Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

Dell AppAssure User Guide
Version 5.4.3 Revision B169 5Click OK.
Customizing nightly jobs for a protected machine
Nightly jobs can be configured at the Core level and the machine level on the appropriate Configuration tab. 
When nightly job settings are changed at the Core level, the changes are applied to all relevant machines 
protected by that Core. Changes made to the nightly jobs at the machine level supersede the changes made at 
the Core level.
For a list of all nightly jobs, including...

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Downloading machine logs
If you encounter any errors or issues with a protected machine, you can download the machine logs to view 
them or upload them to AppAssure Support.
To download machine logs
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core Console, and then select the protected machine for which you want to 
download logs.
2 Click the Tools drop-down menu or tab, lick Diagnostics, and then click View Log.
3 On the Download Agent Log page of the Tools tab,...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B171 If Exchange Server is installed on the machine, detailed information about the server also displays and 
includes:
•Last successful Mountability check performed
•Last successful Checksum check performed
•Last Log Truncation performed
Details information about the volumes contained on this machine also displays and includes:
•Name
•File System type
•Space Usage
•Schedule
•Current Schedule
•Next Snapshot
•To t a l  s i z e
If SQL Server is installed on...

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Removing a machine
When you remove a machine from protection on the AppAssure Core, you are presented with two options: you 
can keep the recovery points saved thus far to the AppAssure Core, or you can remove the recovery points. If 
you keep the recovery points, you have what is known as a “recovery points only” machine. Using those 
recovery points for the machine that has been removed from current protection, you can continue to restore 
the...

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Viewing license information on a machine
You can view current license status information for the AppAssure Agent software installed on a protected 
machine.
To view license information
1 In the AppAssure Core Console, navigate to the machine you want to view.
2 Click the Configuration tab, and then click Licensing.
The Status screen appears and presents the following details about the product licensing:
•Expiration Date
•License Status
•License Type...

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Viewing a specific recovery point
Complete the steps in the following procedure to view details about a specific recovery point.
To view a specific recovery point
1 In the AppAssure Core Console, navigate to the protected machine for which you want to view recovery 
points.
2 Click the Recovery Points tab.
3 Click the right angle bracket > symbol next to a recovery point in the list to expand the view.
You can view more detailed information about the...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B175 4 Click the right angle bracket > symbol next to a volume in the selected recovery point to expand the 
view.
You can view information about the selected volume in the expanded recovery point as described in the 
following table.
Mounting a recovery point
In AppAssure, you can mount a recovery point for a Windows machine to access stored data through a local file 
system.
To mount a recovery point
1 In the AppAssure Core Console, navigate to the...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B176 6Click Mount to mount the recovery point.
7 Optionally, while the task is in process, you can view its progress from the Running Tasks drop-down 
menu on the Core Console, or you can view detailed information in the Events tab. For more information 
about monitoring AppAssure events, see Viewing tasks, alerts, and events.
Dismounting recovery points
Complete the steps in this procedure to dismount recovery points that are mounted on the Core.
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Version 5.4.3 Revision B177 2 On the Summary tab in the Volumes section specify the volumes for which the snapshot should be taken, 
and then click Fo rc e S na ps h ot or Fo rce Ba se I m ag e button.
Removing recovery points
You can easily remove recovery points for a particular machine from the repository. When you delete recovery 
points in AppAssure, you can specify one of the following options.
• Delete All Recovery Points. Removes all recovery points for the selected...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B178 4 Next to Actions, click Delete.
The Delete Recovery Points windows appears.
5 In the Delete Recovery Points window, click Ye s.
The orphaned recovery point chain is deleted.
Migrating recovery points to a different repository
If you want to remove the recovery points of a protected machine from a repository without deleting them, you 
can migrate them to a different repository using this procedure. For example, if you want to remove the 
recovery...