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Configure Arcserve Backup to Generate D2D/UDP Catalog Files

When Arcserve Backup backs up D2D/UDP backup sessions, the backup process does not generate catalog files for the D2D/UDP sessions. The process of generating catalog files is a time consuming task that can increase the time that is required to back up the D2D/UDP backup sessions (backup window). To help reduce the backup window, (by default) Arcserve Backup does not generate catalog files.

Arcserve Backup requires catalog files to recover D2D/UDP backup sessions at file level, folder level, and application level granularity. When you need to recover D2D/UDP backup sessions at file level, folder level, and application level granularity, you can configure Arcserve Backup to generate the catalog files for the D2D/UDP backup sessions during the backup operation.

The following steps describe how to configure Arcserve Backup to generate and to not generate catalog files during backup operations.

Follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Server and open Windows Registry Editor.

    Important! Log in to the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Server when you back up the node using the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Servers object in the Backup Manager Source tree.

    Note: Using the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Server to perform a backup on a D2D/UDP nodes, supports generating catalog files, only if the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Server is available. If the D2D/UDP Recovery Point Server is not available, then generating the catalog file fails.

  2. Browse to the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\CA ARCServe Backup\ClientAgent\Parameters\GenerateCatalog
    
  3. Define the key value of GenerateCatalog of REG_DWORD type as one of the following:
  4. Close Windows Registry Editor.