PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Manual replication of protected assets

You can replicate one or more protected assets within a protection policy by using the Protect Now functionality in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI. Replication can include all assets which are defined on the protection policy or a subset of these assets. After you select assets, you can replicate all backups or a subset of backups.

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Protection > Protection Policies.
2. Select the protection policy that contains the assets that you want to replicate, and click Protect Now.
   The Protect Now wizard opens to the Assets Selection page.
3. Select whether you want to replicate All Assets or a Custom selection of assets.
   • If you selected All Assets, click Next.
   • If you selected Custom, a list appears from which you can select individual assets. You can see these assets in tree view or list view.
   1. Select the assets that you want manually replicate, and then click Next.
   The Configuration page appears.
4. Select Replicate Now.
5. Select a destination storage target from the Storage Name and Storage Unit drop-down lists.
   The selection of storage system and storage unit from these drop-down lists corresponds to the associated replication objective for the primary backup. In some cases, a protection storage system may have more than one storage unit for this policy.
   The wizard loads the default settings from the protection policy.
6. If you want to change the default settings:
   • You can configure different retention periods for all applicable backup types, or configure the same retention period for all backup types.
   • The default retention period settings are inherited from the settings in the corresponding replication objective of the protection policy.
   • For VMDM, File System, Microsoft Exchange Server, and NAS assets, the retention period for full and synthetic full backups should be the same value.
   1. Select or clear Set the same retention time for all replicated copies.
   2. Edit the retention period for all applicable backup types.
   3. Resolve any conflicts or errors, as indicated by the and symbols.
7. Select whether you want to replicate All Copies or a Custom subset of backups.
   If you selected Custom, additional options appear:
   1. To replicate recent backups by time, select the first option and then type the number of days.
   2. To replicate a specific number of recent backups, select the second option and then type the number of backups.
   3. (Optional) To remove all nonmatching backups from the replication backlog for this objective, select Do not replicate copies outside the selection and mark them as skipped.
      PowerProtect Data Manager excludes any skipped backups from future replication activities by this objective. This decision is permanent and the wizard prompts for confirmation.
   If the chain for the selected backups has not already replicated, the resulting activity replicates the chain from the last full backup to the selection.

   NOTE Manual replication of a FULL backup for any asset type with a dependency chain (for example, a backup that includes transaction logs) is skipped when the FULL copy has already been replicated, even if the dependencies have not yet been replicated. To replicate any of these dependencies in the backup chain, wait for the scheduled replication, or perform a manual replication with the All Copies option selected instead of the Custom option.
8. (Optional) Click Select Replication and then repeat the previous steps to configure manual replication for additional replication policy objectives.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Summary page, review the settings and then click Protect Now.
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