The Media Assurance Report is helpful in analyzing and determining which nodes are adequately backed up and protected for a data restore, and which ones could be potential problem areas. You should not have to wait until you attempt to perform a data restore to discover that your backup was not good. Media assure provides an increased sense of security that the data that has been backed up to media is good and can be restored if necessary. By performing random scans of the backed up media, Arcserve Backup almost eliminates the possibility that your restores will fail.
Generally if a specific node contains high-priority data, you would want to have some assurance that your data can be restored quickly and completely if necessary.
For example, all nodes that contain high-priority data should be included in the "Nodes with Assured Sessions" category to assure the data can be restored. If from this report, you discover that some high-priority nodes are included in the "Nodes without Assured Sessions" category, you should modify your scan schedule as necessary to ensure these high priority nodes are properly scanned, protected, and checked.
A good practice is to review this report in conjunction with the Node Recovery Points Report to make sure you not only have adequate recovery points, but also assure the data is guaranteed good to restore.
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