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Define the Copy Options and Copy the Recovery Point

After you specify a recovery point to copy, define the copy options to create a copy that combines the previous full and incremental backups for the selected recovery point.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Copy Options dialog, specify the following Copy Options:

   

   Password

   Specify the encrypted password for backup.

   Note: This dialog includes two password fields. The upper field is for the password to decrypt the source session, and the lower field is used to encrypt the destination session.

   If the recovery point you select to copy was previously encrypted, provide the password.

   • If the recovery point to be copied is a backup session of the same computer that is running the copy recovery point job, the encryption password is remembered and this field is automatically populated.
   • If the recovery point to be copied is a backup session of another computer, enter the encryption password.

   Destination

   Specify (or browse to) the storage location of the selected recovery point. (Optional) You can click the green arrow button to verify the connection to the specified location.

   If necessary, enter the Username and Password.

2. Select the Compression level.

   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 typically 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 - Compression is not 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.
   • No Compression - VHD - Compression is not performed. Files are converted to .vhd format directly, without the need for manual operations. 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 setting 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.

   Note: If your backup image contains uncompressible data (such as JPG images or ZIP files), additional storage space can be allocated to handle such data. As a result, if you select any compression option and you have uncompressible data in your backup, it can actually result in an increase in your disk space usage.

   Note: If you change the compression level from "No Compression" to either "Standard Compression" or "Maximum Compression", or if you change from either "Standard Compression" or "Maximum Compression" to "No Compression", the first backup that is performed after this compression level change is automatically a Full Backup. After performing the Full Backup, performs all future backups (Full, Incremental, or Verify) as scheduled.

3. If you also want the copied recovery point to be encrypted, specify the following information:

   Encryption Algorithm

   Specifies the type of encryption algorithm that is used for the recovery point copies.

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

   Encryption Password

   Lets you specify and confirm the encryption password being used to encrypt the destination session.

   Note: When you enable the encryption, specify a new password. You need this password to restore the copied recovery point.

4. 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 allows only one recovery point copy job to run at the same time. If you attempt to launch a recovery point copy job manually while running another scheduled copy job, an alert message opens. The message informs you that another job is running and requests you to try again at a later time.

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