.

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■ If you select Local or network drive, you can either specify a location or browse
to the location where your file copy images are stored.
■ You can click green arrow validate icon to verify proper access to the source
location.
■ If you select Cloud, you can either specify a cloud location or click the
Configure button to display the Cloud Configuration dialog. For more
information, see Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore (see page 580).
Regardless of whether you selected to restore from Local or network drive or
from Cloud, when you change the destination to an alternate location a pop-up
dialog will appear, asking if you want to perform a new catalog synchronization
or read from the existing catalog.

■ If it is the first time you are performing a catalog synchronization, the

Browse Existing button will be disabled because there is no existing file
copy catalog locally.
■ If a catalog synchronization has been previously performed, this dialog will
display details about the last time the catalog was synchronized from this
destination. If there were more file copy jobs run since that displayed time,
your catalog may not be currently synchronized and you can select the
Sync option to ensure your file copy catalog is up-to-date.
1. Click Sync to download the file copy catalog from the specified file copy
destination to your local machine to provide faster browsing.
2. Click Browse Existing to use the file copy catalog that is available locally
and not download/sync it again.

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4. Select the Backup Location checkbox and click Change to change the Backup
Location.
The Source dialog opens where you can select the backup location.

5. Select one of the following options on the Source dialog:

Select local disk or shared folder
a. Specify or browse to the location where your backup images are stored and
select the appropriate backup source.
You can click the green arrow button to verify the connection to the specified
location. If necessary, enter the Username and Password credentials to gain
access to that source location.
The Select backup location dialog opens.
b. Select the folder where the recovery points are stored and click OK.
The Select backup location dialog closes and you can see the backup location
in the Source dialog.
c. Click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog.
Select Recovery Point Server
a. Specify the Recovery Point Server setting details and click Refresh.
All the agents are listed in the Data Protection Agent column in the Source
dialog.
b. Select the agent from the displayed list and click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog.
Note: If you select a different agent and if the recovery points are encrypted,
then you have to provide the encryption password when prompted.

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6. Select one of the following options to search recovery points:

Search all recovery points
Searches the file or folder in all the recovery points stored in the provided
location. You have to specify the file or folder that you want to search on the
Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog.
Select recovery points to search
Displays the recovery points between the specified time period. You can specify
the start time and end time and then select the recovery point from the
specified time period.
7. Select the recovery point and click Next.
Note: If you have selected a different agent in the Source dialog and if the recovery
points are encrypted, then the encryption dialog opens. Provide the password and
click OK.

The Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog opens.

The Backup or File Copy location is specified.

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Specify Cloud Configuration for Restore

Note: The following procedure only applies if you are restoring a file/folder from a file
copy cloud location.

From the Browse File Copies option or the Find Files/Folders to Restore option, click
the Configure button to display the Cloud Configuration dialog.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Cloud Configuration dialog, use the drop-down menu to select which
cloud vendor type you want to restore from. The available options are Amazon S3,
Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus. (Amazon
S3 is the default vendor). For more information about Fujitsu Cloud (Windows
Azure), see the Overview and Registration.
Note: After encoding the bucket name, if the path length is greater than 170
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2. Specify the Configuration Options.

The configuration options for each cloud vendor are similar (with some different
terminology), and any differences are described.
a. Specify the Connection Settings:
Vendor URL
Identifies the URL address of the cloud provider.
(For Amazon S3, Windows Azure, and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), the
Vendor URL is automatically pre-populated. For Eucalyptus-Walrus, the
Vendor URL must be manually entered using the specified format).
Access Key ID/Account Name/Query ID
Identifies the user who is requesting access this location.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Access Key ID, Windows Azure and Fujitsu
Cloud (Windows Azure) use Account Name, and Eucalyptus-Walrus uses
Query ID).
Secret Access Key/Secret Key
Because your Access Key is not encrypted, this Secret Access Key is a
password that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access
this location.
Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of
your accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in
a secure location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or
other publicly accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure
channels.
(For this field, Amazon S3 uses Secret Access Key. Windows Azure, Fujitsu
Cloud (Windows Azure), and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Secret Key).

Enable Proxy
If you select this option, you must also include the IP address (or machine
name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port number that is used
by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also select this
option if your proxy server requires authentication. You then must provide
the corresponding authentication information (Username and Password)
that is required to use the proxy server.
(Proxy capability is not available for Eucalyptus-Walrus).

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b. Specify the Advanced Settings:

Bucket Name/Container
All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and
organized in your buckets (or containers). Buckets are like a container for
your files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every
object stored at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.
Select a bucket name from the drop-down list. If necessary, you can click
the Refresh button to update the list of available buckets.
(For this field, Amazon S3 and Eucalyptus-Walrus use Bucket Name.
Windows Azure and Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure) use Container).
Bucket Region
For Amazon S3 only, the available region for the specified bucket is
displayed in this field.
(For Windows Azure, Fujitsu Cloud (Windows Azure), and
Eucalyptus-Walrus, the region is not displayed).
Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage
For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced
Redundancy Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that
helps you reduce cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower
levels of redundancy than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the
standard and reduced redundancy storage options store data in multiple
facilities and on multiple devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer
times, so the cost is less. You should expect the same latency and
throughput using either the Amazon S3 standard storage or RRS. By default
this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses the standard storage option).
3. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the specified cloud location.
4. Click OK to exit the Cloud Configuration dialog.

Specify the File/Folder to Restore

After you specify the backup or file copy location, search for the file or folder name to
restore. If a file has multiple file copy versions, all versions are listed and sorted by date
(with the most recent listed first).

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Find Files/Folders to Restore dialog, specify what to search for (file or
folder name to restore).
Note: The File Name field supports full name searching and wildcard searching. If
you do not know the complete file name, you can simplify the results of the search
by specifying the wildcard characters "*" and "?" in the File Name field.
The wildcard characters supported for the file or folder name are as follows:
■ Use the asterisk to substitute zero or more characters in a file or folder name.
■ Use the question mark to substitute a single character in a file or folder name.
For example, if you specify *.txt, all files with a .txt file extension appear in the
search results.
2. (Optional) Specify a path to further filter your search and select whether to include
or not include any subdirectories.
3. Click Find to launch search results.
The search results are displayed. If the searched file has multiple file copy versions,
all versions will be listed, sorted by date (with the most recent listed first). It also
indicates if the searched file was backed up or file copied.
4. Select the version (occurrence) of the file/folder that you want to restore and click
Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

The file/folder name to be restored is specified.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify the file or folder to restore, define the restore options for the selected
file or folder.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

The available destination options are:

Restore to Original Location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.
Restore to
Restores to the specified location. You can click the green arrow button to
verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the
Username and Password credentials to gain access to that location.
2. Specify the Resolving Conflicts option that Arcserve UDP performs if conflicts are
encountered during the restore process.
The available options are:
Overwrite existing files
Overwrites (replaces) any existing files, which are at the restore destination. All
objects are restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence
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Replace active files

Replaces any active files upon reboot. If during the restore attempt Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) discovers that the existing file is currently in use or being
accessed, it will not immediately replace that file, but instead to avoid any
problems will delay the replacement of the active files until the next time the
machine is rebooted. (The restore occurs immediately, but the replacement of
any active files is done during the next reboot).
This option is only available if you select the Overwrite existing files option.
Note: If you do not select this option, any active file is skipped from the
restore.
Rename files
Creates a new file if the file name already exists. Selecting this option copies
the source file to the destination with the same filename but a different
extension. Data is then restored to the new file.
Skip existing files
Skips over and not overwrite (replace) any existing files that are located at the
restore destination. Only objects that are not currently existing on your
machine are restored from the backup files.
Default: Skip existing files.
3. Specify the Directory Structure to create a root directory during restore.
Create root directory
Specifies that if a root directory structure exists in the captured backup image,
Arcserve UDP recreates that same root directory structure on the restore
destination path.
With this option not selected, the file or folder is restored directly to the
destination folder.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt" and during
the restore you specified to the restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore the "A.txt" and "B.txt" files individually, the
destination for the restored files will be "D:\Restore\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified file level will not
be recreated).
■ If you select to restore from the "SubFolder2" level, the destination for the
restored files will be "D:\Restore\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\SubFolder2\B.txt" (the root directory above the specified
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With this option selected, the entire root directory path for the files/folders
(including the volume name) is recreated to the destination folder. If the
files/folders to be restored are from the same volume name, then the
destination root directory path does not include that volume name. However, if
the files/folders to be restored are from different volume names, then the
destination root directory path does include the volume name.
For example, if during the backup you captured the files
"C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt", "C:\Folder1\SubFolder2\B.txt", and also
E:\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" and during the restore you specified to the
restore destination as "D:\Restore".
■ If you select to restore just the "A.txt" file, the destination for the restored
file will be "D:\Restore\ Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" (the entire root
directory without the volume name will be recreated).
■ If you select to restore both the "A.txt" and "C.txt" files, the destination for
the restored files will be "D:\Restore\C\Folder1\SubFolder2\A.txt" and
"D:\Restore\E\Folder3\SubFolder4\C.txt" (the entire root directory with
the volume name will be recreated).
4. The Encryption Password for file copy destination is loaded automatically. If you
select an alternate destination for the restore, you will need to enter the password
manually.
5. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options are defined to restore the specified file/folder.

Restore the File/Folder

The Restore Summary dialog helps you to review all the restore options that you
previously defined and lets you modify them if necessary.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that
all the restore options and settings are correct.

■ If the summary information is incorrect, click Previous and go back to the applicable
dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore process.
The specified file/folder is restored.

Verify that the File/Folder was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, verify that the file/folder was restored to
the specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the restore destination you specified.
A list of folders appears.
2. Locate the file to which you have restored the content.
For example, If you select to restore the "A.txt'' file to the restore destination as
"D:\Restore, then navigate to the following location:
D:\Restore\A.txt.

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3. Verify the content of the restored file/folder.

The restored content is successfully verified.

How to Restore a Virtual Machine

Arcserve UDP lets you use the Recover VM option to restore a virtual machine (VM) that
you previously backed up using Host-Based Agentless backup. This method helps you
restore the entire virtual machine to the original or to an alternate ESX or Hyper-V
location. You can browse the available virtual machine recovery points from a calendar
view and select which recovery point you want to restore.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore from a virtual machine:

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Perform the following tasks to restore a virtual machine:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 590)
2. Specify the Virtual Machine Information to Restore (see page 591)
a. Specify the Virtual Machine and the Recovery Point to Restore (see page 591)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 594)
■ Define the Original Location Restore Options (see page 596)
■ Define the Alternate Location Restore Options (see page 598)
3. Restore the Virtual Machine (see page 603)
4. Verify that the Virtual Machine was Restored (see page 604)

Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have a valid recovery point available to restore from.
■ You have a valid and accessible target Virtual Center/ESX or Hyper-V server to
recover the virtual machine.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ Arcserve UDP allows multiple restore jobs to run at the same time if the jobs are
not for the same VM. If you attempt to launch a restore job, while another restore
job is running for the same VM, an alert message informs you that another job is
running and requests you to try again later.
■ If the Recover VM destination is Windows Server 2008 R2 then the source backup
VM should not contain VHDx disks, which are not supported on the Hyper-V server
(Windows Server 2008 R2).
■ If the Recover VM destination is Windows Server 2008 R2 or Win2012 then the
source backup VM's sub-system type should not be generation 2 (which was
introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2), and is not supported on the Hyper-V
server (Windows Server 2012/2008 R2).

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Specify the Virtual Machine Information to Restore

You can recover an entire virtual machine from a recovery point.

The process involved in restoring virtual machine is as follows:

1. Specify the Virtual Machine and the Recovery Point to Restore (see page 591)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 594)
■ Define the Original Location Restore Options (see page 596)
■ Define the Alternate Location Restore Options (see page 598)

Specify the Virtual Machine and the Recovery Point to Restore

Use the Recover VM option to restore a virtual machine that you previously backed up.
This method quickly and consistently creates a virtual machine from an Arcserve UDP
recovery point on an ESX or Hyper-V server. The recovered virtual machine can then
simply be started to complete the recovery process.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.

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2. Click the Recover VM option.

The Recover VM dialog opens.

3. Click Change to change the Backup Location.

The Source dialog opens. You can select the backup location in this dialog.

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4. Select one of the following options:

Select local disk or shared folder
a. Specify or browse to the location where your backup images are stored and
select the appropriate backup source.
You can click the green arrow button to verify the connection to the specified
location. If necessary, enter the Username and Password credentials to gain
access to that source location.
The Select backup location dialog opens.
b. Select the folder where the recovery points are stored and click OK.
The Select backup location dialog closes and you can see the backup location
in the Source dialog.
c. Click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Recover VM dialog.
Select Recovery Point Server
a. Specify the Recovery Point Server setting details and click Refresh.
All the nodes (agents/virtual machines) are listed in the Node column in the
Source dialog.
b. Select the node (agent/virtual machine) from the displayed list and click OK.
The recovery points are listed in the Recover VM dialog.
5. From the Virtual Machine drop-down list, select the virtual machine to recover.
The calendar view appears and all the dates containing recovery points for the
specified backup source are highlighted in green.
6. Select the calendar date for the virtual machine image to restore.
The corresponding recovery points for that date are displayed, with the time of the
backup, the type of backup that was performed, and the name of the backup.
7. Select a recovery point to restore.
The backup content (including any applications) for the selected recovery point is
displayed. When restoring a virtual machine, the entire system is restored. As a
result, you can view, but not select individual volumes, folders, or files from within
the selected virtual machine.
Note: A clock icon with a lock symbol indicates that the recovery point contains
encrypted information and can require a password for restore.
8. Click Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

The virtual machine and the recovery point to restore are specified.

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Define the Restore Options

After you specify the virtual machine and the recovery point to restore, define the
restore options for the selected virtual machine image.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

The available destination options are:

Restore to Original Location
Restores the virtual machine to the original location from where the backup
image was captured. By default, this option is selected.
For more information, see Define the Original Location Restore Options (see
page 596).
Restore to an Alternative Location
Restores to the virtual machine to a different location from where the backup
image was captured.
For more information, see Define the Alternate Location Restore Options (see
page 598).

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2. Specify the Resolving Conflicts options that Arcserve UDP will perform if conflicts
are encountered during the restore process
Overwrite existing Virtual Machine
This option is to specify whether or not to overwrite the existing virtual
machine. By default, this overwrite option is not selected.
The available option is whether or not to overwrite the existing virtual
machine. By default, this overwrite option is not selected.
Note: For the Overwrite existing Virtual Machine option, an "existing virtual
machine" is defined as a VM which has the same VM name and resides in the
same ESXi host. If there is a VM which has the same VM name but resides in a
different ESXi host (which is under the same vCenter), this overwrite option will
not work. In this case, a VM recovery will fail because a VM with the same
name (including the ESXi host) does not exist, and therefore cannot be
overwritten. This failure is to avoid mistakenly overwrite a VM. To work around
this, you need to either rename the existing VM or use the "Restore to
alternative location" option and specify a different VM name.
■ If you select this option, the restore process overwrites (replaces) any
existing images of this virtual machine that are at the specified restore
destination. The virtual machine image is restored from the backup files
regardless of its current presence on your restore destination.
■ If you do not select this option, and if you restore to the original location,
the VM recovery job will fail if the VM still exists on the original location;
and if you restore to alternative location, the restore process creates a
separate image of this virtual machine and the restore process does not
overwrite any existing images that are at the specified restore destination.
Generate new Virtual Machine instance UUID
This option is to specify whether to generate a new instance UUID for the
restored VM or keep the original instance UUID. For Hyper-V VM, this option is
selected and grayed out because Arcserve UDP always uses new instance UUID
for restored Hyper-V VM.
Note: If you do not select this option, then the original instance UUID will be
set to the restored VM. However, in case the destination vCenter/ESXi already
has a VM with the same instance UUID, new UUID will be used instead and a
warning message is displayed in the activity log of VM recovery job.
3. Specify the Post Recovery option.
Select whether power is applied to the virtual machine at the end of the restore
process. By default, this option is not selected.

The restore options are defined to restore a virtual machine.

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Define the Original Location Restore Options

During the Recover VM configuration process, you are required to select the option of
where you want to restore the virtual machine to. The available selections are Restore
to the Original Location and Restore to an Alternative Location.

This procedure explains how to restore a virtual machine to the original location.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, after specifying the Resolve Conflicts and Post
Recovery options, select Restore to Original Location and click Next.
The appropriate dialog for VMware or Hyper-V is displayed.
■ For VMware the Set Credential for Source vCenter/ESX Server dialog is
displayed.

■ For Hyper-V the Set the credentials for the source Hyper-V Server dialog is
displayed.

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2. Specify the credentials for accessing the virtual machine.

■ For VMware, complete the following fields.
vCenter/ESX Server
Displays the host name or IP address for the destination vCenter Server or ESX
Server system.
Note: You cannot edit this field. You can only view the details.
VM Name
Displays the virtual machine name that you are restoring.
Note: You cannot edit this field. You can only view the details.
Protocol
Specifies the protocol that you want to use for communication with the
destination server. The available selections are HTTP and HTTPS.
Port Number
Specifies the port that you want to use for data transfer between the source
server and the destination.
Default: 443.
Username
Specifies the user name that has access rights to log in to the vCenter/ESX
server where you plan to restore the virtual machine.
Password
Specifies the corresponding password for the User Name.
■ For Hyper-V, complete the following fields.
Hyper-V/Hyper-V Cluster Server
Displays the host name or IP address for the destination Hyper-V Server or
Hyper-V cluster server system.
Note: You cannot edit this field. You can only view the details.
VM Name
Displays the virtual machine name that you are restoring.
Note: You cannot edit this field. You can only view the details.
Username
Specifies the user name that has access rights to log in to the Hyper-V server
where you plan to restore the virtual machine. For Hyper-V cluster VM, specify
the domain account which has administrative privilege of the cluster.

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Password
Specifies the corresponding password for the User Name.
3. Click OK.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options for original location are defined.

Define the Alternate Location Restore Options

During the Restore VM configuration process, specify where the recovered virtual
machine is stored. The available selections are Restore to the Original Location and
Restore to an Alternative Location.

This procedure explains how to restore a virtual machine to alternate location or

different data store.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, after specifying the Resolve Conflicts and Post
Recovery options, select Restore to an Alternative Location.
■ For VMware, the Restore Options dialog expands to display additional restore
to alternative options.

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■ For Hyper-V, the Restore Options dialog expands to display additional restore
to alternative options.
If you select the Specify a virtual disk path for each virtual disk option, the
following dialog appears:

2. Specify the appropriate server Information.

■ For VMware, enter the following fields:
vCenter/ESX Server
Specifies the host name or IP address for the destination vCenter or ESX server
system.
Username
Specifies the user name that has access rights to log in to the vCenter/ESX
server where you plan to restore the virtual machine. For Hyper-V cluster VM,
specify the domain account which has administrative privilege of the cluster.
Password
Specifies the corresponding password for the User Name.

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Protocol
Specifies the protocol that you want to use for communication with the
destination server. The available selections are HTTP and HTTPS.
Default: HTTPS.
Note: VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.0.1 is in-built with
Arcserve UDP 6.0 but VDDK 6.0.1 does not support HTTP. Make sure to select
HTTPS, unless you manually replace the built-in VDDK 6.0.1 with another
version of VDDK.
Port Number
Specifies the port that you want to use for data transfer between the source
server and the destination.
Default: 443.
■ For Hyper-V, enter the following fields:
Hyper-V Server
Displays the host name or IP address for the destination Hyper-V Server
system.
Username
Specifies the user name that has access rights to log in to the Hyper-V server
where you plan to restore the virtual machine. For Hyper-V cluster VM, specify
the domain account that has administrative privilege of the cluster.
Password
Specifies the corresponding password for the User Name.
Add virtual machine to the cluster
Select the option if you want to add the virtual machine that Arcserve UDP
restores, into the cluster. Consider the following options:
■ If you provide the cluster node name as the Hyper-V server name, the
check box is disabled and checked by default. As a result, the virtual
machine is automatically added into the cluster.
■ If you provide the host name of a Hyper-V server that is part of the cluster
the check box is enabled and you can select to add the virtual machine into
the cluster.
■ If you provide the host name of a standalone Hyper-V server that is not
part of the cluster the check box is disabled and unchecked.
3. When the vCenter/ESX Server Information or Hyper-V Server Information is
specified, click the Connect to this vCenter/ESX Server button or click the Connect
to this Hyper-V Server button.
If the alternative server access credential information is correct, the VM Settings
fields become enabled.

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4. Specify the VM Settings.

■ For VMware, enter the following fields.
VM Name
Specifies the virtual machine name that you are restoring.
ESX Server
Specifies the destination ESX server. The drop-down menu contains a listing of
all ESX servers that are associated with a vCenter server.
Resource Pool
Selects the Resource Pool or vApp Pool you want to use for the virtual machine
recovery.
Note: A Resource Pool is a configured collection of CPU and memory resources.
A vApp Pool is a collection of one or more virtual machines that can be
managed as a single object.
Default: empty.
Click the Browse Resource Pool button to display the Select a Resource Pool
dialog. This dialog contains a listing of all Resource Pools and vApp Pools
available for the destination ESX server. Select the pool to use for the virtual
machine recovery. You can leave this field blank when you do not want to
assign a Resource Pool or vApp Pool to this virtual machine recovery.

VM DataStore
Specify the destination VM DataStore for the virtual machine recovery or each
virtual disk within the virtual machine.
A virtual machine can have multiple virtual disks and you can specify a different
data store for each virtual disk.

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For example:
■ Disk0 can be restored to Datastore1.
■ Disk1 can be restored to Datastore1.
■ Disk2 can be restored to Datastore2.
Important! For VM DataStore, this field only populates if the user has full
VMware system administrator permissions. If the user does not have proper
administrator permissions, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will not continue
the restore process after you connect to the vCenter/ESX Server.
Disk Datastore
Specifies the data store (on ESX server) for each of the virtual disks of the VM
respectively. The default data store of the VM disk file for the ESX server is
shown by default. To assign the virtual disk type, you can select one of the
following options: Thin, Thick Lazy Zeroed, or Thick Eager Zeroed.
Network
Specifies the vSphere Standard Switch/vSphere Distributed Switch
configuration details.
■ For Hyper-V, enter the following fields.
VM Name
Specifies the virtual machine name that you are restoring.
VM Path
Specifies the destination path (on Hyper-V server) where to save the Hyper-V
VM configuration file. The default folder of the VM configuration file for the
Hyper-V server is shown by default. You can modify the path directly in the
field or click Browse to select one.
Note: If you are restoring the virtual machine into Hyper-V cluster and you
want the virtual machine to migrate among the cluster nodes, specify the
cluster shared volume (CSV) for both- the VM path and the virtual disk path.
Specify the same virtual disk path for all virtual disks
Specify one path (on Hyper-V server) where to save all virtual disks of the VM
together. The default folder of the VM disk file for the Hyper-V server is shown
by default. You can modify the path directly in the field or click Browse to
select one.
Note: If you are restoring the virtual machine into Hyper-V cluster and you
want the virtual machine to migrate among the cluster nodes, specify the
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Specify a virtual disk path for each virtual disks

Specify the path (on Hyper-V server) for each of the virtual disks of the VM
respectively. The default folder of the VM disk file for the Hyper-V server is
shown by default. You can modify the path directly in the field or click Browse
to select one. To assign the virtual disk type, select one of the following
options: Fixed Size, Fixed Size (Quick), Dynamically Expanding, and Keep same
as Source disk.
Notes:
– If you are restoring the virtual machine into Hyper-V cluster and you want the
virtual machine to migrate among the cluster nodes, specify the cluster shared
volume (CSV) for both- the VM path and the virtual disk path.
– Do not use Fixed Size (Quick) option unless you are sure that earlier you have
not saved sensitive information on the storage device where the virtual disk file
resides.
Fixed Size (Quick)
Using this option, you can restore Fixed Size disk in a quicker way. You do not
need to clear unused disk blocks to zero while restoring the disk. However,
because of this, some fragments of original data remained on underlying
storage. That situation creates risks of information leaks. After the disk is
mounted into the virtual machine, the user of the virtual machine may use
some disk tools to analyze the raw data in the disk and get the original data on
Hyper-V server storage device where the file of virtual disk resides.
Network
Specifies the network configuration details for the VM.
5. Click OK.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

The restore options for alternate location are defined.

Restore the Virtual Machine

The Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that you defined and
modify them if necessary.

Follow these steps:

On the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that all the
restore options and settings are correct.

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■ If the summary information is incorrect, click Previous and go back to the

applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore
process.

The virtual machine is restored.

Verify that the Virtual Machine was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, verify that the virtual machine was restored
to the specified destination.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the restore destination you specified.
For example, if you select to restore the virtual machine to the restore destination
as original location, then log in to the original vCenter/ESX or Hyper-V Server and
check if the virtual machine exists.
If you select to restore the virtual machine to the Alternate location, then log in to
the alternate vCenter/ESX or Hyper-V Server provided in the restore options and
check if the virtual machine exists.
2. Verify the virtual machine was restored.

The virtual machine is restored successfully.

How to Use Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility

This section contains the following information about the Exchange Granular Restore
(GRT) Utility:

Introduction (see page 605)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 606)
How to Restore Microsoft Exchange Data Using Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility
(see page 607)

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Introduction
The Exchange Granular Restore utility is used to restore Microsoft Exchange email and
non-email objects. The utility includes the injection capability for items, such as emails,
from offline databases (*.EDB) and log files to the original live Exchange databases, as
well as granular data extraction to Personal Storage File (.pst) files.

This utility includes the following key benefits:

■ Supports non-email items (for example, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks) and public
folders.
■ Can work with just a database file as well. Logs are not mandatory, but having them
will ensure more recent data available for restore.
■ It does not need to generate a catalog and directly restores the mail from the
mounted recovery point.
■ Takes a minimum amount of time to restore a mailbox level item from a database
or user mailbox of any size.
■ Supports the command line options to process several databases.

Note: For more details on the supported specifications, functionalities, and other
features, see the Exchange Granular Restore user guide (esr.pdf), located at:
http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V6/ENU/Bookshelf_Files/
PDF/udp_esr_guide.pdf

More information:

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 606)

How to Restore Microsoft Exchange Data Using Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility
(see page 607)

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Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ The Exchange Granular Restore utility is available at the following location:
The tool is installed with the Arcserve UDP Agent under the following directory:
X:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Exchange GRT
Note: The tool is installed with the Arcserve UDP Agent.
■ The Restore job is set to run from the Exchange machine or HBBU proxy machine.
Note: If you want to run the restore job on any other machine, search the recovery
point from the backup destination.
■ The database name, Server name, path to database (.edb), and the log files of the
user are identified to perform the restore job.
To identify, use the Exchange Management Console (EMC), Exchange Control Panel
(ECP), or Exchange Management Shell.
For example:
Get-Mailbox -identity "username" | fl Database

Get-MailboxDatabase -identity "Databasename" | fl Name, Server,

EdbFilePath,LogFolderPath

More information:

How to Restore Microsoft Exchange Data Using Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility
(see page 607)

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How to Restore Microsoft Exchange Data Using Exchange Granular Restore (GRT) Utility
Before you begin, review the prerequisites and considerations (see page 606).

Perform the following tasks to restore Microsoft Exchange mailbox items, using the
Exchange Granular Restore utility:
1. From the Arcserve UDP Agent console, select the Mount Recovery Point task
(recommended) or restore the Exchange database to the local drive. The Mount
Recovery Point dialog opens.

2. Select the recovery point date and click Mount for the volume(s) that contain
Exchange Database and logs.

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Note: If the server that is running the restore job is not the Exchange or HBBU
proxy, click Change to select the appropriate Recovery Point Server, Data Store, and
Exchange Server.
3. Select the drive letter to mount the volume and click OK.

4. Launch the Exchange Granular Restore utility from one of the following locations:

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Start > All Programs > Arcserve > Unified Data Protection > Arcserve UDP Exchange
Granular Restore
or
X:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Exchange GRT\esr.exe
A dialog appears to specify the path for the database and log files.
5. Specify the path to the mounted volume and click Open.

The Arcserve UDP Exchange Granular Restore utility opens.

6. Select the user data to restore and click Export into original mailbox or Export into
.PST.

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Notes:
■ For more details on the supported specifications, features, user options and
limitations, see the Exchange Granular Restore user guide (esr.pdf), located at:
%ProgramFiles%\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Exchange GRT or
http://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V6/ENU/Bookshe
lf_Files/PDF/udp_esr_guide.pdf
■ By default, the utility uses the current user who is logged in to Windows to
establish the connection. If the current user does not have permissions to
impersonate the selected user, an error message appears in the Details pane.
If an error is reported, the recommended action to take is to log in to the
machine with an account that has impersonation rights for the selected user or
the account of the selected user.
7. When the restore job completes, dismount the volume that was used for the
recovery.
To dismount the volume, from the Arcserve UDP Agent console, click Mount
Recovery Point and then click Dismount.

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How to Restore a Microsoft Exchange Application

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) allows you to not only protect and recover your data,
but also helps you to get the applications that will use that data back up and running. All
application recoveries can only be made using the Restore by Recovery Point method.
During an application recovery, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) takes advantage of
Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to help ensure data consistency for any
VSS-aware application. With Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows), you can recover the
Microsoft Exchange Server application without performing a full disaster recovery.

The following diagram illustrates the process to restore a Microsoft Exchange

Application:

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Perform the following tasks to restore a Microsoft Exchange Application:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 612)
2. Specify the Microsoft Exchange Information to Restore (see page 613)
a. Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft Exchange Database (see page 613)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 615)
3. Restore the Microsoft Exchange Application (see page 618)
4. Verify that the Microsoft Exchange Application was Restored (see page 619)

Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) supports the following versions of Microsoft Exchange
Server:
■ Microsoft Exchange 2007 - Single Server Environment, Local Continuous Replication
(LCR), and Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) environment.
For Microsoft Exchange 2007 CCR environment, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows)
must be installed on both the active node and passive node of Microsoft Cluster.
Backup can be performed from an active node and passive node, but restore can
only be performed to an active node.
■ Microsoft Exchange 2010 - Single Server Environment and Database Availability
Group (DAG) environment.
■ Microsoft Exchange 2013 and 2016 - Single Server Environment and Database
Availability Group (DAG) environment.
For Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, 2013, and 2016 DAG environment, Arcserve
UDP Agent (Windows) must be installed on all member servers in the DAG group. A
backup job can also be performed from any member server for both active and
passive database copies, but restore can only be performed to an active database
copy.
Note: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) environment is not
supported by Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows)

Microsoft Exchange Server can be restored at the following levels:

Microsoft Exchange Writer Level
Defines if you want to restore all the Microsoft Exchange Server data, you can
perform a restore at Microsoft Exchange Writer level.
Storage Group Level
Defines if you want to restore a specific Storage Group, you can perform a restore
at this level.
Note: The Storage Group Level does not apply for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010,
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Mailbox Database Level (Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016)
Specifies if you want to restore a specific Mailbox Database, you can perform a
restore at this level.
Mailbox Level (Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016)
Defines if you want to restore a specific Mailbox or mail object.

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a Microsoft Exchange
restore:

Database-level restore
■ The target machine has the same name and the same version of Microsoft
Exchange installed.
■ The target database has the same database name and the same storage group
name (Microsoft Exchange 200X) and be a part of the same Microsoft Exchange
organization.

Granular-level restore
■ To restore Microsoft Exchange data, use the Exchange Granular Restore utility.

Specify the Microsoft Exchange Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) allows you to not only protect and recover your data,
but also helps you to get the Microsoft Exchange Server application that uses that data
back up and running. The Microsoft Exchange Server recovery can only be made using
the Restore by Recovery Point method.

The process involved in restoring a Microsoft Exchange Application is as follows:

1. Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft Exchange Database (see page 613)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 615)

Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft Exchange Database

Use the Browse Recovery Points option to restore from a recovery point. When you
select a recovery date, all the associated recovery points for that date are displayed. You
can then browse and select the Microsoft Exchange database to be restored.

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Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
2. Click the Browse Recovery Points option.
The Browse Recovery Points dialog opens.

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3. Select the recovery point (date and time) and then select the Microsoft Exchange
database to be restored.
The corresponding marker box becomes filled (green) to indicate that the database
has been selected for the restore.
Note: If you do not want the transaction log files to be applied after the restore,
you must manually delete it before the restore is performed. For more information
about manually deleting transaction log files, refer to the Microsoft Exchange
Server documentation.

4. Click Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify a recovery point and content to restore, define the copy options for
the selected recovery point.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

2. Select the destination for the restore.

The available options are to restore to the original location of the backup, restore
the dump file only, or restore to a Recovery Storage Group/Recovery Mailbox
Database.
Restore to original location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.
Dump file only
Restores the dump files only.
For this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will restore the Microsoft
Exchange database file to a specified folder, and will not bring it online after
recovery. You can then use it to mount on Microsoft Exchange Server manually.
Note: When a Recovery Mailbox Database exists, restore with Dump file only
option will fail.

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Replay log on database

Specifies that when the database files are dumped to the destination
folder, you can replay Microsoft Exchange transaction log files and commit
them to the database.
Restore to Recovery Storage Group (Microsoft Exchange 2007)
Restores the database to a Recovery Storage Group (RSG).
An RSG is a storage group that can be used for recovery purposes. You can
restore a Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Database from a backup in a Recovery
Storage Group and then recover and extract data from it, without affecting the
production database that is being accessed by end users.
– If single storage group or database (except a public folder database) from
the same storage group are selected to restore, the default restore
destination is "Restore to Recovery Storage Group" (or "Restore to
Recovery Database").
– If multiple storage groups or databases from multiple storage groups are
selected to restore, Microsoft Exchange can only be restored to the
original location or restore with "Dump file only" option. The default
restore destination is "Restore to original location".
Before restoring Microsoft Exchange 2007 database to a Recovery Storage
Group, you must create a Recovery Storage Group and Mailbox Database with
the same name.
For example, if you want to restore MailboxDatabase1 from the First Storage
Group to a Recovery Storage Group, create a Recovery Storage Group and add
the database "MailboxDatabase1" to the Recovery Storage Group.
Dismount the database before restore and mount the database after restore
Typically before a restore, Microsoft Exchange will perform some checks to
help ensure the following:
– The database to be restored is in "Dismounted" status.
– The database is not restored unexpectedly.
To protect a Microsoft Exchange production database from being restored
unexpectedly, a switch is added to allow the database to be overwritten
during the restore process. Microsoft Exchange will refuse to restore a
database if this switch is not set.
For Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows), these two options are controlled by this
"Dismount the database before restore and mount the database after restore"
option. With this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) lets you launch the
restore process automatically without any manual operations. (You can also
specify to dismount/mount database manually).

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■ If checked, specifies that the recovery process will automatically dismount

the Microsoft Exchange database before the restore process and then
mount the database after the restore process is completed. In addition, if
checked, this option will also allow the Microsoft Exchange database to be
overwritten during the restore.
■ If unchecked, specifies that the recovery process will not automatically
dismount the Microsoft Exchange database before recovery and mount
the database after recovery.
The Microsoft Exchange administrator would have to perform some
manual operations such as dismount the Microsoft Exchange database, set
the Allow Overwrite flag on the database, and mount the Microsoft
Exchange database. (The recovery procedure is performed by Exchange
during the mounting of the database).
In addition, if unchecked, this option does not allow the Microsoft
Exchange database to be overwritten during restore.
Restore to Recovery Database (Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013)
Restores the database to a Recovery Database. A Recovery Database is a
database that can be used for recovery purposes. You can restore a Microsoft
Exchange Mailbox Database from a backup to a Recovery Database and then
recover and extract data from it, without affecting the production database
that is being accessed by end users.
Before restoring a Microsoft Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2013 database to a
Recovery Database, you must first create a Recovery Database.
Note: This option is not applicable for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
3. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

Restore the Microsoft Exchange Application

After you define the restore options, verify that your settings are correct and confirm
the restore process. Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that
you defined and modify them if necessary.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that
all the restore options and settings are correct.

■ If the summary information is not correct, click Previous and go back to the
applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Next and then Finish to launch the
restore process.
The Microsoft Exchange Application is restored.

Verify that the Microsoft Exchange Application was Restored

Follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) restore destination you specified.
For example, if you select to restore the Microsoft Exchange database to the
original location, after the restore is complete, then browse to the physical location
to check if the Microsoft Exchange database and logs are restored.

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If you select to restore the Microsoft Exchange database to Dump File only location
then Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will restore the Microsoft Exchange database
and logs to a specified location.
2. Verify if the Microsoft Exchange Application was restored and check if the database
is mounted and is accessible.
The Microsoft Exchange Application is restored successfully.

How to Restore Exchange Data on a VMware Virtual Machine

Important! To restore Microsoft Exchange data on a VMware virtual machine, it is
suggested to use the Exchange Granular Restore utility (see page 604).

How to Restore a Microsoft SQL Server Application

The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) allows you to not only protect and recover your
data, but also helps you to get the applications that will use that data back up and
running. All application recoveries can only be made using the Restore by Recovery
Point method. During an application recovery, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) takes
advantage of Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to help ensure data
consistency for any VSS-aware application. With Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows), you
can recover the Microsoft SQL Server application without performing a full disaster
recovery.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore a Microsoft SQL Server
Application:

Perform the following tasks to restore a Microsoft SQL Server Application:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 622)
2. Specify the Microsoft SQL Server Information to Restore (see page 624)
a. Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft SQL Server Database (see page 624)
b. Define the Restore Options (see page 626)
3. Restore the Microsoft SQL Server Application (see page 629)
4. Verify that the Microsoft SQL Server Application was Restored (see page 630)

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Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You need Microsoft SQL Server instance before performing a SQL Application
restore.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ We cannot restore database across an instance. Restore to alternate location in
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) means we can restore database and change its
database name and file location. For more information, see Microsoft SQL Server
Restore to Alternate Location Considerations.
■ If the jobs are not for the same VM, Arcserve UDP allows multiple restore jobs to
run at the same time. If you attempt to launch a restore job, while another restore
job is running for the same VM, an alert message informs you that another job is
running and requests you to try again later.
■ Arcserve UDP_agt_windows> only allows one restore job to run at the same time. If
you attempt to launch a restore job manually, while another restore job is running,
an alert message opens informing you that another job is running and requests you
to try again later.

Microsoft SQL Server Restore to Alternate Location Considerations

When you specify to restore a Microsoft SQL Server application to an alternate location,
you can either restore it to an alternate location on the same machine or on a different
machine.

Prior to performing an Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) restore of a Microsoft SQL Server
application to an alternate location, you should consider the following:
If alternate location is on the same machine
For this option, you can either restore a database to a new location (with the
same name) or restore with a new name (to the same location):
■ Same Name - New Location
For example, if Database A is installed in the current SQL Server at "C:\DB_A"
and has been backed up. You can use this option and specify "Alternate File
Location" to restore Database A to an alternate location such as
"D:\Alternate_A.

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After the database has been restored, the database file located at the new
location "D:\Alternate_A" will then be used.
Important! During restore, if you change the database location but retain the
database name, then the previous database will be deleted after the restore is
complete. The restored database file will be pointed to the new location.
When you restore to an alternate location, the Instance Name section is
unavailable because the Instance Name should always be the same and cannot
be changed. As a result, you cannot restore a database to an alternate instance
that is currently located on the same MS SQL Server.
■ Same Location - New Name
For example, if you have two databases (Database A and Database B) installed
in the current SQL Server and both have been backed up. You can use this
option and specify "New database Name" to restore Database A to same
location as Database A_New.
After the databases have been restored, this location will now have three
databases (Database A, Database B, and Database A_New).
If alternate location is on the different machine
■ The SQL Server installation path must be the same as the path that existed
when the backup was performed.
For example, if the backup of the SQL Server is installed at "C:\SQLServer", then
the SQL Server on the new Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) server must also be
installed at C:\SQLServer.
■ The same instance name for the database that existed when the backup was
performed must be installed on Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) server,
otherwise the database associated with that instance will be skipped from the
restore.
For example, if the backup of the SQL Server contained "Instance_1" with
Database A and Database B and "Instance_2" with Database C, but the
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) server only has "Instance_1". After the restore
is complete, Database A and Database B will be restored, but Database C will
not be restored.
■ The SQL Server version on the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) server must be
backwards compatible to the version of the SQL Server used during the backup
session.
For example, you can restore a SQL Server 2005 machine to a SQL Server 2008
machine; however, you cannot restore a SQL Server 2008 machine to a SQL
Server 2005 machine.
■ Restoring a database of 64-bit instance to 32-bit instance is not supported.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 AAG Restore Considerations

When restoring a Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 database that is part of an AlwaysOn
Availability Group (AAG), there are some considerations that you should be aware of.
If the MS SQL database is part of the MS SQL 2012/2014 AlwaysOn Availability
Group (AAG), and restoring to the original location fails, perform the following
tasks:
1. Remove the database to be restored away from the Availability Group. For
more information, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213326.aspx.
2. Share the backup session to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) on every
Availability Group node and then restore the session by Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) on every Availability Group node.
3. Add the database back to an Availability Group. For more information, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213078.aspx.

Specify the Microsoft SQL Server Information to Restore

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) allows you to not only protect and recover your data,
but also helps you to get the Microsoft SQL Server application that uses that data back
up and running. The Microsoft SQL Server recovery can only be made using the Restore
by Recovery Point method.

The process involved in restoring a Microsoft SQL Server Application is as follows:

1. Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft SQL Server Database (see page 624)
2. Define the Restore Options (see page 626)

Specify the Recovery Point and Microsoft SQL Server Database

Use the Browse Recovery Points option to restore from a recovery point. When you
select a recovery date, all the associated recovery points for that date are displayed. You
can then browse and select the Microsoft SQL Server database to be restored.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.

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c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.

All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the server name dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
2. Click the Browse Recovery Points option.
The Browse Recovery Points dialog opens.
3. Select the recovery point (date and time) and then select the Microsoft SQL Server
database to be restored.
4. The corresponding marker box becomes filled (green) to indicate that the database
has been selected for the restore.

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Note: If you do not want the transaction log files to be applied after the restore,
you must manually delete it before the restore is performed. For more information
about manually deleting transaction log files, refer to the Microsoft SQL Server
documentation.

5. Click Next.
The Restore Options dialog opens.

Define the Restore Options

After you specify a recovery point and content to restore, define the copy options for
the selected recovery point.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

2. Select the destination for the restore.

The available options are to restore to the original location of the backup, restore
the dump file only, or restore to alternative location.
Restore to original location
Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.

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Dump file only

For this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) dumps the selected Microsoft
SQL database files to the specified folder. When you select this option, you can
then specify or browse to the folder location where the dump file will be
restored to.

Restore to alternate location

Restores to an alternate location (not the original location).

Backups can be copied to network locations and they can be used by multiple
SQL Server instances. You can perform a multiple database restore
(simultaneously) from the instance level. From this listing, you can select the
database instance and specify a new database name and alternate location to
restore the database to. In addition, you can also browse to the alternate
location where the database will be restored to.

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When restoring a Microsoft SQL Server application to an alternate location,

there are some considerations that you should be aware of. For more
information, see the Microsoft SQL Server Restore to Alternate Location
Considerations section in the topic Review the Restore Prerequisites and
Considerations (see page 622).
3. Click Next.
The Restore Summary dialog opens.

Restore the Microsoft SQL Server Application

After you define the restore options, verify that your settings are correct and confirm
the restore process. Restore Summary helps you to review all the restore options that
you defined and modify them if necessary.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Summary dialog, review the displayed information to verify that
all the restore options and settings are correct.

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■ If the summary information is not correct, click Previous and go back to the
applicable dialog to change the incorrect setting.
■ If the summary information is correct, click Finish to launch the restore
process.
The Microsoft SQL Server Application is restored.

Verify that the Microsoft SQL Server Application was Restored

Follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) restore destination you specified.
For example, if you select to restore the Microsoft SQL Server database to the
original location, after the restore is complete, then browse to the physical location
to check if the Microsoft SQL Server database and logs are restored.
If you select to restore the Microsoft SQL Server database to Dump File only
location then Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will restore the Microsoft SQL Server
database and logs to a specified location.
2. Verify if the Microsoft SQL Server Application was restored and check if the
database is mounted and is accessible.
The Microsoft SQL Server Application is restored successfully.

How to Restore an Oracle Database

You can restore either certain files and tablespaces or the entire Oracle database using
the restore wizard. To restore an Oracle database, locate the files or tablespace on the
destination node. Then, you restore the files or tablespace using the restore wizard.

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore an Oracle database:

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Perform the following tasks to restore an Oracle database:

■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 632)
■ Restore the Server Parameter File (see page 632)
■ Restore the Parameter File (see page 633)
■ Restore the Archived Redo Logs (see page 634)
■ Restore the Tablespaces or Data Files (see page 634)
■ Restore System, Undo Tablespaces, Data Files (see page 635)
■ Restore All Tablespaces and Data Files (see page 637)
■ Restore Control Files (see page 638)
■ Restore the Entire Database (Tablespaces and Control Files) (see page 640)
■ Recover the Oracle Database Using Bare Metal Recovery (see page 641)

Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Review the following prerequisites before you restore the Oracle database:
■ The Oracle VSS writer on the backup node is functioning properly. If the Oracle VSS
writer does not function properly, you get a warning message in the Activity Log
associated with the backup job.
■ You have a valid recovery point.
■ To avoid any restore failure problem, you have saved a duplicate copy of your
system files before you overwrite the original files.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Restore the Server Parameter File

The server parameter file is a repository for initialization parameters. Before you
restore, you must locate the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the database is
in the Open state.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the files.
2. Locate the server parameter file using the following command:
SQL> SHOW PARAMETER SPFILE;

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3. Shut down the database or the Oracle instance before you begin the restore
process:
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the server parameter file using the Restore Wizard. For more information
on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the files are restored.
8. Connect to SQL*Plus to restart the Oracle instance with the restored server
parameter file.

The server parameter file is restored.

Restore the Parameter File

The parameter file includes a list of initialization parameters and values for each
parameters. Before you restore, you must locate the file. When you locate the files,
ensure that the database is in the Open state.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the files.
2. Locate the parameter file (pfile).
Typically, the pfile (INIT<SID>.ORA) is located in the %ORACLE_HOME/database
directory. You can type "INIT<SID>.ORA" to locate the pfile.
3. Shut down the database or the Oracle instance before you begin the restore
process:
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the parameter file using the Restore Wizard. For more information on the
restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the files are restored.
8. Connect to SQL*Plus to restart the Oracle instance with the restored parameter file.

The parameter file is restored.

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Restore the Archived Redo Logs

Archived redo logs are used to recover a database or update a standby database. Before
you restore, you must locate the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the
database is in the Open state.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the files.
2. Locate the archived redo logs using the following command.
SQL> ARCHIVE LOG LIST;

SQL> SHOW PARAMETER DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST;

3. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

4. Restore the archived redo logs using the Restore Wizard. For more information on
the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
5. Log in to the destination computer.
6. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the archived redo logs are restored.

The archived redo logs are restored.

Restore the Tablespaces or Data Files

You can restore the tablespace or data files. Before you restore, you must locate the file.
When you locate the files, ensure that the database is in the Open state. If the database
is open, use the ALTER TABLESPACE. OFFLINE statement to take the tablespaces or
datafiles offline before you begin the restore process.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
2. Locate the user tablespaces or datafiles using the following command:
SQL> SELECT FILE_NAME, TABLESPACE_NAME FROM DBA_DATA_FILES;

3. Change the state of the database to mount, or nomount, or shutdown before you
restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
SQL> STARTUP MOUNT;

SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

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4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the tablespaces or datafiles using the Restore Wizard. For more
information on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the tablespaces or datafiles are
restored.
8. Recover the tablespace or data files.
■ To recover a tablespace, enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt
screen:
SQL> RECOVER TABLESPACE "tablespace_name";

■ To recover a data file, enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt
screen:
SQL> RECOVER DATAFILE 'path';

Oracle checks for the archive redo log files that it needs to apply and displays
the names of the files in a sequence.
9. Enter AUTO in the SQL*Plus prompt screen to apply the files.
Oracle applies the log files to restore the data files. After Oracle finishes applying
the redo log file, it displays the following messages:
Applying suggested logfile

Log applied

After each log is applied, Oracle continues to apply the next redo log file until the
recovery is complete.
10. Enter the following command to bring the tablespace online:
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE "tablespace_name" ONLINE;

The tablespace is now recovered to the last available log file.

Restore System, or Undo Tablespaces or Data Files

You can restore system, or undo tablespaces or data files. Before you restore, you must
locate the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the database is in the Open state.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore system or undo tablespaces or
datafiles.
2. Locate the user tablespaces or datafiles using the following command:
SQL> SELECT TABLESPACE_NAME, FILE_NAME FROM DBA_DATA_FILES;

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3. Change the state of the database to mount, or nomount, or shutdown before you
restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
SQL> STARTUP MOUNT;

SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the tablespaces or datafiles using the Restore Wizard. For more
information on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the system, or undo tablespaces or
datafiles are restored.
8. Recover the tablespace or data files.
■ To recover a tablespace, enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt
screen:
SQL> RECOVER TABLESPACE "tablespace_name";

■ To recover a data file, enter the following command at the SQL*Plus prompt
screen:
SQL> RECOVER DATAFILE 'path';

Oracle checks for the archive redo log files that it needs to apply and displays
the names of the files in a sequence.
9. Enter AUTO in the SQL*Plus prompt screen to apply the files.
Oracle applies the log files to restore the data files. After Oracle finishes applying
the redo log file, it displays the following messages:
Applying suggested logfile

Log applied

After each log is applied, Oracle continues to apply the next redo log file until the
recovery is complete.
10. Enter the following command to bring the tablespace online:
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE "tablespace_name" ONLINE;

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Restore All Tablespaces and Data Files

You can restore all the tablespaces and data files. Before you restore, you must locate
the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the database is in the Open state. If the
database is open, use the ALTER TABLESPACE. OFFLINE statement to take the
tablespaces or datafiles offline before you begin the restore process.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
2. Locate the user tablespaces or datafiles using the following command:
SQL> SELECT FILE_NAME, TABLESPACE_NAME FROM DBA_DATA_FILES;

3. Change the state of the database to mount, or nomount, or shutdown before you
restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
SQL> STARTUP MOUNT;

SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the tablespaces or datafiles using the Restore Wizard. For more
information on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the tablespaces or datafiles are
restored.
8. Recover the database.
SQL> RECOVER DATABASE;

Oracle checks for the archive redo log files that it needs to apply and displays the
names of the files in a sequence.
9. Enter AUTO in the SQL*Plus prompt screen to apply the files.
Oracle applies the log files to restore the data files. After Oracle finishes applying
the redo log file, it displays the following messages:
Applying suggested logfile

Log applied

After each log is applied, Oracle continues to apply the next redo log file until the
recovery is complete.

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Note: If Oracle displays an error indicating that the log file cannot be opened, the
log file may not be available. In such cases, perform the incomplete media recovery
to recover the database again. After all the log files are applied, the database
recovery is complete. For more information about incomplete media recovery, see
the Oracle documentation.
10. Enter the following command to bring the database online:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

The database is now recovered to the last available log file.

Note: If you perform an incomplete media recovery, enter the following command to
change the database to the open state:

SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS;

Restore Control Files

You can restore the control files that stores the physical structure of the database.
Before you restore, you must locate the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the
database is in the Open state.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the control files.
2. Locate the control files using the following command:
SQL> SHOW PARAMETER CONTROL FILES;

3. Change the state of the database to nomount or shutdown before you restore the
control files.
SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the tablespaces or datafiles using the Restore Wizard. For more
information on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the control files are restored.
8. Mount the database to begin the database recovery:
SQL> START MOUNT

9. Enter the RECOVER command with the USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE clause.
SQL> RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE

The database recovery process begins.

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10. (Optional) Specify the UNTIL CANCEL clause to perform an incomplete recovery.
SQL> RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL

11. Apply the prompted archived logs.

Note: If the required archived log is missing, then it implies that a necessary redo
record is located in the online redo logs. It occurs because unarchived changes are
located in the online logs when the instance failed. You can specify the full path of
an online redo log file and press Enter (you may have to try this a few times until
you find the correct log).
12. Enter the following command to return the control file information about the redo
log of a database:
SQL>SELECT * FROM V$LOG;

13. (Optional) Enter the following command to see the names of all of the member of a
group:
SQL>SELECT * FROM V$LOGFILE;

Example: After applying the prompted archived logs, you may see the following
messages:
ORA-00279: change 55636 generated at 24/06/2014 16:59:47 needed for thread 1

ORA-00289: suggestion e:\app\Administrator\flash_recovery_area\orcl\ARCHIVELOG\2014_06_24\

O1_MF_1_2_9TKXGGG2_.ARC

ORA-00280: change 55636 for thread 1 is in sequence #24

Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}

14. Specify the full path of the online redo log file and press Enter.
Example: E:\app\Administrator\oradata\orcl\redo01.log
Note: You have to specify the full path multiple times until you get the correct log.
The following messages are displayed:
Log applied

Media recovery complete

15. Open the database with the RESETLOGS clause after completing the recovery
process.
SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS;

The lost control files are recovered.

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Restore the Entire Database (Tablespaces and Control Files)

You can restore all the entire database (all tablespaces and control files). Before you
restore, you must locate the file. When you locate the files, ensure that the database is
in the Open state. If the database is open, use the ALTER TABLESPACE.
OFFLINE statement to take the tablespaces or datafiles offline before you begin the
restore process.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to restore the tablespaces or datafiles.
2. Locate the user tablespaces or datafiles using the following command:
SQL> SELECT TABLESPACE_NAME, FILE_NAME from DBA_DATA_FILES;

SQL> SHOW PARAMETER CONTROL FILES;

3. Change the state of the database to nomount, or shutdown before you restore the
tablespaces or datafiles.
SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;

4. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console.

5. Restore the tablespaces or datafiles using the Restore Wizard. For more
information on the restore process, see How to Restore From a Recovery Point.
6. Log in to the destination computer.
7. Navigate to the specific folders and verify that the tablespaces or datafiles are
restored.
8. Recover the database.
SQL> RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL;

9. Apply the prompted archived logs.

Note: If the required archived log is missing, then it implies that a necessary redo
record is located in the online redo logs. It occurs because unarchived changes are
located in the online logs when the instance failed. You can specify the full path of
an online redo log file and press Enter (you may have to try this a few times until
you find the correct log).
10. Enter the following command to return the control file information about the redo
log of a database:
SQL>SELECT * FROM V$LOG;

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11. (Optional) Enter the following command to see the names of all of the member of a
group:
SQL>SELECT * FROM V$LOGFILE;

Example: After applying the prompted archived logs, you may see the following
messages:
ORA-00279: change 55636 generated at 24/06/2014 16:59:47 needed for thread 1

ORA-00289: suggestion e:\app\Administrator\flash_recovery_area\orcl\ARCHIVELOG\2014_06_24\

O1_MF_1_2_9TKXGGG2_.ARC

ORA-00280: change 55636 for thread 1 is in sequence #24

Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}

12. Specify the full path of the online redo log file and press Enter.
Example: E:\app\Administrator\oradata\orcl\redo01.log
Note: You have to specify the full path multiple times until you get the correct log.
The following messages are displayed:
Log applied

Media recovery complete

13. Open the database with the RESETLOGS clause after completing the recovery
process.
SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS;

The entire database is restored.

Recover the Oracle Database Using Bare Metal Recovery

Bare metal recovery lets you recover and rebuild the entire computer system during a
disaster. You can restore the original computer or you can restore another computer.

Follow these steps:

1. Restore the computer using one of the following methods:
■ If the recovery points are from an agent-based backup, perform a BMR to
restore the computer.
■ If the recovery points are from a host-based agentless backup, then use
Recover VM to restore the computer.

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2. Log in to the restored computer.

3. Open the command prompt and connect to the Oracle instance (for example ORCL)
as sysdba.
4. Verify the status of the Oracle instance.
SQL> SELECT STATUS FROM V$INSTANCE;

5. Perform one of the following steps depending on the status of the Oracle instance:
■ If the status is Shutdown, then start and open the instance.
SQL> STARTUP;

SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

■ If the status is Nomount, then mount and open the instance.

SQL> ALTER DATABASE MOUNT;

SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

■ If the status is Mount, then open the Oracle instance.

SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

6. Recovery by executing the RECOVER command if database need media recovery

SQL> RECOVER DATABASE;

7. Open the Oracle instance after the media recovery is complete.

SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

The Oracle database is recovered using the bare metal recovery.

How to Perform a File-Level Recovery on Linux Nodes

A file-level recovery restores individual files and folders from a recovery point. You can
restore as minimum as one file from the recovery point. This option is useful if you want
to restore selected files and not the entire recovery point.

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The following diagram displays the process to perform a file-level recovery:

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Perform these tasks for a file-level recovery:

■ Review the Restore Prerequisites (see page 644)
■ (Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine (see
page 645)
■ Specify the Recovery Point (see page 646)
■ Specify the Target Machine Details (see page 650)
■ Specify the Advanced Settings (see page 654)
■ (Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation (see page 655)
■ Create and Run the Restore Job (see page 658)
■ Verify that Files are Restored (see page 659)

Review the Prerequisites

Consider the following options before you perform a file-level recovery:
■ You have a valid recovery point and the encryption password, if any.
■ You have a valid target node to recover data.
■ You have verified that the Linux Backup Server supports the file system that you
want to restore.
For example, RedHat 7.x does not support the reiserfs file system. If the operating
system of the Backup Server is RedHat 7.x and you want to restore the reiserfs file
system, you must install the file system driver to support reiserfs. You can also use
Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD to perform the file-level restore because Live
CD supports all types of file system.
■ You have installed the following packages on the Linux Backup Server:
■ mdadm
■ kpartx
■ lvm2
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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(Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine
If you have stored your data in an iSCSI target volume, you can connect to the iSCSI
volume and recover data. The iSCSI volume lets you manage data and transfer data over
a network.

Verify that you have the latest release of the iSCSI-initiator software installed on your
Backup Server. The initiator software on RHEL systems is packaged as iscsi-initiator-utils.
The initiator software on SLES systems is packaged as open-iscsi.

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the shell environment of the Backup Server.
2. Run one of the following commands to start the iSCSI initiator daemon.
■ For RHEL systems:
/etc/init.d/iscsid start

The service on RHEL systems is named iscsid.

■ For SLES systems:
/etc/init.d/open-iscsi start

The service on SLES systems is named open-iscsi.

3. Run a discovery script to discover the iSCSI target host.
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number>

The default port value of iSCSI target host is 3260.

4. Make a note of the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI target host found by the
discovery script before you manually log into the discovered target.
5. List the available block device of the Backup Server.
#fdisk -l

6. Log in to the discovered target.

iscsiadm -m node -T <iSCSI Target IQN name> -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number> -l

You can see a block device in the /dev directory of the Backup Server.

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7. Run the following command to obtain the new device name:

#fdisk –l

You can see an additional device named /dev/sd<x> on the Backup Server.
For example, consider the name of the device is /dev/sdc. This device name is used
to create a partition and a file system in the following steps.
8. Mount the iSCSI volume using the following commands:
# mkdir /iscsi

# mount /dev/sdc1 /iscsi

Note: When you specify the session location in the Restore Wizard, you need to
select Local and enter the path /iscsi.
Example: <path>/iscsi
9. (Optional) Add the following record to the /etc/fstab file so that the iSCSI volume
automatically connects with the Backup Server after you restart the server.
/dev/sdc1 /iscsi ext3 _netdev 0 0

The Backup Server can now connect to the iSCSI volume and can recover data from the
iSCSI volume.

Specify the Recovery Point

Each time that you perform a backup, a recovery point is created. Specify the recovery
point information in the Restore Wizard so that you can recover the exact data that you
want. You can restore specific files or all files depending on your requirement.

Note: If you have selected Source local as your backup destination, the Backup Server
cannot connect to the Source local directly. To access the Source local, you have to
perform additional configurations.

To restore files from Source local, follow these steps:

a. Share the backup destination (Source local) and ensure that the Backup server
can connect to the backup destination.
b. Add the shared destination as the backup storage location to the Backup
server.

Now, Source local behaves as an NFS backup storage location and you can restore files
from the share.

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Follow these steps:

1. Access the Restore Wizard in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface opens. The restore type
selection dialog is displayed in the Agent UI.
f. Select the restore type and click OK.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the Restore
Wizard opens from the agent node.

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■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux):

a. Open the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
Note: During the installation of Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux), you received
the URL to access and manage the server. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux).
b. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Restore File.
Restore Wizard - File Restore opens.
2. Click Next.
The Recovery Points page of the Restore Wizard opens. The recent recovery point
is selected.

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3. Select a session from the Session Location drop-down list, if you want to restore
another session, and enter the full path of the share.
For example, consider the Session Location as NFS share, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as the IP
address of the NFS share, and the folder name is Data. You would enter
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/Data as the NFS share location.
Note: If the backed up data is stored in Source local, then you must first convert the
source node to an NFS server, and then share the session location.
4. Click Connect.
All the nodes that have been backed up to this location get listed in the Machine
drop-down list.
5. Select the node that you want to restore from the Machine drop-down list.
All the recovery points of the selected node get listed.
6. Apply the date filter to display the recovery points that are generated between the
specified date and click Search.
Default: Recent two weeks.
All the recovery points available between the specified dates are displayed.
7. Select the recovery point that you want to restore and click Add. If the recovery
point is encrypted, enter the encryption password to restore data.
The Browse-<node name> dialog opens.

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8. Select the files and folders that you want to restore and click OK.
Note: If you try to locate a file or folder using the Search field, ensure that you
select the highest folder in the hierarchy. The search is conducted on all the child
folders of the selected folder.
The Browse-<node name> dialog closes and you return to the Recovery Points
page. The selected files and folders are listed under Files/Folders to be restored.
9. Click Next.
The Target Machine page opens.

The recovery point is specified.

Specify the Target Machine Details

Specify the target node details so that data is restored to that node. You can restore the
selected files or folders to the source node or to a new node.

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Follow these steps:

■ To restore to the node from where the data was backed up, follow these steps:
1. Select Restore to original location on the Target Machine page.
The Host Name field in Target Machine Settings gets populated with the name
of the source node.

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2. Enter the user name and the password of the node.

3. Select one of the following options to resolve conflicting files:
Overwrite existing files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine then the backup file
from the recovery point replaces the existing file.
Rename files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine, then a new file is
created with the same file name and .d2dduplicate<x> file extension. <x>
specifies the number of times the file is restored. All the data is restored to
the new file.
Skip existing files
Specifies that if the same file exists in the target machine, then those files
are not restored from the recovery point.

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4. Click Next.
The Advanced page opens.
■ To restore to a new node, follow these steps:
1. Select Restore to alternative location on the Target Machine page.

2. Enter the host name or the IP address of the target node.

3. Enter the user name and the password of the node.
4. Enter the path where the data is restored, or click Browse to select the folder
where the data is restored and click OK.

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5. Select one of the following options to resolve conflicting files:

Overwrite existing files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine then the backup file
from the recovery point replaces the existing file.
Rename files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine, then a new file is
created with the same file name and .d2dduplicate<x> file extension. <x>
specifies the number of times the file is restored. All the data is restored to
the new file.
Skip existing files
Specifies that if the same file exists in the target machine then those files
are not restored from the recovery point.
6. (Optional) Select Create root directory.
7. Click Next.
The Advanced page opens.

The target machine details are specified.

Specify the Advanced Settings

Specify the advanced settings to perform a scheduled recovery of your data. Scheduled
recovery ensures that your data is recovered at the specified time even in your absence.

Follow these steps:

1. Set the start date and time by selecting one of the following options:
Run Now
Starts the file-level restore job as soon as you submit the job.
Set Starting Date and Time
Starts the file-level restore job at the specified date and time after submitting
the job.

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2. (Optional) Select Estimate file size.

3. (Optional) Select a script from the Pre/Post Scripts Settings option.
These scripts run script commands for actions to take before the start of the job
and/or upon the completion of the job.
Note: The Pre/Post Script Settings fields are populated only if you already created a
script file and placed it at the following location:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Note: For more information about creating the pre/post scripts, see Manage
Pre/Post Scripts for Automation.
4. Click Next.
The Summary page opens.

The advanced settings are specified.

(Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation

Pre/Post scripts let you run your own business logic at specific stages of a running job.
You can specify when to run your scripts in Pre/Post Script Settings of the Backup
Wizard and the Restore Wizard in the UI. The scripts can be run on the Backup Server
depending on your setting.

Managing the pre/post script is a two part process, consisting of creating the pre/post
script and placing the script in the prepost folder.

Create Pre/Post Scripts

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the Backup Server as a root user.
2. Create a script file using the environment variables in your preferred scripting
language.
Pre/Post Script Environment Variables
To create your script, use the following environment variables:
D2D_JOBNAME
Identifies the name of the job.

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D2D_JOBID
Identifies the job ID. Job ID is a number provided to the job when you run the
job. If you run the same job again, you get a new job number.
D2D_TARGETNODE
Identifies the node that is being backed up or restored.
D2D_JOBTYPE
Identifies the type of the running job. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBTYPE variable:
backup.full
Identifies the job as a full backup.
backup.incremental
Identifies the job as an incremental backup.
backup.verify
Identifies the job as a verify backup.
restore.bmr
Identifies the job as a bare-metal recovery (BMR). This is a restore job.
restore.file
Identifies the job as a file-level restore. This is a restore job.
D2D_SESSIONLOCATION
Identifies the location where the recovery points are stored.
D2D_PREPOST_OUTPUT
Identifies a temp file. The content of the first line of the temp file is displayed in
the activity log.
D2D_JOBSTAGE
Identifies the stage of the job. The following values identify the D2D_JOBSTAGE
variable:
pre-job-server
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post-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server after the job
completes.
pre-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before the job starts.
post-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after the job
completes.
pre-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before capturing the
snapshot.
post-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after capturing the
snapshot.
D2D_TARGETVOLUME
Identifies the volume that is backed up during a backup job. This variable is
applicable for pre/post snapshot scripts for a backup job.
D2D_JOBRESULT
Identifies the result for a post job script. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBRESULT variable:
success
Identifies the result as successful.
fail
Identifies the result as unsuccessful.
D2DSVR_HOME
Identifies the folder where Backup Server is installed. This variable is applicable
for the scripts that run on the Backup Server.

The script is created.

Note: For all scripts, a return value of zero indicates success and a nonzero return value
indicates failure.

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Place the Script in the Prepost Folder and Verify

All the pre/post scripts for a Backup Server are centrally managed from the prepost
folder at the following location:

/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Follow these steps:

1. Place the file in the following location of the Backup Server:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

2. Provide the execution permission to the script file.

3. Log into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
4. Open the Backup Wizard or the Restore Wizard and navigate to the Advanced tab.
5. Select the script file in the Pre/Post Script Settings drop-down list and then submit
the job.
6. Click Activity Log and verify that the script is executed to the specified backup job.
The script is executed.

The pre/post scripts are successfully created and placed in the prepost folder.

Create and Run the Restore Job

Create and run the restore job so that you can initiate the file-level recovery. Verify the
recovery point information before you restore the files. If needed, you can go back and
can change the restore settings on the wizard.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify the restore details on the Summary page of the Restore Wizard.
2. (Optional) Click Previous to modify the information that you have entered on any
page of the Restore Wizard.
3. Enter a job name and click Submit.
The Job Name field has a default name initially. You can enter a new job name of
your choice but you cannot leave this field empty.
The Restore Wizard closes. You can see the status of the job in the Job Status tab.

The restore job is successfully created and run.

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Verify that Files are Restored

After the completion of restore job, verify that all the files are restored in the target
node. Check the Job History and Activity Log tabs in the Status pane to monitor the
progress of the restore process.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the target machine where you restored data.
2. Verify that the required data from the recovery point is restored.
The files are successfully verified.

The file-level recovery is successfully performed.

How to Perform a File-Level Recovery from Host-Based Agentless

Backup for Linux Nodes
A file-level recovery restores individual files and folders from a recovery point. You can
restore as minimum as one file from the recovery point. This option is useful if you want
to restore selected files and not the entire recovery point.

Perform these tasks for a file-level recovery:

■ Review the Restore Prerequisites (see page 644)
■ Specify the Recovery Point (see page 661)
■ Specify the Target Machine Details (see page 650)
■ Specify the Advanced Settings (see page 654)
■ (Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation (see page 655)
■ Create and Run the Restore Job (see page 658)
■ Verify that Files are Restored (see page 659)

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Review the Prerequisites

Consider the following options before you perform a file-level recovery:
■ You have a valid recovery point and the encryption password, if any.
■ You have a valid target node to recover data.
■ You have verified that the Linux Backup Server supports the file system that you
want to restore.
For example, RedHat 7.x does not support the reiserfs file system. If the operating
system of the Backup Server is RedHat 7.x and you want to restore the reiserfs file
system, you must install the file system driver to support reiserfs. You can also use
Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD to perform the file-level restore because Live
CD supports all types of file system.
■ You have installed the following packages on the Linux Backup Server:
■ mdadm
■ kpartx
■ lvm2
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Specify the Recovery Point

Each time that you perform a backup, a recovery point is created. Specify the recovery
point information in the Restore Wizard so that you can recover the exact data that you
want. You can restore specific files or all files depending on your requirement.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the Restore Wizard in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface opens. The restore type
selection dialog is displayed in the Agent UI.
f. Select the restore type and click OK.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the Restore
Wizard opens from the agent node.

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■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux):

a. Open the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
Note: During the installation of Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux), you received
the URL to access and manage the server. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux).
b. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Restore File.
Restore Wizard - File Restore opens.
You can see the Backup Server in the Backup Server page of the Restore
Wizard. You cannot select any option from the Backup Server drop-down
list.
2. Click Next.
The Recovery Points page of the Restore Wizard opens.
Important! If you have opened the Wizard from the Console, the session location
and machine details are automatically displayed. You can skip to Step 5.

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3. Select a either CIFS share or RPS server from the Session Location drop-down list.
Note: You cannot select NFS share or Local for restoring host-based agentless
backup sessions.
4. Follow one of the following steps depending on your session location:
For CIFS share
a. Specify the full path of the CIFS share and click Connect.
b. Specify the username and password to connect to the CIFS share and click OK.
All the machines are listed in the Machine drop-down list and an RPS button
appears beside Machine.

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c. Select the machine from the drop-down list and click RPS.
The Recovery Point Server Information dialog opens.
d. Provide the RPS details and click Yes.
The dialog Recovery Point Server Information closes. All the recovery points
from the selected machine are displayed below the Date Filter option.
For RPS server
e. Select RPS server and click Add.
The Recovery Point Server Information dialog opens.
f. Provide the RPS details and click Load
g. Select the data store from the drop-down list and click Yes.
The Recovery Point Server Information dialog closes and you see the wizard.
h. Click Connect.
All the machines are listed in the Machine drop-down list.
i. Select the machine from the drop-down list.
All the recovery points from the selected machine are displayed below the
Date Filter option.
5. Apply the date filter to display the recovery points that are generated between the
specified date and click Search.
Default: Recent two weeks.
All the recovery points available between the specified dates are displayed.
6. Select the recovery point that you want to restore and click Add. If the recovery
point is encrypted, enter the encryption password to restore data.
The Browse-<node name> dialog opens.

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Important! If you see the warning message, "The files/folders are displayed under
device file. Click for more information." on the Console, refer the following Note for
resolution.
Note: For some complex disk layout, the file system is shown by the device file. The
change in the file system display behavior does not affect the function of
host-based Linux VM file-level restore. You can browse the file system under the
device file. Also, you can use the search function to search specific file or directory.
7. Select the files and folders that you want to restore and click OK.
Note: If you try to locate a file or folder using the Search field, ensure that you
select the highest folder in the hierarchy. The search is conducted on all the child
folders of the selected folder.
The Browse-<node name> dialog closes and you return to the Recovery Points
page. The selected files and folders are listed under Files/Folders to be restored.
8. Click Next.
The Target Machine page opens.

The recovery point is specified.

Specify the Target Machine Details

Specify the target node details so that data is restored to that node. You can restore the
selected files or folders to the source node or to a new node.

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Follow these steps:

■ To restore to the node from where the data was backed up, follow these steps:
1. Select Restore to original location on the Target Machine page.
The Host Name field in Target Machine Settings gets populated with the name
of the source node.

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2. Enter the user name and the password of the node.

3. Select one of the following options to resolve conflicting files:
Overwrite existing files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine then the backup file
from the recovery point replaces the existing file.
Rename files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine, then a new file is
created with the same file name and .d2dduplicate<x> file extension. <x>
specifies the number of times the file is restored. All the data is restored to
the new file.
Skip existing files
Specifies that if the same file exists in the target machine, then those files
are not restored from the recovery point.

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4. Click Next.
The Advanced page opens.
■ To restore to a new node, follow these steps:
1. Select Restore to alternative location on the Target Machine page.

2. Enter the host name or the IP address of the target node.

3. Enter the user name and the password of the node.
4. Enter the path where the data is restored, or click Browse to select the folder
where the data is restored and click OK.

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5. Select one of the following options to resolve conflicting files:

Overwrite existing files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine then the backup file
from the recovery point replaces the existing file.
Rename files
Specifies that if the file exists in the target machine, then a new file is
created with the same file name and .d2dduplicate<x> file extension. <x>
specifies the number of times the file is restored. All the data is restored to
the new file.
Skip existing files
Specifies that if the same file exists in the target machine then those files
are not restored from the recovery point.
6. (Optional) Select Create root directory.
7. Click Next.
The Advanced page opens.

The target machine details are specified.

Specify the Advanced Settings

Specify the advanced settings to perform a scheduled recovery of your data. Scheduled
recovery ensures that your data is recovered at the specified time even in your absence.

Follow these steps:

1. Set the start date and time by selecting one of the following options:
Run Now
Starts the file-level restore job as soon as you submit the job.
Set Starting Date and Time
Starts the file-level restore job at the specified date and time after submitting
the job.

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2. (Optional) Select Estimate file size.

3. (Optional) Select a script from the Pre/Post Scripts Settings option.
These scripts run script commands for actions to take before the start of the job
and/or upon the completion of the job.
Note: The Pre/Post Script Settings fields are populated only if you already created a
script file and placed it at the following location:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Note: For more information about creating the pre/post scripts, see Manage
Pre/Post Scripts for Automation.
4. Click Next.
The Summary page opens.

The advanced settings are specified.

(Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation

Pre/Post scripts let you run your own business logic at specific stages of a running job.
You can specify when to run your scripts in Pre/Post Script Settings of the Backup
Wizard and the Restore Wizard in the UI. The scripts can be run on the Backup Server
depending on your setting.

Managing the pre/post script is a two part process, consisting of creating the pre/post
script and placing the script in the prepost folder.

Create Pre/Post Scripts

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the Backup Server as a root user.
2. Create a script file using the environment variables in your preferred scripting
language.
Pre/Post Script Environment Variables
To create your script, use the following environment variables:
D2D_JOBNAME
Identifies the name of the job.

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D2D_JOBID
Identifies the job ID. Job ID is a number provided to the job when you run the
job. If you run the same job again, you get a new job number.
D2D_TARGETNODE
Identifies the node that is being backed up or restored.
D2D_JOBTYPE
Identifies the type of the running job. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBTYPE variable:
backup.full
Identifies the job as a full backup.
backup.incremental
Identifies the job as an incremental backup.
backup.verify
Identifies the job as a verify backup.
restore.bmr
Identifies the job as a bare-metal recovery (BMR). This is a restore job.
restore.file
Identifies the job as a file-level restore. This is a restore job.
D2D_SESSIONLOCATION
Identifies the location where the recovery points are stored.
D2D_PREPOST_OUTPUT
Identifies a temp file. The content of the first line of the temp file is displayed in
the activity log.
D2D_JOBSTAGE
Identifies the stage of the job. The following values identify the D2D_JOBSTAGE
variable:
pre-job-server
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post-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server after the job
completes.
pre-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before the job starts.
post-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after the job
completes.
pre-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before capturing the
snapshot.
post-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after capturing the
snapshot.
D2D_TARGETVOLUME
Identifies the volume that is backed up during a backup job. This variable is
applicable for pre/post snapshot scripts for a backup job.
D2D_JOBRESULT
Identifies the result for a post job script. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBRESULT variable:
success
Identifies the result as successful.
fail
Identifies the result as unsuccessful.
D2DSVR_HOME
Identifies the folder where Backup Server is installed. This variable is applicable
for the scripts that run on the Backup Server.

The script is created.

Note: For all scripts, a return value of zero indicates success and a nonzero return value
indicates failure.

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Place the Script in the Prepost Folder and Verify

All the pre/post scripts for a Backup Server are centrally managed from the prepost
folder at the following location:

/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Follow these steps:

1. Place the file in the following location of the Backup Server:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

2. Provide the execution permission to the script file.

3. Log into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
4. Open the Backup Wizard or the Restore Wizard and navigate to the Advanced tab.
5. Select the script file in the Pre/Post Script Settings drop-down list and then submit
the job.
6. Click Activity Log and verify that the script is executed to the specified backup job.
The script is executed.

The pre/post scripts are successfully created and placed in the prepost folder.

Create and Run the Restore Job

Create and run the restore job so that you can initiate the file-level recovery. Verify the
recovery point information before you restore the files. If needed, you can go back and
can change the restore settings on the wizard.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify the restore details on the Summary page of the Restore Wizard.
2. (Optional) Click Previous to modify the information that you have entered on any
page of the Restore Wizard.
3. Enter a job name and click Submit.
The Job Name field has a default name initially. You can enter a new job name of
your choice but you cannot leave this field empty.
The Restore Wizard closes. You can see the status of the job in the Job Status tab.

The restore job is successfully created and run.

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Verify that Files are Restored

After the completion of restore job, verify that all the files are restored in the target
node. Check the Job History and Activity Log tabs in the Status pane to monitor the
progress of the restore process.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the target machine where you restored data.
2. Verify that the required data from the recovery point is restored.
The files are successfully verified.

The file-level recovery is successfully performed.

How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines

A BMR restores the operating system and software applications, and recovers all the
backed-up data. BMR is the process of restoring a computer system from bare metal.
Bare metal is a computer without any operating system, drivers, and software
applications. After the restore is complete, the target machine automatically reboots in
the same operating environment as the backup source node and all data is restored.

A complete BMR is possible because when you back up data, the backup also captures
information related to the operating system, installed applications, drivers, and so on.

You can perform a BMR using the IP address or the Media Access Control (MAC) address
of the target machine. If you boot the target machine using the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux) Live CD, you can get the IP address of the target machine.

Note: Machine can boot up. Only one NIC is configured.

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The following diagram displays the process to perform a BMR:

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Complete the following tasks to perform a BMR:

■ Review the BMR Prerequisites (see page 676)
■ Get the IP Address of the Target Machine Using the Live CD (see page 677)
■ (Optional) Recover Data to the iSCSI Volume of the Target Machine (see page 678)
■ (Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine (see
page 679)
■ Review the Backup Server (see page 680)
■ Specify the Recovery Points (see page 681)
■ Specify the Target Machine Details (see page 683)
■ Specify the Advanced Settings (see page 684)
■ (Optional) Manage Pre/Posts Scripts for Automation (see page 686)
■ Create and Run the Restore Job (see page 689)
■ (Optional) Perform Post-BMR Operations (see page 689)
■ Verify that the Target Machine is Restored (see page 696)

Review the BMR Prerequisites

Consider the following options before performing a BMR:
■ You have a valid recovery point and the encryption password, if any, for restore.
■ You have a valid target machine for BMR.
■ You have created the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD.
■ If you want to perform a BMR using the IP address, you must get the IP address of
the target machine using the Live CD.
■ If you want to perform a PXE-based BMR using the MAC address, you must have the
MAC address of the target machine.
■ The recovery point must be from the Linux agent-based backup.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Get the IP Address of the Target Machine Using the Live CD

Before performing a BMR using the IP address, you need to get the IP address of the
target machine. A bare-metal machine does not have any IP address initially. So, you
have to boot the bare-metal machine using the default Live CD, which is Arcserve UDP
Agent (Linux) Live CD, or the CentOS-based Live CD to get the IP address. After you get
the IP address of the target machine, you can configure the static IP of the target
machine.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the Live CD or mount the .iso file of the Live CD into the CD-ROM drive of the
target node.
2. Boot the target machine from CD-ROM.
The target machine boots into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD environment.
On the screen, the IP address of the target machine is displayed.
3. To configure the static IP of the target machine using the default Live CD, follow
these steps:
a. On the target machine's screen, press Enter to enter the shell environment.
b. Run the following command to configure the static IP:
ifconfig <NIC name> <static IP address> netmask <netmask>

route add default gw <gateway IP address> <NIC name>

Note: The Network Interface Card (NIC) name depends on your hardware. For
example, the typical NIC names are eth0 or em0.
4. To configure the static IP of the target machine using the CentOS-based Live CD,
follow these steps:
a. Open a terminal window on the target machine by clicking Applications, System
Tools, Terminal.
b. Run the following commands:
sudo ifconfig <NIC name> <static IP address> netmask <netmask>

sudo route add default gw <gateway IP address> <NIC name>

The static IP is configured.

The IP address of the target machine is acquired.

Important! Maintain a record of this IP address as it is used in the Restore Wizard when
you have to specify the target machine details.

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(Optional) Recover Data to the iSCSI Volume of the Target Machine

You can integrate the iSCSI volume to the target machine and make that volume a part
of the target machine. Then you can restore data to the iSCSI volume of the target
machine. By doing so, you can manage data and transfer data over a network.

Important! When you integrate the iSCSI volume with the target machine, you will lose
all the existing data from the iSCSI volume.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD or mount the iso file of the Arcserve
UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD into the CD-ROM drive of the target machine.
2. Boot the target machine from the CD-ROM.
The target machine boots into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD environment.
On the screen, the IP address of the target machine is displayed.
3. Enter the shell environment of the target machine.
4. Run the following command to start the iSCSI initiator daemon:
/etc/init.d/iscsid start

5. Run a discovery script to discover the iSCSI target host.

iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number>

The default port value of iSCSI target host is 3260.

6. Make a note of the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI target host found by the
discovery script before you manually log into the discovered target.
7. List the available block device of the target node.
#fdisk -l

8. Log in to the discovered target.

iscsiadm -m node -T <iSCSI Target IQN name> -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number> -l

You can see a block device in the /dev directory of the target node.
9. Run the following command to obtain the new device name:
#fdisk –l

You can see an additional device named /dev/sd<x> on the target node.

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(Optional) Recover Data from the iSCSI Volume to the Target Machine
If you have stored your data in an iSCSI target volume, you can connect to the iSCSI
volume and recover data. The iSCSI volume lets you manage data and transfer data over
a network.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD or mount the iso file of the Arcserve
UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD into the CD-ROM drive of the target machine.
2. Boot the target machine from the CD-ROM.
The target machine boots into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD environment.
On the screen, the IP address of the target machine is displayed.
3. Enter the shell environment of the target machine.
4. Run the following command to start the iSCSI initiator daemon:
/etc/init.d/iscsid start

5. Run a discovery script to discover the iSCSI target host.

iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number>

The default port value of iSCSI target host is 3260.

6. Make a note of the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI target host found by the
discovery script before you manually log into the discovered target.
7. List the available block device of the target node.
#fdisk -l

8. Log in to the discovered target.

iscsiadm -m node -T <iSCSI Target IQN name> -p <ISCSI-SERVER-IP-ADDRESS>:<Port_Number> -l

You can see a block device in the /dev directory of the target node.
9. Run the following command to obtain the new device name:
#fdisk –l

You can see an additional device named /dev/sd<x> on the target node.
For example, consider the name of the device is /dev/sdc. This device name is used
to create a partition and a file system in the following steps.

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10. Mount the iSCSI volume using the following commands:

# mkdir /iscsi

# mount /dev/sdc1 /iscsi

Note: When you specify the session location in the Restore Wizard, you need to
select Local and enter the path /iscsi.
Example: <path>/iscsi

The target machine can now connect to the iSCSI volume and can recover data from the
iSCSI volume.

Review the Backup Server

When you open the Restore Wizard, review the Backup Server where you want to
perform the restore operation.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the Restore Wizard in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface opens. The restore type
selection dialog is displayed in the Agent UI.
f. Select the restore type and click OK.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the Restore
Wizard opens from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux):
a. Open the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
Note: During the installation of Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux), you received
the URL to access and manage the server. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux).
b. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Bare Metal Recovery
(BMR).
The Backup Server page of the Restore Wizard - BMR opens.

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2. Verify the server from the Backup Server drop-down list in the Backup Server page.
You cannot select any option from the Backup Server drop-down list.
3. Click Next.
The Recovery Points page of the Restore Wizard - BMR opens.

The Backup Server is specified.

Specify the Recovery Points

Each time that you perform a backup, a recovery point is created. Specify the recovery
point information in the Restore Wizard so that you can recover the exact data that you
want. You can restore specific files or all files depending on your requirement.

Important! To perform a BMR from a recovery point, the root volume and the boot
volume must be present in the recovery point.

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Follow these steps:

1. Perform one of the following steps depending on your backup storage.
■ Perform the following steps to access the recovery points if the recovery points
are stored on a mobile device:
a. Start the target machine using the Live CD.
b. Log into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface from the Live CD.
c. Open the BMR Wizard.
d. Navigate to the Recovery Points page.
e. Select Local as the Session Location on the Recovery Points page of the
BMR Wizard.
■ Perform the following steps if the session location is NFS share or CIFS share:
a. Select a session from the Session Location drop-down list and enter the
full path of the share.
For example, consider the Session Location as NFS share, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx as
the IP address of the NFS share, and the folder name is Data. You would
enter xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/Data as the NFS share location.
Note: If the backed up data is stored in Source local, then you must first
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2. Click Connect.
All the nodes that have been backed up to this location get listed in the Machine
drop-down list.
3. Select the node that you want to restore from the Machine drop-down list.
All the recovery points of the selected node get listed.
4. Apply the date filter to display the recovery points that are generated between the
specified date and click Search.
Default: Recent two weeks.
All the recovery points available between the specified dates are displayed.
5. Select the recovery point that you want to restore and click Next.
The Target Machine page opens.

The recovery point is specified.

Specify the Target Machine Details

Specify the target machine details so that data is restored to that machine. A target
machine is a bare metal machine where you will perform a BMR. If you restore using the
IP address, you need the IP address of the target machine that you previously recorded
at the beginning of this process. If you restore using the Media Access Control (MAC)
address, you need the MAC address of the target machine.

Follow these steps:

1. Enter the MAC address or the IP address of the target machine in the MAC/IP
Address field.
2. Enter a name in the Host Name field.
The target machine will use this name as the host name after the restore process is
complete.
3. Select one of the following options as the network:
DHCP
Automatically configures the IP address. This is the default option. Use this
option if you have a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server to
restore with the DHCP network.

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Static IP
Manually configures the IP address. If you select this option, then enter the IP
Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway of the target machine.
Important! Ensure that the Static IP is not used by any other machines on the
network during the restore process.
4. (Optional) Select the Enable instant BMR option so that you can use the target
machine instantly.
When you enable this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) first recovers all the
necessary data that is required to start the machine. The remaining data are
recovered after the target machine is started. The network connection must be
constantly available during instant BMR.
Example: If you have 100-GB data and you want to perform a BMR and you do not
select this option, first all 100-GB data will be recovered and then you can use the
target machine. However, only around 1-GB data is required to start the machine.
When you enable this option, first the required 1-GB data is recovered so that you
can start and use the machine. After the machine is started, the remaining 99-GB
data is automatically recovered.
Note: The necessary data that is required to start the machine depends on the
operating system configuration. You can also pause or resume the auto recovery of
data if the Do not recover data automatically after machine is started option is not
selected.
5. (Optional) Select the Do not recover data automatically when machine is started
option to stop the automatic recovery of data when the target machine is started.
When you select the Enable instant BMR option, the default behavior is to recover
the necessary data first and start the machine. After the machine starts, the
remaining data gets recovered automatically. If you update any source data during
the recovery, then by selecting this option, the data will be recovered until the
point before they are updated.
6. Click Next.
The Advanced page opens.

The target machine details are specified.

Specify the Advanced Settings

Specify the advanced settings to perform a scheduled BMR of your data. Scheduled BMR
ensures that your data is recovered at the specified time even in your absence.

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Follow these steps:

1. Set the start date and time by selecting one of the following options:
Run Now
Starts the restore job as soon as you submit the job.
Set Special Time
Starts the restore job at the specified time after submitting the job.
2. (Optional) Select a script from the Pre/Post Scripts Settings option for the Backup
Server and the target machine.
These scripts run script commands for actions to take before the start of the job
and/or upon the completion of the job.
Note: The Pre/Post Script Settings fields are populated only if you already created a
script file and placed it at the following location:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Note: For more information about creating the pre/post scripts, see Manage
Pre/Post Scripts for Automation.
3. (Optional) Click Show More Settings to display more settings for BMR.
4. (Optional) Reset the password for the specified user name for the recovered target
machine.
5. (Optional) Enter the full path of the backup storage location of the recovery points
in Recover Point Local Access.
6. (Optional) Enter the full name of the disk in the Disks field to exclude those disks on
the target machine from participating in the recovery process.
7. (Optional) Select Enable Wake-on-LAN if you are performing Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE) BMR.
Note: The Enable Wake-on-LAN option is applicable only for physical machines.
Ensure whether you have enabled the Wake-on-LAN settings in the BIOS settings of
your physical machine.
8. (Optional) Select the Reboot option to automatically restart the target node after
the BMR is complete.
9. Click Next.
The Summary page opens.

The advanced settings are specified.

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(Optional) Manage Pre/Post Scripts for Automation

Pre/Post scripts let you run your own business logic at specific stages of a running job.
You can specify when to run your scripts in Pre/Post Script Settings of the Backup
Wizard and the Restore Wizard in the UI. The scripts can be run on the Backup Server
depending on your setting.

Managing the pre/post script is a two part process, consisting of creating the pre/post
script and placing the script in the prepost folder.

Create Pre/Post Scripts

Follow these steps:

1. Log into the Backup Server as a root user.
2. Create a script file using the environment variables in your preferred scripting
language.
Pre/Post Script Environment Variables
To create your script, use the following environment variables:
D2D_JOBNAME
Identifies the name of the job.
D2D_JOBID
Identifies the job ID. Job ID is a number provided to the job when you run the
job. If you run the same job again, you get a new job number.
D2D_TARGETNODE
Identifies the node that is being backed up or restored.
D2D_JOBTYPE
Identifies the type of the running job. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBTYPE variable:
backup.full
Identifies the job as a full backup.
backup.incremental
Identifies the job as an incremental backup.
backup.verify
Identifies the job as a verify backup.

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restore.bmr
Identifies the job as a bare-metal recovery (BMR). This is a restore job.
restore.file
Identifies the job as a file-level restore. This is a restore job.
D2D_SESSIONLOCATION
Identifies the location where the recovery points are stored.
D2D_PREPOST_OUTPUT
Identifies a temp file. The content of the first line of the temp file is displayed in
the activity log.
D2D_JOBSTAGE
Identifies the stage of the job. The following values identify the D2D_JOBSTAGE
variable:
pre-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server before the job starts.
post-job-server
Identifies the script that runs on the Backup Server after the job
completes.
pre-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before the job starts.
post-job-target
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after the job
completes.
pre-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine before capturing the
snapshot.
post-snapshot
Identifies the script that runs on the target machine after capturing the
snapshot.
D2D_TARGETVOLUME
Identifies the volume that is backed up during a backup job. This variable is
applicable for pre/post snapshot scripts for a backup job.

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D2D_JOBRESULT
Identifies the result for a post job script. The following values identify the
D2D_JOBRESULT variable:
success
Identifies the result as successful.
fail
Identifies the result as unsuccessful.
D2DSVR_HOME
Identifies the folder where Backup Server is installed. This variable is applicable
for the scripts that run on the Backup Server.

The script is created.

Note: For all scripts, a return value of zero indicates success and a nonzero return value
indicates failure.

Place the Script in the Prepost Folder and Verify

All the pre/post scripts for a Backup Server are centrally managed from the prepost
folder at the following location:

/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

Follow these steps:

1. Place the file in the following location of the Backup Server:
/opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/usr/prepost

2. Provide the execution permission to the script file.

3. Log into the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
4. Open the Backup Wizard or the Restore Wizard and navigate to the Advanced tab.
5. Select the script file in the Pre/Post Script Settings drop-down list and then submit
the job.
6. Click Activity Log and verify that the script is executed to the specified backup job.
The script is executed.

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Create and Run the Restore Job

Create and run the restore job so that you can initiate the process of BMR. Verify the
recovery point information before you perform a BMR. If needed, you can go back and
can change the restore settings.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify the restore details on the Summary page of the Restore Wizard.
2. (Optional) Click Previous to modify the restore settings on any of the Restore
Wizard pages.
3. Enter a job name and click Submit.
The Job Name field has a default name initially. You can enter a new job name of
your choice but you cannot leave this field empty.
The Restore Wizard closes. You can see the job in the Job Status tab. If you use the
IP address for the BMR, the target machine automatically reboots to the same
operating system as the backup source after the BMR process.
If you use the MAC address for BMR, the status in the Job Status tab changes to
Waiting for target node startup.
4. (Optional) For BMR using the MAC address, start the target machine when you see
the Waiting for target node startup message in the Job Status tab.
Note: If the target machine is already started before you submit the restore job,
you must restart the target machine. Ensure that BIOS is configured to boot from
the network.
The status in the Job Status column changes to Restoring volume. This indicates the
restore is in progress. After the restore job is complete, the target machine
automatically reboots with the same operating system as the backup source.

The restore job was successfully created and run.

(Optional) Perform Post-BMR Operations

The following topics are optional configuration settings that you may have to perform
after a BMR:
Configure X Windows
When you perform a BMR across a dissimilar hardware, X Windows of the restored
OS does not function properly and the target node displays an error dialog. The
error dialog appears because the display configuration has changed. To resolve this
error, follow the instructions in the error dialog to configure the graphic card. After
that, you can see the X Windows and the desktop UI.

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Configure the System Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

When you need an FQDN, then you must configure the FQDN. The BMR process
does not automatically configure the FQDN.
Maximum character count for FQDN: 63
Follow these steps to configure the FQDN:
1. Edit the /etc/hosts file and provide the IP Address, the FQDN name, and the
server name.
#vi /etc/hosts

ip_of_system servername.domainname.com servername

2. Restart the network service.

#/etc/init.d/network restart

3. Verify the host name and the FQDN name.

#hostname

servername

#hostname -f

servername.domainname.com

The FQDN is configured.

Extend the Data Volume after a BMR on Dissimilar Disks
When you perform a BMR to a larger disk than the disk on the original node, some
disk space is left unused. The BMR operation does not automatically process the
unused disk space. You can format the disk space to a separate partition or resize
the existed partition with the unused disk space. The volume that you want to
resize must be unused, so you must avoid resizing a system volume. In this section,
we will focus on how to extend a data volume with the unused disk space.
Note: To avoid data loss, resize your volumes immediately after the BMR process.
You can also back up the node before starting the volume resizing task.

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When the target machine successfully restarts after the BMR, you can extend the
data volume.
Raw partition volume
For example, a 2-GB disk in the session is restored to a 16-GB disk named
/dev/sdb with only one partition. The /dev/sdb1 raw partition is directly
mounted on the /data directory.
This example is used to explain the procedure of extending Raw partition
volume.
Follow these steps:
1. Check the status of the /dev/sdb1 volume.
# df –h /dev/sdb1

/dev/sdb1 2.0G 40M 1.9G 3% /data

2. Umount the /dev/sdb1 volume.

# umount /data

3. Resize /dev/sdb1 to occupy the entire disk space using the fdisk command.
To perform this operation, first delete your existing partition and then recreate
it with the same start sector number. The same start sector number is
responsible for avoiding the data loss.
# fdisk -u /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088 cylinders, total 33554432 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 4192964 2096451 83 Linux

Command (m for help): d

Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): n

Command action

e extended

p primary partition (1-4)

Partition number (1-4): 1

First sector (63-33554431, default 63):

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Using default value 63

Last sector or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (63-33554431, default 33554431):

Using default value 33554431

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088 cylinders, total 33554432 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 33554431 16777184+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): w

The partition changes to the same start sector number as the original partition
and the end sector number is 33554431.
4. Resize the volume using resize2fs command. If necessary, first run the e2fsck
command.
# e2fsck -f /dev/sdb1

# resize2fs /dev/sdb1

5. Mount the volume to the mount point and check the volume status again.
# mount /dev/sdb1 /data

# df –h /dev/sdb1

/dev/sdb1 16G 43M 16G 1% /data

The volume is extended to 16 GB and is ready for use.

LVM volume:
For example, an 8-GB disk in the session is restored to a 16-GB disk named
/dev/sdc with only one partition. The /dev/sdc1 raw partition is used as the
only physical volume of the /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest LVM logical volume
whose mount point is /lvm.
This example is used to explain the procedure of extending LVM volume.

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Follow these steps:

1. Check the status of the /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest volume.
# lvdisplay –m /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest

--- Logical volume ---

LV Name /dev/VGTest/LVTest

VG Name VGTest

LV UUID udoBIx-XKBS-1Wky-3FVQ-mxMf-FayO-tpfPl8

LV Write Access read/write

LV Status available

# open 1

LV Size 7.88 GB

Current LE 2018

Segments 1

Allocation inherit

Read ahead sectors 0

Block device 253:2

---Segments---

Logical extent 0 to 2017:

Type linear

Physical volume /dev/sdc1

Physical extents 0 to 2017

The physical volume is /dev/sdc1, the volume group is VGTest, and the logical
volume is /dev/VGTest/LVTest or /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest.
2. Umount the /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest volume.
# umount /lvm

3. Disable the volume group in which the /dev/sdc1 physical volume is located.
# vgchange -a n VGTest

4. Create a partition to occupy the unused disk space using the fdisk command.
# fdisk -u /dev/sdc

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088 cylinders, total 33554432 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 16777215 8388576+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): n

Command action

e extended

p primary partition (1-4)

Partition number (1-4): 2

First sector (16777216-33554431, default 16777216):

Using default value 16777216

Last sector or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (16777216-33554431, default 33554431):

Using default value 33554431

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 17.1 GB, 17179869184 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2088 cylinders, total 33554432 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 16777215 8388576+ 83 Linux

/dev/sdc2 16777216 33554431 8388608 83 Linux

Command (m for help): w

The /dev/sdc2 partition is created.

5. Create a new physical volume.
# pvcreate /dev/sdc2

6. Extend the volume group size.

# vgextend VGTest /dev/sdc2

7. Enable the volume group that you have already disabled.

# vgchange -a y VGTest

8. Extend the logical volume size using the lvextend command.

# lvextend -L +8G /dev/VGTest/LVTest

9. Resize the volume using the resize2fs command. If necessary, first run the
e2fsck command.
# e2fsck -f /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest

# resize2fs /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest

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10. Mount the volume to the mount point and check the volume status again.
# mount /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest /lvm

# lvdisplay -m /dev/mapper/VGTest-LVTest

---Logical volume---

LV Name /dev/VGTest/LVTest

VG Name VGTest

LV UUID GTP0a1-kUL7-WUL8-bpbM-9eTR-SVzl-WgA11h

LV Write Access read/write

LV Status available

# open 0

LV Size 15.88 GB

Current LE 4066

Segments 2

Allocation inherit

Read ahead sectors 0

Block device 253:2

--- Segments ---

Logical extent 0 to 2046:

Type linear

Physical volume /dev/sdc1

Physical extents 0 to 2046

Logical extent 2047 to 4065:

Type linear

Physical volume /dev/sdc2

Physical extents 0 to 2018

The LVM volume extends to 16 GB and is ready for use.

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Verify that the Target Node is Restored

After the completion of restore job, verify that the target node is restored with relevant
data.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the target machine that you restored.
2. Verify that the target machine has all the information that you backed up.
The target machine is successfully verified.

The BMR is successfully performed for Linux Machines.

How to Perform a Migration BMR for Linux Machines

A migration BMR is a two part process where the data is first restored to a temporary
machine and then to the actual machine. A BMR with instant BMR option enabled lets
you recover data to a temporary machine. You can use the temporary machine until the
actual machine is ready. When you have the actual machine, a migration BMR lets you
migrate data from the temporary machine to the actual machine. When performing a
migration BMR, any data that you create on the temporary machine gets migrated to
the actual machine.

Note: You can perform Migration BMR with an agent-based backup only. An agentlesss
backup does not support Migration BMR.

You can perform a BMR using the IP address or the Media Access Control (MAC) address
of the target machine. If you boot the target machine using the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux) Live CD, you can get the IP address of the target machine.

Note: Machine can boot up. Only one NIC is configured.

Complete the following tasks to perform a Migration BMR:

■ Review the Prerequisites for Migration BMR (see page 697)
■ Perform a BMR to the Temporary Machine (see page 697)
■ Perform a Migration BMR (see page 699)
■ Verify that the Target Machine is Restored (see page 700)

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Review the Prerequisites for Migration BMR

Consider the following options before performing a migration BMR:
■ You have a valid recovery point and the encryption password, if any, for restore.
■ You have a valid target machine for BMR.
■ You have created the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) Live CD.
■ If you want to perform a BMR using the IP address, you must get the IP address of
the target machine using the Live CD.
■ If you want to perform a PXE-based BMR using the MAC address, you must have the
MAC address of the target machine.
■ The recovery point must be from the Linux agent-based backup.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Perform a BMR to the Temporary Machine

Before you perform a migration BMR, you have to restore data from the source to a
temporary machine. To restore the data temporarily, you can perform a BMR to the
temporary machine. After the temporary machine is ready to use, you can continue
working on the temporary machine.

When the actual machine is ready, you can perform a migration BMR from the
temporary machine to the actual machine.

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Note: For more information on performing a BMR, see How to Perform a Bare Metal
Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the Restore Wizard in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface opens. The restore type
selection dialog is displayed in the Agent UI.
f. Select the restore type and click OK.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the Restore
Wizard opens from the agent node.
■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux):
a. Open the Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux) web interface.
Note: During the installation of Arcserve UDP Agent (Linux), you received
the URL to access and manage the server. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent
(Linux).
2. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Bare Metal Recovery (BMR).
The Backup Server page of the Restore Wizard - BMR opens.
3. Provide all the details in the Restore Wizard - BMR and save the wizard.
4. Ensure that you select the Enable instant BMR check box on the Target Machine
page of the wizard.
5. Ensure that you select the Do not recover data automatically after machine is
started check box on the Target Machine page of the wizard.
6. Run the BMR job.

The temporary machine is recovered using the BMR, with the instant BMR option
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Perform a Migration BMR

When the actual machine is ready, perform a migration BMR. Migration BMR restores
the original data from the backup session and the new data from the temporary
machine to the actual machine.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Restore from the Wizard menu and select Migration BMR.
The Backup Server page of the Restore Wizard - Migration BMR opens.
2. Provide all the details in the Restore Wizard - Migration BMR.
Note: For more information on performing a BMR, see How to Perform a Bare
Metal Recovery (BMR) for Linux Machines.
3. Ensure that the following information is provided on the Backup Server page of the
wizard.
a. Select the instant VM recovery job or the Instant BMR job.
Local Server
Specifies that the Backup Server is locally managed. The BMR job for the
temporary machine is run on the local server.
Remote Server
Specifies that the Backup Server is remotely managed. The BMR job for the
temporary machine is run on the remote server. You have to provide the
remote server details to connect to the remote server.
b. Select the restore job from the Job Name drop-down list.
The list displays the Instant VM recovery job or Instant BMR job, which is in the
Ready to use job phase or Power off job phase, once it is ready to use.
4. Save the BMR job.
In the home page, the Job Phase on the Job Status tab changes to Click here to
migrate data.
5. (Optional) Boot the temporary machine using a Live CD when the selected job type
is Instant BMR.
6. From the Job Status tab, click Click here to migrate data.
The data migration begins.

You have successfully performed a migration BMR.

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Verify that the Target Node is Restored

After the completion of restore job, verify that the target node is restored with relevant
data.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the target machine that you restored.
2. Verify that the target machine has all the information from the temporary machine,
including any new data that you created on the temporary machine.
The target machine is successfully verified.

The migration BMR is successfully performed for agent-based Linux machines.

How to Perform a BMR Using a Backup

Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) is the process of restoring a computer system from "bare
metal" including reinstalling the operating system and software applications, and then
restoring the data and settings. The BMR process lets you restore a full computer with
minimal effort, even to different hardware. BMR is possible because during the
block-level backup process, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) not only captures the data,
but also all information that is related to the following applications:
■ Operating system
■ Installed applications
■ Configuration settings
■ Necessary drivers

All relevant information that is necessary to perform a complete rebuild of the

computer system from "bare metal" is backed up into a series of blocks and stored on
the backup location.

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The following diagram illustrates the process for how to perform a BMR using a backup:

Complete the following tasks to perform a BMR using a backup:

1. Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 702)
2. Define BMR Options (see page 703)
■ Perform BMR in Express Mode (see page 712)
■ Perform BMR in Advanced Mode (see page 715)
3. Verify that the BMR was Successful (see page 721)
4. BMR Reference Information (see page 721)
5. Troubleshooting BMR Issues (see page 727)

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Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a BMR:
■ You must have one of the following images:
– A created BMR ISO image burned onto a CD/DVD
– A created BMR ISO image burned onto a portable USB stick
Note: Using Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows), you can utilize a Boot Kit Utility to
combine a WinPE image and Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) image to create a BMR
ISO image. This ISO image is then burned onto a bootable media. You can then use
either of these bootable media (CD/DVD or USB stick) to initialize the new
computer system and allow the bare metal recovery process to begin. To ensure
your saved image is always the most up-to-date version, create a new ISO image
every time you update Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
■ At least one full backup available.
■ At least 1-GB RAM installed on the virtual machine and the source server that you
are recovering.
■ To recover VMware virtual machines to VMware virtual machines that are
configured to behave as physical servers, verify the VMware Tools application is
installed on the destination virtual machine.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ Regardless of which method you used to create the Boot Kit image, the BMR
process is basically the same.
Note: The BMR process cannot create storage spaces. If the source machine had
storage spaces, during BMR you cannot create storage spaces at the destination
machine. You can either restore those volumes to regular disks/volumes or
manually create storage spaces before performing the BMR, and then restore the
data into those created storage spaces.

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■ Dynamic disks are restored at the disk level only. If your data is backed up to a local
volume on a dynamic disk, you cannot to restore this dynamic disk during BMR. In
this scenario, to restore during BMR you must perform one of the following tasks
and then perform BMR from the copied Recovery Point:
– Back up to a volume on another drive.
– Back up to a remote share.
– Copy a recovery point to another location.
Note: If you perform BMR with multiple dynamic disks, the BMR may fail because of
some unexpected errors (such as fail to boot, unrecognized dynamic volumes, and
so on). If this occurs, you should restore only the system disk using BMR, and then
after the machine reboot you can restore the other dynamic volumes on a normal
environment.
■ (Optional) Review the BMR Reference Information. For more information, see the
following topics:
– How Bare Metal Recovery Works (see page 722)
– Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion (see page 723)
– Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 724)

Review the following considerations:

■ If you upgrade to a newer version or update of Arcserve UDP, you must re-create
the BMR ISO using the proper Windows AIK or ADK level to include support for
latest features and bug fixes. However, once a BMR ISO is created, the ISO file can
be used for the same OS level. The following OS levels can use the same ISO:
– ISO created using Windows 7 WAIK – works for Windows 2003, Vista, 2008,
2008 R2
– ISO create using Windows 8/8.1 ADK – works for Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012,
Server 2012 R2
– ISO created using Windows 10 ADK – works for Windows 10

Define BMR Options

Prior to initiating the BMR process, you must specify some preliminary BMR options.

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Follow these steps:

1. Insert the saved Boot Kit image media and boot the computer.
■ If you are using a BMR ISO image burned onto a CD/DVD, insert the saved
CD/DVD.
■ If you are using a BMR ISO image burned onto a USB stick, insert the saved USB
stick.
The BIOS Setup Utility screen is displayed.
2. From the BIOS Setup Utility screen, select the CD-ROM Drive option or the USB
option to launch the boot process. Select an architecture (x86/x64) and press Enter
to continue.
3. The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) language select screen is displayed. Select a
language and click Next to continue.

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The Bare Metal Recovery process is initiated and the initial BMR wizard screen is
displayed.

The BMR wizard screen allows you to select the type of BMR you want to perform:
■ Restore from an Arcserve UDP backup
Use this option to perform a restore from either a backup destination folder or
a data store.
This option lets you recover data that was backed up using Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows). This option is used in connection with backup sessions performed
with Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) or with the Arcserve UDP host-based VM
backup application.
If you select this option, continue this procedure from here.
■ Recover from a virtual machine
Use this option to perform a virtual-to-physical (V2P) restore from a virtual
standby VM. Virtual-to-physical (V2P) is a term that refers to the migration of
an operating system (OS), application programs and data from a virtual
machine or disk partition to a computer's main hard disk. The target can be a
single computer or multiple computers.

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– Source is on a VMware machine

Lets you recover data for a machine for which virtual conversion is done to
a VMware virtual machine. This option is used in connection with the
[assign the egvcm variable for your book] application.
Note: For this option, you can only recover data if the virtual conversion to
a VMDK file (for VMware) was performed using [assign the egvcm variable
for your book].
If you select this option, see Recover using a VMware Virtual Standby VM
to continue this procedure.
For more information, see Recover using a VMware Virtual Standby VM in
the online help.
– Source is on a Hyper-V machine
Lets you recover data for a machine for which virtual conversion is
performed to a Hyper-V virtual machine. This option is used in connection
with the [assign the egvcm variable for your book] application.
Note: For this option, you can only recover data if the virtual conversion to
a VHD file (for Hyper-V) was performed using [assign the egvcm variable
for your book].
If you select this option, see Recover using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM
to continue this procedure.
For more information, see Recover using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM in
the online help.

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4. Select Restore from an Arcserve UDP backup and click Next.

The Select a Recovery Point wizard screen is displayed.

5. From the Select a Recovery Point wizard screen, click Browse and select either
Browse from network/local path or select Browse from Recovery Point Server.
a. If you select Browse from network/local path, select the machine (or volume)
which contains recovery points for your backup image.
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) lets you recover from any local drive or from a
network share.
■ If you recover from a local backup, the BMR wizard automatically detects
and displays all volumes containing recovery points.
■ If you recover from a remote share, browse to the remote location where
the recovery points are stored. If there are multiple machines containing
recovery points, all machines are displayed.
You may also need access information (User Name and Password) for the
remote machine.
Note: The network must be up and running to browse to remote recovery
points. If necessary, you can check/refresh your network configuration
information or you can load any missing drivers from the Utilities menu.

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■ If the BMR module cannot detect any local destination volume, the Select
a Folder dialog automatically displays. Provide the remote share where the
backups are residing.
■ If you are restoring from an iSCSI destination, the BMR module may not
detect this destination and you need to perform the following:
1. Click Utilities, select Run from the pop-up menu, type cmd, and then
click OK.
2. In the command prompt window, use the following Windows iSCSI
commands to set up iSCSI connections:
> net start msiscsi
> iSCSICLI QAddTargetPortal <TargetPortalAddress>
> iSCSICLI QLoginTarget <TargetName > [CHAP username] [CHAP
password]
Note: CHAP = Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
For more information about Windows iSCSI command line options, see
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6408.
Note: Extra steps may be needed depending on the iSCSI target software
being used. For more information, see the manual of the iSCSI target
software.
3. From the BMR screen the disks/volumes connected through the iSCSI
disk should be displayed. The iSCSI disk can now be used as the source
volume or the backup destination volume.
Note: BMR does not support the case where the OS is installed on an iSCSI
disk. Only data disks are supported.

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b. If you select Browse the Recovery Point Server, the Select Agent dialog
displays. Provide the Recovery Point Server Host Name, User Name,
Password, Port, and Protocol. Click Connect.

6. Select the folder or Agent Name under Data Store where the recovery points for
your backup are stored and click OK.
The BMR wizard screen now displays the following information:
■ Machine name (in the upper left pane).
■ Related backup information (in the upper right pane).
■ All the corresponding recovery points (in the lower left pane).

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Note: For supported operating systems, you can perform a BMR from a backup
performed on a UEFI machine to a BIOS-compatible machine and from a BIOS
machine to a UEFI-compatible machine. See Operating Systems that Support
UEFI/BIOS Conversion (see page 723) for a complete listing of firmware conversion
supported systems.
■ For operating systems that do not support firmware conversion, to
perform BMR for a UEFI system, you must boot the computer in UEFI
mode. BMR does not support restoring a computer with different
firmware. To verify that the boot firmware is UEFI and not BIOS, click
Utilities, About.
■ For operating systems that do support firmware conversion, after you
select a recovery point, if it is detected that the source machine is not the
same firmware as your system, you will be asked if you want to convert
UEFI to a BIOS-compatible system or BIOS to UEFI-compatible system.

Note: The Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 2 only supports BMR to a smaller disk
when the sessions are backed up from Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 2. See the
field Minimum Size Required for the destination disk size. BMR to a smaller disk is
only supported in Advanced Mode.

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7. Select which recovery point to restore.

The related information for the selected recovery point is displayed (in the lower
right pane). This display includes such information as the type of backup that was
performed (and saved), the backup destination, and the volumes that were backed
up.
If the recovery point contains encrypted sessions (the recovery point clock icon
includes a lock), a password required screen appears. Enter the session password
and click OK.

Notes:
If you are restoring from a Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, you are asked to
provide a session password.
If your machine is a Domain Controller, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) supports a
nonauthoritative restore of the active directory (AD) database file during BMR. (It
does not support restoring MSCS clusters).

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8. Verify the recovery point that you want to restore and click Next.
A BMR wizard screen is displayed with the available recovery mode options.

The available options are Advanced Mode and Express Mode.

■ Select Express Mode (see page 712) if you want minimal interaction during the
recovery process.
■ Select Advanced Mode (see page 715) if you want to customize the recovery
process.
Default: Express Mode.

Perform BMR in Express Mode

The Express Mode requires minimal interaction during the recovery process.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Choose a Recovery Mode dialog, select Express Mode and click Next.

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The Summary of Disk Restore Settings screen opens, displaying a summary of the
volumes that are going to be restored.
Note: On the bottom of restore summary window, the drive letters listed in
Destination Volume column are automatically generated from the Windows
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). They can be different from the drive letters
listed in Source Volume column. However, the data is still restored to proper
volume even if drive letters are different.

2. After you have verified that the summary information is correct, click OK.
The restore process starts. The BMR wizard screen displays the restore status for
each volume.
■ Depending upon the size of the volume being restored, this operation can take
some time.
■ During this process you are restoring, block-by-block whatever you had backed
up for that recovery point and creating a replica of the source machine on the
target machine.

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■ By default, the option to reboot your system automatically after recovery is

selected. If necessary, you can clear this option and you can reboot manually at
a later time.
Important: If you are performing an authoritative restore of an active directory
after a BMR, you must uncheck the option Automatically reboot your system
after recovery and for more information, see How to Perform an Authoritative
Restore of an Active Directory after a BMR.
■ If necessary, you can select Do not start Agent service automatically after
reboot.
■ If necessary, you can cancel or abort the operation at any time.

3. From the Utilities menu, you can access the BMR Activity Log and you can use the
Save option to save the Activity Log.
By default, the Activity Log is saved to the following location:
X:\windows\system32\dr\log.
Note: To avoid getting a Windows-generated error, do not save the Activity Log on
your desktop or create a folder on your desktop using the Save As option from the
BMR Activity Log window.

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4. If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware (the SCSI/FC adapter which used to
connect hard drives could have been changed) and no compatible driver is detected
in your original system, a "driver injection" page is displayed to allow you to provide
drivers for these devices.
You can browse and select drivers to inject to the recovered system so that even if
you are recovering to a machine with dissimilar hardware, you can still bring back
the machine after BMR.
5. When the BMR process is completed, a confirmation notification is displayed.

Perform BMR in Advanced Mode

The Advanced Mode option lets you customize the recovery process.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Choose a Recovery Mode dialog, select Advanced Mode and click Next.
The BMR utility starts locating the machine that is going to be recovered and
displays the corresponding disk partition information.
The upper pane shows the disk configuration that you have on the current (target)
machine and the lower pane shows the disk partition information that you had on
the original (source) machine.

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Important! A red X icon displaying for a source volume in the lower pane indicates
that this volume contains system information and has not been assigned (mapped)
to the target volume. This system information volume from the source disk must be
assigned to the target disk and restored during BMR or the reboot fails.
You can create volumes to a smaller disk based on the suggested Minimum disk
space required. In the example, the original size of the volume is 81568 MB. When
you create the volume on the target disk, the suggested minimum size is 22752 MB.
In this case, you can create the original volume with a size of 22752 MB.

Note: If you perform BMR and you restore the system volume to a disk which is not
configured as the boot disk, it will fail to boot the machine after BMR is completed.
Ensure that you are restoring the system volume to a properly configured boot disk.
Note: When restoring to another disk/volume, the capacity of new disk/volume can
be the same size, larger than original disk/volume, or smaller than the original
disk/volume. In addition, volume resizing is not for dynamic disks.

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2. If the current disk information you are seeing does not appear correct, you can
access the Utilities menu and check for missing drivers.
3. If necessary, on the target disk/volume pane you can click the Operations
drop-down menu to display the available options. For more information about
these options, see Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 724).
4. Click on each target volume and from the pop-up menu, select the Map Volume
From option to assign a source volume to this target volume.
The Select a Basic Source Volume dialog opens.

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5. From Select a Basic Source Volume dialog, click the drop-down menu and select the
available source volume to assign to the selected target volume. Click OK.
■ On the target volume, a checkmark icon is displayed, indicating that this target
volume has been mapped to.
■ On the source volume, the red X icon changes to a green icon, indicating that
this source volume has been assigned to a target volume.
6. When you are sure all volumes that you want to restore and all volumes containing
system information are assigned to a target volume, click Next.
The Submit Disk Changes screen opens, displaying a summary of the selected
operations. For each new volume being created, the corresponding information is
displayed.

7. When you have verified the summary information is correct, click Submit. (If the
information is not correct, click Cancel).
Note: All operations to the hard drive do not take effect until you submit it.
On the target machine, the new volumes are created and mapped to the
corresponding source machine.

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8. When the changes are completed, click OK.

The Summary of Disk Restore Settings screen opens, displaying a summary of the
volumes that are going to be restored.
Note: On the bottom of restore summary window, the drive letters listed in
"Destination Volume" column are automatically generated from the Windows
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). They can be different from the drive letters
listed in "Source Volume" column. However, the data is still restored to proper
volume even if drive letters are different.

9. After you have verified that the summary information is correct, click OK.
The restore process starts. The BMR wizard screen displays the restore status for
each volume.
■ Depending upon the size of the volume being restored, this operation can take
some time.
■ During this process you are restoring, block-by-block whatever you had backed
up for that recovery point and creating a replica of the source machine on the
target machine.

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■ By default, the option to reboot your system automatically after recovery is

selected. If necessary, you can clear this option and you can reboot manually at
a later time.
Important: If you are performing an authoritative restore of an active directory
after a BMR, you must uncheck the option Automatically reboot your system
after recovery and for more information, see How to Perform an Authoritative
Restore of an Active Directory after a BMR.
■ If necessary, you can select Do not start Agent service automatically after
reboot.
■ If necessary, you can cancel or abort the operation at any time.

10. From the Utilities menu, you can access the BMR Activity Log and you can use the
Save option to save the Activity Log.
By default, the Activity Log is saved to the following location:
X:\windows\system32\dr\log.
Note: To avoid getting a Windows-generated error, do not save the Activity Log on
your desktop or create a folder on your desktop using the Save As option from the
BMR Activity Log window.

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11. If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware (the SCSI/FC adapter which used to
connect hard drives could have been changed) and no compatible driver is detected
in your original system, a "driver injection" page is displayed to allow you to provide
drivers for these devices.
You can browse and select drivers to inject to the recovered system so that even if
you are recovering to a machine with dissimilar hardware, you can still bring back
the machine after BMR.
12. When the BMR process is completed, a confirmation notification is displayed.

Verify that the BMR was Successful

To verify that the BMR was successful, perform the following tasks:
■ Reboot the operating system.
■ Verify all systems and applications function correctly.
■ Verify all network settings are properly configured.
■ Verify the BIOS is configured to boot from the disk on which the boot volume was
restored to.
■ When the BMR is completed, be aware of the following conditions:
– The first backup that is performed after the BMR is a Verify Backup.
– When the machine has been rebooted, you may need to configure the network
adapters manually if you restored to dissimilar hardware.
Note: When the machine is rebooting, a Windows Error Recovery screen may
be displayed indicating that Windows did not shut down successfully. If this
occurs, you can safely ignore this warning and continue to start Windows
normally.
– For dynamic disks, if the status of the disk is offline, you can manually change it
to online from the disk management UI (accessed by running the
Diskmgmt.msc control utility).
– For dynamic disks, if the dynamic volumes are in a failed redundancy status,
you can manually resynchronize the volumes from the disk management UI
(accessed by running the Diskmgmt.msc control utility).

BMR Reference Information

This section contains the following topics:

How Bare Metal Recovery Works (see page 722)

Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion (see page 723)
Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 724)

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How Bare Metal Recovery Works

Bare Metal Recovery is the process of restoring a computer system from "bare metal"
by reinstalling the operating system and software applications, and then restoring the
data and settings. The most common reasons for performing a bare metal recovery are
because your hard drive either fails or becomes full and you want to upgrade (migrate)
to a larger drive or migrate to newer hardware. Bare metal recovery is possible because
during the block-level backup process, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) captures not only
the data, but also all information related to the operating system, installed applications,
configuration settings, necessary drivers, and so on. All relevant information that is
necessary to perform a complete rebuild of the computer system from "bare metal" is
backed up into a series of blocks and stored on the backup location.

Note: Dynamic disks are restored at disk level only. If your data is backed up to a volume
on a dynamic disk, you will not be able to restore this dynamic disk (including all its
volumes) during BMR.

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When you perform a bare metal recovery, the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) boot disk
is used to initialize the new computer system and allow the bare metal recovery process
to begin. When the bare metal recovery is started, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will
prompt you to select or provide a valid location to retrieve these backed up blocks from,
as well as the recovery point to be restored. You may also be prompted to provide valid
drivers for the new computer system if needed. When this connection and configuration
information is provided, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) begins to pull the specified
backup image from the backup location and restore all backed up blocks to the new
computer system (empty blocks will not be restored). After the bare metal recovery
image is fully restored to the new computer system, the machine will be back to the
state that it was in when the last backup was performed, and Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) backups will be able to continue as scheduled. (After completion of the BMR,
the first backup will be a Verify Backup).

Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion

If it is detected that the operating system of your source machine is not the same
firmware as your system, you will be asked if you want to convert UEFI to a
BIOS-compatible system or BIOS to UEFI-compatible system. The following table lists
each operating system and the type of conversion supported.

Operating System (OS) CPU uEFI to BIOS BIOS to uEFI

Windows Server 2003 x86 No No
Windows Server 2003 x64 No No
Windows Vista (None SP) x86 No No
Windows Vista (None SP) x64 No No
Windows Vista SP1 x86 No No
Windows Vista SP1 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 x86 No No
Windows Server 2008 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 7 x86 No No
Windows 7 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 8 x86 No No
Windows 8 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 x86 No No
Windows 8.1 x64 Yes Yes

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Windows 10 x86 No No
Windows 10 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 Yes Yes

Managing the BMR Operations Menu

The BMR Operations menu consists of the following three types of operations:
■ Disk Specific Operations
■ Volume/Partition Specific Operations
■ BMR Specific Operations
Disk Specific Operations:
To perform disk specific operations, select the disk header and click Operations.
Clean Disk
This operation is used to clean all partitions of a disk and is:
■ An alternate method to delete all volumes of a disk. With the Clean Disk
operation, you do not have to delete each volume one by one.
■ Used to delete the non-Windows partitions. Due to a VDS limitation, the
non-Windows partition cannot be deleted from the UI, but you can use this
operation to clean them all.
Note: During BMR, when the destination disk has non-Windows partitions or
OEM partitions, you cannot select this partition and delete it from the BMR UI.
Usually this would occur if you ever installed Linux/Unix on the destination
disk. To resolve this issue, perform one of the following tasks:
■ Select the disk header on the BMR UI, click Operations, and use the Clean
Disk operation to erase all partitions on the disk.
■ Open a command prompt and type Diskpart to open the Diskpart
command console. Then type "select disk x" , where 'x' is the disk number
and "clean" to erase all partitions on the disk.
Convert to MBR
This operation is used to convert a disk to MBR (Master Boot Record). It is
available only when the selected disk is a GPT (GUID Partition Table) disk and
there are no volumes on this disk.
Convert to GPT
This operation is used to convert a disk to GPT. It is available only when the
selected disk is an MBR disk and there are no volumes on this disk.

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Convert to Basic
This operation is used to convert a disk to Basic. It is available only when the
selected disk is a Dynamic disk and there are no volumes on this disk.
Convert to Dynamic
This operation is used to convert a disk to Dynamic Disk. It is available only
when the selected disk is a Basic disk.
Online Disk
This operation is used to bring a disk online. It is available only when the
selected disk is in the offline status.
Disk Properties
This operation is used to view detailed disk properties. It is always available and
when you select this operation, a Disk Properties dialog appears.
Volume/Partition Specific Operations:
To perform volume/partition operations, select the disk body area and click
Operations. From this menu, you can create new partitions to correspond to the
disk partitions on the source volume.
Create Primary Partition
This operation is used to create a partition on a basic disk. It is available only
when the selected area is an unallocated disk space.
Create Logical Partition
This operation is used to create a logical partition on a basic MBR disk. It is
available only when the selected area is an extended partition.
Create Extended Partition
This operation is used to create an extended partition on a basic MBR disk. It is
available only when the disk is an MBR disk and the selected area is an
unallocated disk space.
Create System Reserved Partition
This operation is used to create the System Reserved Partition on a BIOS
firmware system and builds a mapping relationship with the source EFI System
Partition. It is only available when you restore a UEFI system to a BIOS system.
Note: If you previously converted from UEFI to a BIOS-compatible system, use
the Create System Reserved Partition operation for destination disk resizing.

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Create EFI System Partition

This operation is used to create the EFI System Partition on a basic GPT disk. It
is available only when the target machine firmware is UEFI and the selected
disk is a basic GPT disk.
Note: If you previously converted from BIOS to a UEFI-compatible system, use
the Create EFI System Partition operation for destination disk resizing.
Note: Systems that support UEFI also require that the boot partition reside on a
GPT (GUID Partition Table) disk. If you are using a MBR (Master Boot Record)
disk, you must convert this disk to a GPT disk, and then use the Create EFI
System Partition operation for disk resizing.
Resize Volume
This operation is used to resize a volume. It is an alternate method of Windows
"Extend Volume/Shrink Volume". It is available only when the selected area is a
valid disk partition.
Delete Volume
This operation is used to delete a volume. It is available only when the selected
area is a valid volume.
Delete Extended Partition
This operation is used to delete the extended partition. It is available only when
the selected area is the extended partition.
Volume Properties
This operation is used to view detailed volume properties. When you select this
operation, a Volume Properties dialog appears.
BMR Specific Operations:
These operations are specific to BMR. To perform BMR operations, select the disk
header or the disk body area and click Operations.
Map Disk From
This operation is used to build a mapping relationship between the source and
target dynamic disks. It is available only when the selected disk is a Dynamic
disk.
Note: When mapping to another disk, the capacity of each mapped target
volume must be the same size or larger than the corresponding source volume.
Map Volume From
This operation is used to build a mapping relationship between the source and
target basic volume. It is available only when the selected volume is a Basic
volume.
Note: When mapping to another disk, the capacity of each mapped target
volume must be the same size or larger than the corresponding source volume.

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Commit
This operation is always available. All of the operations are cached in memory
and they do not modify the target disks until you select the Commit operation.
Reset
This operation is always available. The Reset operation is used to relinquish your
operations and restore the disk layout to the default status. This operation cleans
all of the cached operations. Reset means to reload the source and target disk
layout information from the configure file and current OS, and discard any user
changed disk layout information.

Troubleshooting BMR Issues

When a problem is detected, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) generates a message to
help you identify and resolve the problem. These messages are contained in the
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Activity Log, which is accessed from the View Logs
option on the home page UI. In addition, when an incorrect action is attempted,
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) generally displays a pop-up message to help you identify
and quickly resolve the problem.

This section contains the following topics:

Slow throughput performance during BMR (see page 727)

After BMR, dynamic volumes are not recognized by the operating system (see page 728)
Unable to Reboot Hyper-V VM After BMR (see page 728)
Unable to Reboot VMware VM After BMR (see page 729)
Unable to boot the server after performing a BMR (see page 729)
Failed to submit BMR job to Recovery Point Server (see page 730)

Slow throughput performance during BMR

This problem can be caused by SATA controllers with "AHCI" enabled.

During BMR, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will install drivers for critical unknown
devices. If the device already has a driver installed, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will
not update that driver again. For some devices, Windows 7PE may have the drivers for
them, but these drivers may not be the best ones and this can cause the BMR to run too
slow.

To remedy this problem, perform one of the following tasks:

■ Check if the driver pool folder contains the newest disk drivers. If it does, and you
are restoring to the original machine, please install the new driver from the driver
pool folder. If you are restoring to alternate machine, download the latest disk
drivers from the Internet, and load it before you start data recovery. To load the
driver, you can use the "drvload.exe" utility, which is included in Windows PE.

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■ Change the device operating mode from "AHCI" (Advanced Host Controller
Interface) to Compatibility mode. (Compatibility mode provides a better
throughput).

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

After BMR, dynamic volumes are not recognized by the operating system

To keep dynamic disks in a consistent state, the Windows operating system

automatically synchronizes the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata on each dynamic
disk. So when BMR restores one dynamic disk and brings it online, the LDM metadata on
this disk is automatically updated by the operating system. This may result in a dynamic
volume not being recognized by the operating system and missing after the reboot.

To remedy this problem, when you perform BMR with multiple dynamic disks, do not
perform any pre-BMR disk operations such as cleaning, deleting volume, and so on.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

Unable to Reboot Hyper-V VM After BMR

If you performed BMR to a Hyper-V machine consisting of more than one disk
connected to an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) controller and if the server does not
reboot, perform the following troubleshooting procedure:
1. Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is the master disk.
The Hyper-V BIOS searches for the system volume on the master disk (disk 1) which
is connected to the master channel. If the system volume is not located on the
master disk, the VM will not reboot.
Note: Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is connected to an IDE
controller. Hyper-V cannot boot from a SCSI disk.
2. If necessary, modify the Hyper-V settings, to connect the disk that contains the
system volume to the IDE master channel and reboot the VM again.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Unable to Reboot VMware VM After BMR

If you performed BMR to a VMware machine consisting of more than one disk
connected to an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) controller or a SCSI adapter and the
server does not reboot, perform the following troubleshooting procedure:
1. Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is the master disk.
The VMware BIOS searches for the system volume on the Master disk (disk 0) which
is connected the master channel. If the system volume is not on the Master disk,
the VM does not reboot.
2. If necessary, modify the VMware settings, to connect the disk that contains the
system volume to the IDE master channel and reboot the VM again.
3. If the disk is a SCSI disk, verify the disk which contains boot volume is the first disk
which connects to the SCSI adapter. If not, assign the boot disk from the VMware
BIOS.
4. Verify the disk which contains boot volume is in the previous eight disks, because
the VMware BIOS only detect eight disks during the boot. If there are more than
seven disks ahead the disk which contains system volumes connected to the SCSI
adapter, the VM cannot boot.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

Unable to boot the server after performing a BMR

Symptom
When the source machine is an Active Directory server performing a BMR to a physical
machine with different hardware or to a virtual machine on a hyper-v server, the server
does not boot and a blue screen displays with the following message:
STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: a
device attached to the system is not functioning. Error status: 0xc0000001.

Solution
Reboot the system to the BMR PE environment, rename all *.log files in the
C:\Windows\NTDS folder, and restart the system. For example, rename the file edb.log
to edb.log.old and restart the system.
If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Failed to submit BMR job to Recovery Point Server

Only one BMR job is supported when restoring from same RPS server for the same node
(Agent backup or Host-Based Backup). This is controlled by the job monitor on the RPS
server.

If the machine where the BMR job is running is shut down or rebooted unexpectedly,
the job monitor at the RPS server side will wait 10 minutes and then time out. During
this time you cannot start another BMR for the same node from the same RPS server.

If you abort the BMR from the BMR UI, this problem does not exist.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery Using a Virtual Standby VM or

Instant VM
Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) is the process of restoring a computer system from "bare
metal" including reinstalling the operating system and software applications, and then
restoring the data and settings. The BMR process lets you restore a full computer with
minimal effort, even to different hardware. BMR is possible because during the
block-level backup process, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) not only captures the data,
but also all information that is related to the following applications:
■ Operating system
■ Installed applications
■ Configuration settings
■ Necessary drivers

All relevant information that is necessary to perform a complete rebuild of the

computer system from "bare metal" is backed up into a series of blocks and stored on
the backup location.

To perform a BMR from a virtual machine, use one of the following ways:
■ Connect to the ESX server directly using the IP address
■ Add the correct DNS setting in your BMR machine and resolve the hostname to the
IP address

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Complete the following tasks to perform a BMR using a virtual standby VM or Instant
VM:
1. Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 731)
2. Define BMR Options (see page 733)
■ Recover Using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM (see page 735)
■ Recover Using a VMware Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM (see page 740)
■ Perform BMR in Express Mode (see page 745)
■ Perform BMR in Advanced Mode (see page 748)
3. Verify that the BMR was Successful (see page 753)
4. BMR Reference Information (see page 721)
5. Troubleshooting BMR Issues (see page 727)

Review the BMR Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a BMR:
■ You must have one of the following images:
– A created BMR ISO image burned onto a CD/DVD
– A created BMR ISO image burned onto a portable USB stick
Note: Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) utilizes a Boot Kit Utility to combine a WinPE
image and Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) image to create a BMR ISO image. This
ISO image is then burned onto a bootable media. You can then use either of these
bootable media (CD/DVD or USB stick) to initialize the new computer system and
allow the bare metal recovery process to begin. To ensure your saved image is
always the most up-to-date version, create a new ISO image every time you update
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
■ At least one full backup available.
■ At least 1-GB RAM installed on the virtual machine and the source server that you
are recovering.
■ To recover VMware virtual machines to VMware virtual machines that are
configured to behave as physical servers, verify the VMware Tools application is
installed on the destination virtual machine.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Review the following restore considerations:

■ Regardless of which method you used to create the Boot Kit image, the BMR
process is basically the same.
Note: The BMR process cannot create storage spaces. If the source machine had
storage spaces, during BMR you cannot create storage spaces at the destination
machine. You can either restore those volumes to regular disks/volumes or
manually create storage spaces before performing the BMR, and then restore the
data into those created storage spaces.
■ Dynamic disks are restored at the disk level only. If your data is backed up to a local
volume on a dynamic disk, you cannot to restore this dynamic disk during BMR. In
this scenario, to restore during BMR you must perform one of the following tasks
and then perform BMR from the copied Recovery Point:
– Back up to a volume on another drive.
– Back up to a remote share.
– Copy a recovery point to another location.
Note: If you perform BMR with multiple dynamic disks, the BMR may fail because of
some unexpected errors (such as fail to boot, unrecognized dynamic volumes, and
so on). If this occurs, you should restore only the system disk using BMR, and then
after the machine reboot you can restore the other dynamic volumes on a normal
environment.
■ If you attempt to perform a BMR on a Hyper-V VM with a 4 KB disk, add this 4 KB
disk to the SCSI controller. If you add it to the IDE controller, the disk will not be
detected in the Windows PE system.
■ (Optional) Review the BMR Reference Information. For more information, see the
following topics:
– How Bare Metal Recovery Works (see page 722)
– Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion (see page 723)
– Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 724)

Review the following considerations:

■ If you upgrade to a newer version or update of Arcserve UDP, you must re-create
the BMR ISO using the proper Windows AIK or ADK level to include support for
latest features and bug fixes. However, once a BMR ISO is created, the ISO file can
be used for the same OS level. The following OS levels can use the same ISO:
– ISO created using Windows 7 WAIK – works for Windows 2003, Vista, 2008,
2008 R2
– ISO create using Windows 8/8.1 ADK – works for Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012,
Server 2012 R2
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Define BMR Options

Prior to initiating the BMR process, you must specify some preliminary BMR options.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert the saved Boot Kit image media and boot the computer.
■ If you are using a BMR ISO image burned onto a CD/DVD, insert the saved
CD/DVD.
■ If you are using a BMR ISO image burned onto a USB stick, insert the saved USB
stick.
The BIOS Setup Utility screen is displayed.
2. From the BIOS Setup Utility screen, select the CD-ROM Drive option or the USB
option to launch the boot process. Select an architecture (x86/x64) and press Enter
to continue.
3. The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) language select screen is displayed. Select a
language and click Next to continue.

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The Bare Metal Recovery process is initiated and the initial BMR wizard screen is
displayed.

The BMR wizard screen allows you to select the type of BMR you want to perform:
■ Restore from an Arcserve Unified Data Protection backup
Use this option to perform a restore from either a backup destination folder or
a data store.
This option lets you recover data that was backed up using Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows). This option is used in connection with backup sessions performed
with Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) or with the Arcserve UDP host-based VM
backup application.
For more information, see How to Perform a Bare Metal Recovery Using a
Backup in the online help.
■ Recover from a Virtual Standby VM
Use this option to perform a virtual-to-physical (V2P) restore from a virtual
standby VM or Instant VM. Virtual-to-physical (V2P) is a term that refers to the
migration of an operating system (OS), application programs and data from a
virtual machine or disk partition to a computer's main hard disk. The target can
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– Source is on a VMware machine

Lets you recover data for a machine for which virtual conversion is done to
a VMware virtual machine. This option is used in connection with the
Arcserve Central Virtual Standby or Instant VM application.
Note: For this option, you can only recover data if the virtual conversion to
a VMDK file (for VMware) was performed using Arcserve Central Virtual
Standby or Instant VM.
If you select this option, see Recover using a VMware Virtual Standby VM
or Instant VM (see page 740) to continue this procedure.
– Source is on a Hyper-V machine
Lets you recover data for a machine for which virtual conversion is
performed to a Hyper-V virtual machine. This option is used in connection
with the Arcserve Central Virtual Standby or Instant VM application.
Note: For this option, you can only recover data if the virtual conversion to
a VHD file (for Hyper-V) was performed using Arcserve Central Virtual
Standby or Instant VM.
If you select this option, see Recover using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM
or Instant VM (see page 735) to continue this procedure.
4. Select Recover from a Virtual Standby VM. Then select one of the sources.
If you select the Source is on a VMware machine option, see Recover using a
VMware Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM (see page 740) to continue this
procedure.
If you select the Source is on a Hyper-V machine option, see Recover using a
Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM (see page 735) to continue this
procedure.

Recover using a Hyper-V Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) provides the capability to perform Bare Metal Recovery
for virtual-to-physical (V2P) machines. This feature lets you perform virtual-to-physical
recovery from the latest state of a standby or instant virtual machine and helps you
reduce the loss of your production machine.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the select the Type of Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) wizard screen, select the
Recover from a Virtual Standby VM and select Source is on a Hyper-V machine
option.
Use this option to perform a virtual-to-physical restore from a virtual standby VM or
Instant VM. The term virtual-to-physical refers to the migration of an operating
system (OS), application programs and data from a virtual machine or disk partition
to a computer's main hard disk. The target can be a single computer or multiple
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2. Click Next.
The Select a virtual machine snapshot screen is displayed, with the Hyper-V
Authentication dialog, prompting you for Hyper-V server details.

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3. Enter the authentication information and click OK.

Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) detects and displays the Hyper-V Server with a
listing of all the virtual machines that are converted to the specified Hyper-V server
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4. Select the virtual machine that contains the recovery point snapshots for your
backup image.
The backup sessions (recovery point snapshots) for the selected virtual machine are
displayed.

5. Select the virtual machine backup session (recovery point snapshot) that you want
to recover.
The corresponding details for the selected recovery point snapshot (virtual machine
name, backup session name, backed up volumes) are displayed in the right pane.
In addition to selecting one of the listed recovery points, you also have the option
to select the Current State or the Latest State recovery point.
– If the virtual machine that you are recovering from is powered on, the Current
State recovery point is displayed.
Note: If the virtual machine is powered on, then any data changes in the
virtual machine after the BMR process started will not be recovered.
– If the virtual machine that you are recovering from is powered off, the Latest
State recovery point is displayed.

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6. Verify this is the recovery point that you want to restore and click Next.
A BMR wizard screen is displayed with the available recovery mode options.

The available options are Advanced Mode and Express Mode.

■ Select Express Mode if you want minimal interaction during the recovery
process. For more information see, Perform BMR in Express Mode (see
page 745).
■ Select Advanced Mode if you want to customize the recovery process. For
more information, see Perform BMR in Advanced Mode (see page 748).
Default: Express Mode.

Recover using a VMware Virtual Standby VM or Instant VM

The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) provides the capability to perform Bare Metal
Recovery for virtual-to-physical (V2P) machines. This feature lets you perform
virtual-to-physical recovery from the latest state of a standby virtual machine and helps
you reduce the loss of your production machine.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the select the Type of Bare Metal Recovery (BMR) wizard screen, select the
Recover from a virtual machine and select the Source is on a VMware machine
option.
Use this option to perform a virtual-to-physical restore from a virtual standby VM or
Instant VM. The term virtual-to-physical refers to the migration of an operating
system (OS), application programs and data from a virtual machine or disk partition
to a computer's main hard disk. The target can be a single computer or multiple
computers.

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2. Click Next.
The Select a Recovery Point screen is displayed with the ESX/VC Credentials dialog.

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3. Enter the credential information and click OK.

Note: If you are connecting to a vCenter, you do not need an Administrator
permission at the vCenter Server level but you must have an Administrator
permission at the Datacenter level. In addition, you must have the following
permissions at the vCenter Server level:
■ Global, DisableMethods and EnableMethods
■ Global, License
The Select a Recovery Point screen is displayed.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) then retrieves all the recovery point snapshots
for the selected VMware server and displays the VMware Server in the left pane,
with a listing of all the virtual machines that are hosted on the selected VMware
server.

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4. Select the virtual machine which contains recovery points for your backup image.
The backup sessions (recovery point snapshots) for the selected virtual machine are
displayed.

5. Select the virtual machine backup session (recovery point snapshots) that you want
to recover.
The corresponding details for the selected recovery point snapshot (virtual machine
name, backup session name, backed up volumes, backed up dynamic disks) are
displayed in the right pane.
In addition to selecting one of the listed recovery points, you also have the option
to select the Current State or the Latest State recovery point.
– If the virtual machine that you are recovering from is powered on, the Current
State recovery point is displayed.
Note: If the virtual machine is powered on, then any data changes in the
virtual machine after the BMR process started will not be recovered.
– If the virtual machine that you are recovering from is powered off, the Latest
State recovery point is displayed.

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6. Verify this is the recovery point that you want to restore and click Next.
A BMR wizard screen is displayed with the available recovery mode options.

The available options are Advanced Mode and Express Mode.

■ Select Express Mode if you want minimal interaction during the recovery
process. For more information see, Perform BMR in Express Mode (see
page 745).
■ Select Advanced Mode if you want to customize the recovery process. For
more information, see Perform BMR in Advanced Mode (see page 748).
Default: Express Mode.

Perform BMR in Express Mode

The Express Mode requires minimal interaction during the recovery process.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Choose a Recovery Mode dialog, select Express Mode and click Next.

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The Summary of Disk Restore Settings screen opens, displaying a summary of the
volumes that are going to be restored.
Note: On the bottom of restore summary window, the drive letters listed in
Destination Volume column are automatically generated from the Windows
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). They can be different from the drive letters
listed in Source Volume column. However, the data is still restored to proper
volume even if drive letters are different.

2. After you have verified that the summary information is correct, click OK.
The restore process starts. The BMR wizard screen displays the restore status for
each volume.
■ Depending upon the size of the volume being restored, this operation can take
some time.

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■ During this process you are restoring, block-by-block whatever you had backed
up for that recovery point and creating a replica of the source machine on the
target machine.
■ By default, the option to reboot your system automatically after recovery is
selected. If necessary, you can clear this option and you can reboot manually at
a later time.
Important: If you are performing an authoritative restore of an active directory
after a BMR, you must uncheck the option Automatically reboot your system
after recovery and for more information, see How to Perform an Authoritative
Restore of an Active Directory after a BMR.
■ If necessary, you can select Do not start Agent service automatically after
reboot.
■ If necessary, you can cancel or abort the operation at any time.

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3. From the Utilities menu, you can access the BMR Activity Log and you can use the
Save option to save the Activity Log.
By default, the Activity Log is saved to the following location:
X:\windows\system32\dr\log.
Note: To avoid getting a Windows-generated error, do not save the Activity Log on
your desktop or create a folder on your desktop using the Save As option from the
BMR Activity Log window.
4. If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware (the SCSI/FC adapter which used to
connect hard drives could have been changed) and no compatible driver is detected
in your original system, a "driver injection" page is displayed to allow you to provide
drivers for these devices.
You can browse and select drivers to inject to the recovered system so that even if
you are recovering to a machine with dissimilar hardware, you can still bring back
the machine after BMR.
5. When the BMR process is completed, a confirmation notification is displayed.

Perform BMR in Advanced Mode

The Advanced Mode lets you customize the recovery process.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Choose a Recovery Mode dialog, select Advanced Mode and click Next.
The BMR utility starts locating the machine that is going to be recovered and
displays the corresponding disk partition information.
The upper pane shows the disk configuration that you have on the current (target)
machine and the lower pane shows the disk partition information that you had on
the original (source) machine.

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Important! A red X icon displaying for a source volume in the lower pane indicates
that this volume contains system information and has not been assigned (mapped)
to the target volume. This system information volume from the source disk must be
assigned to the target disk and restored during BMR or the reboot fails.
Note: If you perform BMR and you restore the system volume to a disk which is not
configured as the boot disk, it will fail to boot the machine after BMR is completed.
Ensure that you are restoring the system volume to a properly configured boot disk.
Note: When restoring to another disk/volume, the capacity of new disk/volume
must be the same size or larger than original disk/volume. In addition, disk resizing
is for basic disks only, and not for dynamic disks.

2. If the current disk information you are seeing does not appear correct, you can
access the Utilities menu and check for missing drivers.
3. If necessary, on the target disk/volume pane you can click the Operations
drop-down menu to display the available options. For more information about
these options, see Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 724).

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4. Click on each target volume and from the pop-up menu, select the Map Volume
From option to assign a source volume to this target volume.
The Select a Basic Source Volume dialog opens.

5. From Select a Basic Source Volume dialog, click the drop-down menu and select the
available source volume to assign to the selected target volume. Click OK.
■ On the target volume, a checkmark icon is displayed, indicating that this target
volume has been mapped to.
■ On the source volume, the red X icon changes to a green icon, indicating that
this source volume has been assigned to a target volume.
6. When you are sure all volumes that you want to restore and all volumes containing
system information are assigned to a target volume, click Next.
The Submit Disk Changes screen opens, displaying a summary of the selected
operations. For each new volume being created, the corresponding information is
displayed.

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7. When you have verified the summary information is correct, click Submit. (If the
information is not correct, click Cancel).
Note: All operations to the hard drive do not take effect until you submit it.
On the target machine, the new volumes are created and mapped to the
corresponding source machine.
8. When the changes are completed, click OK.
The Summary of Disk Restore Settings screen opens, displaying a summary of the
volumes that are going to be restored.
Note: On the bottom of restore summary window, the drive letters listed in
"Destination Volume" column are automatically generated from the Windows
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). They can be different from the drive letters
listed in "Source Volume" column. However, the data is still restored to proper
volume even if drive letters are different.

9. After you have verified that the summary information is correct, click OK.
The restore process starts. The BMR wizard screen displays the restore status for
each volume.
■ Depending upon the size of the volume being restored, this operation can take
some time.

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■ During this process you are restoring, block-by-block whatever you had backed
up for that recovery point and creating a replica of the source machine on the
target machine.
■ By default, the option to reboot your system automatically after recovery is
selected. If necessary, you can clear this option and you can reboot manually at
a later time.
Important: If you are performing an authoritative restore of an active directory
after a BMR, you must uncheck the option Automatically reboot your system
after recovery and for more information, see How to Perform an Authoritative
Restore of an Active Directory after a BMR.
■ If necessary, you can select Do not start Agent service automatically after
reboot.
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10. From the Utilities menu, you can access the BMR Activity Log and you can use the
Save option to save the Activity Log.
By default, the Activity Log is saved to the following location:
X:\windows\system32\dr\log.
Note: To avoid getting a Windows-generated error, do not save the Activity Log on
your desktop or create a folder on your desktop using the Save As option from the
BMR Activity Log window.
11. If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware (the SCSI/FC adapter which used to
connect hard drives could have been changed) and no compatible driver is detected
in your original system, a "driver injection" page is displayed to allow you to provide
drivers for these devices.
You can browse and select drivers to inject to the recovered system so that even if
you are recovering to a machine with dissimilar hardware, you can still bring back
the machine after BMR.
12. When the BMR process is completed, a confirmation notification is displayed.

Verify that the BMR was Successful

To verify that the BMR was successful, perform the following tasks:
■ Reboot the operating system.
■ Verify all systems and applications function correctly.
■ Verify all network settings are properly configured.
■ Verify the BIOS is configured to boot from the disk on which the boot volume was
restored to.
■ When the BMR is completed, be aware of the following conditions:
– The first backup that is performed after the BMR is a Verify Backup.
– When the machine has been rebooted, you may need to configure the network
adapters manually if you restored to dissimilar hardware.
Note: When the machine is rebooting, a Windows Error Recovery screen may
be displayed indicating that Windows did not shut down successfully. If this
occurs, you can safely ignore this warning and continue to start Windows
normally.
– For dynamic disks, if the status of the disk is offline, you can manually change it
to online from the disk management UI (accessed by running the
Diskmgmt.msc control utility).
– For dynamic disks, if the dynamic volumes are in a failed redundancy status,
you can manually resynchronize the volumes from the disk management UI
(accessed by running the Diskmgmt.msc control utility).

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BMR Reference Information

This section contains the following topics:

How Bare Metal Recovery Works (see page 754)

Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion (see page 755)
Managing the BMR Operations Menu (see page 756)

How Bare Metal Recovery Works

Bare Metal Recovery is the process of restoring a computer system from "bare metal"
by reinstalling the operating system and software applications, and then restoring the
data and settings. The most common reasons for performing a bare metal recovery are
because your hard drive either fails or becomes full and you want to upgrade (migrate)
to a larger drive or migrate to newer hardware. Bare metal recovery is possible because
during the block-level backup process, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) captures not only
the data, but also all information related to the operating system, installed applications,
configuration settings, necessary drivers, and so on. All relevant information that is
necessary to perform a complete rebuild of the computer system from "bare metal" is
backed up into a series of blocks and stored on the backup location.

Note: Dynamic disks are restored at disk level only. If your data is backed up to a volume
on a dynamic disk, you will not be able to restore this dynamic disk (including all its
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When you perform a bare metal recovery, the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) boot disk
is used to initialize the new computer system and allow the bare metal recovery process
to begin. When the bare metal recovery is started, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will
prompt you to select or provide a valid location to retrieve these backed up blocks from,
as well as the recovery point to be restored. You may also be prompted to provide valid
drivers for the new computer system if needed. When this connection and configuration
information is provided, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) begins to pull the specified
backup image from the backup location and restore all backed up blocks to the new
computer system (empty blocks will not be restored). After the bare metal recovery
image is fully restored to the new computer system, the machine will be back to the
state that it was in when the last backup was performed, and Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) backups will be able to continue as scheduled. (After completion of the BMR,
the first backup will be a Verify Backup).

Operating Systems that Support UEFI/BIOS Conversion

If it is detected that the operating system of your source machine is not the same
firmware as your system, you will be asked if you want to convert UEFI to a
BIOS-compatible system or BIOS to UEFI-compatible system. The following table lists
each operating system and the type of conversion supported.

Operating System (OS) CPU uEFI to BIOS BIOS to uEFI

Windows Server 2003 x86 No No
Windows Server 2003 x64 No No
Windows Vista (None SP) x86 No No
Windows Vista (None SP) x64 No No
Windows Vista SP1 x86 No No
Windows Vista SP1 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 x86 No No
Windows Server 2008 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 7 x86 No No
Windows 7 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 8 x86 No No
Windows 8 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 x64 Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 x86 No No
Windows 8.1 x64 Yes Yes

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Windows 10 x86 No No
Windows 10 x64 Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 Yes Yes

Managing the BMR Operations Menu

The BMR Operations menu consists of the following three types of operations:
■ Disk Specific Operations
■ Volume/Partition Specific Operations
■ BMR Specific Operations
Disk Specific Operations:
To perform disk specific operations, select the disk header and click Operations.
Clean Disk
This operation is used to clean all partitions of a disk and is:
■ An alternate method to delete all volumes of a disk. With the Clean Disk
operation, you do not have to delete each volume one by one.
■ Used to delete the non-Windows partitions. Due to a VDS limitation, the
non-Windows partition cannot be deleted from the UI, but you can use this
operation to clean them all.
Note: During BMR, when the destination disk has non-Windows partitions or
OEM partitions, you cannot select this partition and delete it from the BMR UI.
Usually this would occur if you ever installed Linux/Unix on the destination
disk. To resolve this issue, perform one of the following tasks:
■ Select the disk header on the BMR UI, click Operations, and use the Clean
Disk operation to erase all partitions on the disk.
■ Open a command prompt and type Diskpart to open the Diskpart
command console. Then type "select disk x" , where 'x' is the disk number
and "clean" to erase all partitions on the disk.
Convert to MBR
This operation is used to convert a disk to MBR (Master Boot Record). It is
available only when the selected disk is a GPT (GUID Partition Table) disk and
there are no volumes on this disk.
Convert to GPT
This operation is used to convert a disk to GPT. It is available only when the
selected disk is an MBR disk and there are no volumes on this disk.

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Convert to Basic
This operation is used to convert a disk to Basic. It is available only when the
selected disk is a Dynamic disk and there are no volumes on this disk.
Convert to Dynamic
This operation is used to convert a disk to Dynamic Disk. It is available only
when the selected disk is a Basic disk.
Online Disk
This operation is used to bring a disk online. It is available only when the
selected disk is in the offline status.
Disk Properties
This operation is used to view detailed disk properties. It is always available and
when you select this operation, a Disk Properties dialog appears.
Volume/Partition Specific Operations:
To perform volume/partition operations, select the disk body area and click
Operations. From this menu, you can create new partitions to correspond to the
disk partitions on the source volume.
Create Primary Partition
This operation is used to create a partition on a basic disk. It is available only
when the selected area is an unallocated disk space.
Create Logical Partition
This operation is used to create a logical partition on a basic MBR disk. It is
available only when the selected area is an extended partition.
Create Extended Partition
This operation is used to create an extended partition on a basic MBR disk. It is
available only when the disk is an MBR disk and the selected area is an
unallocated disk space.
Create System Reserved Partition
This operation is used to create the System Reserved Partition on a BIOS
firmware system and builds a mapping relationship with the source EFI System
Partition. It is only available when you restore a UEFI system to a BIOS system.
Note: If you previously converted from UEFI to a BIOS-compatible system, use
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Create EFI System Partition

This operation is used to create the EFI System Partition on a basic GPT disk. It
is available only when the target machine firmware is UEFI and the selected
disk is a basic GPT disk.
Note: If you previously converted from BIOS to a UEFI-compatible system, use
the Create EFI System Partition operation for destination disk resizing.
Note: Systems that support UEFI also require that the boot partition reside on a
GPT (GUID Partition Table) disk. If you are using a MBR (Master Boot Record)
disk, you must convert this disk to a GPT disk, and then use the Create EFI
System Partition operation for disk resizing.
Resize Volume
This operation is used to resize a volume. It is an alternate method of Windows
"Extend Volume/Shrink Volume". It is available only when the selected area is a
valid disk partition.
Delete Volume
This operation is used to delete a volume. It is available only when the selected
area is a valid volume.
Delete Extended Partition
This operation is used to delete the extended partition. It is available only when
the selected area is the extended partition.
Volume Properties
This operation is used to view detailed volume properties. When you select this
operation, a Volume Properties dialog appears.
BMR Specific Operations:
These operations are specific to BMR. To perform BMR operations, select the disk
header or the disk body area and click Operations.
Map Disk From
This operation is used to build a mapping relationship between the source and
target dynamic disks. It is available only when the selected disk is a Dynamic
disk.
Note: When mapping to another disk, the capacity of each mapped target
volume must be the same size or larger than the corresponding source volume.
Map Volume From
This operation is used to build a mapping relationship between the source and
target basic volume. It is available only when the selected volume is a Basic
volume.
Note: When mapping to another disk, the capacity of each mapped target
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Commit
This operation is always available. All of the operations are cached in memory
and they do not modify the target disks until you select the Commit operation.
Reset
This operation is always available. The Reset operation is used to relinquish your
operations and restore the disk layout to the default status. This operation cleans
all of the cached operations. Reset means to reload the source and target disk
layout information from the configure file and current OS, and discard any user
changed disk layout information.

Troubleshooting BMR Issues

When a problem is detected, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) generates a message to
help you identify and resolve the problem. These messages are contained in the
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Activity Log, which is accessed from the View Logs
option on the home page UI. In addition, when an incorrect action is attempted,
Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) generally displays a pop-up message to help you identify
and quickly resolve the problem.

This section contains the following topics:

Slow throughput performance during BMR (see page 759)

After BMR, dynamic volumes are not recognized by the operating system (see page 760)
Unable to Reboot Hyper-V VM After BMR (see page 760)
Unable to Reboot VMware VM After BMR (see page 761)
Unable to boot the server after performing a BMR (see page 761)
Failed to submit BMR job to Recovery Point Server (see page 762)

Slow throughput performance during BMR

This problem can be caused by SATA controllers with "AHCI" enabled.

During BMR, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will install drivers for critical unknown
devices. If the device already has a driver installed, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will
not update that driver again. For some devices, Windows 7PE may have the drivers for
them, but these drivers may not be the best ones and this can cause the BMR to run too
slow.

To remedy this problem, perform one of the following tasks:

■ Check if the driver pool folder contains the newest disk drivers. If it does, and you
are restoring to the original machine, please install the new driver from the driver
pool folder. If you are restoring to alternate machine, download the latest disk
drivers from the Internet, and load it before you start data recovery. To load the
driver, you can use the "drvload.exe" utility, which is included in Windows PE.

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■ Change the device operating mode from "AHCI" (Advanced Host Controller
Interface) to Compatibility mode. (Compatibility mode provides a better
throughput).

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

After BMR, dynamic volumes are not recognized by the operating system

To keep dynamic disks in a consistent state, the Windows operating system

automatically synchronizes the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata on each dynamic
disk. So when BMR restores one dynamic disk and brings it online, the LDM metadata on
this disk is automatically updated by the operating system. This may result in a dynamic
volume not being recognized by the operating system and missing after the reboot.

To remedy this problem, when you perform BMR with multiple dynamic disks, do not
perform any pre-BMR disk operations such as cleaning, deleting volume, and so on.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

Unable to Reboot Hyper-V VM After BMR

If you performed BMR to a Hyper-V machine consisting of more than one disk
connected to an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) controller and if the server does not
reboot, perform the following troubleshooting procedure:
1. Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is the master disk.
The Hyper-V BIOS searches for the system volume on the master disk (disk 1) which
is connected to the master channel. If the system volume is not located on the
master disk, the VM will not reboot.
Note: Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is connected to an IDE
controller. Hyper-V cannot boot from a SCSI disk.
2. If necessary, modify the Hyper-V settings, to connect the disk that contains the
system volume to the IDE master channel and reboot the VM again.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Unable to Reboot VMware VM After BMR

If you performed BMR to a VMware machine consisting of more than one disk
connected to an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) controller or a SCSI adapter and the
server does not reboot, perform the following troubleshooting procedure:
1. Verify that the disk that contains the system volume is the master disk.
The VMware BIOS searches for the system volume on the Master disk (disk 0) which
is connected the master channel. If the system volume is not on the Master disk,
the VM does not reboot.
2. If necessary, modify the VMware settings, to connect the disk that contains the
system volume to the IDE master channel and reboot the VM again.
3. If the disk is a SCSI disk, verify the disk which contains boot volume is the first disk
which connects to the SCSI adapter. If not, assign the boot disk from the VMware
BIOS.
4. Verify the disk which contains boot volume is in the previous eight disks, because
the VMware BIOS only detect eight disks during the boot. If there are more than
seven disks ahead the disk which contains system volumes connected to the SCSI
adapter, the VM cannot boot.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

Unable to boot the server after performing a BMR

Symptom
When the source machine is an Active Directory server performing a BMR to a physical
machine with different hardware or to a virtual machine on a hyper-v server, the server
does not boot and a blue screen displays with the following message:
STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: a
device attached to the system is not functioning. Error status: 0xc0000001.

Solution
Reboot the system to the BMR PE environment, rename all *.log files in the
C:\Windows\NTDS folder, and restart the system. For example, rename the file edb.log
to edb.log.old and restart the system.
If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Failed to submit BMR job to Recovery Point Server

Only one BMR job is supported when restoring from same RPS server for the same node
(Agent backup or Host-Based Backup). This is controlled by the job monitor on the RPS
server.

If the machine where the BMR job is running is shut down or rebooted unexpectedly,
the job monitor at the RPS server side will wait 10 minutes and then time out. During
this time you cannot start another BMR for the same node from the same RPS server.

If you abort the BMR from the BMR UI, this problem does not exist.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

How to Restore Microsoft Clustered Nodes and Shared Disks

If you have a clustered environment and the clustered nodes and shared disk are not
functioning properly, you can easily recover the nodes and disks. You can restore the
following items:
■ Individual files and folders in a shared disks
■ Specific nodes in a cluster
■ Entire shared disk
■ Entire cluster setup (all clustered nodes and shared disk)

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The following diagram illustrates the process to restore clustered nodes and shared
disks:

Follow these steps to restore Microsoft clustered nodes and shared disks:
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 763)
■ Restore Files of a Cluster Shared Disk (see page 764)
■ Restore a Specific Node in a Cluster (see page 764)
■ Restore a Corrupted Cluster Shared Disk (see page 765)
■ Restore the Entire Clustered Nodes and Shared Disk (see page 765)

Review the Prerequisites

Verify that you have completed the following prerequisites:
■ You have a valid recovery point for restore.
■ You have a valid ISO image for a BMR.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

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Restore Files of a Cluster Shared Disk

The shared disk belongs to one of the nodes from the cluster. When you recover any
files from the shared disk (not the cluster quorum disk), you need to find the parent
node of the shared disk. After you identify the parent node, you can recover files to the
parent node from the shared disk.

Note: After a failover happens, you have to browse the recovery point of a different
agent to find out the desired recovery point.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the agent that owns the shared disk.
2. Open the Restore Wizard and select Find Files/Folders to Restore.
Note: For more information on restoring the files and folders, see How to Restore
Files/Folders.
3. Select all the files from the Restore Wizard that you want to restore to the original
location.
4. Complete the Restore Wizard configurations and submit the job.
The files are recovered.
5. Log in to the parent node of the shared disk and verify the files are recovered.

The files of the shared disk are recovered.

Restore a Specific Node in a Cluster

If a specific node in a cluster is down, you can perform a BMR for only that node.
Typically, in this scenario the shared disk is in a good state and does not need a
recovery.

Follow these steps:

1. Prepare the BMR image (CD / DVD or USB stick).
2. Remove all the connections between the node that you want to recover and the
shared disks.
Example: Disconnect the fibre channel connection.

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3. Perform a BMR for the cluster node.

Note: For more information on performing a bare metal recovery, see How to
Perform a BMR Using a Backup.
The specific node in a cluster is recovered.
4. Check the status of the recovered node in the cluster management console and
ensure that it acts as part of the cluster.

The specific node in a cluster is recovered.

Restore a Corrupted Cluster Shared Disk

The shared disk belongs to one of the nodes from the cluster. If the shared disk is
corrupted or broken, you can restore the specific files or folders of the shared disk,
without recovering the clustered nodes. Typically, in this scenario the quorum disk and
all the cluster nodes are in a good state.

Follow these steps:

1. Replace the corrupted disk manually and reconfigure the cluster shared disk.
2. Identify the agent that owns the shared disk and log in to that agent.
3. Open the Restore Wizard and select Find Files/Folders to Restore.
Note: For more information on restoring the files and folders, see How to Restore
Files/Folders.
4. Select all the files from the Restore Wizard that you want to restore to the original
location.
5. Complete the Restore Wizard configurations and submit the job.
The shared disk is recovered.
6. Check the status of the shared disk in the cluster management console and ensure
that it acts as a part of the cluster.

The shared disk is recovered.

Restore the Entire Clustered Nodes and Shared Disk

If the entire clustered setup is corrupted or not functioning, you can recover the entire
cluster. Recovering the entire cluster is a two-part process. First you recover individual
clustered nodes using BMR. Then you recover the files and folders of the shared disk.

Note: For quorum disks, rebuild the disk using the cluster management console instead
of recovering it using the Restore Wizard in Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).

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Follow these steps:

1. Prepare the BMR image (CD / DVD or USB stick).
2. Remove all the connections between the node that you want to recover and the
shared disks.
Example: Disconnect the fibre channel connection.
3. Perform a BMR for the cluster node.
Note: For more information on performing a bare metal recovery, see How to
Perform a BMR Using a Backup.
The specific node in a cluster is recovered.
4. Check the status of the recovered node in the cluster management console and
ensure that it acts as part of the cluster.
The specific node in a cluster is recovered.
5. Repeat the steps to recover all the clustered nodes.
All the clustered nodes are recovered. Now recover the shared disk.
6. Replace the corrupted disk manually and reconfigure the cluster shared disk.
7. Identify the agent that owns the shared disk and log in to that agent.
8. Open the Restore Wizard and select Find Files/Folders to Restore.
Note: For more information on restoring the files and folders, see How to Restore
Files/Folders.
9. Select all the files from the Restore Wizard that you want to restore to the original
location.
10. Complete the Restore Wizard configurations and submit the job.
The shared disk is recovered.
11. Verify the files of the shared disk and ensure the files are recovered.

The entire cluster is recovered.

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How to Restore an Active Directory

You need to restore a backed up Active Directory session if you have any of the
following scenarios:
■ You want to recover an attribute of the Active Directory object from any available
backed up Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).
■ You want to recover the Active Directory object from any available backed up
Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).
■ You want to recover multiple Active Directory attributes or objects from any
available backed up Active Directory session (not only the last backed up session).

Important! To perform a granular recovery of an Active Directory, an agent-based

backup needs to be performed.

The scenario describes how you can restore an Active Directory.

Perform the following tasks to restore an Active Directory:

1. Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations (see page 768)
2. Restore an Active Directory (see page 769)
3. Verify that the Active Directory was Restored (see page 772)

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Review the Restore Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that the following prerequisites exist before performing a restore:
■ You have already backed up the volumes that include the Active Directory database
folder and Log files folder.
■ You have the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) installed on Domain Controller.
■ You have performed an agent-based backup.
■ Review the Compatibility Matrix which provides the supported operating systems,
databases, and browsers.

Review the following restore considerations:

■ For a recovery point without a file system catalog created, to ensure you can
browse and select files/folders to restore, the account/group should be granted
access permission to all the folders/files on all volumes with read/list access before
the backup is taken.
■ You can perform an Active Directory restore only on the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows).

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Restore an Active Directory

After you have installed the Active Directory in different volumes and have performed a
backup for both volumes, you may want to restore the volumes with the Active
Directory. This scenario describes how you can restore the backed up Active Directory
volumes.

Note: Verify that you have completed the prerequisites and backed up Active Directory
volumes.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the restore method selection dialog in one of the following ways:
■ From Arcserve UDP:
a. Log in to Arcserve UDP.
b. Click the resources tab.
c. Select All Nodes in the left pane.
All the added nodes are displayed in the center pane.
d. In the center pane, select the node and click Actions.
e. Click Restore from the Actions dropdown menu.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
Note: You are automatically logged in to the agent node and the restore
method selection dialog is opened from the agent node.

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■ From Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows):

a. Log in to Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
b. From the home page, select Restore.
The restore method selection dialog opens.
2. From the Restore screen, click Restore Active Directory.
The Restore Active Directory dialog opens.
3. From the Restore Active Directory screen, perform the following steps:

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a. From the calendar, select Backup date for the Active Directory that you want to
restore.
b. From the Time range, select Backup time.
c. From the Restore Active Directory screen, select Backup Job Type and Backup
Job Name.
d. From the Name section, select an Active Directory backup session to restore.
4. Click Next.
5. Select the following options to further define the objects, path, and attributes to
restore:

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a. From the Object column, select the name of an object. The paths related to the
selected object are displayed.
b. From the Path column, select a path. The attributes related to the selected
path are displayed.
Note: You can use the search icon to browse for the path.
c. From the Attribute column, select one or more attributes.
6. Click Next.
The Restore Options screen is displayed.
7. From the Restore Options, select the following objects according to your
requirement:
a. If the selected object was renamed after backup, click the "Restore with
original name of Renamed Objects" option to restore the renamed object.
Note: If you do not select this option, the object will not be restored.
b. If the selected object was moved to another container after backup, click the
"Restore to original location of Moved Objects" option to restore the moved
object.
Note: If you do not select this option, the object will not be restored.
c. If the selected object was deleted permanently after backup, click the "Restore
with the new object ID of Deleted Objects" option to restore the permanently
deleted object.
Note: Using this option helps you keep the restored object with the new object
ID.
8. Click Next.
The Restore Summary screen is displayed
9. Review the details and perform one of the following action:
■ Click Previous, if you want to modify the details.
■ Click Finish to run restore.

A status message is displayed to inform you when the Restore job is completed. If the
restore is unsuccessful, view the logs and try again.

Verify that the Active Directory was Restored

After the completion of the restore process, you can use the Active Directory Users and
Computers utility to verify that the Active Directory (object and/or attribute) was
restored to the specified destination.

Note: The Active Directory utility is installed automatically with the Active Directory.

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Arcserve UDP lets you back up data to a tape and restore the backed up data from the
tape to a node.

This section contains the following topics:

How to Back Up a Deduplication Data Store to a Tape (see page 773)
How to Restore a Deduplication Data Store From a Tape (see page 780)

How to Back Up a Deduplication Data Store to a Tape

In order to successfully back up deduplication data stores to a tape device, Arcserve
UDP needs to integrate with Arcserve Backup. To back up an Arcserve UDP
deduplication data store to a tape, it is important to verify how the data store folders
reside on the source machine. The data store folders can reside in the following ways:
■ Remote to the Arcserve Backup server
■ Local to the Arcserve Backup server and on a single volume
■ Local to the Arcserve Backup Backup server and on multiple volumes

Based on how the data store folder resides on the source machine, you can follow one
of the methods to back up deduplication data stores.

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The following diagram illustrates how to back up deduplication data stores to a tape.

What To Do Next?
■ Review the Prerequisites (see page 775)
■ Data Store Folders are Remote to the Backup Server (see page 776)
■ Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on a Single Volume (see
page 778)
■ Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on Multiple Volumes (see
page 779)

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Review the Prerequisites

Before you start the backup process, verify that you have completed the following
prerequisite tasks:
■ Select all of the following deduplication data store folders for the backup process:
■ Backup Destination
■ Deduplication Data Destination
■ Deduplication Index Destination
■ Deduplication Hash Destination
■ To ensure data consistency across all four folders, you must select the folder
location on the same host.
■ Make sure that the Arcserve UDP data store source machine supports VSS. To do
this, follow these steps:
1. Open the Arcserve Backup Manager.
2. From the Quick Start pane, click Backup and then click Options on the toolbar.
The Global Options dialog opens.
3. Click the Volume Shadow Copy Service tab.
4. Select the Use VSS option and clear the Revert to traditional backup if VSS
fails option.

■ Make sure that you have a valid Arcserve Backup Open File Agent license.

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Data Store Folders are Remote to the Backup Server

When the data store source machine is remote to the Arcserve Backup Server, use this
method to back up deduplication data stores to a tape. You must first install the
Arcserve Backup Client Agent on the source machine. After that you can add the source
machine to the Arcserve Backup Manager and perform the backup process.

Follow these steps:

1. Manually install the Arcserve Backup Client Agent on the remote machine.
2. From the Arcserve Backup Manager, add the source machine where the data store
resides.
a. From the Quick Start pane, click Backup.
b. On the right pane, click the Source tab.
c. From the Group view, right click Client Agent, Add Machine/Object.
The Add Agent dialog opens.

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d. Specify the host name of the remote machine.

e. Specify the credentials.
f. Click OK.
3. Select the source data store folders.
From the Group view, navigate to the remote source machine and select the data
store folders.

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4. Submit the backup job.

a. From the toolbar, click Options.
The Global Options dialog opens.
b. Click the Volume Shadow Copy Service tab.
c. Select Use VSS and clear Revert to traditional backup if VSS fails.
d. Click OK.
e. Submit the backup job. For more information on submitting a backup job, see
Submit a Backup Job in the Arcserve Backup Administration Guide.

Note: When data store folders reside on a single volume, a single backup session is
created on the Arcserve Tape media. Similarly, when data store folders reside on
multiple volumes, then as many multiple sessions are created on the Arcserve Tape
media.

Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on a Single Volume
When the deduplication data store folders are on the same machine as the Arcserve
Backup server and reside on a single volume, then use this method to back up
deduplication data stores to a tape.

Follow these steps:

1. Select the source data folders.
From the Group view, navigate to local agent machine and select the data store
folders.
2. Submit the backup job.
a. From the toolbar, click Options.
The Global Options dialog opens.
b. Click the Volume Shadow Copy Service tab.
c. Select Use VSS and clear Revert to traditional backup if VSS fails.
d. Click OK.
e. Submit the backup job. For more information on submitting a backup job, see
Submit a Backup Job in the Arcserve Backup Administration Guide.

Note: When data store folders reside on a single volume, a single backup session is
created on the Arcserve Tape media. Similarly, when data store folders reside on
multiple volumes, then as many multiple sessions are created on the Arcserve Tape
media.

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Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on Multiple Volumes
When the deduplication data store folders are on the same machine as the Arcserve
Backup server but reside on multiple volumes, then use this method to back up
deduplication data stores to a tape.

Follow these steps:

1. Add the local agent.
a. From the Quick Start pane, click Backup.
b. On the right pane, click the Source tab.
c. From the Group view, right click Client Agent, Add Machine/Object.
The Add Agent dialog opens.

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d. Specify a dummy host name.

e. Clear Use computer name resolution.
f. Specify the IP address of the backup server.
g. Specify the credentials.
h. Click OK.
2. Select the source data folders. From the Group view on the left, navigate to the
dummy host name and select the data store folders from the appropriate volumes.
3. Submit the backup job.
a. From the toolbar, click Options.
The Global Options dialog opens.
b. Click the Volume Shadow Copy Service tab.
c. Select Use VSS and clear Revert to traditional backup if VSS fails.
d. Click OK.
e. Submit the backup job. For more information on submitting a backup job, see
Submit a Backup Job in the Arcserve Backup Administration Guide.
Note: When data store folders reside on a single volume, a single backup session is
created on the Arcserve Tape media. Similarly, when data store folders reside on
multiple volumes, then as many multiple sessions are created on the Arcserve Tape
media.

How to Restore a Deduplication Data Store From a Tape

If you have previously backed up a deduplication data store from a recovery point server
(RPS) to a tape device, you can restore the data store. For this procedure, Arcserve
Backup and Arcserve UDP are used in conjunction with each other to restore a
deduplication data store from a tape. Arcserve Backup is used to restore it from the
tape to a specified destination, and then Arcserve UDP is used to import it to an RPS.

The following two processes are involved in the restore procedure:

1. The first process uses Arcserve Backup to restore the sessions from the tape media
to a volume. It is recommended to restore the sessions to an alternate location.
2. The second process uses Arcserve UDP to import the restored data store to the RPS.
Note: You will need to provide the Backup Destination Folder path of the
deduplication data store when you browse the location during import.

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The following diagram illustrates how to restore AN Arcserve deduplication data store
from a tape:

What To Do Next?
1. Review the Prerequisites (see page 781)
2. Restore From a Tape Media to an Alternate Location (see page 781)
3. Import Restored Data Store to the RPS (see page 782)

Review the Prerequisites

Review the following prerequisites before you begin the restore:
■ You must have backed up an RPS data store to the tape.
■ You will need to provide the session password, if necessary.
■ You will need to provide the user name and password for the restore destination.

Restore From a Tape Media to an Alternate Location

To restore the session from the tape media to an alternate location, you will need to use
the Arcserve Backup Manager.

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After the restore is successful, you can then import the restored data store to the RPS
using Arcserve UDP.

Follow these steps:

1. From Arcserve Backup, log in to the Arcserve Backup Manager.
2. From the Quick Start navigation pane, click Restore and then from the center pane,
select the Source tab.
3. From the drop-down menu, select Restore by Session and select the session that
you want to restore.
4. Click the Destination tab.
5. Clear (uncheck) the Restore files to their original location(s) check box.
6. Expand Windows Systems and browse the location where you want to restore to.
7. Click the Schedule tab and select Once for the Repeat Method option.
8. Click Submit.
The Restore Media dialog opens.
9. Verify the restore media and click OK.
The Session User Name and Password dialog opens.
10. Provide the user name and password for the restore location and the session
password for the recovery points, if necessary.
11. Click OK.
The Submit Job dialog opens.
12. Provide the required information on the Submit Job dialog and click OK.
The restore job is submitted.

After the restore job is complete, the Arcserve UDP data store files will be displayed at
the location that you specified.

Import Restored Data Store to the RPS

To import the restored data store to the RPS, you will need to use the Arcserve UDP
Console. The Import Data Store feature lets you add a data store to the recovery point
server. You can import any existing data store to a recovery point server.

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Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions
drop-down list.
4. Click Import Data Store.
The Import a Data Store page is displayed.
5. Perform the following actions, and click Next:
■ Click Browse and select the Backup Destination Folder from where you want
to import the data store.
■ If necessary, enter the Encryption Password.
Note: If the data store is not encrypted, you can leave this field empty.
After authenticating the Backup Destination folder, the Import a Data Store page
displays the details of the data store.
6. If necessary, modify the data store details and click Save.
When the restored data store is imported, Arcserve UDP will continue to read the
index, hash, and data destinations from the data store configuration settings and
show the actual paths where data store originally resided. After the import is
completed, these path destinations need to be changed to the new restored paths.
Note: You cannot enable or disable the encryption option for an existing data store.
The data store is added to the recovery point server and displayed at the
Destinations: Recovery Point Servers dialog.
Upon completion of a successful import, a green check mark is displayed next to the
corresponding data store name.

You have successfully restored a deduplication data store from a tape.

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This section contains the following topics:
How to use the PowerShell Interface (see page 785)

How to use the PowerShell Interface

Arcserve UDP provides PowerShell capabilities that allows you to submit a backup job,
perform a restore, and recover VM from the command line. The PowerShell interface is
named as UDPPowerCLI.ps1.

Review the Prerequisite

Review the following prerequisites before using the PowerShell interface:
■ You must have Windows 2008 R2 Server or higher versions.
■ You must have PowerShell 3 or higher version installed on your server.

Using the PowerShell Interface for Arcserve UDP

The PowerShell utility is bundled with the Arcserve UDP installation file. When you
install Arcserve UDP, typically the file gets installed at the following location:

C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection

In such cases, UDPPowerCLI.ps1 gets installed at the following location:

C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\PowerCLI

Refer the following items to help you use the PowerShell interface:
■ Update the PowerShell execution policy to allow the scripts to run. For example,
update the execution policy to Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.
Note: For more information about changing the execution policy, see the Microsoft
website. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176961.aspx.
■ Run the following PowerShell command to get the detailed help messages and
examples for the scripts:
Get-Help 'C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\PowerCLI\UDPPowerCLI.ps1' -full

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PowerShell Syntax and Parameters

SYNTAX 1
UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command <CreatePswFile> -Password <String> -PasswordFile
<string> [<CommonParameters>]

SYNTAX 2
UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command <Backup> [-UDPConsoleServerName <String>]
[-UDPConsoleProtocol <{http|https}>] [-UDPConsolePort <int>]
[-UDPConsoleUserName [<String>]] [-UDPConsolePassword <String>]
[-UDPConsolePasswordFile <String>] [-UDPConsoleDomainName <String>]
-planName <String> -nodeName <String> [-backupJobType <String>] [-jobDescription
<String>] [-waitJobFinish <String String>] [-timeOut <int>] [-agentBasedJob
<{true|false} String>] [-backupScheduleType <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

SYNTAX 3
UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command <Restore> [-UDPConsoleServerName <String>]
[-UDPConsoleProtocol <String>] [-UDPConsolePort <int>] [-UDPConsoleUserName
<String>] [-UDPConsolePassword <String>] [-UDPConsolePasswordFile <String>]
[-UDPConsoleDomainName <String>] [-UDPAgentServerName <String>]
[-UDPAgentProtocol <String>] [-UDPAgentPort <int>] [-UDPAgentUserName
<String>] [-UDPAgentPassword <String>] [-UDPAgentPasswordFile <String>]
[-UDPAgentDomainName <String>] [-RestoreDirectoryPath <String>]
[-RestoreFilePath <String>] [-BackupSessionNumber <int>] [-VmName <String>]
-RestoreDestination <String> [-RestoreDestinationUserName <String>]
[-RestoreDestinationPassword <String>] [-CreateRootFolder <String>]
[-ChangeFileName <String>] [-ReplaceActiveFilesFlag <String>] [-OverwriteExistFiles
<String>] [<CommonParameters>]

SYNTAX 4
UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -command <RecoverVM> [-UDPConsoleServerName <String>]
[-UDPConsoleProtocol <String>] [-UDPConsolePort <int>] [-UDPConsoleUserName
<String>] [-UDPConsolePassword <String>] [-UDPConsolePasswordFile <String>]
[-UDPConsoleDomainName <String>] [-UDPAgentServerName <String>]
[-UDPAgentProtocol <String>] [-UDPAgentPort <int>] [-UDPAgentUserName
<String>] [-UDPAgentPassword <String>] [-UDPAgentDomainName <String>]
[-UDPAgentPasswordFile <String>] [-BackupSessionNumber <int>]
-RecoverVmName <String> [-OverwriteExistingVM <String>] [-PoweronVM <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
A utility to connect to the Arcserve UDP Console service, and submit backup and
restore jobs.

PARAMETERS
-Command <String>
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– CreatePswFile
– Backup
– Restore
– RecoverVM
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsoleServerName <String>
Specifies the DNS name of the UDP server (the server where you have installed the
Console) to which you want to connect. If this value is not specified, then the
cmdlet uses the default value, the DNS name of the local machine.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value $env:COMPUTERNAME
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsolePort <int>
Specifies the port number you want to use for the connection. If this value is not
specified, then the cmdlet uses the default value, 8015.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value 8015
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsoleProtocol <String>
Specifies the protocol on the server that you want to use for the connection. The
protocol can be either http or https. If this value is not specified, then the cmdlet
uses the default value, http.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value http
Accept pipeline input? false

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Accept wildcard characters? false

-UDPConsoleUserName <String>
Specifies the user name you want to use for connecting to the UDP server. If the
user name is not specified, then the cmdlet uses the user name currently used to
log into the system.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value $env:UserName
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsolePassword <String>
Specifies the password you want to use for connecting to the UDP server.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-passwordFile <String>
Specifies to generate the password file.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsolePasswordFile <String>
Specifies the UDP password file you want to use for connecting to the UDP server.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentServerName <String>
Specifies the DNS name of the UDP agent server to which you want to connect for
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Required? false
Position? named
Default value $env:COMPUTERNAME
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentProtocol <String>
Specifies the internet protocol that you want to use to connect to the UDP agent
server. It can be either http or https. If this value is not specified, then the cmdlet
uses the default value, http.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value http
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentPort <int>
Specifies the port number that you want to use to connect to the UDP agent server.
If this value is not specified, then the cmdlet uses the default value, 8014.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value 8014
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentUserName <String>
Specifies the user name that you want to use to connect to the UDP agent server. If
the user name is not specified, then the cmdlet uses the user name currently used
to log into the system.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value $env:UserName
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentPassword <String>
Specifies the password that you want to use to connect to the UDP agent server.
Required? false

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Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentPasswordFile <String>
Specifies the UDP agent password file that you want to use to connect to the UDP
agent server.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPAgentDomainName <String>
Specifies the domain name where the specified UDP agent user is located.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-NodeName <String>
Specifies the name of node that you want to back up.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RestoreFilePath <String>
Specifies the file that you want to restore.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

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-RestoreDirectoryPath <String>
Specifies the directory that you want to restore.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-BackupSessionNumber <int>
Specifies the session number to use for the restore job.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-VmName <String>
Specifies the name of a virtual machine for restoring file or directory from its
backup session.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RestoreDestination <String>
Specifies the directory path where the files will be restored.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RestoreDestinationUserName <String>
Specifies the user name of the destination machine where you want to restore
data. The user name belong to the user who can log in to the destination machine.
Required? false

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Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RestoreDestinationPassword <String>
Specifies the password that you will use to log into the destination machine.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-CreateRootFolder <String>
Specifies that if a root directory structure exists in the captured backup image,
Arcserve UDP recreates that same root directory structure on the restore
destination path. When this option is not selected, the file or folder is restored
directly to the destination folder. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-ChangeFileName <String>
Creates a new file if the file name already exists. Selecting this option copies the
source file to the destination with the same filename but a different extension. Data
is then restored to the new file. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

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-ReplaceActiveFilesFlag <String>
Replaces any active files after reboot. If during the restore attempt Arcserve UDP
Agent (Windows) discovers that the existing file is currently in use or being
accessed, it will not immediately replace that file, but instead, to avoid any
problems, will delay the replacement of the active files until the next time the
machine is rebooted. (The restore occurs immediately, but the replacement of any
active files is done during the next reboot). This option is only available when the
OverwriteExistingFiles parameter is True. You can use any one of the following
strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-OverwriteExistingFiles <String>
Overwrites (replaces) any existing files, which are at the restore destination. All
objects are restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence on
your computer. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-UDPConsoleDomainName <String>
Specifies name of domain where the specified user is located. If this value is not
specified, then the cmdlet uses the domain name of local machine; or the DNS
name of local machine if it is not in a domain.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

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-PlanName <String>
Specifies the plan name that defines the backup job setting.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-BackupJobType <String>
Specifies the type of the backup job. One of the following values can be used: Full
(indicates a Full backup), Incr (indicates an Incremental backup), or Rsyn (indicates a
Resync backup). If you do not provide any value, then the cmdlet uses the default
value, Incr. The following strings are supported:
– Full
– Incr
– Rsyn
Required? false
Position? named
Default value Incr
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-JobDescription <String>
Specifies the description for the backup job.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value PowerCLIJo
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RecoverVmName <String>
Specifies the name of the virtual machine that you want to recover.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

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-OverwriteExistingVM <String>
Specifies that if the value is true, the restore job overwrites the existing virtual
machine. The default value is false. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PoweronVM <String>
Specifies that if the value is true, the virtual machine is powered on after it is
recovered. The default value is false. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-waitJobFinish <{true|false} String>
Specifies that if the value is true, the command waits for further instructions until
the backup job is complete. The default value is false. You can use any one of the
following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-timeOut <int>
Specifies the maximum waiting time (in seconds) for the backup job to complete.
Required? false

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Position? named
Default value 600
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-agentBasedJob <String String>
Specifies that if true then for two nodes with the same node name, the cmdlet lets
the node that has the agent-based task to submit the backup job. The default value
is False. You can use any one of the following strings:
– True
– False
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-backupScheduleType <String>
Specifies the repeat schedule for the backup job. The following strings are
supported:
– Daily
– Weekly
– Monthly
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters such as Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, and
OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
– 0 or 1
If job is successfully submitted successfully, the command returns 0; otherwise
returns 1.

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PowerShell Examples
Example 1
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command CreatePswFile -password myPlainPassword
-passwordFile myPasswordFile
Description
The command encrypts plain passwords that are present in the password file.

Example 2
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPConsoleUserName myUsr
-UDPConsolePassword myPsw -PlanName myPlan
Description
On the local server, the command connects to the UDP Console service with
HTTP protocol over port 8015, and then submits an Incremental backup job for
the plan named myplan.

Example 3
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPConsoleUserName myUsr
-UDPConsolePasswordFile myUDPPasswordFile -NodeName myNodeName
Description
On the local server, the command connects to the UDP Console service with
HTTP protocol over port 8015, and then submits an Incremental backup job for
the node named myNodeName.

Example 4
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPConsoleServerName myServer
-UDPConsoleProtocol https -UDPConsolePort 8018 -UDPConsoleUserName myUsr
-UDPConsolePassword myPsw -UDPConsoleDomainName myDomain -PlanName
myPlan -BackupJobType Full -JobDescription myJob
Description
The command connects to the UDP Console service on the server named
myServer with HTTPS protocol over port 8018, and then submits a Full backup
job for the plan named myPlan, and set the job description as myJob.

Example 5
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPAgentServerName
yourUDPAgentServer -UDPAgentPasswordFile myUDPAgentPasswordFile -
jobType Incr

Description
The command connects to the UDP agent service on the server named
yourUDPAgentServer with HTTP protocol over port 8014, and then submits an
Incremental backup job for yourUDPAgentServer.
Example 6

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C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Cmd Backup -Svr myServer -Ptc https -Prt 8018 -Usr
myUsr -Psw myPsw -Dmn myDomain -Pln myPlan -Jbt Full -Jbd myJob
Description
The command shortens the Parameter name.

Example 7
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command restore -UDPAgentServerName
yourUDPAgentServer -UDPAgentPasswordFile myUDPAgentPasswordFile
-RestoreDirectoryPath 'c:\Test' -BackupSessionNumber 1
Description
The command connects to the server named yourUDPAgentServer using the
user name of the environment, the default HTTP protocol, and port 8014. It
verifies the backup session number is 1 from the yourUDPAgentServer backup
configuration and then restores the directory to the original location, with the
restore option selected as Overwrite existing files.

Example 8
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command restore -UDPAgentServerName
yourUDPAgentServer -UDPAgentUserName UDPAgentUsername
-UDPAgentPasswordFile myUDPAgentPasswordFile -UDPAgentProtocol 'https'
-UDPAgentPort 8018 -UDPAgentDomainName UDPAgentdomainName
-BackupSessionNumber 1 -RestoreFilePath 'C:\1.txt' -RestoreDestination 'C:\restore'
-RestoreDestinationUserName remoteAccessUser -RestoreDestinationPassword
remoteAccessPsw -CreateBaseFolder 'true'
Description
The command connects to the server named yourUDPAgentServer using the
HTTPS protocol and port 8018. It verifies the backup session number is 1 from
the yourUDPAgentServer backup configuration and then restores the 1.txt file
to an alternate location, with the restore option selected as Overwrite existing
file and create root directory.

Example 9
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command restore -UDPAgentServerName
yourUDPAgentServer -UDPAgentPasswordFile myUDPAgentPasswordFile
-RestoreDirectoryPath 'c:\Test' -BackupSessionNumber 1 -RestoreDestination
'C:\restore' -RestoreDestinationUserName remoteAccessUser
-RestoreDestinationPassword remoteAccessPsw -servername yourUDPServer
-vmname sourceVMName -UDPConsolePasswordFile myUDPPasswordFile
-domainname yourUDPDomainName -OverwriteExistFiles 'true' -CreateRootFolder
'true'
Description

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The command connects to the server named yourUDPAgentServer using the

user name of the environment, the default HTTP protocol, and port 8014. Then,
it connects to the UDP server using the default port 8015 and protocol HTTP to
check the backup session number is 1. Lastly, it restores the directory to an
alternate location, with the restore option selected as Overwrite existing file
and create root directory.

Example 10
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command RecoverVM -UDPAgentServerName
yourUDPAgentServer -UDPAgentPasswordFile myUDPAgentPasswordFile
-BackupSessionNumber 1 -UDPConsoleServerName yourUDPServer
-recovervmname sourceVMName -UDPConsolePasswordFile myUDPPasswordFile
-UDPConsoleDomainName yourUDPDomainName -OverwriteExistingVM 'true'
-PoweronVM 'true'
Description
The command connects to the server named yourUDPAgentServer using the
user name of the environment, the default HTTP protocol, and port 8014. Then,
it connects to the UDP server using the default port 8015 and protocol HTTP to
check the backup session number is 1. Lastly, it recovers the VM to the original
location, with the recover VM option selected as Overwrite existing vm and
power on vm after recovered.

Example 11
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPAgentServerName myServer
-UDPAgentPassword myPassword -UDPAgentDomainName myDomainName
-UDPAgentUserName myPassword -backupJobType 'incremental'
-backupScheduleType 'weekly' -jobDescription 'PowerCLIJob'
Description
The command submits daily, weekly, or monthly backup job on the UDP Agent.

Example 12
C:\PS>UDPPowerCLI.ps1 -Command Backup -UDPConsoleServerName myServer
-UDPConsolePasswordFile myPasswordFile -UDPConsoleDomainName
myDomainName -nodeName myNodeName -UDPConsoleUserName myAdmin
-backupJobType 'incremental' -jobDescription 'PowerCLIJob' –waitJobFinish 'true'
-timeout 600 -agentBasedJob 'true'
Description
The command submits the backup job and sets the timeout in seconds to wait
for the job to complete.

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Environment
This section contains the following topics:
Installation Consideration for Microsoft SharePoint Environment (see page 801)
How to Back Up Microsoft SharePoint Servers (see page 802)
How to Restore a SharePoint Environment (see page 804)
Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery (see page 846)

Installation Consideration for Microsoft SharePoint Environment

This topic provides the information that you need to install and configure the Arcserve
UDP Agent for Microsoft SharePoint Environment. The information in this topic assumes
that you are familiar with the characteristics and requirements of your Microsoft
SharePoint Server Farm.

Environmental Considerations

SharePoint environments can be complex and distributed across a number of machines.

The server farm configuration must be supported by Microsoft. For example, a
distributed SharePoint environment could contain the following components:
■ One or more Web-Front-End Servers.
■ One or more Database Servers used by SharePoint Server Farm.
■ In most of the cases, the SharePoint is installed in a domain environment. There will
be one or more Domain Controllers and DNS servers.

Installation Consideration

Consider the following when you install the agents:

■ SharePoint is a distributed environment. We recommend to install UDP Agent on
every server in the SharePoint Farm including Web-Front-End Servers and Database
Servers.
■ We also recommend to protect the entire Domain environment, including Domain
Controller, DNS Server. Those are required to restore Farm, Farm Configuration and
Web Application.

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How to Back Up Microsoft SharePoint Servers

You can back up Microsoft SharePoint servers using Arcserve UDP. To ensure that
restore works as expected, we recommend to protect the entire machine, and not
selected volumes on all SharePoint servers.

For Domain Controller and DNS servers, as long as the Domain service and DNS service
work properly after they are booted by Instance VM, you can back up the selected
volumes.

Review the Considerations

We recommend to add all Servers, including Web-Front-End Servers, Database Servers,
Domain Controllers, and DNS Servers into one Plan with the same backup schedule. As a
result, all servers are backed up at almost the same time. This is very important for a
distributed environment. While restoring, you can get the same from the Recovery
Points that are backed up at the same time for all servers.

Note: If the SharePoint Farm topology is changed, new servers are added to perform
load-balance improvement for SharePoint. You must add the new servers immediately
to the same plan.

Perform a Backup of the SharePoint Server

Use the Arcserve UDP Console to perform the database-level backup on the SharePoint
environment.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Console.
2. Click resources and navigate to Nodes in the left Navigation pane.
3. Click All Nodes.
4. Add all nodes in the SharePoint Farm environment.
5. (optional) Create a Data Store.
6. Expand Plans on the Navigation pane and click All Plans.
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8. On the Source tab, add all the nodes that are in the SharePoint Farm environment.

9. Configure other settings and save the plan.

The plan is created for the SharePoint Farm Environment. The settings of the Plan is
deployed to all nodes. The backup job starts at the scheduled time.

You can manually start the backup job by clicking Backup Now. The backup job on all
SharePoint Farm nodes start. The data is saved to the same data store.

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How to Restore a SharePoint Environment

The following granularities restore are supported:
■ Farm
■ Farm with Configuration Only
■ SharePoint Services
■ Web Applications
■ Content Databases
■ Site Collections
■ Sites
■ Lists
■ List Items (including Documents)

Different granularities are restored using different solutions:

■ Restore using Instant VM: It supports Farm, Farm with Configuration Only,
SharePoint Services, and Web Applications.
■ Restore using Arcserve UDP Agent UI: It supports Content Databases.
■ Restore using Mount Database from Recovery Point: It supports Site Collections,
Sites, Lists, and List Items.

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Restore using Instant VM

Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Console.
2. Click resources, Nodes.
3. Right click the node, which is in the plan for SharePoint Environment.
4. Click Create an Instant VM to create instant virtual machines for SharePoint
environment machine.
The Create an Instant VM wizard opens.
5. Browse recovery points from a location and select a recovery point to start the
instant VM.

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6. Click Next.
7. Specify a location on VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V to host the instant VM.
For example: Hypervisor Type is VMware vSphere.
8. Click Next.
9. Specify a machine to run instant VM.

10. Click Next.

11. Configure instant VM hardware and system settings.
12. Create a new Virtual Network as an isolate network environment for SharePoint
recovery. For more information on creating an isolate, see Create an isolated
network for SharePoint recovery (see page 846).
13. Click the (plus) sign to add network adapter.
14. Select the correct virtual network, which is an isolate network environment for
SharePoint recovery, and use the default configuration of TCP/IP Settings
"Source:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX".
Important! When creating an instant VM for a machine which is Web-Front-End
Servers for SharePoint Environment, add one more Network Adapter for
transferring the backup data file. The IP address of the new adapter should be in
the same Virtual Network with the original Web-Front-End Servers for SharePoint,
and in the same IP segment. Then, the original SharePoint Environment can use the
network adapter to access any shared folder with the instant VM.

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15. Click Finish.

The Boot VM dialog opens.
16. Click Boot Later.
A new Instant VM is created that appears in Infrastructures, Instant Virtual
Machines on the Console.
17. Create Instant VM for all the nodes in the SharePoint Farm environment.
18. After the Instance VMs of all nodes are created, boot them up one by one.
■ Start the Domain Controller first, and then the DNS server.
■ After that, start the Database Server and at last, Web Front End Servers.
19. Right-click the Instance VM that you want to boot and select Power on to start the
Instant VM.
20. Wait for these instant VMs for SharePoint Environment machines to power on.
The temporary SharePoint Environment has been set up.
21. Log on the instant VM where the machine is Web-Front-End Servers for SharePoint
Environment. Open Central Administration, click Backup and Restore heading, and
select the Perform a backup link.

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22. Select the component that you want to restore for Farm and then click Next.
For example: Back up Web Applications SharePoint – 80. Expand node Microsoft
SharePoint Foundation Web Application and select the component SharePoint – 80
Back up Access Services. Expand node Shared Services Applications under Shared
Services and select the component Access Services 2010
.

23. Specify Backup Type to Full.

24. Create a Shared Folder on the instant VM, where the machine is Web-Front-End
Servers for SharePoint Environment.
25. Provide Full Control access to everyone on the shared folder.
26. Provide the shared folder path in Backup File Location to store the backup file, and
then click Start Backup.

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27. Wait for the backup job to complete.

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28. After the Farm backup job completes, log in to the machine that is Web-Front-End
Servers for the original SharePoint Environment.
29. Open Central Administration, click Backup and Restore, and select the Restore from
a backup link.
30. Provide the Shared Folder on Backup Directory Location field, and click Refresh.
Note: Shared folder is already created in one of the previous steps.
31. Select the backup instance from the history list and click the Next button.

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32. Select the configuration and content in the farm to restore, and then click Next.
For example, select all Farm component or SharePoint Services component or Web
Applications component.

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The page displays various options for the selected service and content
configuration.
33. Choose whether you want to:
■ Restore content and configuration settings or Restore only configuration
settings
■ Overwrite configuration or create new in restore options.

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34. Click the Start Restore button to begin the restore process.
After the restore job is completed, the selected components in Farm are restored.

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Restore using Arcserve UDP Agent UI

Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Console.
2. Right-click the node that is the Database Server used by the SharePoint.
3. Click Restore.
The Arcserve UDP Agent UI opens that is hosted on the Database Server.
4. Select Browse Recovery Points.
5. Click the Recovery Point that includes the database, which will be restored.
6. Select database under SqlServerWriter/{SqlServerName}/{SqlServerInstantsName}
to restore.
7. Click Next.

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8. Select the restore destination and click Next.

If you select "Restore to original location", the database is restored to the original
location. If you select "Restore to alternative location", the database is restored to
the specified location. Both the restored database will be attached in SQL Server
automatically. If you select "Dump file only", the database data file and log file are
saved to the specified location.
9. Click Finish and wait for the restore job to complete.
Note: After select "Dump file only", attach the database first. Follow the steps in
Restore using Mount Database from Recovery Point (see page 822) and verify if the
new content database is associated with its original web application. If not, add the
restored content database to original web application (see page 819).

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Add the Restored Content Database to Original Web Application

Follow these steps:

1. Open SharePoint Central Administration and select Application Management.

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2. Select Management content databases.

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3. Select the web application and click Add a content database.

4. Type Database Server and Database Name, (for example, WSS_Content_Backup)
and then click OK.

The content database is now associated with its original web application.

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Restore using Mount Database from Recovery Point

Follow these steps:
1. Open the Arcserve UDP Agent UI that is hosted on the Database Server.

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2. Click Mount Recovery Point from the Tasks pane.

3. Select the volume which include SQL server Database for SharePoint.
For example, by default, the database file is saved on "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA", and you select volume C.
4. Select a new volume name to mount in the following dialog and click OK.

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The new volume is listed in Mounted Volumes on the UI.

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5. Open SQL Server Management Studio to attach the backup database.

6. Right-click the Databases folder and select Attach.

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7. Click Add to select the database file that you want to attach.

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8. If the mounted volume is Z, select the database data file location as "Z:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA".
9. Select the file named "WSS_Content.mdf" and click OK.
Note: "WSS_Content.mdf" is the default database data file name for SharePoint
Web Application. If you want to restore another database which is created by a new
web application, use the related database data file name.
10. Click the Attach As column to type the database name (Example,
"WSS_Content_Backup") and click OK.
Note: Before you restore a content database, make sure the name of the database
does not exist in any other web application.

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The new database is attached under the Databases folder.

Note: The new database is not associated with any web application.

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11. Log in to the machine which is Web-Front-End Servers in SharePoint Server Farm.
12. Open Central Administration and click Backup and Restore heading.

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13. Click the Recover Data from an Unattached Content Database link, and provide the
SQL Server name and database name for the unattached database, and use
Windows authentication.
14. Select the Browse content option and click the Next button.
Note: SQL Server name is the name of database servers used by SharePoint Server
Farm, Database name is the name of the newly attached database.

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15. Choose whether to back up the site collection or export the selected site and list.
Note: By default, if the database is unattached content database, then the site
collection URL still includes the central administration web application port number.

You have restored using mount database from a recovery point.

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Restore a Site Collection

Follow these steps:

1. Recover the site collection content from an unattached content database.
■ From Central Administration
a. Select the Backup site collection option, and click the Next button.

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b. Select the site collection and provide the file location for the backup
package.
c. Select Overwrite existing file.

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d. Click the Start Backup button to begin the backup.

The site collection is backed up to a file.
■ Use PowerShell commands
Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
a. $database = Get-SPContentDatabase -ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase
-DatabaseName xxxx -DatabaseServer xxxx
ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase: Specifies that only unattached databases in
the farm are returned.
DatabaseName: Specifies the name of the content database.
DatabaseServer: Specifies the name of the host server for the content
database specified in the DatabaseName parameter.
For more information, see the article from Microsoft.
b. Backup-SPSite -Identity xxxx -Path xxxx
Identity: Specifies the URL or GUID of the site collection to be backed up.
Path: Specifies the full path of the backup file (Example,
C:\backup\sitecollection.bak).
For more information, see the article from Microsoft.
2. Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
3. Use PowerShell commands to restore the site collection.
Restore-SPSite -Identity xxxx -Path xxxx
Identity: Specifies the URL location to which the Site Collection is restored. (For
example, http://www.contoso.com)
Path: Specifies a valid path of the backup location.(For example,
C:\backup\sitecollection.bak)
For more information, see the article from Microsoft.
Note：Restoring a site collection to its original location will fail. You can perform
the following steps:
a. New-SPContentDatabase -Name xxxx -DatabaseServer xxxx -WebApplication
xxxx
Name: Specifies the new content database to create within the farm.
DatabaseServer: Specifies the name of the host server for the content
database specified in the Name parameter.
WebApplication: Attaches the content database to the specified SharePoint
Web application.
b. Restore-SPSite -Identity xxxx -Path xxxx -GradualDelete -DatabaseServer xxxx
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Identity: Specifies the URL location to which the Site Collection is restored. (For
example, http://www.contoso.com)
Path: Specifies a valid path of the backup location.(Example,
C:\backup\sitecollection.bak)
GradualDelete: Specifies that the site collection being overwritten with the
Force parameter should be gradually deleted over time by a timer job, instead
of deleting all at once. It reduces the impact on SharePoint 2010 Products and
SQL Server performance.
DatabaseName: Specifies the SQL Server content database where the site
collection data will be stored.
DatabaseServer: Specifies the name of the SQL Server containing the content
database specified by the DatabaseName parameter.

Restore a Site

Follow these steps:

1. Recover site content from an unattached content database.
■ Use Central Administration
a. Select the export site or the list option, and click the Next button.

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b. Select the site and provide the file location for the export package.
Example: The name of site to be restored is TestSite1 and the URL is
/TestSite1/.
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d. Click the Start Export button to begin the export, then the site is exported
to a file.
■ Use PowerShell commands
Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
a. $database = Get-SPContentDatabase -ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase
-DatabaseName xxxx -DatabaseServer xxxx
ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase: Specifies that only unattached databases in
the farm are returned.
DatabaseName: Specifies the name of the content database.
DatabaseServer: Specifies the name of the host server for the content
database specified in the DatabaseName parameter.
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.
b. Setting object to export
$ExportObject = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportObject
$ExportObject.Type =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPDeploymentObjectType]::Web
$ExportObject.Url = $SiteUrl
$SiteUrl: Specifies the URL location to which the site will be backed up.
c. Configuring Export Settings
$ExportSettings = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportSettings
$ExportSettings.UnattachedContentDatabase = $database
$ExportSettings.SiteUrl = $CAUrl
$CAUrl: Specifies Central Administration Site Url.
$ExportSettings.FileLocation = $ExportPath
$ExportSettings.LogFilePath = $ExportPath
$ExportPath: Specifies the path to save the backup file (for example,
C:\backup).
$ExportSettings.BaseFileName = $ExportFile
$ExportFile: Specifies the filename of the backup file (for example, site.cmp).
$ExportSettings.IncludeVersions =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPIncludeVersions]::All
$ExportSettings.ExportMethod =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportMethodType]::ExportAll
$ExportSettings.IncludeVersions =
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$ExportSettings.ExportObjects.Add($ExportObject)
$ExportSettings.Validate()
$ExportJob = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExport($ExportSettings)
Back up the site to a file.
$ExportJob.Run()
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.
2. Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
3. Use PowerShell commands to restore the site to the origin location or the new
location.
Import-SPWeb -Identity xxxx -Path xxxx -IncludeUserSecurity:$true
-UpdateVersions:xxxx
Identity: Specifies the URL or GUID of the Web to import into. for example,
http://www.contoso.com.
Path: Specifies the name of the import file. for example, C:\backup\site.cmp’
IncludeUserSecurity: Preserves the user security settings except for SPLists that
have broken inheritance and item level permissions set.
UpdateVersions: Indicates how to resolve situations where a file version to be
imported to a site already exists in that site. You can select one of the following
options:
Add: Adds the file as a new version.
Overwrite: Overwrites the current file and all of its versions (delete then
insert).
Ignore: Ignores the file if it exists on the destination. The new file is not
added.
The default value is Add.
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.

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Restore a List or a Library

Follow these steps:

1. Recover the list or library content from an unattached content database.
■ Use Central Administration
a. Select the export site or list option, and click Next.

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b. Select the site and the list and provide the file location for the export
package.
Example: The name of list/library to be restored is NewList1 and the URL is
/TestSite1/NewList1.
c. Select options for security and versions (by default All Versions).

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d. Click Start Export to begin the export.

The list or library is exported to a file.
■ Use PowerShell commands
Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
a. $database = Get-SPContentDatabase -ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase
-DatabaseName xxxx -DatabaseServer xxxx
ConnectAsUnattachedDatabase: Specifies that only unattached databases
in the farm are returned.
DatabaseName: Specifies the name of the content database.
DatabaseServer: Specifies the name of the host server for the content
database specified in the DatabaseName parameter.
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.
b. Setting object to export.
$ExportObject = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportObject
$ExportObject.Type =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPDeploymentObjectType]::List
$ExportObject.Url = $ListUrl
$ListUrl: Specifies the URL location to which the list or library is backed up.
If it is a list, use the parameter "/Lists/{ListName}". If it is a library, use the
parameter "/{LibraryName}"
c. Configuring Export Settings
$ExportSettings = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportSettings
$ExportSettings.UnattachedContentDatabase = $database
$ExportSettings.SiteUrl = $CAUrl
$CAUrl: Specifies Central Administration Site URL.
$ExportSettings.FileLocation = $ExportPath
$ExportSettings.LogFilePath = $ExportPath
$ExportPath: Specifies the path to save the backup file (for example,
C:\backup).
$ExportSettings.BaseFileName = $ExportFile
$ExportFile: Specifies the filename of the backup file (for example,
site.cmp).
$ExportSettings.IncludeVersions =
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$ExportSettings.ExportMethod =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExportMethodType]::ExportAll
$ExportSettings.IncludeVersions =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPIncludeVersions]::All
$ExportSettings.ExportObjects.Add($ExportObject)
$ExportSettings.Validate()
$ExportJob = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExport($ExportSettings)
d. Back up the list or library to a file.
$ExportJob.Run()
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.
2. Click SharePoint Management Shell to launch the console.
3. Use PowerShell commands to restore the list or library to the origin location or the
new location.
Import-SPWeb -Identity xxxx -Path xxxx -IncludeUserSecurity:$true
-UpdateVersions:xxxx
Identity: Specifies the URL or GUID of the Web to import into. For example,
http://www.contoso.com
Path: Specifies the name of the import file. For example, C:\backup\list.cmp’
IncludeUserSecurity: Preserves the user security settings except for SPLists that
have broken inheritance and item level permissions set.
UpdateVersions: Indicates how to resolve situations where a file version to be
imported to a site already exists in that site. You can select one of the following
options:
Add: Adds the file as a new version.
Overwrite: Overwrites the current file and all of its versions (delete then insert)
Ignore: Ignores the file if it exists on the destination. The new file will not be
added.
The default value is Add.
For more details, see the article from Microsoft.

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Restore a File

Follow these steps:

1. Restore the list or the library to a new location. For more information, see Restore a
list or a library (see page 839).
For example: The origin list or library is named NewList1 and the URL is
http://contoso.com /TestSite1/NewList1
■ Using PowerShell commands to restore the list or library to new location.
Example, http://contoso.com/TestSite2
Import-SPWeb -Identity http://contoso.com/TestSite2 -Path C:\backup\list.cmp
-IncludeUserSecurity:$true -UpdateVersions:Overwrite
■ Navigate to the new URL of the list or library. All items are restored into
http://contoso.com/TestSite2/NewList1.
2. Navigate to the new location URL of the list or library.
3. Check the file version history in the list or library.

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4. Select the specific version for the file and click Restore.
For example, restore the specific version 1.1 for the file.

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The 1.1 version fie is restored.

5. Click "Download a Copy" to save the file with specific version 1.1 to a location.

The saved file is restore into origin list or library.

Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery

You can create an isolated network to recover SharePoint in Hyper-V and VMware
machines.

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How to Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery for VMware VM

Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the VMware ESXi server using the vSphere client.

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2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. Select Networking in the Hardware pane and click Add Networking.

4. Ensure the Virtual Machine radio button is selected and click Next.

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5. Select the physical NIC that you need to use to connect the virtual switch to other
physical resources on the network and click Next.

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6. Assign a Network Label to the virtual switch, and a VLAN ID if necessary, and click
Next.

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7. Verify that your virtual switch settings are correct, and click Finish.
When you return to the Networking Configuration tab, you can see that the new
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How to Create an Isolated Network for SharePoint Recovery for Hyper-V VM

Follow these steps:
1. Log in to the Hyper-V Manager.
2. Click Virtual Network Manager.

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4. Type a name for the private virtual network, and click OK.
The new virtual network is added.

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This section contains the following topics:
How to Generate Arcserve UDP Reports (see page 857)

How to Generate Arcserve UDP Reports

The reports tab provides access to various types of reports such as Alerts and Backup
Status. The left pane includes list of reports that you can generate. The center pane
displays the details of the selected report and lets you configure various report settings.
The report is generated for a group of nodes or servers. You can also filter the report to
display detailed information for an individual node. The drill-down report includes the
following items:
Job Nodes
Displays the node name where backup jobs of Agent Backup or Host-Based VM
Backup run.
Protected Nodes
Displays the name of agent node and node protected by the Arcserve UDP agent or
Host-Based VM Backup or Virtual Standby or Arcserve Backup.
Product
Displays the product that is installed on the node. The product name could be
Arcserve UDP Agent, Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server, or Arcserve Backup.
Filters/Actions
Displays the global and local options of filters and actions related to the reports. For
more information, see Using Filters and Actions (see page 860).

The following reports are available in Arcserve UDP:

Alert Report
Displays the alert information for nodes.
Backup Size Trend Report
Displays the backup data size of Arcserve Backup and Arcserve UDP agent in a
historical view and then projects the growth trend that you can prepare for future
storage space requirements. This report includes information for nodes which run
on supported Windows and Linux operating systems and allows you to drill down to
display more detailed information for an individual node.

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Node Backup Status Report

Displays the latest backup status of all nodes during the specific time period. This
report allows you to view detailed information about nodes based on categories
such as selected type of Groups and Node Tier. The report displays the following job
status:
– Successful: Provides a list of jobs that are completed successfully.
– Failed: Provides a list of jobs that failed.
– Incomplete: Provides a list of jobs that finished with incomplete status.
– Canceled: Provides a list of jobs that are canceled.
– Not Attempted: Provides a list of jobs that are not attempted.
Virtualization Protection Status Report
Displays the latest backup status of virtual machines that Host-Based VM Backup or
Virtual Standby or Arcserve Backup protects. This report lets you view information
for a specified time period and drill down to display more detailed information
about each selected category.
Managed Capacity Report
Displays the raw data size of the last successful full backup for each node that
Arcserve Backup, Arcserve UDP Agent, and Host-based VM Backup protect.
Notes:
■ Entering a value in the Last Days filter does not change the result for global
filter. Irrespective of the number of days you provide, applying filter displays
the latest values.
■ In the grid area of the report, except Raw Data Size, the following three
columns are applicable only for VM nodes that are protected by host-based
agentless backup:
Used Space of NTFS volumes (UDP v6 GA) or Used Space of volumes (UDP v6
Update 1 and later)
Indicates the sum of the used space of volumes inside the guest OS of the
VM. For Arcserve UDP v6, it is the sum of all NTFS volumes inside the VM.
For Arcserve UDP v6 Update 1 and later:
For Windows: Refers to the sum of the used space of all NTFS volumes
For Linux VM: Refers to the sum of the used space of all volumes.
For Linux VM, only VMware VM is supported for this column. In this case,
you need to update the VM node with root credentials. Whether it is a
VMware Linux VM without credentials, or a Hyper-V Linux VM, this column
is empty.
For Linux VM support, VMware Red Hat or CentOS machine and Hyper-V
Linux VMs face limitations. For more details, refer to Known Issue in
Release notes of Arcserve UDP v6 Update 1.

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Synthetic Read Size

Indicates the total size read during the backup.
Virtual Disk Provision Size
Indicates the sum of the provision size of all virtual disks of the VM.
■ Typically, Raw Data Size is the size of the data written into the backup
destination. For host-based agentless backup, it may or may not be equal to
Synthetic Read Size because Arcserve UDP does not write all-zero data blocks
to the backup destination. In other words, all-zero data blocks are skipped
during the backup. Typically, Raw Data Size equals Synthetic Read Size minus
the total size of all-zero data blocks. In addition, for VM nodes that are
protected by host-based agentless backup, you can customize the data
displayed for Raw Data Size by configuring few registry values on the proxy
server. For more information on configuring the registry values and associated
behaviors, see Customize Raw Data Size in Managed Capacity Report for
Host-based Agentless VM Backup (see page 867).
Data Distribution on Media Report
Displays the compressed and actual (raw) backup data size at various storage
locations during the specified time period. This report allows you to drill down to
display more detailed information about disk and deduplication categories.
Note: Entering a value in the Last Days filter does not change the results for local or
global filters. Irrespective of the number of days you provide, applying filter displays
the latest values.

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Using Filters and Actions

Every report page contains two options of Filters/Actions. The first option is the global
option that appears on top of the report page. The other option is the local option that
appears below the name of the report on the report page and provides solutions related
to a particular report.

Notes:
■ As a prerequisite, install Adobe Flash Player ActiveX (version 10.0 or higher) on
the machine where you have installed the Console to send any
graphic-included report in an email.
■ As a prerequisite, install Microsoft .NET Framework (version 2.0 or higher) on
the machine where you have installed the Console for the Report Chart export
feature to export images in a report successfully.
■ You cannot install Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. To
generate report chart, install Desktop Experience feature in Windows Server
2012 or 2012 R2.

The following image displays the two types of Filters/Actions available on a report page:

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Filters

Global and local options contain filters where you can enter data to set report viewing
options. The available options for global filters are similar for all the reports. The
available options for local filters vary for different reports.

Actions

For Reports using Global Option:

■ Refresh: Lets you update the information related to the page.
■ Schedule Reports to send by Email: Lets you create a schedule for reports to send
using Email. For more information, see Schedule Emails (see page 862).
■ Reset: Lets you change all filter parameters to the default values.
■ Report view show only one report: Lets you view one report in a single pane.
■ Report view show multiple reports in two columns: Lets you divide report viewing
pane into two columns to view multiple reports.
■ Report view show multiple reports in three columns: Lets you divide report
viewing pane into three columns to view multiple reports.

For Reports using Local Option:

■ Print: Click the icon to print the report.
■ Refresh: Click to update the report related information.
■ Email: You can email the report. For more information, see Send Report by Email
(see page 865).
■ Save: You can use the option to export a report. Select one of the formats from
CSV, PDF, and HTML and click Open or one of the options of Save from the dialog
displayed at the bottom of the page to export the report.

Generate a Report
You can generate predefined reports from the reports tab. You can generate the reports
in the PDF, CSV, and HTML formats.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the reports tab and select a report from the left pane.
2. Click the local Filters/Actions drop-down list.
3. Enter or select the details in the Filters/Actions drop-down options.

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4. From the drop-down list of the Save button, click CSV, PDF, or HTML.
Note: Large images or more data in a report page may hide some of the options,
including the Save button. To view these options, click the Extend button.

The report is generated in the selected format.

Schedule Emails
Using Arcserve UDP, you can create a schedule to send reports by email to specified
recipients.

Note: Before creating a schedule to send an email, configure the email settings. For
more information about how to configure, see Configure Email and Alert.

You can create a schedule (see page 862), and edit the schedule (see page 864).

Create Schedule

You can add new schedule for the emails report. These report emails are automatically
updated, generated, and sent as scheduled. You can customize the schedule of the
report email messages. The application lets you define the email contents, the reports
to attach, to whom to send the reports, and the date and time to send the report. The
selected reports display detailed information in table format within the email.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP.
2. Click reports on the Navigation bar.
3. From the upper right corner of any report, click the global Filters/Actions section.
4. From the expanded list, select the email icon to open the Schedule reports to send
by Email dialog.
The Schedule Emails dialog is displayed.

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5. Click New on the Schedule Emails dialog.

The New Schedule dialog is displayed.

The following tabs are displayed:

■ General: Specify a name and description (optional) for the new schedule.
■ Email: Specify the mail settings, content, and attachment for the email
schedule.
■ Reports: Select the specific reports that you want to include in the email.
■ Schedule: Specify a schedule for the email.
6. Complete the required fields in each tab.
7. Click OK to save the schedule.
The new schedule is added to the Schedule Emails dialog.
Note: Do not click OK if you want to view the report immediately.
8. (Optional) To view the report immediately, click Run Now.
The report is sent to the recipients.

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Edit Schedule

Using Arcserve UDP, you can update a schedule that you added using Create Schedule
(see page 862).

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP.
2. Click the reports tab.
3. Click the global Filters/Actions section.
4. From the expanded list, select the email icon to open the Schedule Emails dialog.
5. Click Edit on the Schedule Emails dialog.
The Edit Schedule dialog is displayed.
6. Update the schedule details, and click OK.
The updated schedule is displayed at the Schedule Emails dialog.
Note: Do not click OK if you want to view the report immediately.
7. (Optional) To view the updated report immediately, click Run Now.
The report is sent to the recipients.

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Send Report by Email

Using Arcserve UDP, you can send individual reports to specific recipients. When you
send a report by email, the content is the same as the printed content and all graphical
charts are sent as embedded images.

Note: Before using the Send Report by Email option, configure the Email settings. For
more information about how to configure, see Configure Email and Alert.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Arcserve UDP.
2. Click reports on the Navigation bar, and select one of the reports.
3. Click the local Filters/Actions section, available below the name of the selected
report.
4. From the expanded list, select the email icon to open the Send Report by Email
dialog.
Note: If the email configuration is not complete, a Warning dialog informs that the
emails settings are not specified. For more information about how to configure, see
Configure Email and Alert.

5. Complete the following fields:

■ To: Specify the recipient the email is sent to.
Note: This field defaults to the email address specified in the Email
Configuration module.

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■ CC: Specify additional recipients, separated by semicolons, you would like to

email the report to.
■ Priority: Specify the priority of the email. This field defaults to Normal.
■ Subject: Specify the subject of the email. This field defaults to the report you
selected.
■ Comment: (optional) Enter any information that you want to share.
■ Attachment: Select the formats to attach the report data.
6. Click OK.
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Customize Raw Data Size in Managed Capacity Report for Host-based Agentless VM Backup
You can configure the following registries at the proxy level or VM level:
CountNtfsVolumeSize (Arcserve UDP v6), GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize (Arcserve
UDP v6 Update 1 and later)
Specifies whether to count the used space of all volumes of a VM.
ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume
Specifies whether to show 0 if non-NTFS volumes exist. It is ignored if
CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is set to 0.
BackupZeroBlock
Specifies whether to write all-zero data blocks to the backup destination. It is
ignored if CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is set to 1.

At proxy level for all VMs protected by current the proxy:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
"CountNtfsVolumeSize"=dword:00000001
"ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume"=dword:00000001

At VM level for a specific VM:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<vm-instance-uuid>]
"CountNtfsVolumeSize"=dword:00000001
"ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume"=dword:00000001
Note: The VM-level registry takes precedence over the proxy-level registry.

The following behaviors are observed:

■ If CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is not set (or is set with the
value 0), ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume is ignored. In this case, if
BackupZeroBlock is set with value 1, all-zero data blocks are also written into the
backup destination. It makes the Raw Data Size reported in Managed Capacity
Report bigger than before.
Note: By default (without BackupZeroBlock), when Arcserve UDP reads data from a
backup source, if it detects that a data block is all-zero, this data block is skipped
and not written into the backup destination.
■ If CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is set with the value 1, but
ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume is not set (or is set with the value 0), the Raw
Data Size reported in Managed Capacity Report is the sum of used space of all NTFS
volumes in the guest OS of the VM. In other words, it equals to Used Space of NTFS
volumes.
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■ If CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize and
ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume are set with the value 1 and the guest OS of
the VM has at least one non-NTFS volume, zero is reported in the Raw Data Size of
Managed Capacity Report for the VM.
Note: BackupZeroBlock is ignored in this case.

Example

A VM has one thin-provision virtual disk with the provisioned size 1000 GB. The size of
the virtual disk’s VMDK file is 800 GB, among which 200 GB data blocks are all-zero data
blocks. In the guest OS of this VM, there are 2 NTFS volumes whose used space are 100
GB and 200 GB respectively, and 1 FAT32 volume with the used space as 1 GB.

The following behaviors are observed in Managed Capacity Report:

■ If CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is set with value 1:
– If ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume is not set (or is set with value 0), Raw
Data Size of this VM is 300 GB (which is the sum of the used space of the 2
NTFS volumes per this example).
– If ReportZeroIfHavingNonNtfsVolume is set with value 1, Raw Data Size of this
VM is 0 (because the VM has a FAT32 volume).
■ If CountNtfsVolumeSize/GetVMGuestVolumeUsedSize is not set (or is set with
value 0):
– If BackupZeroBlock is not set (or is set with value 0), Raw Data Size of this VM
is 600 GB (because 200 GB all-zero data blocks are skipped).
– If BackupZeroBlock is set with value 1, Raw Data Size of this VM is 800 GB.

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This section contains the following topics:
How Arcserve High Availability Works (see page 869)

How Arcserve High Availability Works

Using Arcserve Unified Data Protection, you can monitor and manage Arcserve High
Availability functions from the high availability tab. To manage these functions, you
must first log in to Control Service. When you first click the high availability tab, the Add
Control Service dialog opens. This dialog will not appear afterwards.

Manage HA Control Services

To manage Arcserve High Availability features from Arcserve UDP, you must add all the
Control Services that you want to manage. After you add the Control Services, you can
create Full System scenarios and manage scenarios created in Arcserve High Availability.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the high availability tab.
The Add Control Service dialog opens.
2. Enter the Control Service details such as the IP address, account name, password,
protocol, and port number.
3. Click OK.

The specified control service is added below the Control Services and Scenarios heading
in the left pane. To modify or delete a control service, select the Control Service and
right-click to see the options. You can also select the Control Service in the center pane
and click Actions to modify or delete a Control Service. Or, right-click the control service
in the navigation pane

Note: Expand the control service to see scenarios, groups, and other details.

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Manage HA Licenses
Using Arcserve UDP, you can manage Arcserve High Availability licenses from the
Console. If you already have the Arcserve High Availability Control Service license, you
can select the Control and register the license.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the high availability tab.
2. On the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios.
The Control Services and Scenarios page is displayed.
3. Select the Control Service and click Register.
The Register dialog opens.
Enter the registration key
4. Click OK.

The license is registered.

Manage Scenarios
Arcserve UDP lets you manage your existing HA scenarios and you can create Full
System scenarios. You can also create scenario groups to organize your scenarios. The
following sections describe how to manage HA scenarios:
■ Manage Scenario Group (see page 871)
■ Create Full System Scenarios (see page 872)
■ Manage Scenarios (see page 874)
■ Edit Scenarios (see page 875)
■ Manage Scenario Hosts (see page 877)
■ Operations on Scenarios (see page 878)
■ BMR and Reverse Replication (see page 880)
■ Monitor Scenarios (see page 881)

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Manage Scenario Group

Arcserve UDP lets you manage groups in a control service. You can add, rename, delete,
flag, and post comments for a group.

Follow these steps:

1. Select a managed control service from the left pane.
All the groups in the control service are listed in the center pane.
2. Click the Actions drop-down menu, and then click one of the following:
Add Scenario Group
Creates a group.
Select a group to perform the following actions:
Rename Scenario Group
Renames the group.
Remove Scenario Group
Deletes the group. You cannot remove a group if you have scenarios within the
group.
Flag and Comment
Flags the group in various colors and lets you add comments for the flag. Use
flags to personalize and easily identify your group.
3. Optionally, right-click a group in the left pane to add, delete, or rename a group
from the selected control service.

The group is added or updated based upon your selection.

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Create Full System Scenarios

In addition to performing various operations on Arcserve High Availability scenarios, you

can create Full System scenarios in Arcserve UDP. You can create scenarios using the
scenario creation wizard.

Follow these steps:

1. From the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios and then click a managed
control service.
All the scenario groups in the control service are listed.
2. Click a scenario group.
The Scenarios page is displayed in the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Create Scenario.
Note: Optionally, on the left pane, you can right-click and then click Create
Scenario.
The Create Full System wizard opens and the Select Server and Product Type dialog
opens.
4. Enter the scenario name, select the product type and specify whether you want AR
testing.
5. Click Next.
The Master and Replica Host dialog opens.
6. Enter the Master and Replica details.
7. Click Next.
The engines are verified on the hosts if you selected the Verify Engine on Hosts
option. You can also install engines to the hosts or uninstall the engines from the
hosts.
8. Click Next after the engines are verified.
The Volume Setting dialog opens.
9. Select the volumes you want to protect.
Note: When you select the Enable Exclude Directory and files option, the
pagefile.sys, hyberfil.sys, system volume information, Recycler, and Recycled files
and folders are filtered by default.
10. Click Next.
The Resource Pool Selection dialog opens. You can select the resource pool where
the VM is located after switchover or during AR testing.
11. Click Next.
The Storage Selection dialog opens.

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12. Select the data store to store the virtual machine. Optionally, select Allocated and
commit space on demand (Using Dynamic Disk). The generated VM uses thin
provision for its virtual disk if you select this option.
13. Click Next.
The Scenario Properties dialog opens.
14. Expand the properties and modify as desired and then click Next. For more
information, see the Arcserve Replication and High Availability Administrator Guide.
The Master and Replica Properties dialog opens.
15. Review the master and replica properties and then click Click to edit physical
network mappings.
The High Availability Network Adapter Mapping dialog opens.
Note: When there is only one virtual network adapter in both the master and
replica servers, they are mapped automatically.
16. Perform the following steps:
Replica Network Adapter
Click to choose the adapter to map to the adapter listed in the Master Network
Adapter column.
Apply master adapter information
(Default) Select if the Master Adapter is in the DHCP mode.
Customize adapter information
Select to enable the IP, Gateways, DNS Servers, and WINS Servers setting. Add
or remove IP address, Gateways, DNS Servers, and WINS servers as required.
17. Click OK to close the Network Adapter Mappings dialog and then click Next to
continue.
The Switchover Properties dialog opens.
18. Expand the Network Traffic Redirection and other properties to verify the values
and then click Next.
The Switchover and Reverse Replication Initiation dialog opens.
19. Specify the switchover type. For full system scenarios, the reverse replication is
manual.
20. Click Next.
Wait while the Scenario Verification process completes and opens the Scenario
Verification dialog.
If the Scenario Verification process lists any errors, you must resolve them to
continue. If any warnings are listed, you should also resolve them to successfully
continue. After making changes, click Retry to repeat verification.
21. Click Next.

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The Scenario Run dialog opens.

22. Click Finish to save the current settings and run the scenario later.
Optionally, to run the scenario instantly, select Run Now after clicking Finish
button and then click Finish.
For full system scenarios, choose Volume Synchronization.

The scenario is created.

Manage Scenarios

When you select a managed control service from the left pane, all scenarios in the
control service are displayed in the center pane. The scenarios are listed with its type,
state, product, mode. The statistics of RPO/RTO, master spool usage and
synchronization progress are also listed here. You can perform various operations such
as delete, rename, flag, or comment by selecting a scenario.

Follow these steps:

1. From the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios and then click a managed
control service.
All the scenario groups in the control service are listed in the center pane.
2. From the left pane, click a scenario group.
Scenarios in the scenario group are listed in the center pane.
3. Select a scenario.
4. Click the Actions drop-down menu, and then click one of the following:
Rename Scenario
Renames the scenario.
Remove Scenario
Deletes the scenario. You cannot remove a group if you have scenarios within
the group.
5. Optionally, from the left pane, right-click a scenario to delete or rename the
scenario.

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Edit Scenarios

Arcserve UDP lets you edit scenario properties when the scenario in the stopped state.
You can insert, rename, or delete hosts or modify the topology of a scenario.

Follow these steps:

1. From the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios and then click a managed
control service.
All the scenario groups in the control service are listed in the center pane.
2. From the left pane, click a scenario group and then click a scenario.
The <scenario group>:<scenario> page is displayed.
3. Select a host from the scenario.
4. Click the Properties tab and select one of the following from the drop-down list.
Scenario Properties
Updates the scenarios properties.
HA Properties
Updates the High Availability properties.
Host Properties
Updates the host properties.
Root Directories
Updates the root directories.
Note: This is applicable only for Full System scenarios.
5. Click Save from the Action drop-down menu.
The scenario properties are updated.
For a stopped Full System scenario, you could also edit the virtual platform settings.

Follow these steps:

1. Select a replica host from the scenario.
2. Click the Properties tab and Host properties from the drop-down list.
3. Expand Virtual Machine and click Click here to edit virtual platform setting.
The Virtual Platform Setting wizard opens.
4. Select the Virtual Platform Type and the related IP address or host name.
5. Select the resource pool for ESX and vCenter, or Host server for Citrix Xen.
6. Select the storage. For Hyper-V, browse the directories and select the location of
the VM on the Hyper-v server.
7. Click Finish.

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To edit network adapter mapping for High Availability or Assured Recovery, perform
the following steps:
1. Select the replica host from the scenario.
2. Click the Properties tab and select Host properties from the drop-down list.
3. Expand Virtual Machine and Virtual Machine Setting.
4. Click Click to edit physical network mappings for either the High Availability
Network Adapter Mapping or Assured Recovery Network Adapter Mapping
property.
The High Availability Network Adapter Mapping dialog opens.
5. Select the replica network adapters to map the master network adapter.
You can customize the adapter information of the replica adapter by including the
IP address, gateway, DNS servers and WINS servers.
6. Click Okay.
The mappings are modified and saved.

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Manage Scenario Hosts

You can insert, delete, and rename hosts in a scenario.

Follow these steps:

1. From the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios and then click a managed
control service.
All the scenario groups in the control service are listed in the center pane.
2. From the left pane, click a scenario group and then click a scenario.
The <scenario group>:<scenario> page is displayed.
3. Select a host from the scenario.
4. Click the Edit drop-down menu, and then click one of the following:
Insert Host
Inserts a child host to the selected host in the scenario.
Remove Host
Deletes the selected host from the scenario.
Rename Host
Renames the selected host in the scenario.
Save
Saves all the modification to the scenario properties.
Refresh
Refreshes all modifications.

The scenario properties are modified.

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Operations on Scenarios

You can run various operations on the scenarios.

Follow these steps:

1. From the left pane, click Control Services and Scenarios and then click a managed
control service.
All the scenario groups in the control service are listed in the center pane.
2. From the left pane, click a scenario group and then click a scenario.
The <scenario group>:<scenario> page is displayed.
3. Click the Actions drop-down menu, and then click one of the following options:
Run
After you create a scenario, you need to run it to start the replication process.
Normally, before data changes on the Master can be replicated on the Replica,
the Master and the Replica must be synchronized. Therefore, the first step in
initiating replication is synchronizing the Master and Replica servers. After the
servers have been synchronized, online replication starts automatically,
continuously updating the Replica with all of the changes that occur on the
Master.
Run (Assessment mode)
The assessment mode enables you to assess the accurate bandwidth usage and
compression ratio benchmarking that is needed for replication, without
actually replicating data. When you run this command, no replication occurs
but statistics are gathered. A report is provided once the assessment process is
stopped.
Stop
You stop a running scenario to set or change properties. You could stop the
scenarios in running state or assessment mode.
Synchronize
Synchronization is a process to make data consistent in the Master and Replica.
Activate the synchronization process (whether replication is running or not).
Difference Report
A Difference Report compares the differences between the Master and the
Replica at a certain point in time. The comparison is performed using the same
algorithms that are used in the synchronization process, but no data is
transferred. A Difference Report is generated for each Replica and sent to the
Manager at the end of the process. This report can be produced at any time.
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Switchover (or failover) is the process of changing roles between the Master
and Replica. This means, making the Master server the standby server, and the
Replica server the active server.
Recover Active Server
When the switchover process did not complete properly, you could manually
select the server that acts as the active server through a process called Recover
Active Server.
Suspend Is Alive Check
Suspend the Is Alive check that verifies that the active server is operational.
You can manually suspend/resume Is Alive checking for a running HA scenario.
Replica Integrating Testing
The Assured Recovery option enables you to perform a full transparent test of
the recoverability of your data on the Replica server. The Replica server that is
tested is the one that would take over the production server if it is down. The
Assured Recovery option is a true test of the actual server, applications and
actions that will be required in the event the Replica server will have to switch,
become the Active server, and carry out its functions.
Start/Stop VM
Use this operation to start or stop a virtual machine from its latest system
status or from a bookmark. You can start or stop a virtual machine after you
create a scenario and synchronize the master and replica. Use this feature
when the scenario is not running. This feature is available for Full System DR
and HA scenarios. The Start/Stop is a toggle menu item.
Suspend Replication
Suspend replication updates on the Replica host in order to perform system
maintenance or some other form of processing that does not modify the
replicated data there. Changes continue to be recorded for update on the
suspended Replica, but are not actually transferred until replication is resumed.
You cannot suspend replication during synchronization.
Delete all VM resources
When you run a full system scenario, some temporary resources are created
such as disk files, snapshots, and other files. This operation lets you delete
these resources and is available when the scenario is not running.
Restore Data
Recover lost or corrupted Master data from any Replica by activating a
synchronization process in the reverse direction.
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A bookmark is a checkpoint that is manually set to mark a state back to which

you can revert. This manual setting is called setting rewind bookmark. We
recommend that you set a bookmark just before any activity that can cause
data to become unstable. Bookmarks are set in real-time, and not for past
events.

The selected operation is performed.

BMR and Reverse Replication

Arcserve UDP lets you process BMR and reverse replication for your full system
scenarios.

Follow these steps:

1. Prepare a bare metal machine by booting the computer from the RHA BMR CD.
2. Select the full system scenario and click Restore from the Actions drop-down menu.
The Restore Data Wizard opens.
3. Follow the instructions on wizard screens to create and run the recovery scenario.
Note: On the Volume Mapping page, if the volumes are mapped automatically for
the source and destination, the custom volume mapping is disabled. To enable the
custom volume mapping, click Clear to remove the previous mapping. Right click on
the selected volume and select Custom volume mapping to open the Resize
volume size dialog and change the size as required.

To run Reverse Replication, Follow these steps:

1. Prepare a bare metal machine by booting the computer from RHA BMR CD.
2. Select the full system scenario that performed switchover or failover and click Run
in the Actions drop-down menu.
The Restore Data Wizard opens.
3. Follow the instructions on wizard screens to create and run the recovery scenario.
Data is restored to the bare metal machine. If you selected automatic switchover,
the switchover process is initiated and the bare metal machine is ready. If you
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Monitor Scenarios

Arcserve UDP lets you monitor high availability scenarios by providing various statistics
and reports.

Follow these steps:

1. From the center pane, select a scenario.
The status of the running scenario is displayed with details such as sent data, sent
files, received data, received files, etc.
2. Click the Statistics tab to see more details. The tab has the following two
categories:
Running Statistics
Displays the detailed statistic data when the scenario is running.
History Record
Displays reports for synchronization, difference reports, and AR testing
reports.
3. Click the Events tab to see all events of a selected scenario. To copy or delete the
events, select the events and right click, and then select Show Events to open the
show events dialog to copy or delete the events. Use Shift+Ctrl keys to select
multiple events.
Note: The events are automatically refreshed. The five recent critical events are
displayed in the pane when you select a scenario.
4. Select the scenario group from the left pane. All scenarios in the group are listed in
the center pane. You can check RPO/RTO, master spool usage, and synchronization
progress in this list.
5. The details in the right pane displays scenario information such as the scenario
name, scenario state, and synchronization progress.
Note: On the right pane, the Spool usage (% of spool) indicates the spool usage of
the master in the scenario.

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Remote Installation
Arcserve UDP lets you deploy the RHA engine from a managed control service to the
remote hosts. You could also manage the installation and verification from the host list.

Follow these steps:

1. On the left pane, click Remote Installation.
The Remote Installation page is displayed in the center pane.
2. From the Control Service drop-down list, select a control service which you want to
use to deploy the engine.
The existing hosts where the engine was installed or verified earlier are listed in the
center pane.
3. From the Action drop-down menu, click Add Hosts.
The Hosts to Install Engine dialog opens.
4. Enter the host name or IP address of the host and click Add.
The host is added to the list.
5. Click OK.
The Add Hosts dialog opens.
6. Select one of the following options:
Edit Hosts
Opens the Hosts to Install Engine dialog to let you add hosts or manage the
existing hosts.
Change Installation Settings
Opens the Edit Installation Settings dialog. You can specify the following
details:
Installation Account
Service Account
Port
Use previous settings when reinstall or upgrade
Upgrades or reinstalls an existing RHA engine.
7. Click OK.
8. The host is displayed on the Remote Installation page.

The Status column displays the installation status.

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Remote Installation Actions

You can perform various operations on the added hosts.

Follow these steps:

1. From the center pane, select a host.
2. Click the Action drop-down list and then select one of the following:
Add Hosts
Opens the Hosts to Install Engine dialog. See Remote Installation (see
page 882) for more details.
Install/Upgrade
Installs or upgrades the HA engine on the selected host.
Uninstall
Uninstalls the HA engine from the selected host.
Edit Settings
Opens the Edit Installation Settings dialog.
Check Host Status
Verifies the existence of the host.
Remove Hosts
Removes the host from the list.
View Logs
Opens the Remote Installation Logs dialog and displays the logs of all remote
hosts. Click to refresh to view the latest logs.

The operation is successfully completed.

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High Availability Reports

Arcserve UDP provides various reports to monitor the High Availability status. You can
apply filters to generate various types of report as required.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Control Services and Scenarios tab.
2. From the left pane, click Reports.
3. The Reports page is displayed in the center pane.
4. From the center pane, select a control service from the Control Service drop-down
list.
5. Enter details and apply filters as required.
The HA report is generated.

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The diagnostic utility lets you collect logs from your machines. When you contact the
Arcserve Support team regarding any issue, the Support team uses the logs to
investigate and fix the issue.

This section contains the following topics:

Collect the Diagnostic Information (see page 885)
Collect Diagnostic Information from a Standalone Agent (see page 887)
Upload Diagnostic Information to Arcserve Website Using FTP (see page 888)
Unzip Agent Logs (see page 889)
Unzip the Console Logs (see page 890)

Collect the Diagnostic Information

Diagnostic information is a collection of logs, events, registry, and application
information of the product and system that Arcserve Support team requires to
investigate any error. Arcserve UDP lets you collect all such information at one location,
typically a network share path. When you contact Arcserve Support, you have these
information readily available. You can collect the diagnostic data for Windows, Linux,
VMware, and Hyper-V machines.

Note: For Linux backup servers, the Collect Diagnostic Data option is available only from
the <Site_name> Nodes: Linux Backup Server Groups view.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click resources.
2. Follow one of these steps depending on the type of node:
For Linux Backup Servers
■ From the left Navigation pane, navigate to Nodes, and click Linux Backup
Server Groups.
■ From the center center pane, select all the Linux nodes.
For All Other Nodes and Servers
■ From the left Navigation pane, navigate to Nodes and click All Nodes.
■ From the center pane, select all the required nodes.

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3. Click Actions, Collect Diagnostic Data.

The Collect Diagnostic Information dialog opens.
4. (Optional) Select the check box.
5. Provide the network share path to store the data.
Notes:
– When collecting the diagnostic information for a remote site, you have to
provide the destination as the gateway server or any other machine that
can access the agent or RPS in that site.
– If you want to specify the local path as the destination, then convert the
local path to the UNC path and provide the UNC path. For example, C:\test
can be specified as \\<LocalmachineName>\C$\test.
– For host-based agentless backup (VMs), the Collect Diagnostic Data
gathers data from the Arcserve UDP proxy server.
– Collect Diagnostic Data gathers data from the machines that have the
Arcserve UDP agent installed.
6. Click Submit.
A job is submitted to collect the data.

On successful completion of the job, you will see the data in the shared folder. The
name of the zip file is suffixed with the current timestamp.

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Collect Diagnostic Information from a Standalone Agent

Diagnostic information is a collection of logs, events, registry, and application
information of the product and system that Arcserve Support team requires to
investigate any error. Arcserve UDP Agent lets you collect all such information at one
location, typically a network share path. When you contact Arcserve Support, you have
these information readily available.

Follow these steps:

1. Using the command prompt, navigate to the following path:
%ProgramFiles% \Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\DiagnosticUtility
2. Run the following command to learn how to run the batch file:
arcserveAgentSupport.bat -help

usage: arcserveAgentSupport.bat [OPTIONS]

-help print help

-pass <arg> usrPass (If export path is a remote share, user password to access it)

-path <arg> export path (Can be a remote share)

-user <arg> usrName (If export path is a remote share, user name to access it)

-xmlConfig <arg> xmlConfigurationFile (Optional)

3. Use the following command to collect the diagnostic information:
arcserveAgentSupport.bat -path <remote share path> -user <username> -pass
<password>
Example: arcserveAgentSupport.bat -path \\remote_share\data -user abc -pass xyz
where, \\remote_share\data is the path, abc is the user name, and xyz is the
password

You can find the diagnostic information zip file in the remote share.

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Upload Diagnostic Information to Arcserve Website Using FTP

You can upload any logs or files to the Arcserve support FTP using a file transfer protocol
(FTP). However, users (the ticket requester) can enable the FTP link during the initial
ticket creation process or while updating the ticket online. Once FTP is enabled, it will
generate the FTP link along with login credentials. This information is provided to to the
ticket requester through an automated email. The password for accessing the FTP is
common for all the users, except Japanese customers. You can use this password to
upload and download files from FTP.

When you log in to the FTP using ftp://supportftp.arcserve.com, you see the Home
folder. If you create a ticket in Arcserve Zendesk, a sub-folder is created with the ticket
number within the Home folder. For example, if you create a ticket having the ticket
number Ticket-30, a sub-folder named Ticket-30 is created in the Home folder.

ftp://supportftp.arcserve.com/<Arcserve_Zendesk_ID>/Ticket-30

User Name: Arcserve Zendesk internal ID (numeric value)

Password: Arc$3rv3

Folder: Ticket-30

Note: For Japanese users, the password is the requester’s email address without the
domain name. For example, if registered email address is [email protected], the password
is abc.

When the ticket is resolved, the FTP server receives a notification. A FTP folder
corresponding to a ticket is available for one month and later gets deleted permanently.
■ Product installation files, hot fixes, and published fixes uploaded are deleted
immediately after the ticket closure. These files are not retained for 30 days as you
can upload them again.
■ Operating system ISOs and Executables of third-party tools uploaded to FTP are
deleted after the closure.
■ In case of a follow-up ticket created for a closed ticket, if support requires logs from
the previous ticket, rename the Ticket-<old ticket number> folder to Ticket-<new
ticket number>.

Important! Do not share your user name with others.

Follow these steps to upload any files to the Arcserve website using FTP:
1. Either the ticket requester (user) or Arcserve Support agent logs in to Arcserve
Zendesk site and creates a support ticket.
The Arcserve Support agent or the ticket requester selects the check box in the
support ticket and updates the ticket.

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An FTP link is automatically generated for the FTP Home folder. The permission is
set exclusively for the requester who opened the ticket.
For example, the following folder is your FTP folder:
ftp://supportftp.arcserve.com/<Arcserve_Zendesk_ID>/<Ticket_number>
2. Once the FTP link is created, Arcserve Zendesk sends an email with the FTP link
along with the login credentials to the ticket requester (user) automatically.
3. The user logs in to the FTP link and uploads the files.
Note: If you face an issue with the FTP access, send an email to
[email protected].
You have successfully completed the process of uploading files to Arcserve FTP
server.

Unzip Agent Logs

The log files generated by the diagnostic utility are in a ZIP format. To view the log files,
you must unzip the files.

Follow these steps:

1. Copy the .arcZIP file to the machine that has the UDP agent installed.
The .arcZIP file is created using the diagnostic utility.
2. Using the command prompt, navigate to the following path:
%ProgramFiles% \Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\DiagnosticUtility

3. Run the following command to learn how to run the batch file:
arcserveAgentSupportInternal.bat -help

BaseOperation loadDefaultValue

INFO: Load Agent install path C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data

Protection\Engine\
usage: arcserveAgentSupportInternal.bat [OPTIONS] rawfile

-help print help

-keepFile Keep temp file

-path <arg> path where the content needs to be unzipped

The help section is displayed.

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4. Use the following command to unzip the file:

arcserveAgentSupportInternal.bat –path
<should_be_the_same_machine_where_you_want_to_unzip>
<name_of_the_zip_file>

The agent logs are unzipped.

Unzip the Console Logs

The log files generated by the diagnostic utility are in a ZIP format. To view the log files,
you must unzip the files.

Follow these steps:

1. Copy the .arcZIP file to the machine that has the UDP Console installed.
The .arcZIP file is created using the diagnostic utility.
2. Using the command prompt, navigate to the following path:
%ProgramFiles% \Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\BIN\DiagnosticUtility

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3. Run the following command to learn how to run the batch file:
arcserveConsoleSupportInternal.bat -help

BaseOperation loadDefaultValue

INFO: Load Agent install path C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data

Protection\Management \

usage: arcserveConsoleSupportInternal.bat [OPTIONS] rawfile

-help print help

-ignoreFailed Ignore failed import table

-keepFile Keep temp file

-noClean Do not clean DB

-path <arg> path where the content needs to be unzipped

-u Only unzip file

The help section is displayed.
4. Use the following command to unzip the file.
arcserveConsoleSupportInternal.bat –path
<should_be_the_same_machine_where_you_want_to_unzip>
<name_of_the_zip_file>
Note: The command does not overwrite the Console database. If you want to
overwrite the Console database, edit the arcserveConsoleSupportInternal.bat
command and remove "-u" from the file, and then save the file.

The Console logs are unzipped.

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This section contains the following topics:
Arcserve UDP Communication Failure Related (see page 893)
Plan, Job, and Settings Related (see page 900)
Instant VM Related (see page 910)
Linux Agent Related (see page 915)
Restore Related (see page 917)
Gateway, RPS, Data Store, Console, and Database Related (see page 920)
Virtual Machine Backup and Restore Related (see page 933)
Virtual Standby Related (see page 967)
Arcserve UDP Reports Related (see page 972)

Arcserve UDP Communication Failure Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to Arcserve UDP
communication failure:
■ Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with Windows Nodes (see page 894)
■ Unable to Receive E-mail Alerts from Gmail Account (see page 895)
■ Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server on
Remote Nodes (see page 896)
■ Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server
on Remote Nodes (see page 897)
■ Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve Backup Server on Remote
Nodes (see page 898)
■ Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Remote Site (see page 899)

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Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with Windows Nodes

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom
Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with Windows nodes.

Solution
The following table describe reasons why Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with
Windows nodes and the corresponding corrective action:
Cause Corrective Action
The network was unavailable or unstable Verify that the network is available and
when applying plans. stable, and then try again.
Arcserve UDP can ping the remote node
and remote node can ping back Arcserve
UDP.
The network Admin$ share of the remote Verify the network Admin$ of the remote
node was not available when Arcserve node is available and then try again.
UDP tried to communicate with the node.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) node Verify that the CPU on the remote
could not handle the load when Arcserve Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) node is in
UDP tried to communicate with the node. a normal state and then try again.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Verify that the Arcserve UDP Agent
service on the remote node was not (Windows) service on the remote node is
running when Arcserve UDP tried to running and then try again.
communicate with the node.
Used a wrong protocol or port to Use the right protocol or port to
communicate with the node. add/update the remote node in the
Arcserve UDP node view.
The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) Restart the Arcserve UDP Agent
service was not communicating properly. (Windows) service on the remote node
and then try again.

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Unable to Receive E-mail Alerts from Gmail Account

Gmail account is blocked by google if you use Gmail account in your email settings.

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom

When you configure Gmail accounts, you do not receive email alerts. When you try to
configure the Gmail account for email alerts and click “Send A Test Email”, you receive
one of the following error messages:

The test mail failed due to incorrect user credentials.

or

Failed to send test email: Invalid user credentials.

Solution
1. Provide the correct credentials and try again.
2. Google security blocks Emails from the Gmail account configured outside Google.
To avoid, in the link below modify settings by selecting “Turn ON” to use Access for
less secure apps:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

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Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server on Remote Nodes

Valid on Linux operating systems.

Symptom
Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server on
remote nodes.

Solution
The following table describe reasons why Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the
Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server on remote nodes and the corresponding corrective
action:
Cause Corrective Action
The network was unavailable or unstable Verify that the network is available and
when Arcserve UDP tried to communicate stable, and then try again.
with the Linux Backup Server node. Arcserve UDP can ping the remote Linux
Backup Server node and the remote Linux
Backup Server node can ping back
Arcserve UDP.
The Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server Verify that the CPU on the remote
node could not handle the load when Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server node is
Arcserve UDP tried to communicate with in a normal state and then try again.
the node.
The Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server Verify that the Arcserve UDP Linux Backup
service on the remote node was not Server service on the remote node is
running when Arcserve UDP tried to running and then try again.
communicate with the node.
The Arcserve UDP Linux Backup Server Restart the Arcserve UDP Linux Backup
service was not communicating properly. Server service on the remote node and
then try again.

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Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server on Remote Nodes

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom
Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server on
remote nodes.

Solution
The following table describes reasons why Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the
Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server on remote nodes and the corresponding corrective
action:
Cause Corrective Action
The network was unavailable or unstable Verify that the network is available and
when Arcserve UDP tried to communicate stable, and then try again.
with the Recovery Point Server node. Arcserve UDP can ping the remote
Recovery Point Server node and the
remote Recovery Point Server node can
ping back Arcserve UDP.
The network Admin$ share of Arcserve Verify the network Admin$ of Recovery
UDP Recovery Point Server node was not Point Server node is available and then try
available when Arcserve UDP tried to again.
communicate with the node.
The Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server Verify that the CPU on the remote
node could not handle the load when Recovery Point Server node is in a normal
Arcserve UDP tried to communicate with state and then try again.
the server.
The Arcserve UDP Agent Service, Arcserve Verify that the Arcserve UDP Agent
UDP RPS Data Store Service, or Arcserve Service, Arcserve UDP RPS Data Store
UDP RPS Port Sharing Service on the Service, and Arcserve UDP RPS Port
remote node were not running when Sharing Service on the remote node is
Arcserve UDP tried to communicate with running and then try again.
the node.
Used a wrong protocol or port to Use the right protocol or port to
communicate with the Recovery Point add/update the Recovery Point Server
Server node. node in the Arcserve UDP destination
node view.
The Arcserve UDP Agent Service, Arcserve Restart the Arcserve UDP Agent Service,
UDP RPS Data Store Service, or Arcserve Arcserve UDP RPS Data Store Service, and
UDP RPS Port Sharing Service was not Arcserve UDP RPS Port Sharing Service on
communicating properly. the remote node and then try again.

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Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Arcserve Backup Server on Remote Nodes

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom
Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the Arcserve Backup Server on remote nodes.

Solution
The following table describe reasons why Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the
Arcserve Backup Server on remote nodes and the corresponding corrective action:
Cause Corrective Action
The network was unavailable or unstable Verify that the network is available and
when Arcserve UDP tried to communicate stable, and then try again.
with the Arcserve Backup Server node. Arcserve UDP can ping the remote
Arcserve Backup Server node and the
remote Arcserve Backup Server node can
ping back Arcserve UDP.
The Arcserve Backup Server node could Verify that the CPU on the remote
not handle the load when Arcserve UDP Arcserve Backup Server node is in a
tried to communicate with the node. normal state and then try again.
The Arcserve Backup Server related Verify that the Arcserve Backup Server on
service on the remote node was not the remote node is running and then try
running when Arcserve UDP tried to again.
communicate with the node.
Used a wrong protocol or port to Use the right protocol or port to
communicate with the <cab> Server node. add/update the Arcserve Backup Server in
the Arcserve UDP destination node view.
The Arcserve Backup Server related Restart the Arcserve Backup Server related
service was not communicating properly. service on the remote node and then try
again.

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Arcserve UDP Cannot Communicate with the Remote Site

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom
Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the remote site.

Solution
The following table describe reasons why Arcserve UDP cannot communicate with the
remote site and the corresponding corrective action:
Cause Corrective Action
The network is unavailable or unstable. Verify that the network is available and
stable, and then try again.
Arcserve UDP is reinstalled and the Register the remote site to Arcserve UDP.
remote site is not registered to Arcserve
UDP.
The host name or IP address of Arcserve Register the remote site to Arcserve UDP.
UDP has changed and the remote site is
not registered to Arcserve UDP.
The host name or IP address of the Register the remote site to Arcserve UDP.
remote site has changed and the remote
site is not registered to Arcserve UDP.

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Plan, Job, and Settings Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to the backup job and
settings:
■ Backup Job Failure after Changing the Console Hostname/IP Address (see page 901)
■ How to Add Encryption Password for an Existing Encrypted Destination (see
page 902)
■ Failed to Perform Backup of a Virtual Disk. System error=[The device is not
ready(21)] (see page 902)
■ Backup Job Fails (see page 903)
■ Unable to Apply Backup Settings to Node (see page 904)
■ Backups Fail Due to ESXi License (see page 904)
■ Plan Deployment Fails after Changing Password of Agentless Backup Proxy Machine
(see page 905)
■ Settings Disabled when Opening Agent UI (see page 905)
■ Pause and Resume Fails when Agent Is Not Connected to the Network (see
page 906)
■ The Arcserve UDP Agent Service Runs Slowly (see page 907)
■ Configure the Registry to Rerun a Copy to Tape Job (see page 909)

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Backup Job Failure after Changing the Console Hostname/IP Address

Symptom
I installed the console and RPS server on the same machine. The backup was working
fine but after I changed the hostname/IP address of the console, the backup job fails.

Solution
This problem occurs when you have plans assigned to nodes and then you modify the
hostname/IP address of this machine.
To resolve this issue, manually update agent nodes and run the backup job again.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Nodes: All Nodes page.
2. Select the node.
3. Right-click and select Update.
4. Click OK

The nodes are updated.

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How to Add Encryption Password for an Existing Encrypted Destination

Symptom

You forgot to add the encryption password for the File Copy destination.

Solution

You can add the encryption password now.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Plan.
2. Open file copy destination in which you need to add the encryption password.
3. Change the destination type from Cloud Storage\Network Share to Network
Share\Cloud Storage.
4. Provide any Network Share or Cloud Storage and save.
5. Again open the plan and go to the File Copy destination.
6. Change the destination to Cloud Vendor\Network Share.
7. Select the Cloud Vendor\Network Share and then select the bucket or
Container\Provide path.
8. Provide the correct encryption password.
9. Save the plan.

Failed to Perform Backup of a Virtual Disk. System error=[The device is not ready(21)]

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom
When a network error occurs or a Hyper-V server is rebooted while the backup is in
progress, the activity log specifies that the error can be a network error or a file system
error.

Solution

Restart the backup job again after the Hyper-V server restarts.

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Backup Job Fails

Symptom

A backup job failed with the following error message in the activity logs:

Reconfiguration for backup cannot be performed in the current state. Shut down the virtual machine and attempt to
run backup job again. (The virtual machine can be powered on during or after the taking snapshot phase).

Solution
Set the registry values to not reconfigure disk.enableUUID.

Follow these steps:

Applies at the proxy level and all the VMware VMs are impacted.
1. Log in to the Backup proxy server.
2. Open the registry editor and locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll

3. Add a DWORD value with name DoNotReconfigDiskUUID and specify 1 as its

value.

Applies at the specific VM level and only the specified VM is impacted.

4. Log in to the Backup proxy server.
5. Open the registry editor and locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<VM-InstanceUUID>

Note: Replace <VM-InstanceUUID> with the UUID value of the virtual machine
which this setting applies for. You can find the value in the URL of the virtual
machine that is used when connected to the Arcserve UDP Agent.
6. Add a DWORD value with name DoNotReconfigDiskUUID and specify 1 as its
value.
Be aware of the following points:
■ The VM level takes precedence if both VM and proxy level registries are
configured.
■ If the registry does not exist, the registry value implies 0, that is, you have to
reconfigure disk.enableUUID.
■ If you specified not to reconfigure the disk.EnableUUID parameter, the backed
up data may not be in a consistent state.

For more information about this issue, see the VMware Knowledge Base article.

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Unable to Apply Backup Settings to Node

Symptom
I have two consoles, Console A and Console B. I add a recovery point server (RPS) to
Console A and create a plan for the RPS. Then I add the RPS to Console B. Now this RPS
is managed by Console B. But when i update the agent node from Console A that is
backed up to the RPS, I get the following error:

Unable to apply 'backup settings' to node. (Failed to find the Arcserve UDP Recovery Point Server plan on this
server.)

Solution
To avoid this error, follow these steps:
1. Select the plan from Console A,
2. From the center pane, click Actions, and then select Deploy Now.
The plan gets redeployed and the backup settings are applied to the node.

Backups Fail Due to ESXi License

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom
The full, incremental, and verify backup jobs fail. The following message appears in the
Arcserve UDP Activity Log:

VM server <server_name> does not have a paid ESX license

Solution

Due to a VMware limitation, virtual machines running on ESXi servers with a free license
cannot be backed up. To protect these VMs, apply a purchased license.

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Plan Deployment Fails after Changing Password of Agentless Backup Proxy Machine

Symptom
If the Console and the proxy server are different machines, then after changing the
password of the proxy machine, the plan redeployment fails. The error message says
credentials are not correct.

Solution
Follow these steps to resolve the issue:
1. From the node view in Console, update the proxy server with new credentials.
a. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes and click All Nodes.
b. Right-click the node and select Update to update the proxy server.
2. If the RPS and proxy server are the same machine, update the RPS with new
credentials.
a. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations and click Recovery Point Servers.
b. Right-click the RPS from the center pane and select Update.
3. Restart Arcserve UDP Agent Service in the proxy machine.
4. Redeploy the plan.

Settings Disabled when Opening Agent UI

If Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) nodes are not removed from the Arcserve UDP UI
before uninstalling the Arcserve UDP console, the settings will be disabled when
opening the agent UI on those Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) nodes.

Symptom

The Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) node is not notified that the Arcserve UDP Console
is uninstalled. It assumes it is managed.

Solution

Remove the files "RegConfigPM.xml" and "BackupConfiguration.xml" under

"<UDP_ENGINE_HOME>\Configuration" directory on the Arcserve UDP Agent
(Windows) node, and then restart the Windows service "Arcserve UDP Agent Service".

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Pause and Resume Fails when Agent Is Not Connected to the Network

Symptom
If the agent is not connected to the network and I try to pause a plan, the plan is not
paused. Similarly, if the agent is not connected to the network and I try to resume a
plan, the plan is not resumed.

Solution
You can resolve this issue by manually updating the node from the Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the resources tab on the Console.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Nodes, and click All Nodes.
All the added nodes are displayed on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, select the node.
4. Right-click and select Update.

The node is updated and the plan is refreshed.

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The Arcserve UDP Agent Service Runs Slowly

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom 1:
The Arcserve UDP Agent Service on Arcserve UDP Agent systems runs slowly. You can
detect other symptoms such as:
■ The Arcserve UDP Agent Service stops responding or occupies 100 percent of the
CPU resources.
■ Arcserve UDP Agent nodes perform poorly or cannot communicate with the web
service.

Solution 1:
In various environmental configurations, you can discover that the Arcserve UDP Agent
Service occupies too much CPU time, or the response is slow. By default, Tomcat is
configured to allocate a limited amount of memory to the nodes, which may not be
suitable for your environment. To verify this problem, review the following log files:

<D2D_home>\TOMCAT\logs\casad2dwebsvc-stdout.*.log
<D2D_home>\TOMCAT\logs\casad2dwebsvc-stder.*.log
<D2D_home>\TOMCAT\logs\catalina.*.log
<D2D_home>\TOMCAT\logs\localhost.*.log

Search for the following message:

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

To correct this problem, increase the amount of allocated memory.

To increase the memory, do the following:

1. Open Registry Editor and access the following key:
■ x86 Operating Systems:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun
2.0\CASAD2DWebSvc\Parameters\Java

■ x64 Operating Systems:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun
2.0\CASAD2DWebSvc\Parameters\Java

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2. Do one of the following:

■ If the message in the log file is the following:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

Append the following to the value of Options.

-XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M

Note: You may need to increase the value of -XX:MaxPermSize to suit your
environment.
■ If the message in the log file is one of the following:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

Increase the value of the following DWORD:

JvmMx

3. Restart the Arcserve UDP Agent Service.

Symptom 2

Scheduled backups are skipped and stop running.

Solution 2

When you configure the MAX value as 20 or less than 20 for concurrent backups, do the
following:
1. Increase the value of the following DWORD:
JvmMx=256

Note: This DWORD is referenced in Solution 1.

2. Append the following to the value of Options.
-XX:MaxPermSize=128M

Note: This DWORD is referenced in Solution 1.

When you configure the MAX value as more than 20 but less than 50 for concurrent
backups, do the following:
3. Increase the value of the following DWORD:
JvmMx=512

Note: This DWORD is referenced in Solution 1.

4. Append the following to the value of Options.
-XX:MaxPermSize=256M

Note: This DWORD is referenced in Solution 1.

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Configure the Registry to Rerun a Copy to Tape Job

Symptom
The Copy to Tape job did not run for some media error and you want to rerun the job.

Solution

You can control the number of retry jobs and the time interval of retry jobs for the Copy
to Tape task using the following two registry keys. Both the registry keys are in the
machine where you have installed Arcserve Backup Server:
NumberOfRetryCopyToTapeJob
If one Copy to Tape job fails, Arcserve UDP retries the failed job. The retry number
is configured using the NumberOfRetryCopyToTapeJob registry key. But if the
to-copy node or recovery point information is changed in the job, Arcserve UDP
resets the accumulated failed number as 0. It means once the to-copy node or
recovery point information is changed in the job, the Copy to Tape job can be run
without being limited by the retry number. Also, if Arcserve Backup web service is
restarted, Arcserve UDP resets the accumulated failed number as 0.
The registry key is located in the Arcserve Backup Server at the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\CA
ARCServe Backup\WebServiceInfo\NumberOfRetryCopyToTapeJob
Type is DWORD.
Default: 1
TimeIntervalOfRetryCopyToTapeJob
Controls the time interval of retry for the failed Copy to Tape job. This registry key is
used in association with NumberOfRetryCopyToTapeJob.
The registry key is located in the Arcserve Backup Server at the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ComputerAssociates\CA
ARCServe Backup\WebServiceInfo\TimeIntervalOfRetryCopyToTapeJob
Type is DWORD.
Default: 1 hour

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Instant VM Related
This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to Instant Virtual
Machine:
■ Failed to Create an Instant VM in VMware Due to Duplicate NFS Datastore Name
(see page 910)
■ Failed to Create an Instant VM with Windows 2008 as the Recovery Server for
VMware or Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V Server (see page 911)
■ Instant VM Job Fails Due to Windows NFS Service Error (see page 911)
■ Instant VM File Folder cannot be Accessed or Deleted even with Administrator
Privilege (see page 912)
■ Instant Virtual Machine Fails to Boot in Hyper-V After Restarting the Recovery
Server (see page 912)
■ Failed to Create VMware NFS Datastore and Displayed Unable to Resolve Hostname
Error (see page 912)
■ Fail to Deploy Integration service to Guest VM in Hyper-V (see page 914)

Failed to Create an Instant VM in VMware Due to Duplicate NFS Datastore Name

Symptom

Instant VM creation fails with the following error:

Failed to create NFS-based datastore [arcserve_UDP_<Hostnam/IP>] with the NFS

Share Name [arcserve_UDP_IVM_{GUID}]. Error code: 12. Error message: The
specified key, name, or identifier already exists (details: ).

The reason for this error could be that an NFS datastore with the same name already
exist and it is not removed, or the vCenter/Host still has references of the NFS datastore
in its records. However, when you log into the host directly you see an NFS datastore.
This datastore is most likely marked as inactive and greyed out.

Solution

To resolve this issue, log in to the ESX host and remove the NFS datastore.

Restart the management agents on that ESX host using the following command:

/sbin/services.sh restart

For more information on working on the ESX host, see the VMware documentation.

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Failed to Create an Instant VM with Windows 2008 R2 as the Recovery Server for VMware or Windows 2008
R2 Hyper-V Server

Symptom
The instant VM creation fails and the following error is seen in the job activity log:

Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or
software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or
that might be malicious software from an unknown source.

Solution
This Instant VM fails to get created because the driver of the Instant VM is signed with a
secured digital certificate that cannot be supported on Windows 2008 R2, until you
apply a patch from Microsoft.
Apply the Microsoft patch 3033929 and try to create Instant VM again.

Instant VM Job Fails Due to Windows NFS Service Error

Symptom
When the Instant VM Recovery Server has Arcserve UDP Agent and Arcserve Backup
both installed, then when you create an Instant VM to VMware ESX(i) server, the
Window NFS service does not start and the Instant VM job fails.

Solution
The reason the Windows NFS service fails to start because the default port number of
the Windows NFS service is 111 and it is used by Arcserve Backup service Remote
Procedure Call Server.
To resolve this issue, change the default port number of the Arcserve Backup service
Remote Procedure Call Server to another port and try to create the Instant VM again.
For more information on changing the default port, see Modify the Ports Configuration
File and Primary Server and Member Server Communication Ports in Arcserve Backup
documentation.

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Instant VM File Folder cannot be Accessed or Deleted even with Administrator Privilege.
Symptom

The Instant VM file folder cannot be accessed or deleted due to the error "Require
Administrator permission" even if the user has administrator privilege.

Solution

This is a problem of NFS. You need to remove the NFS share first, and then you can
delete the folder. Use the following command line to delete the folder:
nfsshare /delete [nfs share name]

Instant Virtual Machine Fails to Boot in Hyper-V After Restarting the Recovery Server

Symptom
When I start the Instant Virtual Machine (IVM), and then restart the Hyper-V recovery
server, the IVM fails to boot.

Solution
To resolve this boot failure, restart the IVM.

Failed to Create VMware NFS Datastore and Displayed Unable to Resolve Hostname Error

Valid for VMware

Symptom
Instant VM creation fails and displays the following error message:

Failed to create VMWARE NFS DataStore by server <hostname of recovery server>.

Error Message: An error occurred during host configuration.

Details: Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to resolve hostname <one

hostname but not recovery server>.

Example

Failed to create VMWARE NFS DataStore by server 'host1'.

Error Message: An error occurred during host configuration.

Details: Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to resolve hostname 'host2'.

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Solution
The reason for this error is that the ESX server lists all the NFS datastore when you
create InstantVM NFS datastore, even when some datastore are no longer available. For
example, the NFS datastore created by host2 still exists even if host2 is not available
because the machine was deleted. So the ESX server cannot resolve the host name.

To resolve this issue, delete the unavailable datastore from the ESX server.
1. Log in to the ESX server using SSH.
2. Type the following command:
esxcfg-nas –l
The same error is displayed in the command line.
Error performing operation: Unable to resolve hostname 'host2'.
3. Add a mapping in the /etc/hosts file of the ESX server to resolve this issue.
<IP address> <hostname>
Note: The IP address should be reachable.
Example: 10.57.X.X host2
4. List all the NFS datastore using the following command:
esxcfg-nas –l

arcserve_UDP_<hostname> is /arcserve_UDP_IVM_{ESX_generated_number} from

<hostname> unmounted unavailable
Example: esxcfg-nas –l
arcserve_UDP_host2 is
/arcserve_UDP_IVM_{991555E6-09A4-4D80-A47E-522831A62Axx} from host2
unmounted unavailable
5. Use the following command to delete the unavailable datastore:
esxcfg-nas -d arcserve_UDP_host2
6. Remove the <hostname> mapping in the /etc/hosts file from the ESX server.
Now you can use the NFS function as usual.

Note: For more information on this issue, see the VMware KB article.

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Fail to Deploy Integration service to Guest VM in Hyper-V

Symptom

When backing up a virtual machine that has the application (SQL or Exchange) installed,
the recovery point does not include the writer information and the activity log of the
backup job displays the following warning message:

Failed to deploy integration service to the VM.

Solution

This issues happens often when the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is
disabled by firewall on the guest VM. To resolve this issue, use the following steps:
1. Login to the guest VM.
2. Open Control panel.
3. Open windows Firewall.
4. Click Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall.
5. Enable Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI).
6. Click OK.

Linux Instant VM failed on Non-English Hyper-V Server

Linux Instant VM on Non-English Hyper-V server failed due to connection failure even
when firewall is disabled.

Symptom

Instant VM creation fails displaying the following error:

Failed to connect to the Hyper-V host [Target Hyper-V ServerName]. Verify if the address
of the host is correct or the credential is valid.

Solution

Incorrect configuration for Hyper-V server connection information may cause this issue.

For more details, refer to Configure the Hyper-V server connection information for
Instant VM in the Arcserve UDP V6.0 Agent for Linux User Guide.

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Linux Agent Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to Arcserve UDP Linux
Agent:

Backup Destination Settings Disable when Opening the Linux Agent UI (see page 915)

Job Status, Job History, and Activity Log are Not Visible (see page 301)

Backup destination settings disabled when opening the Linux agent UI

If the Linux Backup Server is not removed from the Arcserve UDP Console before
uninstalling the Console, the backup destination settings will be disabled when opening
the Backup Server UI.

Symptom

The Backup Server is not notified that the Arcserve UDP Console is uninstalled. The
Backup Server assumes that it is still managed by the Console.

Solution

Log in to the Backup Server and run the following command:

# /opt/Arcserve/d2dserver/bin/d2dreg --release

The Backup Server is released from the Console and now you can change the backup
settings from the Backup Server UI.

If the problem persists, use Live Chat to contact Arcserve support. Live Chat lets you
optimize intelligent conversation between you and the Technical Support team, allowing
you to address your concerns and questions immediately, while still maintaining access
to the product.

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Job Status, Job History, and Activity Log are Not Visible

Symptom
I cannot see the job status, job history, and activity log for Linux nodes in Arcserve UDP
Console.

Solution
Linux Backup Server is unable to connect to Arcserve UDP using the hostname.

Follow these steps:

1. Create the server_ip.ini file at the following location of Arcserve UDP:
"UDP installation path"\Management\Configuration\server_ip.ini

2. Enter the IP address of Arcserve UDP in this file.

3. Log in to the Arcserve UDP Console and update Linux Backup Server and Linux
nodes.
Note: Linux Backup Server can be updated only from Linux Backup Server Groups,
where all the Linux backup servers are listed.

The job status, job history, and activity log are visible.

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Restore Related
This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to restore:

Unable to Restore Files (see page 917)

Database Unable to Mount while Restoring the Microsoft Exchange Database (see
page 917)

The From Field Does Not Display Correctly for Emails Sent by Users Having "On Behalf
Of" Permissions for a Shared Mailbox (see page 919)

Unable to Restore Files

Symptom

Due to a limitation from Microsoft, file data on the NTFS Deduplication volumes of a
Windows 2012 R2 system cannot be read from a Windows 2012 system. As a result, if
the UDP agent on a Windows 2012 system is being used restore a VM with guest
Windows 2012 R2 OS and containing NTFS deduplication volumes, the following
problem may occur. The problem occurs only during a file-level or mount recovery point
restore operation.
■ The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

Solution

When this problem occurs, start the restore process from a UDP agent installed on a
Windows 2012 R2 system.

Database Unable to Mount while Restoring the Microsoft Exchange Database

Symptom
When I restore a Microsoft Exchange database, the database is unable to mount. The
required logs are missing or the transaction logs are not contiguous. There are event
errors such as 454, 455 and 2006 in the event log.
The following two reasons could cause the database mount failure:
Reason 1: The Purge Exchange log option is enabled in the UDP settings and this setting
deletes the transaction logs after every backup. Then user try to restore previous
session after several backup which purge log operation occur.

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Reason 2: Users have manually deleted the transaction logs or the logs are deleted by
other programs such as an antivirus software.

Solution
Solution 1: If you have enabled the Purge Exchange log option and the transaction logs
are not contiguous, then restore all the sessions one by one, starting from the latest
session, until the session fails to restore. If the latest session fails to restore, then try
Solution 2.
Solution 2: If Solution 1 does not work, use Solution 2. This solution resolves both the
issues.
For example, you want to restore the Test database from Session 1. The following steps
use the database name as Test.
1. Log in to the Exchange server on which the database is located.
2. Delete all the files (such as *.edb, *.log, *.jrs, *.chk) from the database folder.
3. Mount the database to create an empty database.
Mount-Database –Identity Test

4. Restore the same session again to the original location.

If the restore is successful, you do not have to perform the following steps. If the
restore fails, continue with the following steps.
5. Mount the database again.
Mount-Database –Identity Test

6. Create a temporary database.

new-mailboxdatabase –name OtherDatabase

7. Move the mailbox to any other database.

get-mailbox –datatbase Test –resultsize unlimited | new-moverequest –targetdatabase OtherDatabse

8. Remove the mailbox database from the target machine.

remove-mailboxdatabase –identity Test

9. Create a mailbox database with same name.

new-mailboxdatabase –name Test

10. Restore the same session again to the original location.

The database successfully mounts.

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The From Field Does Not Display Correctly for Emails Sent by Users Having "On Behalf Of" Permissions for a
Shared Mailbox

Symptom
When I restore Exchange mails, if the email is sent by a user having the "on behalf of"
privilege for a shared mailbox, after restore, the "From" information is not displayed
correctly. The "From" field displays only the <host sender> name.

Solution

Follow these steps to resolve the issue:

1. Perform one of the following actions:
For agentless backup
■ On the HBBU proxy server, create a grtcfg.ini file in the Configuration folder:
[product_installed_path]\ Engine\Configuration

For agent-based backup

■ On the agent machine, create a grtcfg.ini file in the Configuration folder:
[product_installed_path]\ Engine\Configuration
2. Add the following content in the grtcfg.ini file:
[common]

0xFF07_enable=1

3. Submit the restore job again.

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Gateway, RPS, Data Store, Console, and Database Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to the recovery point
server (RPS), data store, and database:
■ Data Store Name is Already in Use (see page 920)
■ Data Store Switches to the Restore Only Mode (see page 921)
■ Error when RPS Version is Lower than the Console Version (see page 923)
■ Adding the Same Resource in Different Sites is not Supported (see page 924)
■ How to enable Log Truncations when SQL Database is in Full Recovery Mode (see
page 264)
■ Browse Recovery Points Does Not Show Available Recovery Points When RPS
Configured with FQDN (see page 926)
■ Access Denied when Adding or Updating Nodes (see page 927)
■ Failed to Mount the Recovery Points Due to Timeout (see page 928)
■ How to Update the Gateway Server Credentials (see page 929)
■ How to Update the Gateway when the Gateway Proxy Credentials are Changed (see
page 930)
■ Console Displays Identity Service is Starting Message (see page 932)

Data Store Name is Already in Use

Symptom:

When I create a data store, sometimes the following message appears even though I
specify a new data store name:

This name is already being used by another data store on the server. Please specify a different data store name.

Solution:

This happens when you have an existing data store but for some reason, the data store
UUID at the registry is corrupt. You can delete the data store from GUI, but the name
remains in the recovery point server registry.

The solution is to specify a new name.

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Data Store Switches to the Restore Only Mode

Symptom

I notice that a data store switched to the Restore Only mode, and does not allow me to
back up any data.

Solution

When a disk that is used by a data store runs out of disk space, the data store switches
to the Restore Only mode. In this mode, you can perform restore, but you cannot back
up data to the data store. Also, when the specified memory allocation is utilized
completely, you either increase the memory allocation or you change the data store
from memory mode to SSD mode. Even in such cases, the data store switches to the
Restore Only mode.
To resolve such issues, move the data store to a larger disk by importing the data store.
First copy the folders where the disk is full to a larger disk with more free space and
then import the data store from the console.

The Import Data Store feature lets you add a data store to the recovery point server.
You can import any existing data store to a recovery point server. The data stores that
you have deleted earlier from a recovery point server are available to import.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Console, click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Recovery Point Servers.
The Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page is displayed.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
■ Right click a recovery point server.
■ Select a recovery point server, and from the center menu click the Actions
drop-down list.
Select a recovery point server, and from the right pane click the Actions drop-down
list.
4. Click Import Data Store.
The Import a Data Store page is displayed.
5. Perform the following actions, and click Next:
■ Browse to select the Backup Destination Folder from where you want to
import the data store.
■ Enter Encryption Password.
Note: Leave it empty if the data store is not encrypted.

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After authenticating the Backup Destination folder, the Import a Data Store page
displays the details of the data store.
6. Modify the details, if necessary, and click Save.
If you have copied folder of Data Destination, Index Destination, and Hash
Destination for Deduplication data store, change the folder path.
Note: You cannot enable or disable the encryption option for an existing data store.

The data store is added to the recovery point server and displayed at the Destinations:
Recovery Point Servers dialog. Now the data store is available for backups.

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Error when RPS Version is Lower than Console Version

Symptom

There is a plan with a backup task or replication task and the destination is Recovery
Point Server (RPS). The RPS is of older version and the Console is the latest version.
When I create, modify, re-deploy, pause, or resume a plan and there are one or more
older versions of RPS, the following error is displayed:

The version of destination Recovery Point Server ‘rps1’is lower than the version of
current console. To continue, you need to upgrade and update the Recovery Point
Server.

Solution
This error occurs when your plan uses an older version of RPS. To resolve this error,
upgrade the RPS that is used in the plan. If you upgrade the RPS manually (outside the
Console), do not forget to update the RPS on the Console.
Upgrade the RPS in the following order of preference:

Replicate to a remotely managed RPS (RPS3) > Replicate task (RPS2) > Backup task
(RPS1)
At first, upgrade RPS3, then upgrade RPS2. At last, upgrade RPS1.

Follow these steps to upgrade:

1. From the resources tab, navigate to the Destinations: Recovery Point Servers page.
2. Select the Recovery Point Server.
3. Right-click and select Install/Upgrade Recovery Point Server.
4. Click OK.

Follow these steps to update:

5. From the resources tab, navigate to the Destinations on the left pane, and click
Recovery Point Servers.
6. Select the Recovery Point Server.
7. Right-click and select Update.
8. Click OK.

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Adding the Same Resource in Different Sites is not Supported

Symptom
When I add a data store in remote site, I get the following error message:

Cannot submit job for a Hyper-v VM or ESX VM

Solution
The error occurs because the same resource (node, RPS server, ASBU server, Hyper-V
server, ESX server, proxy server) is already present in another site. To resolve this error,
delete the resource from all sites, then add the resource only in one site.

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How to enable Log Truncations when SQL Database is in Full Recovery Mode

Symptom
When the database is in the Full mode and a full database backup is performed, the SQL
truncation log cannot be truncated.

Solution
To resolve this problem, add two registry values to enable Arcserve UDP run the
BACKUP LOG command to back up the transaction log. This command marks the space,
which is already written to database file, as reusable.

Follow these steps to add the registry value:

1. Open the registry table editor on the agent machine using the following command:
regedit
2. Navigate to the following keys depending on the agent-based or agentless backup:
For agent-based backup for both 32-bit and 64-bit OS, navigate to the following key
on the agent machine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
For agentless backup, navigate to the following key. Create the registry table value
inside the VM that you want to back up on the proxy server. If there is no such
registry table key, create the complete key path.
■ 32-bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
■ 64-bit OS:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WoW6432Node\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll
3. Create the following two registry values and and for both set the value to 1:
■ dword value named BackupSQLLog4Purge .
■ dword value named ForceShrinkSQLLog
The registry value is added.

The solution is in effect when the next purge job occurs.

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Browse Recovery Points Does Not Show Available Recovery Points When RPS Configured with FQDN

Valid on Windows Operating System

Symptom
When the RPS is not in a domain you configure the FQDN (by adding the DNS Suffix) in
the UDP Console, the Browse recovery Points do not show accurate result. Even though
you back up some sessions to RPS, the recovery point number is shown as zero.
The reason is, when the RPS is not in a domain, the RPS cannot identify itself using the
FQDN.

Solution
To resolve this issue, add the DNS suffix to the RPS host.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Control Panel and navigate to System and Security, Systems.
2. Click Change settings for Computer name, domain and workgroup settings.
The System Properties dialog open.
3. In the Computer Name tab, click Changes.
The Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog opens.
4. Click More.
The DNS Suffix and NetBIOS Computer Name dialog opens.
5. In the Primary DNS suffix of this computer field, add the network DNS suffix and
click OK.
For example, add ABC.com.
6. Restart the system.

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Access Denied when Adding or Updating Nodes

Valid on Windows Operating System

Symptom
Sometimes when you add or update nodes, you get the following error:

Access denied. The account may not have Administrator privileges or the account is a
non-built-in administrator account and UAC is turned on.

Solution
The error occurs in the following scenarios:
■ You have logged in as a local user or domain user, who is not in the local
administrators group of the node to add or update node.
■ You have logged in as a user who is in the local administrator groups of the node
but has a non-built-in administrator account of the node to add or update node.
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
1. Add the local or domain user to the local administrator groups of that node.
2. Disable the UAC of that node.
Follow these steps to disable the UAC:
a. Click Start, type regedit in the Search programs and files field, and then press
Enter.
b. The Windows Registry Editor opens.
c. Note: You may need to provide administrative credentials to open Windows
Registry Editor.
d. Locate and click the following registry key:
e. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Polici
es\System
f. From the Edit menu, click New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
g. Specify LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy as the name for the new entry and then
press Enter.
h. Right-click LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and then click Modify.
i. Specify 1 in the Value data field and then click OK.
j. Exit the Registry Editor.
Notes:
– This procedure is not similar to disabling the UAC. Using this procedure,
you can disable some of the functionalities of UAC.

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– Considering that remote Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

technology is used for import, ensure that WMI is not blocked by the
firewall.
For more information about Windows behavior, see the Microsoft documentation.

Failed to Mount the Recovery Points Due to Timeout

Symptom
When the RPS has a heavy load, the OS takes a longer time to attach the mounted
volume and the mount recovery points fail. You get the following message in the
Activity logs:

Mounting the volume takes longer time than expected (2 minutes), this may happen
when your server is under heavy load. Please try again when the server load is less
heavy or check the troubleshooting in online documentation to increase the time out
value.

Solution
To resolve this issue, increase the timeout value.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the RPS and navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFStorHBAMgmt

"WaitDeviceReadyTimeoutS"=dword:00000078
Default: 120 seconds
2. Change the timeout value to a higher value.
For example, change the timeout value to 600 seconds (10 minutes)

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How to Update the Gateway Server Credentials

Symptom
If the gateway installation user name is changed or the password is expired, you get
following error during the plan deployment:

Agent deployment failed.

Failed to impersonate the user who installed Arcserve Remote Management Gateway
using the stored credentials. Please check if the credentials are still valid and redeploy.

Solution
To resolve this issue, update the gateway account user name or password.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the gateway server.
2. Navigate to the BIN folder in the Arcserve UDP installation folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\BIN\GatewayTool.exe
3. Right-click GatewayTool.exe and click Run as Administrator.
4. In the command prompt window, type setadminacc.
5. Specify the new user name.
6. Specify the new password.
If all the details are correct, you will see the following message:
Setting administrator account succeeded

7. Redeploy the plan.

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How to Update the Gateway when the Gateway Proxy Credentials are Changed

Symptom
When the proxy server credentials are changed, the connection to the gateway is
broken. You get the following error message while trying to connect to the gateway:

Cannot connect to the gateway site proxy. Please check the status of the site and
make sure that gateway is running.

Solution
To resolve this issue, update the parameters in GatewayTool.exe setproxy.

Follow these steps to update the gateway server:

1. Log in to the gateway server.
2. Navigate to the BIN folder in the Arcserve UDP installation folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Management\BIN\GatewayTool.exe
3. Right-click GatewayTool.exe and click Run as Administrator.
4. In the command prompt window, type setproxy.
5. Type 2 to select Custom proxy because the IE proxy does not support credentials for
now.
6. Specify the proxy server IP address.
7. Specify the proxy server port.
8. Type Y for authentication.
Note: If you type N, it means disable the credentials.
9. Specify the new user name.
10. Specify the new new password.
If all the details are correct, you will see the following message:
Proxy Settings were saved successfully. Restarting the gateway service.
Note: If the gateway proxy credential is enabled in a plan, update the proxy user
name and password in that plan.

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Similarly, you can change other settings such as Proxy Type, IP address, and Port
number in setproxy.

If you see the Failed to restart the gateway service, please restart it manually message
in the command prompt window, follow these steps:
a. Run services.msc to look for Arcserve remote management gateway service
and then restart the remote management gateway service.
b. If the remote service stops after you restart, use the Task Manager to end the
tomcat8.exe task manually.
c. Refresh services.msc and restart Arcserve remote management gateway
service.

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Console Displays Identity Service is Starting Message

Symptom
Unable to log in to the Arcserve UDP Console. The Console displays the following
messages even after five minutes of logging in:

Identity Service is starting

Solution
To resolve this issue, open the Windows Service Console and restart the Arcserve UDP
Console service, Arcserve UDP Management Service.

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Virtual Machine Backup and Restore Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to the recovery point
server (RPS), data store, and database:
■ Add Permission for VDDK at vCenter Server Level (see page 934)
■ Permissions for Host-based Agentless Backup and Virtual Standby at vCenter Server
Level (see page 934)
■ Convert Incremental Backup to a Verify Backup Because the Virtual Machine
Snapshot Either Changed from the Last Backup Job or Needs Consolidation (see
page 939)
■ Agentless Host-based Backup for Hyper-V Fails after Upgrading Arcserve UDP (see
page 940)
■ Host-based Agentless Backup Fails in VMware ESXi 6.0 (see page 941)
■ Failed to Create a Snapshot for Hyper-V Virtual Machines when Multiple Jobs are
Running (see page 943)
■ Host-based Agentless Backup does not Use HotAdd Transport Mode (see page 944)
■ HotAdd Transport Mode does not Work when Attempting to Back Up a VMware VM
(see page 945)
■ Host-based Agentless Backup or Restore Job Uses NBD or NBDSSL Transport Mode
even when SAN Mode is Possible (see page 947)
■ Recovery Operations Fail when Recovering Data Using the HotAdd or SAN Transport
Mode (see page 948)
■ Scheduled Incremental or Full Backup Job Fails for Hyper-V VM (see page 950)
■ Hyper-V VSS NTDS Writer Fails while Taking the VSS Snapshot in the VM (see
page 951)
■ MAC Address Changes are not Retained After VM Recovery (see page 951)
■ Hyper-V Failed to Create VSS Snapshot (see page 952)
■ Unable to Open VMDK Files (see page 952)
■ Problems Caused by Duplicate VM UUID (see page 954)
■ File System Catalog Job Fails or Recovery Point Check Fails for Host-Based Agentless
Backup (see page 955)
■ Incremental Backup Converts to Verify Backup or the Backup Size Increases in
Hyper-V (see page 335)
■ Host-Based Agentless Backup Fails Hyper-V VM That has a Special Differencing Disk
Configuration (see page 337)
■ Backup Job Fails for a VMware Virtual Machine (see page 338)
■ Backup Job is Complete but the VM is in the Backing Up Status (see page 340)

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■ Disable Rescan of Host Bus Adapters when the Source and Proxy are in Different
VMware ESX Servers (see page 341)
■ Disable the Consecutive Snapshot Creation in VMware VM for a Backup (see
page 964)
■ Agentless Host-based Backup crashes when using Windows 2003 R2 64-bit as
Backup Proxy (see page 965)
■ When Restored from a Higher Version of ESXi host to a Lower version ESXi host, VM
gets stuck at booting stage (see page 966)

Add Permissions for VDDK at vCenter Server Level

If you do not have the appropriate permissions, the backup job for a host-based virtual
machines and virtual standby job fails.

To avoid this issue, verify that you have the appropriate permissions. If you are a
vCenter user, you do not need an Administrator permission at the vCenter Server level
but you must have an Administrator permission at the Datacenter level. In addition, you
must have the following permissions at the vCenter Server level:
■ Global, DisableMethods and EnableMethods
■ Global, License

For more information, see the VMware KB article.

For more information on the permission, see Permissions for Host-based Agentless
Backup and Virtual Standby at vCenter Server Level (see page 934).

Permissions for Host-based Agentless Backup and Virtual Standby at vCenter Server Level

When you configure vCenter to manage virtual machines, generally you set up users or
groups with vCenter administrator privileges. This approach helps to ensure that the
vCenter accounts have unrestricted access to vCenter functionality and tasks.
Optionally, you can create vCenter users and groups that can be used to facilitate only
backup operations or only backup and restore operations.

When using vCenter non-administrative accounts to facilitate backup and restore

operations, you create vCenter roles, assign privileges to the roles, and then apply the
role to individual users or groups.

Note: As a best practice, VMware recommends that you allow non-administrative

vCenter user accounts to be members of the Windows local administrator group.

Important! The following steps assume that you are familiar with how to configure
vCenter users, groups, roles, and permissions. Consult the vCenter documentation as
needed.

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Follow these steps:

1. Log in to vCenter using the VI Client.
2. Open the Add New Roles dialog and specify a name for the role.

3. Expand All privileges.

4. (Optional) To allow the role to facilitate only backup operations, specify the
following privileges:
Important! To allow the role to facilitate backup and restore operations, continue
to the next step.
■ Expand Virtual machine and Configuration, and specify the following privileges:
– Disk change tracking
– Disk Lease
– Add existing disk
– Add new disk
– Add or remove device
– Change resource
– Remove Disk
– Settings

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■ Expand Virtual machine and Provisioning, and specify the following privileges:
– Allow read-only disk access
– Allow virtual machine download
■ Expand Virtual machine and specify the following privileges:
– vSphere 4: Expand State and specify Create Snapshot and Remove
snapshot.
– vSphere 5: Expand Snapshot management, expand State and then specify
Create Snapshot and Remove snapshot.
■ Expand Global and specify the following privileges:
– Disable methods
– Enable methods
– Licenses
Go to Step 6.
5. To allow the role to facilitate backup and restore operations, specify the following
privileges:
■ Expand Datastore and specify the following privileges:
– Allocate space
– Browse datastore
– Low level file operations

■ Expand Global and specify the following privileges:

– Disable methods
– Enable methods
– Licenses
■ Expand Host, expand Local Operations, and then specify Reconfigure virtual
machine.
Note: This privilege is only required when you need to perform backup and
restore operations using the HotAdd transport mode.
■ Expand Network and specify Assign Network.
■ Expand Resource and click Assign Virtual Machine to resource pool.

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■ Expand Virtual machine and Configuration, and specify the following privileges:
– Add existing disk
– Add new disk
– Add or Remove device
– Advanced
– Change CPU count
– Change resource
– Disk change tracking
– Disk Lease
– Host USB device
– Memory
– Modify device setting
– Raw device
– Reload from path
– Remove disk
– Rename
– Reset guest information
– Settings
– Swapfile placement
– Upgrade virtual hardware
■ Expand Virtual machine and Guest Operations, and specify the following
privileges:
– Guest Operation Modifications
– Guest Operation Program Execution
– Guest Operation Queries (vSphere 5)
■ Expand Virtual Machine and Interaction, and specify the following privileges:
– Power off
– Power on
■ Expand Virtual machine and Inventory, and specify the following privileges:
– Create new
– Register
– Remove
– Unregister

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■ Expand Virtual machine and Provisioning, and specify the following privileges:
– Allow disk access
– Allow read-only disk access
– Allow virtual machine download
■ Expand Virtual Machine and specify the following privileges:
– vSphere 4: Expand State and specify Create snapshot, Remove snapshot,
and Revert to snapshot.
– vSphere 5: Expand Snapshot management, expand State, and then specify
Create snapshot, Remove snapshot, and Revert to snapshot.
6. Click OK to create the role.
7. Open the Assign Permissions dialog, to assign the newly created role to users,
groups, or both.

8. From the Users and Groups list, select the custom user that you want to use for
backups and restores.
From the Assigned Role drop-down list, specify the role that you want to apply to
the users or groups.
Click OK to apply the role to the users or groups.

The permissions are now defined for vCenter roles.

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Convert Incremental Backup to a Verify Backup Because the Virtual Machine Snapshots Either Changed
from the Last Backup Job or Needs Consolidation

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom
The Incremental Backups for VMware virtual machines are converted to Verify Backups.
The activity log states the following message:
“Convert Incremental Backup to a Verify Backup because the virtual machine snapshots
either changed from the last backup job or needs consolidation.”

Solution
Use the VMware vSphere Client to consolidate the virtual machine snapshots. For more
details about consolidating snapshots, click on the following VMware Knowledge Base
article:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=display
KC&externalId=2003638

Note: Consolidating the snapshots for a virtual machine can fail due to locked files. If the
backup job uses the HOTADD transport mode, then verify that the backup proxy virtual
machine settings on the ESXi server does not contain the hot added hard disks. Then
consolidate the virtual machine snapshots.

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Agentless Host-based Backup for Hyper-V VM Fails after Upgrading Arcserve UDP

Valid for Hyper-V

Symptom
After upgrading Arcserve UDP from Version 5.0 Update 2 or before to the latest version,
the agentless host-based backup has started failing with the following error message:

The backup job is cancelled. For a VSS snapshot, the Hyper-V VSS writer needs to save
the virtual machine and this is not applied in the current plan. To restart the backup
job, change the Hyper-V Snapshot Method setting in the plan. For details on how to
set Hyper-V Snapshot Method in a plan, see the product documentation.
The agent-less host-based backup was working before the upgrade.

Solution
In Arcserve UDP Version 5.0 Update 2 or before, when the virtual does not support the
online backup method, the default behavior is to adopt the offline backup method. The
offline backup method saves the virtual machine while taking a snapshot. In the Saved
state, the virtual machine is inaccessible. However, critical virtual machines need to be
accessible all the time.
In Version 5.0 Update 3 and later versions, if the virtual machine needs to be placed into
the Saved state, the default behavior is to cancel the backup job to avoid any downtime
of the virtual machine. If you do not want the backup job to get cancelled, change the
Hyper-V Snapshot Method option in the plan. For more details about the Hyper-V
Snapshot Method option in the plan, see How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine
Backup Plan.
You can also refer the Arcserve KB article for more details on this issue.

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Host-based Agentless Backup Fails in VMware ESXi 6.0

Symptom
Arcserve UDP agentless backups may fail when you attempt to back up a virtual
machine in VMware ESXi 6.0 and if the Change Block Tracking (CBT) function is enabled.
This is a known issue of VMware. When the backup fails, the following two behaviors
can occur:
■ Arcserve UDP may not connect to the CBT function of the ESXi host. As a result,
Arcserve UDP cannot receive the used or changed data block information from the
virtual machine.
■ Arcserve UDP may fail to capture the quiesced snapshots of the virtual machine.
(This can occur every time Arcserve UDP captures a snapshot or when you manually
capture a snapshot in the vSphere client.)

Solution
VMware has resolved this issue in their latest build, ESXi 6.0 Build 2715440. You can
install the ESXi600-201505001 patch to resolve this issue. For more information about
downloading and installing the patch, see the VMware KB article.
If you cannot apply the patch, you can resolve the issue by making the following
changes in the registry key:

Solution for CBT connection failure.

If Arcserve UDP cannot connect to CBT, then instead of failing the backup job,
Arcserve UDP can continue the backup job. However, instead of performing an
incremental backup, by default Arcserve UDP will perform a complete disk backup
of the VM. If you do not want to perform a full backup automatically, you can add a
registry key to change this default behavior. If you add the key and set the value to
1, then Arcserve UDP will fail the backup job when a CBT error occurs.
You can add this registry key in the Proxy server as follows:
At Proxy Server level (applicable for all backup jobs running in this proxy server)
1. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
2. Enter the following dword:
"BackupEntireDiskOnCBTBitmapFailure"=dword:00000001
3. Save the registry key.
At VM level
4. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<vm instance uuid>]
5. Enter the following dword:

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"BackupEntireDiskOnCBTBitmapFailure"=dword:00000001
6. Save the registry key.

Solution for quiesced snapshot failure

Ensure that Take snapshot without guest quiescence if quiescence snapshot fails
option is selected on the Source tab of the Host-Based Agentless backup plan.

Note: If you add the registry key in both the VM and proxy level registry, then the
setting in the VM level registry will have the priority over the setting in the Proxy level
registry.

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Failed to Create a Snapshot for Hyper-V Virtual Machines When Multiple Jobs are Running

Symptom

When running multiple jobs, the snapshot creation for Hyper-V CSV virtual machine
takes too much time and then fails. It fails even after multiple tries. The following
message is displayed in the activity log of the respective virtual machine.

The creation of snapshot is in progress, and only one snapshot creation operation can be in progress at one time.

Retry after 600 seconds.

Solution

This may happen because you can only run one snapshot creation at a time.

To solve the issue, you can either increase the number of tries or increase the retry time
interval. You can also increase the number of concurrent jobs that you can run.

Note: The default retry value is 3 and the default time interval value is 10 minutes.

To increase the number of retry, perform the following steps on the cluster nodes:
1. Open the Windows registry.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine.
3. Create a key named as VSSWrap.
4. Right-click VSSWrap, select New, and then select DWORD (32-bit) value and specify
the name as VssAsynchMaxRetryTimes.
5. Specify the value as required.

To increase the time interval between each retry, perform the following steps on the
cluster nodes:
1. Open the Windows registry.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine.
3. Create a key named as VSSWrap.
4. Right-click VSSWrap, select New, and then select DWORD (32-bit) value and specify
the name as VssAsynchRetryInterval.
5. Specify the value as required.

To increase the number of concurrent jobs, perform the following steps on the proxy
server:
1. Open the Windows registry.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine.
3. Right-click HyperVMaxJobNum, select Modify, and specify the value as required.

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Host-based Agentless Backup Does Not Use HotAdd Transport Mode

Symptom
To back up data, host-based backup job does not use the HotAdd Transport Mode even
when it is available. This happens when the source virtual machine is imported to
Arcserve UDP Console from an ESX host (instead from the vCenter server) and the ESX
host is managed by a vCenter server.

Solution
To resolve this error, perform one of the following tasks:
■ Delete that virtual machine node from Arcserve UDP Console. Import the node
again from the vCenter server that manages the ESX host.
■ Disconnect the ESX from the vCenter server.

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HotAdd Transport Mode does not Work when Attempting to Back Up a VMware VM

Symptom

The HotAdd transport mode is not supported for this VM and as a result the backup is
failing over to the NBDSSL (encrypted network block device) mode. (Backup job is
running slow). The backup of a VMware VM is not using HotAdd Transport. For more
details about HotAdd transport, see
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vddk.pg.doc%2
FvddkDataStruct.5.5.html

Verify the following HotAdd prerequisites:

■ The HotAdd backup proxy must be a virtual machine. HotAdd involves attaching a
virtual disk to the backup proxy, like attaching disk to a virtual machine.
■ The HotAdd proxy must have access to the same datastore as the target virtual
machine.
■ The VMFS version and data block sizes for the target VM must be the same as the
datastore where the HotAdd proxy resides. If the HotAdd proxy is a virtual machine
that resides on a VMFS-3 volume, choose a volume with block size appropriate for
the maximum virtual disk size of virtual machines that customers want to back up,
as shown in VMFS-3 Block Size for HotAdd Backup Proxy. This caveat does not apply
to VMFS-5 volumes, which always have 1MB file block size.
The following table displays the VMFS-3 Block Size for HotAdd Backup Proxy:

VMFS Block Size Maximum Target Disk Size

1 MB 256 GB
2 MB 512 GB
4 MB 1024 GB
8 MB 2048 GB
■ In vSphere 5.1 and older, the maximum supported VMDK size is 1.98 TB.
■ The disks that are to be HotAdd must be SCSI. IDE drives are not compatible with
HotAdd.
■ VMware Tools must be installed and up-to-date on the VM and the backup proxy.
■ Datastore needs sufficient space for a VM snapshot.
■ HotAdd may fail if any disk was created with a newer hardware version than the VM
being backed up. For example, if a disk was moved from a hardware version 8 VM
to a hardware version 7 VM. To resolve this problem, upgrade the hardware version
of the VM.

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■ HotAdd may fail if any disk was created with a newer hardware version than the VM
being backed up. For example, if a disk was moved from a hardware version 8 VM
to a hardware version 7 VM. To resolve, upgrade the hardware version of the VM.
■ A single SCSI controller can have a maximum of 15 disks attached. To run multiple
concurrent jobs with more than 15 disks, you need to add more SCSI controllers to
your backup proxy machine.
■ In case of standalone ESX connection (ESX server is not managed by vCenter), you
can only HotAdd disks of VMs which are located on the same ESX as the backup
proxy machine.
■ HotAdd may fail if you are trying to back up the VM through the ESX added as a
standalone server into UDP but actually being managed by vCenter.
■ Hot Add may fail if the VM you are trying to back up and the proxy server are in
different clusters.

Solution

Disable “automount” on the backup proxy machine using “diskpart” utility.

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Host-based Agentless Backup or Restore Job Uses NBD or NBDSSL Transport Mode even when SAN Mode
is Possible

Valid on Windows platforms. Valid for VMware VM only.

Symptom
Although SAN transport mode is possible, agentless backup or restore job still uses NBD
or NBDSSL transport mode.

Solution
The following prerequisites must be completed to utilize the SAN transport mode by
agentless backup and restore jobs. For more information, see the VMware KB article.
■ The proxy machine must be a physical machine (cannot be a virtual machine).
■ The proxy machine must be connected to the SAN LUN in which the VM resides.
■ On the proxy machine, SAN Policy of the SAN disk must be configured to OnlineAll.
To configure the disk, do the following:
1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative
privileges.
2. Open Windows Command Line.
3. From the command line, type the following commands
a. Type "diskpart" and then press Enter.
b. Type "SAN" and then press Enter.
The current SAN policy displays.
c. Type "SAN POLICY=OnlineAll" and then press Enter.
■ If you want to perform a VM recovery by SAN transport mode, SAN disk must be
configured to be writable.
To clear the readonly flag, do the following:
1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative
privileges.
2. Open Windows Command Line.
3. From the command line, type the following commands
a. Type "diskpart" and then press Enter.
b. Type "list disk" and then press Enter.
The disks list displays.
c. Type "select disk xxx" and then press Enter to select the SAN disk that gets
be configured to be writable.
d. Type "attribute disk clear readonly" and then press Enter.

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■ SAN transport mode offers the best performance on thick disks but the worst
performance on thin disks. So, the VM recovery uses NBD or NBDSSL transport
mode for thick disks by default. If you want to use SAN transport mode even for
thin disks, you can add a string value EnforceTransportForRecovery with value SAN
under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\AFRestoreDll
(create the key AFRestoreDll if it doesn’t exist).
■ When taking snapshot during backup, additional files are generated. So that certain
free space is needed in storage device where VM’s VMDK files reside. SAN transport
mode needs more free space comparing with NBD/NBDSSL transport mode. So that
make sure that there is enough free space in SAN LUN if you want to use SAN
transport mode.

Recovery Operations Fail When Recovering Data Using the HOTADD or SAN Transport Mode

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom
Recovery operations fail when recovering data using the HOTADD or SAN transport
mode. The following message appears in the Activity Log:

An unknown error has occurred. Contact Technical Support.

Solution
Recovery operations fail using the HOTADD transport mode or SAN transport mode
when the disk settings are not configured properly.

To configure the disk, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative privileges.
2. Open Windows Command Line.
3. From the command line, type the following command:
diskpart

Press Enter.
4. Type SAN and then press Enter.
The current SAN policy displays.
5. Type the following command:
SAN POLICY = OnlineAll

Press Enter.
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6. To clear the read-only attribute of the specific SAN disk, select the disk from the
disk list and type the following command:
attribute disk clear readonly

Press Enter
7. Type exit and then press Enter.

The disk is configured and you can resubmit the job.

If the job fails again, mount the HOTADD disks manually using disk management on the
proxy system.

To mount the disks manually, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative privileges.
2. Open Windows Control Panel and double-click Administrative Tools.
The Administrative Tools window opens.
3. From the Favorites list, double-click Computer Management.
The Computer Management opens.
4. Expand Storage and click Disk Management.
The disks display.
5. Right-click the disk that you want to mount and click Online.

The disk is mounted and you can resubmit the job.

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Scheduled Incremental or Full Backup Job Fails for Hyper-V VM

Symptom
Sometimes the scheduled incremental or full backup job fails for Hyper-V virtual
machines and the following errors are displayed in the event viewer on Hyper-V host:
■ DM operation add for the virtual machine <vm name> failed with error: Ran out of
memory (0x8007000E) (Virtual machine ID <vm ID>)
■ Could not create backup checkpoint for virtual machine <vm name>: This operation
returned because the timeout period expired. (0x800705B4). (Virtual machine ID
<vm ID>)
■ Could not create backup checkpoint for virtual machine <vm name>: Element not
found. (0x80070490). (Virtual machine ID <vm ID>)
■ VSS writers inside virtual machine <vm name> failed to perform BackupComplete to
its shadow copy (VSS snapshot) set: A function call was made when the object was
in an incorrect state for that function (0x80042301). (Virtual machine ID)
■ The Hyper-V VSS writer has encountered an error when processing this virtual
machine. (For more information about Hyper-V VSS writer errors, refer to the
product documentation).

Solution 1
The resolution is to increase the RAM size on the Hyper-V server and then resubmit the
backup job.

Solution 2
If the VSS writer inside the virtual machine does not work properly, then the backup job
fails. To resolve the issue, check the event log of both Hyper-V host and the virtual
machine. Check the VSS warnings and errors, and take appropriate actions.

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Hyper-V VSS NTDS Writer Fails While Taking the VSS snapshot in the VM

Symptom
In a Domain Controller VM, if the AutoMount feature is not enabled, the VSS NTDS
writer fails while taking the VSS snapshot in the VM. As a result, the Hyper-V VSS writer
fails to take the VSS snapshot on the Hyper-V host.
The Hyper-V HBBU backup job fails with the following activity log:

The Hyper-V VSS writer has encountered an error when processing this virtual machine. (For more information
about Hyper-V VSS writer errors, refer to the product documentation).

Solution
Enable the AutoMount feature in the VM.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the command prompt window.
2. Open diskpart and execute the following command:
automount enable

MAC Address Changes are Not Retained After VM Recovery

Valid on Windows platforms and VMware VM

Symptom
The MAC addresses of virtual machines are not retained after recovering virtual
machines.

Solution
MAC addresses are not retained during recovery, to prevent duplicates. To retain MAC
address information, set the following registry key on the proxy server:

Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine

Key Name: RetainMACForVDDK
Value Type: String

Key Value: 1

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Hyper-V failed to Create VSS Snapshot

The Hyper-V Host-Based VM backup fails on a Hyper-V host and displays the following
message

Failed to take VSS snapshot.

Symptom
The following reasons are responsible for the backup failure:
■ One or more volumes on the Hyper-V host is not formatted with NTFS/Refs.
■ One or more volumes on the Hyper-V host has less than 100 MB of free space.
■ Excessive disk activity during the time of the backup.

Solution
Resolve the environmental issues and perform the backup again.

Unable to Open VMDK Files

Symptom
The virtual machine recovery fails and the following error message is displayed in the
logs:

Unable to open vmdk file (file name with .vmdk). VMware reported the following error: You
do not have access rights to this file. For more information, see the restore debug log. If
necessary contact arcserve support.

The following messages are found in the restore debug logs:

[VDDKLOG] CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because SSL verification requested and

target authd does not support SSL

[VDDKLOG] CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed

[VDDKLOG] Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed

[VDDKLOG] Cnx_Connect: Error message: SSL required

Solution
The reason could be that the SSL authentication is disabled on the ESX host. To resolve
this issue, use one of the following methods:

Using the vSphere Client

1. Log in to the vCenter/ESX server.
2. Navigate to the ESX server settings:
Configuration, Advanced settings, Configuration, Defaults security

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3. Enable the following option:

config.defaults.security.host.ruissl

Using the command line

4. Connect to the ESX host using SSH.
5. Open the following file:
/etc/vmware/config
6. Set the security.host.ruissl entry to TRUE.
7. Save the file and restart the management agents.

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Problems Caused by Duplicate VM UUID

Symptom 1

VM node is overwritten after importing another VM node into Console.

For example, you have 2 virtual machines VM1 and VM2 with the same UUID (which is
called Instance UUID for VMware, and VM UUID for Hyper-V) in the ESXi hosts which are
managed by different vCenter VC1 and VC2. You import VM1 into console and it shows
up in the node list view of console. Later on, you import VM2 into console. In the node
list view VM1 is overwritten by VM2 (in other words, VM2 is added but VM1 is gone).

Symptom 2

VM node’s information in the Hypervisor column changes back and forth while auto
discovery is running.

For example, you have 2 virtual machines VM1 and VM2 with the same UUID (which is
called Instance UUID for VMware, and VM UUID for Hyper-V) in the ESXi hosts which are
managed by different vCenter VC1 and VC2. You import VM1 into console. And you also
import at least one VM from the vCenter VC2 so that both VC1 and VC2 are added into
the Node Discovery List (you can check the list at Node Discovery Configuration page
which is at Settings tab). While node discovery runs, it firstly connects to VC1 and
detects VM1 by the UUID, so that Hypervisor column is updated with information of
VC1. But later on, when it connects to VC2, it detects the VM2 by the same UUID, so
that Hypervisor column is updated with information of VC2.

Solution

Arcserve UDP uses VM’s UUID (which is called Instance UUID for VMware, and VM UUID
for Hyper-V) to identify a VM node. Although it is very rare that VMs have duplicated
UUID, problematic behaviors may happen in Arcserve UDP in such case.

To solve the problems, refer the following steps to manually change the UUID of the VM
(applicable for VMware VM only). After you have manually changed the UUID of the
VM, delete the original VM from the Arcserve UDP Console and re-import the VM.
1. Open the following URL:
https://<vCenter host name>/mob/
2. Log in as an administrator.
3. Search “content” in the NAME column, and click the link in the VALUE column in the
same row.
4. Search “rootFolder” in NAME column, and click the link in the VALUE column in the
same row.
5. Search “childEntity” in NAME column. In the VALUE column in the same row, find
the Datacenter in which the VM reside and click on its link.

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6. Search “vmFolder” in NAME column, and click the link in the VALUE column in the
same row.
7. Search “childEntity” in NAME column. In VALUE column in the same row, click on
“more…” to expand the VM list. Search the VM you are looking for and click the
link.
8. Search ReconfigVM_Task in the Methods table, and click the link.
9. In the new browser opened, remove all contents in the VALUE field, and type the
following code:
<spec>

<instanceUuid>2499952a-6c85-480e-b7df-4cbd2137eb69</instanceUuid>

</spec>
Note: The 2499952a-6c85-480e-b7df-4cbd2137eb69 string mentioned above is a
sample UUID. You should replace it with the UUID that you want to apply.
10. Click on Invoke Method link to apply the new UUID.
11. To verify that new UUID is applied, close the newly opened browser and go back to
the page where you did step 8.
12. Search “config” in NAME column and click on the link in the VALUE column in the
same row.
13. Search “instanceUuid” in NAME column. The UUID of the VM is shown in the VALUE
column in the same row.

File System Catalog Job Fails or Recovery Point Check Fails for Host-Based Agentless Backup

Valid on Windows platforms. Valid for VMware VM only.

Symptom
■ File system catalog job fails for host-based agentless backup recovery points
■ Recovery Point Check fails during host-based agentless backup job and the next
Incremental backup gets converted to a Verify backup.

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Solution
This may be caused by a known issue of VMware (see the VMware KB article). When you
quiesce a VMware VM, the snapshot contains corrupted data. The backup reads data
from the snapshot and the data that is backed up also becomes corrupted.

Note: This problem occurs with all VMware ESXi versions and on a VM with guest OS
running Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 2012. Arcserve UDP cannot detect the data
corruption problem because VMware does not return an error in such cases. You may
not be aware of the problem until you try to restore data.
You can follow the Arcserve KB article to check whether the problem is caused by this
VMware known issue. The workaround recommended by VMware is to disable the VSS
writers, such as MSSearch Service Writer (ignore it, if not installed) and Shadow Copy
Optimization Writer (typically present in every Windows VM), in guest OS of VM. You
can manually disable the writers per the VMware KB article.
Arcserve UDP also provides a simple way to disable the writers, if VMware Tools
snapshot quiescing method is used. Follow these steps to disable the writers.
At Proxy Server level (applicable for VMs protected by this proxy server)
1. Log in to the proxy server.
2. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
3. Create a Multiple-String value with the name DisableSpecificVSSwriters.
4. Enter the names of the VSS writer that is expected to be disabled (each writer name
occupies one line).
5. Save the registry key.

At VM level
6. Log in to the proxy server.
7. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll\<vm instance uuid>]
8. Create a Multiple-String value with the name DisableSpecificVSSwriters.

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9. Enter the names of the VSS writer that is expected to be disabled (each writer name
occupies one line).
10. Save the registry key.

Notes:
■ If you add the registry key in the VM and proxy level registry both, then the setting
in the VM level registry will have the priority over the setting in the Proxy level
registry.
■ This registry setting works only when the VMware Tools snapshot quiescing method
is used in the backup plan.
■ If you have ever configured writers manually in the guest OS of the VM per the
VMware KB article, your configuration will be overwritten.
■ The name of the writer is case sensitive and must be an exact match as shown in
the output of “vssadmin list writers”.
■ If you want to enable all writers again, do not delete the registry value
DisableSpecificVSSwriters. Instead, retain the registry value but remove the content
within the registry. If DisableSpecificVSSwriters does not exist, Arcserve UDP
assumes that nothing needs to be changed in terms of enabling or disabling VSS
writers.

Incremental Backup Converts to Verify Backup or the Backup Size Increases in Hyper-V

Valid on Hyper-V VM

Symptom
■ I have performed an incremental change in a Hyper-V virtual machine. When I
perform an incremental backup, the entire virtual machine is backed up instead of
backing up only the changed data.
■ I have a proxy server with Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 that backs up a virtual machine
from one Hyper-V host (example HOST1). I have another proxy server with an older
version of Arcserve UDP that backs up a virtual machine from the same Hyper-V
host (HOST1). In such cases, the CBT is inactive and the Incremental jobs do not run.
The Incremental backup converts to the Verify backup.

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Solution

The root causes of above symptoms can be one of the following reasons:
■ The loss of change block tracking (CBT) data. The following circumstances will result
in CBT data loss:
– The Hyper-V host crashes or is powered off abnormally.
– The CBT service is stopped or the service abnormally quits.
– The CBT service did not complete its work while the Hyper-V host was shutting
down.
■ Different versions of CBT in the Hyper-V server and the proxy server.
Example: Consider you have two Arcserve UDP environments, one is Arcserve UDP
Version 5 and another is Arcserve UDP Version 6.0. These two Arcserve UDP
environments back up different VMs in the same Hyper-V server. The Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0 environment automatically detects the older version of CBT in the
Hyper-V server and upgrades it to the latest version. In such cases, the Arcserve
UDP Version 5 environment converts the remaining scheduled incremental backup
to a full backup.
If Arcserve UDP detects different CBT versions, the Activity Log displays a warning
message.

The solution is to upgrade all the proxy servers that protects virtual machines from one
Hyper-V host to the same version of Arcserve UDP.

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Host-based Backup Fails for Hyper-V VM That Has a Special Differencing Disk Configuration

Valid for Hyper-V VM

Symptom
If a differencing disk is configured in a Hyper-V virtual machine, the backup job for that
virtual machine fails. It displays the following error message in the activity log:

Failed to prepare for backup of the virtual machine

The following error message is displayed in the backup job log file under C:\Program
Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs,

The virtual disk file

\\?\UNC\<IP_Address_VM>\HYPERV_HBBU_SNAPSHOT@<snapshot_name>\WIN12-S
QL\VIRTUAL HARD DISKS\WIN12-SQL-1.VHDX was not exposed.

The problem occurs only when the virtual machine has the following differencing disk
configurations. All the configurations must apply.
■ The virtual machine has one regular virtual hard disk (Fixed size or Dynamically
expanding) Disk1 that is attached to one IDE or SCSI controller of the virtual
machine.
■ The virtual machine has one differencing virtual hard disk (Disk2) that is also
attached to one IDE or SCSI controller of the virtual machine.
■ The parent disk of Disk2 is specified to Disk1.

Solution

This error occurs because of an abnormal or incorrect configuration. To resolve this

error, detach either the differencing disk or its parent from the virtual machine.
Arcserve UDP does not support such differencing disk configuration.

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Backup Job Fails for a VMware Virtual Machine

Valid for VMware VM

Symptom
When I back up a VMware virtual machine, the backup job fails with either of the
following error messages in the activity log:

Abort backup because backup job has been configured to use the "Microsoft VSS
inside VM" snapshot method. However, only the "VMware Tools" snapshot method is
applicable because Host-based VM Backup failed to deploy the necessary tools into
the VM.
Or

Abort backup because backup job has been configured to use the "VMware Tools"
snapshot method. However, only the "Microsoft VSS inside the VM" snapshot method
is applicable because Host-based VM Backup failed to undeploy tools from inside VM.

Solution
The first error can occur because of multiple reasons. You have selected the Microsoft
VSS inside VM option but:
■ You did not update the VM with the required credentials
■ The credentials are not correct
■ VMware Tools are not installed or updated.

In this case, Arcserve UDP cannot deploy necessary tools to the virtual machine to use
the new snapshot method.
To resolve this error, update the virtual machine with correct credentials. Verify that
VMware Tools are updated and running in the virtual machine. After the verification,
resubmit the backup job.

Solution
The second error may occur in the following scenario. You have used the Microsoft VSS
inside VM option in the previous backup jobs. Now, you want to use the VMware Tools
option but the credentials of the virtual machine have changed (for example, you have
changed the password of the guest OS but you did not update the virtual machine node
in Console), or VMware Tools is not running for some reason. In such cases, Arcserve
UDP cannot undeploy the tools (which were deployed by the previous backup job) from
the virtual machine to use the new snapshot method.
To resolve this error, perform one of the following steps:
■ Update the virtual machine with correct credentials. Verify that VMware Tools are
updated and running in the virtual machine guest OS. After the verification,
resubmit the backup job.

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■ Manually undeploy the tools from the virtual machine:

a. Log in to the virtual machine.
b. Navigate to the following folder:
C:\Program
Files\ARCServe\ASVMOperationTools\custom-freeze-vmware-snapshot\auto-d
eploy
c. Right-click the auto-undeploy.bat batch file and select Run as administrator.
d. Delete the following folders:
C:\Program Files\ARCServe\as-hbbu-vmwarebackup
C:\Program Files\ARCServe\ASVMOperationTools
e. Resubmit the backup job.

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Backup Job is Complete but the VM is in the Backing Up Status

Valid for Hyper-V VM

Symptom

In Hyper-V 2012 or later, the virtual machine stays in the Backing up status although the
agent-less host-based backup job of this virtual machine has already finished. I cannot
perform some operations such as power-on or power-off the virtual machine during
that time in the Hyper-V manager. If the virtual machine is a Hyper-V cluster, I cannot
perform live migration for it. In addition, if another backup job for this VM starts at the
same time, the backup job fails with the following error:

The Hyper-V VSS writer has encountered an error when processing this virtual machine.

This problem occurs in the following situations:

■ There are several backup jobs starting at the same time or at times closer to each
other (within one minute).
■ One or more backup jobs are complete, but there is still at least one backup job in
progress.

Solution
If the backup jobs start at the same time or at times closer to each other, Arcserve UDP
takes one VSS snapshot for all virtual machines instead of taking one VSS snapshot for
each virtual machine. This avoids unnecessary workload to the Hyper-V host. After the
VSS snapshot is taken, all the virtual machines inside this VSS snapshot instance are
locked (in the Backing up status). Arcserve UDP cannot release the snapshot until all
backup jobs are finished, even if the backup job of a virtual machine is already
completed.

The VSS snapshot has a limitation. Only one snapshot can be taken for a virtual machine
at a time. If another backup job of the same virtual machine starts at this time, it fails
and provides the error message. This error does not happen in Hyper-V 2008R2 because
Hyper-V 2008R2 has a different VSS snapshot mechanism.

While the virtual machine is locked, you can still use the guest OS. The lock has no
impact on the usage or availability of the guest OS. However, to avoid this situation, you
can perform either of the following tasks:
■ Enable the Hyper-V Snapshot Separation option on the resource tab of the
agent-less host-based backup. Then, Arcserve UDP takes a separate snapshot for
each virtual machine specified in the plan. The virtual machine is released after the
backup is complete.
■ Use different plans to protect virtual machines that have different storage sizes.
Include the virtual machines with similar storage size in one plan. It will ensure that
the backup jobs take a similar amount of time to complete. Also, set different
schedules different plans.

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Disable Rescan of HBA Adapters During Incremental Backup

Applicable for VMware ESX

Symptom
When the source node and the proxy server are in different VMware ESX servers, and I
run an Incremental backup, my backup takes a longer time to run. I also receive multiple
rescan messages. I want to disable the rescanning of all host bus adapter (hba) of other
VMware ESX servers during Incremental backups.

Solution

You can disable the scan by creating a registry key in the proxy server and assigning a
value to it.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the machine.
2. Navigate to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine
3. Create the following registry key (DWORD), if it is not already created
DisableAllESXNodeRescan
4. Set the value of the registry key to 1.

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Disable the Consecutive Snapshot Creation in VMware VM for a Backup

In the previous version of Arcserve UDP, when multiple VMware VM backup jobs start
at the same time, the jobs create snapshots on the ESX host in parallel to jobs.
Sometimes such parallel snapshot creation operations increase the disk I/O on the ESX
host. To avoid such situation, by default Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 serialize the snapshot
creation operation when the jobs are running on the same proxy server and the
snapshot creation operation is for the same ESX host. In other words, the snapshot
creation operation occurs one after another and ideally there is only one snapshot
created at a time. But this is not applicable if the backup jobs are running on different
proxy servers, or the backup jobs are for different ESX hosts.

To avoid a situation where the snapshot creation of one job hangs (or takes very long
time) and the next jobs are blocked, the next job will wait for the previous snapshot
creation operation for at most five minutes. After five minutes, the next snapshot
creation process starts.

You can disable the behavior of waiting for five minutes by following these steps:
1. Log in to the proxy server.
2. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
3. Create a DWORD value with the name CreateSnapshotSequentially.
4. Set the value to 0.

In addition, you can also change the default timeout value (five minutes) by following
these steps:
5. Log in to the proxy server.
6. Open the registry key from the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\AFBackupDll]
7. Create a DWORD value with the name CreateSnapshotTimeout.
8. Set the value with a number.
The unit is in seconds.

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Agentless Host-based Backup crashes when using Windows 2003 R2 64-bit as Backup
Proxy
Agentless Host-based Backup for VMware VM crashes when using Windows 2003 R2
64-bit as backup proxy.

Valid for VMware

Symptom

When Windows 2003 R2 64-bit machine is used as the backup proxy server to protect
VMware VM, sometimes backup job may crash. You can see error messages as following
in the backup job debug log file:
[2016/01/21 10:18:11:316 00 03820 03336 ] [VDDKLOG] VixDiskLib: VixDiskLib_OpenEx: Open a disk.
{AFBackend.exe::AFBackupVirtual.dll(1746.0)}
[2016/01/21 10:18:11:316 00 03820 03336 ] [VDDKLOG] VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVim_GetNfcTicket:
Get NFC ticket for [datastore1 (3)] VMname/VMware_1.vmdk. {AFBackend.exe::AFBackupVirtual.dll(1746.0)}
[2016/01/21 10:19:11:691 00 03820 03336 ] [VDDKLOG] VixDiskLibVim: Error 18000 (listener error
GVmomiFaultInvalidResponse). {AFBackend.exe::AFBackupVirtual.dll(1746.0)}
[2016/01/21 10:19:11:691 00 03820 03336 ] [VDDKLOG] VixDiskLibVim: Login failure. Callback error
18000 at 2439. {AFBackend.exe::AFBackupVirtual.dll(1746.0)}
[2016/01/21 10:19:11:691 00 03820 03336 ] [VDDKLOG] VixDiskLibVim: Failed to find the VM. Error
18000 at 2511. {AFBackend.exe::AFBackupVirtual.dll(1746.0)}

Solution

In Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, VMWare VDDK 6.0.1 is built in. But VDDK 6.0.1 does not
officially support Windows 2003 R2. As a workaround, you can use one of the following
options:
■ Switch to use a proxy that is officially supported by VDDK 6.0.1. For example, proxy
with Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2.
■ Replace built-in VDDK 6.0.1 by VDDK 5.5.5, which is also supported by UDP 6.0. For
details on how to replace VDDK, refer to How to apply different version of VDDK
other than the built-in Version (6.0.1) in Arcserve UDP (see page 989)

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When Restored from a Higher Version of ESXi host to a Lower version ESXi host, VM gets stuck at booting
stage

When restored from a higher version of ESXi host to a lower version ESXi host, VM gets
stuck at booting stage after it is powered on.

Valid on Windows platforms. Valid for VMware VM only.

Symptom

Restore a VM from a higher version ESXi host to a low version ESXi host, power on the
VM. The VM gets stuck at the booting stage.

Solution

The guest OS version of this VM may not be supported by the lower version ESXi. As a
workaround, you can use one of the following options:
■ Restore the VM to a ESXi which supports that guest OS version or
■ Upgrade the existing ESXi host to the suitable version.

For example, a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM is backed up from an ESXi 5.5 and restored
to ESXi 5.0 update 1. As ESXi 5.0 starts to support Windows Server 2012 R2 guest OS
after Update 2, this issue may occur.

You need to upgrade ESXi 5.0 Update 1 to Update 2 so that Windows Server 2012 R2
guest OS is supported. As a workaround, you can change the guest OS version of
restored VM to the version that is supported by the current version of ESXi (in above
example, change to Windows Sever 2008 R2”).

Note: This workaround may not resolve the issue.

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RAM Utilization reaches 99% When Backup Jobs are Submitted to VM

RAM utilization reaches 99% when backup jobs are submitted to VMs on Windows 2012
Hyper-V CSV.

Symptom

During backup of VMs that are part of 2012 Hyper-V cluster RAM utilization gradually
increases and reaches to 99% on CSV owner Hyper-V host. As a result, Virtual Machines
and Hyper-V host stop working during backup.

Solution

This issue is caused due to known bugs in the Microsoft code.

To fix this problem, download and apply hotfix provided by Microsoft on all the Hyper-V
host from the following link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/kb/2878635

Virtual Standby Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topics related to virtual standby:

Add Permission for VDDK at vCenter Server Level (see page 934)

Operating System Not Found (see page 968)

Virtual Standby Jobs Fail Due to Internal Errors (see page 968)

Virtual Standby Jobs Fail Using the HotAdd Transport Mode (see page 970)

Virtual Standby Jobs to Hyper-V Systems Fail (see page 971)

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Operating System Not Found

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom:
The following message appears when the power on Virtual Standby virtual machine
operation fails:

Operating System Not Found.

Solution:
The above behavior can occur on virtual machines that contain SCSI and IDE devices. If
this problem occurs, examine how disks are configured on your virtual machine and
verify that the boot sequence of the recovered virtual machine is the same as the source
virtual machine. If the boot sequence is different, update the BIOS on the recovered
virtual machine to match that of the source.

Note: Use (0:1) to represent the first IDE disk.

Virtual Standby Jobs Fail Due to Internal Errors

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom 1:
Virtual standby jobs fail. One of the following messages appears in the Activity Log:

Failed to convert virtual disk

An internal error occurred, contact technical support

In addition, VDDK reports the following error message:

Unknown Error.

Solution 1:
To correct this problem, consider the following solutions:
■ Conversion operations can fail when there is not enough free disk space on the data
store that is specified in the Virtual Standby policy. VDDK returns the message
because the VDDK API (currently) does not support the capability to detect the
amount of free disk space on the data store. To correct this problem, free the
amount of disk space on the original data store that is required to complete the
operation and then resubmit the job.

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■ Network disturbance and high network traffic can cause the conversion operations
to fail. To correct this problem, verify that source node and the ESX Server system
or the vCenter Server system can communicate with each other though the
network, and then resubmit the job.
■ Multiple concurrent connections consisting of backup or recover VM jobs to the ESX
Server system or the vCenter Server system, which includes vSphere SDK
connections through the VMware vSphere Client, can cause the jobs to fail. To
correct this problem, close all unnecessary connections and then resubmit the job.
This problem is the result of a VMware VDDK connection limitation. The following
Network File Copy (NFC) protocol limits apply:
– ESXi 5: Limited by a transfer buffer for all NFC connections and enforced by the
host; the sum of all NFC connection buffers to an ESXi host cannot exceed
32MB. 52 connections through vCenter Server which includes the per-host
limit.
Note: Connections cannot be shared across disks. The maximum limits do not apply
to SAN or HotAdd connections. If the NFC client fails to shut down properly,
connections can remain open for ten minutes.
■ Examine the Tasks and Events sections of the VMware vSphere Client log to
discover internal errors for the specific virtual machine. Correct the internal errors
and then resubmit the job.
Example: Another application or operation is using the VMDK file. To correct this
problem, release the file and then resubmit the job.

Symptom 2:
Virtual standby jobs fail. One of the following messages appears in the Activity Log:

Failed to convert virtual disk

An internal error occurred, contact technical support

In addition, VDDK reports the following error message:

Open vmdk failed with error File not found.

Solution 2:
This problem can occur when:
■ VDDK did not process a snapshot properly.
■ VDDK did not delete a snapshot manually or internal to the virtual machine.
■ To correct this problem, resubmit the job. If the job fails again, delete the recovered
virtual machine and resubmit the job.

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Virtual Standby Jobs Fail Using the HotAdd Transport Mode

Valid on Windows platforms.

Symptom:
Recovery operations fail when recovering data using the HotAdd transport mode. The
following message appears in the Activity Log:

An unknown error has occurred. Contact technical support.

In addition, VDDK reports the following error message:

Unknown Error.

Solution:
Recovery operations fail using the HotAdd transport mode when the disk settings are
not configured properly.

To configure the disk, do the following:

1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative privileges.
Open Windows Command Line.
2. From the command line, type the following command:
diskpart

Press Enter.
Type SAN and then press Enter.
The current SAN policy displays.
3. Type the following command:
SAN POLICY = OnlineAll

Press Enter.
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4. To clear the read only attribute of the specific SAN disk, select the disk from the disk
list and type the following command:
attribute disk clear readonly

Press Enter
5. Type exit and then press Enter.

The disk is configured and you can resubmit the job. If the job fails again, mount the
HotAdd disks manually using disk management on the proxy system.

To mount the disks manually, do the following:

1. Log in to the backup proxy system using an account with administrative privileges.
Open Windows Control Panel and double-click Administrative Tools.
The Administrative Tools window opens.
2. From the Favorites list, double-click Computer Management.
The Computer Management opens.
3. Expand Storage and click Disk Management.
The disks display.
4. Right-click the disk that you want to mount and click Online.
The disk is mounted and you can resubmit the job.

Virtual Standby Jobs to Hyper-V Systems Fail

Valid on Windows operating systems.

Symptom:
The following message appears in the Activity Log:

Virtual Standby job failed to get the Hyper-V VM.

Solution:
Virtual Standby jobs fail when:
■ The Virtual Standby web service is unable to retrieve information about the virtual
machine from the Hyper-V system. Communication problems between the Arcserve
UDP and the Hyper-V system occur when the required Hyper-V services are not
running on the Hyper-V system.
Solution: Verify that all of the required Hyper-V services are running on the Hyper-V
system.

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■ The Hyper-V system does not contain sufficient amount of free disk space that is
required to create the Virtual Standby virtual machine or to create a snapshot of
the Virtual Standby virtual machine.
Solution: Consider reconfiguring the Hyper-V system to allow sufficient free disk
space in the system volume.

Note: If you discover other possible causes, contact Arcserve Support.

Arcserve UDP Reports Related

This section includes the following troubleshooting topic related to Arcserve UDP
reports:

How to Display Charts to View Arcserve UDP Reports (see page 973)

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How to Display Charts to View Arcserve UDP Reports

At times when you want to view the reports, the charts may not be displayed. Complete
the prerequisites provided in this section to troubleshoot the problem for Windows
2012/2012r2.

To view the charts, you need to complete the following prerequisites:

1. Install .NET 2.0 framework or later version.
2. Install the Windows Desktop Experience feature.
3. Enable the Shockwave flash object in Internet Explorer.

Install .NET Framework and Desktop Experience

You can install .NET Framework and Desktop Experience using the same procedure.

Follow these steps:

4. Open Server Manager.
5. Click Manage, and then Add Roles and Features.
6. From the Add roles and features wizard, click on the features tab.
7. From the Features tab, make the following selection:
■ Select the .NET framework 4.5 option.

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■ Navigate to User interfaces and infrastructure, and select Desktop Experience.

■ Click Add Features from the pop-up that appears notifying you to add more
features before you can install Desktop Experience.

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8. Click Next.
9. From the Confirm Installation Selections screen, click Install.
You have completed the installation of .NET Framework and Desktop Experience.

To enable Shockwave flash, follow these steps:

10. Open the Internet explorer.
11. Navigate to Settings, Manage add-ons.
12. From the Manage Add-ons screen, select the Show dropdown list.
13. From the dropdown list, select All add-ons.
The list displays the Shockwave flash object.
14. Click Enable as displayed in the screenshot.

You can view the selected option as Enabled under respective Status.

Important! Even after implementing the three prerequisites, if charts are not displayed
using Print/Email/Save options, then verify if the Registry Editor has FCImgExportDll.
Navigate to the following path to verify the dll:

C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Management\BIN

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Appendix A: Data Deduplication
Related Topics:

Compression (see page 993)

Data deduplication is technology that eliminates duplicate copies of the same data,
thereby reducing storage space. In an organization, there could be various reasons for
duplicate data such as a specific email attachment forwarded to multiple users. When
you back up this data, you end up saving multiple copies of the same data on the backup
storage media.

Data deduplication eliminates redundant data and saves only one instance of the data.
All other instances are replaced with a reference to that instance. This method can
considerably reduce the storage space that is required to store backup data.

For example, there could be a same 10 MB file that 100 users have stored in their local
systems. When you back up all these local systems or nodes, you would need 1000 MB
of storage space. With Data Deduplication, you can reduce the storage space to
approximately 10 MB because only one instance of the file is stored on the disk. The
remaining 99 instances refer to that one instance.

Benefits of Data Deduplication

■ Stores more backup data in a storage space
■ Reduces the amount of data that is sent over the network
■ Performs speedy backup as reference information is stored rather than the actual
data
■ Reduces cost of network bandwidth and storage media

Types of Data Deduplication

Arcserve UDP supports the following two types of data deduplication.
Source-side Data Deduplication
Ensures that only unique data from the agent is sent to a recovery point server for
data backup.
Global Deduplication
Ensures that only unique data from multiple agents are backed up to a recovery
point server. If similar data blocks are present on multiple nodes, only one copy is
backed up to the recovery point server.

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How Data Deduplication Works

Arcserve UDP deduplication process splits data into data blocks and each block is
assigned a unique identifier called hash. Hash is calculated based on the volume cluster.
The default deduplication block size is 4KB (the default volume cluster size is 4KB for
most of the nodes). These hash values are compared with the hash values of the existing
backup data and if duplicate references are found, those data blocks are not backed up.
Only data blocks with unique references are backed up.

The following diagram illustrates how deduplication works in Arcserve UDP.

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When a backup is triggered, the deduplication process on the agent first splits data into
blocks and assigns a unique hash key or value to each block. The hash values are then
sent to the recovery point server. At the recovery point server, these hash values are
compared with the existing hash values and the duplicate hashes are filtered out. The
comparison results are then sent back to the agent. Based on this duplicate hash
information, the agent sends the unique data blocks to the recovery point server for
backup. The new hash values of these data blocks are also inserted to its existing hash
list on the recovery point server.

When there are multiple agents, the deduplication process remains the same, however,
duplicate data from multiple agents are filtered out. This eliminates any duplication of
data even from multiple agents.

The following are the benefits of using a Data Deduplication in Arcserve UDP
■ Faster Full Backup
■ Faster Merge Job
■ Global Deduplication Support
■ Optimized Replication

When Should You Use Deduplication

The following are some of the scenarios where using a deduplication data store could be
more effective:
■ When you have multiple nodes with similar data. In this scenario if you back up data
from all nodes to a data store, you would get a good reduction in the amount of
data that is actually stored on the recovery point server. The storage space required
could be considerably less.
■ When you have to frequently take a full backup of a node. In this scenario, most of
your backup data already exists so your backup time could be very less.
■ When the network bandwidth is precious. As only unique data blocks travel across
the network, you can reduce the network usage.
■ When backed-up data frequently moves from one node to another. In this scenario,
when you try to back up the new node (where the data moves from its original
node), the destination already contains the copy and only the reference
information is backed up.

Appendix A: Data Deduplication 979

Configuring Deduplication Data Stores in Arcserve UDP

Configuring Deduplication Data Stores in Arcserve UDP

The following are the important parameters to configure for a deduplication data store:
Data destination
Data destination is used to store the protected data. It is better to use larger disk
for the data destination because it contains the original data blocks of the source.
Index Destination
Index destination is used to store the index files and it is better to use a different
disk to improve the deduplication processing throughput.
Hash destination
Hash destination is used to store the hash files and it is better to use to high speed
SSD drive which can improve the deduplication capacity with a low memory
allocation required.
If hash destination is configured on a high speed SSD, it could be used to enlarge
deduplication capacity with low memory allocation requirement.
Backup destination folder
The destination folder where .D2D files and catalog files reside.
Block size
The “deduplication block size” also impacts the “deduplication capacity estimation”.
The default “deduplication block size” is 16 KB. If you set it to 32 KB, then the
“deduplication capacity estimation” is doubled. The impact of increasing the
deduplication block size is that it can decrease the deduplication percentage and at
the same time the memory requirement decreases.
Memory Allocation
To estimate the memory requirement, use the “Estimate Memory and Storage
Requirements” tool. If the Memory Allocated is not enough and when the memory
is fully used, the new data cannot insert new hash into hash DB. So, any data that
are backed up after that cannot be Deduplicated, causing the Dedupe ratio to go
down. If you cannot increase the memory for some reason, then try increasing the
deduplication block size as it would decrease the memory requirement.
Note: Block Size cannot be changed for an existing data store.
Be aware that a new backup job is not allowed to launch once hash memory is full.
But for the ongoing backup job (which was launched before the hash memory is
full), it is allowed to continue and get completed. In this case, it would not insert
new hash keys to hash database. As a result, impacting the dedupe percentage.
The reason is that all data blocks in the ongoing backup job are still compared with
the existing hash keys in the hash database,
• If it is duplicated with the existing hash key, it is not written to the disk any
more.

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• If it is not duplicated with the existing hash key, it is written to disk. But the
new hash key would not be inserted into hash database because hash database is
full. As a result, the consequent data blocks could not compare against these new
hash keys.

Deduplication, Encryption, and Compression

In addition to data deduplication, we can also apply compression and encryption on a
data store.

If you enable encryption, the Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) consumes the CPU
resource to encrypt the data. As encryption is applied only to the unique data, the CPU
resource needed for encryption could be minimum where the deduplication percentage
is high.
■ With no compression and deduplication, the CPU usage is less for the compression
task and the data stored is in the non-compressed format.
■ With standard compression and deduplication, the CPU usage is optimal for the
compression task and the data stored is in a compressed format and the
requirement for storage space is less.
■ With maximum compression and deduplication, CPU usage is maximum for the
compression task and the data stored is 2-3% more and the requirement for
storage space is less.

Deduplication Limitations
You cannot modify compression type, Encryption Setting, and Deduplication Block Size
once you create a deduplication data store.

Appendix A: Data Deduplication 981

Appendix B: Command Line Tool for
Deduplication Data Store

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The command line tool (as_gddmgr.exe) lets you check data integrity at recovery point
level and data store level for deduplication data stores.

You can use this tool to regenerate a hash database in case of a hash database failure.
You can also use this tool to query and manage the backend purge and disk reclamation
for deduplication data stores.

The output of the command is displayed on the Windows command console. The tool
also generates a log file in the “Logs” folder. For example,
as_gddmgr_2014-9-4_11-14-22-655.log is a log file that contains all details.
Location:

You can find as_gddmgr.exe in the "Bin" folder of the UDP installation path.
Syntax:

as_gddmgr.exe

-Scan ChecksumUDPSession <data store name> -Node [<All> |<UDP agent node name>]
-RecoveryPoint [<All>|<recovery point number>] [-Password < data store password >]
[-LogLevel <n>]

-Scan VerifyRefCount <data store name> [-LogLevel <n>]

-Scan VerifyData <data store name> [-Password <data store password>] [-LogLevel <n>]

-Scan VerifyAll <data store name > [-Password < data store password >] [-LogLevel <n>]

-Scan RebuildHash <data store name> [-NewHashPath <new hash path>] [-LogLevel <n>]

-Scan RebuildHashWithIndexPath <index path> -NewHashPath <new hash path>

[-LogLevel <n>]

-Purge Start <data store name>

-Purge Stop <data store name

-Purge Status <data store name>

-Purge StartToReclaim <data store name>

Options:
ChecksumUDPSession
Checks data integrity for the specified recovery point.
Node <All> | <UDP agent node name>
Specifies the agent node name.
RecoveryPoint <All> | <recovery point number>
Specifies the recovery point to check for integrity.
Password <data store password>

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Specifies the data store password.

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LogLevel <n>
Specifies the log level number.
VerifyRefCount
Scans index files and reference files to verify reference count recorded in the
hash database. Before you specify this option, manually stop the deduplication
data store.
VerifyData
Scans data files and then regenerates the hash keys by comparing this with the
reference file. Before you specify this option, manually stop the deduplication
data store.
VerifyAll
Performs both the VerifyRefCount and VerifyData operations. Before you
specify this option, manually stop the deduplication data store.
RebuildHash
Specify data store name and then regenerate the hash database by scanning
index and reference files. Before you specify this option, manually stop the
deduplication data store.
RebuildHashWithIndexPath
Specify the deduplication index path and then regenerate the hash database by
scanning index and reference files. The option is used only when the data store
is not present on any recovery point servers.
Start
Enables running the purge and disk reclamation in parallel with other regular
Arcserve UDP jobs. Running purge in parallel may cause throughput
degradation of regular Arcserve UDP jobs.
Stop
Disables running the purge and disk reclamation in parallel with other regular
Arcserve UDP jobs.
Status
Queries the status of purge or disk reclamation.
StartToReclaim
Enables running the purge and disk reclamation in parallel with other regular
Arcserve UDP jobs. It skips the real purge phase, which finds out the obsolete
data block, and then directly start disk reclamation phase, which free up the
disk space. The side effect of this option is that it might degrade the efficiency
of the disk reclamation because the real purge might find out more obsolete
data blocks in the data files, but the disk reclaim does not wait for the real
purge phase to complete. In addition, running purge in parallel might cause the
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Note: Be aware that the following options might run for a long time because the
operation scans many files in the deduplication data store.
■ VerifyRefCount
■ VerifyData
■ VerifyAll
■ RebuildHash
■ RebuildHashWithIndexPath
Examples:

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan ChecksumUDPSession GDDDataStore1 -Node All -RecoveryPoint

All -Password 123

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan ChecksumUDPSession GDDDataStore1 -Node myComputer

-RecoveryPoint 1 -Password 123

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan VerifyRefCount GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan VerifyData GDDDataStore1 -Password 123

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan VerifyAll GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan RebuildHash GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan RebuildHash GDDDataStore1 -NewHashPath C:\NewHashPath

as_gddmgr.exe -Scan RebuildHashWithIndexPath D:\GDDDataStore\Index

-NewHashPath D:\NewHashPath

as_gddmgr.exe -Purge Start GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Purge Stop GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Purge Status GDDDataStore1

as_gddmgr.exe -Purge StartToReclaim GDDDataStore1

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Appendix C: How to apply different version of
VDDK other than the built-in Version (6.0.1) in
Arcserve UDP
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.0.1 is built-in with Arcserve UDP Version
6.0. At the same time, Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 is compatible with VDDK 5.5.5.

If you want to use VDDK 5.5.5 instead of VDDK 6.0.1, follow these steps:
1. Download VDDK 5.5.5 from the VMware website.
2. Extract all files into a temporary folder.

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3. From the following path, take a backup of the original bin folder by renaming it
(example, bin_org):
<Arcserve UDP installation path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64
For example, C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64
4. Copy the bin folder from the temporary folder to <Arcserve UDP installation
path>\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64.

Note: Only VDDK 6.0.1 and 5.5.5 are certified by Arcserve on top of Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0. Other versions of VDDK are not guaranteed to work with Arcserve UDP
Version 6.0.

If you want to perform Virtual Standby or Instant VM after applying different version
of VDDK, follow these steps:
1. Run the following command to check the state of the service.
sc query vstor2-mntapi20-shared
Note: If the state of service is running, go to Step 2. If the specified service does not
exist, go to Step 5 directly.
2. Run the following command to stop the service.
sc stop vstor2-mntapi20-shared
3. Run the following command to delete the service.
sc delete vstor2-mntapi20-shared
4. Run the following command to check if the service has been deleted successfully.
sc query vstor2-mntapi20-shared
Note: If the state of service is STOP_PENDING, restart the machine.
5. Delete the vstor2-mntapi20-shared.sys file from the following location:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers
6. Navigate to the BIN folder.
<INSTALLDIR>\Engine\BIN
7. Run the following command:
ArcDrvInstall.exe -i
"INSTALLDIR\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64\bin\AMD64\vstor2-mntapi20-shared.sy
s" -l <log file path> -p <product id>
Example: ArcDrvInstall.exe -i "C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data
Protection\Engine\BIN\VDDK\BIN\VDDK64\bin\AMD64\vstor2-mntapi20-shared.sy
s" -l log.txt -p 2

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Backup Data of Two Servers Having Same Host
Name to RPS Data Store
You have two servers with the same host name but different FQDN DNS name, and you
use Arcserve D2D r16.5 to protect them. Now, if you want to migrate the data to
Arcserve UDP RPS data store, follow these steps:
1. Stop Arcserve D2D service on Server 1.
2. Using the Arcserve UDP Jumpstart job, migrate data of Server 1 to the RPS data
store.
3. Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Agent in Server 1.
4. Create a plan (or using an existing plan) to protect Server 1 and choose the same
RPS data store as the backup destination.
5. Deploy the plan.
6. Stop Arcserve D2D service on Server 2.
7. Using the Arcserve UDP Jumpstart job, migrate data of Server 2 to RPS data store.
8. On the RPS server, navigate to the data store backup destination folder and locate
the folder for Server 2 by searching the host name of Server 2.
For example, if the host name of Server 2 is “MyServer2”, then the folder name is
“MyServer2”.
9. Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Agent in Server 2.
10. On Server 2, start the UDP Agent if it is not started.
11. Open the registry (on any specific server?) and find the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine”
12. Note the value of “NodeID”.
The value is a unique ID in format of GUID, such as
“e856e0ba-66d7-4da5-8b98-2250173e349a”.
13. On the RPS server, locate the backup destination folder of Server 2 and update the
node ID as <folder_name>[NodeID value].
Example: MyServer2[e856e0ba-66d7-4da5-8b98-2250173e349a]
14. Create a plan (or use an existing) to protect Server 2 and choose the same RPS data
store as the backup destination.
15. Deploy the plan.

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Appendix E: Arcserve UDP Terms and Definitions

Agent-Based Backup
An Agent-Based backup is a method to back up data using an agent component. The
agent is installed on the source node.

Compression
Related Topics:

Data Deduplication (see page 977)

Compression is used for backups. Compression is often selected to decrease disk space
usage, but also has an inverse impact on your backup speed due to the increased CPU
usage.

The available options are:

No Compression
This option has the lowest CPU usage (fastest speed), but also has the highest disk
space usage for your backup image.
Standard Compression
Some compression is performed. This option provides a good balance between CPU
usage and disk space usage. This is the default setting.
Maximum Compression
Maximum compression is performed. This option provides the highest CPU usage
(lowest speed), but also has the lowest disk space usage for your backup image.

Notes:
■ If your backup image contains uncompressible data (such as JPG images, ZIP files,
and so on), you may need to allocate additional storage space to handle such data.
As a result, if you select any compression option and have uncompressible data in
your backup, it could result in an increase in disk space usage.

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configuration

■ If you change the compression level from No Compression to either Standard

Compression or Maximum Compression, or if you change from either Standard
Compression or Maximum Compression to No Compression, the first backup
performed after this compression level change is automatically a Full Backup. After
the Full Backup is performed, all future backups (Full, Incremental, or Verify) are
performed as scheduled.
This option is available only for the local or remote share destinations. You cannot
change the compression setting if the Arcserve UDP agent is backed up to data
store.
■ If your destination does not have sufficient free space, you may consider increasing
the Compression setting of the backup. This option is available only for the local or
remote share destinations. You cannot change the compression setting if the
Arcserve UDP agent is backed up to data store.

configuration
A tab on the Arcserve UDP Console to define configuration parameters such as email
alerts, database settings, and installation preferences.

dashboard
A tab on the Arcserve UDP Console that lets you view the last Backup status and storage
status. You can view the the latest Actual, Raw and Restorable Data storage.

Data Store
A data store is a physical storage area on a disk. You can create a data store on any
Windows system where the recovery point server is installed. Data stores can be local or
on a remote share that the Windows system can access.

Destination
Destination is a computer or server where you store backup data. A destination can be a
local folder on the protected node, a remote shared folder, or a Recovery Point Server
(RPS).

Discovered Nodes
Discovered nodes are physical or virtual systems that are added to the Arcserve UDP
Console by discovering them from active directory or vCenter/ESX server, importing
from a file, or manually adding them using its IP address.

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Encryption
The Arcserve UDP solution provides encryption feature for data.

When the backup destination is a recovery point server, the available encryptions are
No Encryption and Encrypt data with AES-256. You can set this to create a data store.
When the backup destination is the local or remote share, the available encrypt format
options are No Encryption, AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256. You can set the option while
creating a plan to backup to local or share folder, or set this from backup setting for
standalone Arcserve UDP Agent.

Encryption settings
a. Select the type of encryption algorithm that you want to use for backups.
Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible
without a deciphering mechanism. The Arcserve UDP solution uses secure, AES
(Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption algorithms to achieve maximum
security and privacy of your specified data.
b. When an encryption algorithm is selected, provide (and confirm) an encryption
password.
■ The encryption password is limited to a maximum of 23 characters.
■ A full backup and all its related incremental and verify backups must use
same password to encrypt data.
■ If the encryption password for an incremental or verify backup is changed,
a full backup must be performed. This means after changing encryption
password, the first backup will be full, despite the original backup type.
For example, if you change the encryption password and submit a customized
incremental or verify backup manually, it automatically converts to a full
backup.
Note: This option is available only for the local or remote share destinations.
You cannot disable the encryption setting if the Arcserve UDP agent is backed
up to data store.
c. The Arcserve UDP solution has encryption password and session password.
■ The encryption password is required for data store.
■ The session password is required for node.
■ If the data store is encrypted, then session password is mandatory. If the
data store is not encrypted, the session password is optional.
A password is not required when you are attempting to restore to the
computer from which the backup was performed. However, when you attempt
to restore to a different computer, a password is required.

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Host-Based Agentless Backup

A Host-Based Agentless backup is a method to back up data without using an agent
component on the source machine.

HOTADD Transport Mode

The HOTADD transport mode is a data transport method that lets you back up virtual
machines configured with SCSI disks. For more information, see the Virtual Disk API
Programming Guide on the VMware website.

Job
A job is an Arcserve UDP action to back up, restore, create virtual standby, or replicate
nodes.

jobs
A tab on the Arcserve UDP Console that lets you monitor the status of all jobs such as
backup, replication, and restore. The details include jobs, task types, node IDs, recovery
points, and plan names.

NBD Transport Mode

Network Block Device (NBD) transport mode, also referred to as LAN transport mode,
uses the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol to communicate. Various VDDK and VCB
operations use one connection for each virtual disk that it accesses on each ESX/ESXi
Server host when using NBD.

NBDSSL Transport Mode

Network Block Device Secure Sockets Layer (NBDSSL) transport mode uses the Network
File Copy (NFC) protocol to communicate. NBDSSL transfers encrypted data using TCP/IP
communication networks.

Nodes
A node is a physical or virtual system that Arcserve UDP protects. Arcserve UDP can
protect physical nodes and virtual machines in a vCenter/ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V
server.

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Plan
A plan is a group of tasks to manage backup, replication, and creation of virtual standby
machines. A plan consists of a single or multiple tasks. Tasks are a set of activities to
define the source, destination, schedule, and advanced parameters.

Protected Nodes
Protected nodes are the nodes that have scheduled backup plans to back up data on
regular intervals.

Recent Event
Recent Events are the jobs that are still running or jobs that were recently completed.

Recovery Point
A recovery point is a point in time backup snapshot of a node. A recovery point is
created when you back up a node. Recovery points are stored on the backup
destination.

Recovery Point Server

A recovery point server is a destination node where you install the server. You can
create data stores in a recovery point server.

Replicate
Replicate is a task that duplicates the recovery points from one server to another server.

Resources
resources is a tab on the Arcserve UDP Console. From the resources tab, you can
manage source nodes, destinations, and plans.

SAN Transport Mode

The SAN (Storage Area Network) transport mode lets you transfer backup data from
proxy systems connected to the SAN to storage devices.

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Systems

Systems
Systems are all type of nodes, devices, and virtual machines that can be managed by
Arcserve UDP. This includes physical, virtual, Linux, and standby virtual machines.

Tasks
A task is a set of activities to define various parameters to back up, replicate, and create
virtual standby machines. These parameters include source, destination, schedule, and
some advanced parameters. Each task is associated with a plan. You can have more than
one task in a plan.

Unprotected nodes
Unprotected nodes are the nodes that are added to Arcserve UDP but a plan is not
assigned. When a plan is not assigned, you cannot back up data and the node remains
unprotected.

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