HP 10400 Application Software Suite for Microsoft SQL Media LTU Creating Remote Virtual Copies

2.Optional: To adjust policy values for this virtual copy (or, if you are scheduling automatic copies, this group of virtual copies):

•To adjust the expiration time, check the Expiration Time checkbox and enter the new expiration time.

•To adjust the retention time, check the Retention Time checkbox and enter the new retention time.

Valid values are 0 (for no retention time) to 43,800 hours/1,825 days.

For more information, see “Setting the Recovery Manager Policy” (page 29).

3.To immediately create one virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Virtual Copy dialog box. To schedule virtual copies, see “Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 33)

Creating Remote Virtual Copies

How Remote Virtual Copy Works

When you create remote virtual copies, Recovery Manager uses HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software to send the virtual copies to the Remote Copy backup server. The Remote Copy backup server is a remote server that is the Recovery Manager backup server.

To use remote virtual copy functionality:

•The HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software license must be installed.

•Remote Copy volume groups must be configured.

•Both the Remote Copy primary server and Remote Copy backup server must be running the same version of Recovery Manager.

For more information, see “Remote Copy for Recovery Manager” (page 72).

Manually Creating a Remote Virtual Copy

To create a remote virtual copy:

1.In the node tree pane, right-click the instance or database for which you want to create a remote virtual copy, and select Create Remote Virtual Copy.

2.In the Target Server Name field, enter the name of the Remote Copy backup server.

3.Optional: To view the policy values for the remote server, click Fetch Policy.

4.Optional. To edit the modifiable remote server policy values for the remote virtual copy (or copies) you are creating, make your changes in the Policy Info area.

5.To immediately create one remote virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Remote Virtual Copy dialog box. To schedule virtual copies, see “Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 33)

Displaying Remote Virtual Copies

The Recovery Manager GUI on the backup server does not automatically display remote virtual copies. To display a remote virtual copy:

•To display the virtual copy in the Recovery Manager GUI on the Remote Copy backup server, refresh the Virtual Copy Management node on the Remote Copy backup server.

•To use a Recovery Manager CLI command to display the virtual copy, enter the CLI command RMSql display with the -rcoption on the Remote Copy primary server. For more information, see “Using the Recovery Manager CLI” (page 42).

Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies

To schedule automatic virtual copies:

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