Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

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Understanding the AppAssure Command 
Line Management Utility
The AppAssure backup and disaster recovery product consists of several software components, including the 
AppAssure Agent, the AppAssure Core, and the AppAssure Command Line Management utility. The AppAssure 
Agent is responsible for volume snapshots and fast transfer of the data to the Core. The AppAssure Core, in 
turn, stores the snapshots along with a wide variety of enhanced...

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•Commands
•Localization
Commands
This section describes the commands and options available for the AppAssure Command Line Management 
utility. The following commands are available for use:
•Archive
•CancelActiveJobs
•CreateRepository
•Dismount
•Force
•ForceAttach
•ForceChecksum
•ForceLogTruncation
•ForceMount
•ForceReplication
•ForceRollup
•Help
•List
•Mount
•Pause [snapshot | vmexport | replication]
•Pr ote...

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Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
/archive -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -all | -
protectedserver [name | IP address] -path [location] -startdate [time string] -
enddate [time string] -archiveusername [name] -archivepassword [password] -comment 
[text]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the Archive command:
Examples:
Archive all recovery points with creation dates starting...

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CancelActiveJobs
Use the CancelActiveJobs command to cancel the execution of all in-progress jobs of a specific type, such 
as transfer or replication.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
/cancelactivejobs -core [host name] -user [user name] -password [password] -jobtype 
[job type filter]]
Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the CancelActiveJobs command:
Example:
Cancel all transfer jobs on Core...

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CreateRepository
Use the CreateRepository command to create a new repository on a local machine as well as on a share 
location.
Usage
The usage for the command when creating a repository on a local location is as follows:
/createrepository -name [repository name] -size [size allocated for repository] -
datapath [data path of repository] -metadatapath [metadata path of repository] -core 
[host name] -user [user name] -password [password]
The usage for...

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Examples:
Create repository at local location:
>aacmd /createrepository -name “Repository 1” -size 200 Gb -datapath d:
epository -
metadatapath d:
epository -core 10.10.10.10:8006 -user administrator -password 
23WE@#$sdd
Create repository at share location:
>aacmd /createrepository -name “Repository 1” -size 200 Gb -uncpath 
\\share
epository -shareusername login -sharepassword pass123 -comment “First 
repository.” -concurrentoperations 8 -core...

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Force
The Force command forces a snapshot of a specified protected server. Forcing a snapshot lets you force a data 
transfer for the current protected machine. When you force a snapshot, the transfer will start immediately or 
will be added to the queue. Only the data that has changed from a previous recovery point will be transferred. 
If there is no previous recovery point, all data on the protected volumes will be transferred.
Usage
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Command Options
The following table describes the options available for the ForceAttach command:
Example:
Perform attachability checks for recovery points with numbers 5 and 7:
>aacmd /forceattach -core 10.10.10.10 -user administrator -password 23WE@#$sdd -
protectedserver 10.10.5.22 -rpn 5 7
ForceChecksum
The ForceChecksum command lets you force an integrity check of any Exchange Message Databases (MDBs) 
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Example:
Perform a checksum check for recovery points with numbers 5 and 7:
>aacmd /forcechecksum -core 10.10.10.10 -user administrator -password 23WE@#$sdd -
protectedserver 10.10.5.22 -rpn 5 7
ForceLogTruncation
Forcing log truncation lets you perform this job one time, on-demand. It immediately truncates the logs for the 
specified SQL Server agent machine.
Usage
The usage for the command is as follows:
/[forcelogtruncation | flt] -core [host name]...

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Example:
Force log truncation for a protected server:
>aacmd /forcelogtruncation -core 10.10.10.10 -user administrator -password 
23WE@#$sdd -protectedserver 10.10.20.20
ForceMount
Use the ForceMount command to conduct an one-time recovery point mountability check. This determines 
whether or not the specified recovery point or recovery points can be mounted and used to restore backed up 
data. You must list either one or more specific recovery points...