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Set Up Alternate Machine Locations to Replicate Disaster Recovery Information

You can set up alternate locations to replicate disaster recovery information.

Arcserve Backup uses the following process to replicate information:

• Creates a temporary operating system working environment.
• Sets the environment’s configuration to be the same as the disk and the network.
• Restores data to the system so that the computer can return to its latest backup state.

These operations cannot be executed automatically if there is no record of the original system settings. Therefore, the relevant system information must be gathered during backup operations for disaster recovery purposes.

When you perform a full backup of a client computer, specific disaster recovery information is generated for that computer. This information is stored on the backup server and is used to create the disaster recovery media to recover the protected computer in the event of a disaster.

Important! We recommend that you set up an alternate location for disaster recovery to allow you to replicate the information to a remote computer as backup copies. If the backup server itself fails, you can recover it automatically using disaster recovery.

To set up an alternate location for disaster recovery information

1. Create a shared folder on the remote computer to receive the replicated information.
2. Click Config on the Create Boot Kit wizard dialog.

   The Alternate Location for DR dialog opens.

3. Enter information to set the alternate location.
4. Run the Create Boot Kit wizard to continue the disaster recovery process.

More information:

Create Shared Folders for Disaster Recovery Alternate Locations