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Copy Recovery Points

Each time CA ARCserve D2D performs a successful backup, a point-in-time snapshot image of your backup is also created. This collection of recovery points allows you to locate and specify a backup image to copy. You can do the following to protect your backups:

• Copy/export recovery point information to store it safely off-site when a catastrophe occurs.
• Save your recovery points to multiple locations.
• Consolidate your backups if your destination is getting full and you still want to preserve all your recovery points.

When you select a recovery point to copy, you are also capturing all previous backup blocks that are needed to recreate a full and most recent backup image.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the application.

   Click Node on the Navigation bar to open the Node screen.

2. From the Groups list, click All Nodes, or click the group that contains the CA ARCserve D2D node with the recovery points you want to copy.

   The nodes list displays all nodes that are associated with the specified group.

3. Browse to and click the node that you want to log in to and then click Login D2D from the pop-up menu.

   The CA ARCserve D2D opens and you are logged in to the home page for the CA ARCserve D2D node.

   Note: Help ensure that the pop-up options on your browser window are enabled.

4. From the CA ARCserve D2D home page, select Copy Recovery Point.

   The Copy Recovery Point dialog opens.

5. In the Backup Location field, specify the backup source. You can either specify a location or browse to the location where your backup images are stored. You can click the green arrow icon button to verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the User name and Password credentials to gain access to that location.
6. In the Virtual Machine field, click the drop-down list next to Select Virtual Machine to specify the virtual machine containing the recovery points that you want to copy.

   The calendar view highlights all dates during the displayed time period that contain recovery points for that backup source.

7. Specify the recovery point to copy.
   1. Select the calendar date for the backup image you want to copy.

      The corresponding recovery points for that date are displayed, with the time of the backup, the type of backup that was performed, and the name of the backup.

      Note: A clock icon with a lock symbol indicates that the recovery point contains encrypted information and requires a password for the restore.

   2. Select a recovery point that you want to copy.

      The corresponding backup content (including any applications) for that recovery point is displayed.

8. Click Next.

   The Copy Options dialog opens.

   Note: Two password fields are displayed in this dialog. The Password field is for the password to decrypt the source session, and the Encryption Password field is used to encrypt the destination session.

   1. If the exported recovery point was previously encrypted, a password is required.
      • If the exported recovery point is a backup session of the same machine running the copy recovery point job, the encryption password is saved and automatically populated.
      • If the exported recovery point is a backup session of another machine, an encryption password is required.
   2. Select the destination.

      You can either specify a location or browse to the location where the copy of your selected recovery point is stored. You can click the green arrow icon button to verify the connection to the specified location. If necessary, enter the User name and Password.

   3. Select the level of compression to perform.

      Note: The specified backup compression level has no relation with the copy compression level. For example, in backup destination the compression level can be set to Standard; however, when you submit the copy job, the compression can be changed to No Compression or Maximum Compression.

      Compression is performed to decrease your disk space usage, but also has an inverse impact on your backup speed due to the increased CPU usage.

      The available options are:

      • No Compression - No compression is performed. Files are pure VHD. This option has the lowest CPU usage (fastest speed), but also has the highest disk space usage for your backup image.
      • Standard Compression - Some compression is performed. This option provides a good balance between CPU usage and disk space usage. This option is the default setting.
      • Maximum Compression - Maximum compression is performed. This option provides the highest CPU usage (lowest speed), but also has the lowest disk space usage for your backup image.

      Consider the following points:

      • If your backup image contains uncompressible data (such as JPG images, ZIP files), additional storage space is used to handle such data. As a result, if you select any compression option with uncompressible data in your backup, it can actually result in an increase in your disk space usage.
      • If you change the compression level from "No Compression" to "Standard Compression" or "Maximum Compression", or from "Standard Compression" or "Maximum Compression" to "No Compression", the first backup that is performed after this change automatically becomes a Full Backup. After the Full Backup is performed, all future backups (Full, Incremental, or Verify) will be performed as scheduled.
   4. If you also want the copied recovery point to be encrypted, enter the following information:

      You can change, add, or remove encryption for the copied recovery point.

      • Select the type of encryption algorithm that is used for the copy.

        The available format options are No Encryption, AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256.

      • Provide (and confirm) an encryption password.
9. Click Create a Copy.

   A status notification window appears and the copy process for the selected recovery point type is launched immediately.

   Note: CA ARCserve D2D only allows one recovery point copy job to run at the same time.

   The recovery point image is copied from the backup source to the copy destination.