Protecting Nodes In A Cluster - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

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Daily
No Protection
7. When you have made all necessary changes, click Save.
8. To enter custom settings for a node in the cluster, select a node, and then click the Settings link next to the node,
and then follow Step c of Step 5 to edit the protection schedule. To customize the nodes of the cluster further, see
Protecting Nodes In A
9. In the Protect Cluster dialog box, click Protect.

Protecting Nodes In A Cluster

This topic describes how to protect the data on a cluster node or machine that has an AppAssure agent installed. When
you add protection, you need to select a node from the list of available nodes as well as specify the host name and the
user name and password of the domain administrator.
To protect nodes in a cluster:
1. After adding a cluster, navigate to that cluster, and click the Machines tab.
2. Click the Actions menu, and then click Protect Cluster Node.
3. In the Protect Cluster Node dialog box, select or enter as appropriate the following information, and then click
Connect to add the machine or node.
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Host
Port
User name
Password
4. Click Protect to start protecting this machine with default protection settings.
NOTE: The default settings ensure that all volumes on the machine are protected with a schedule of every 60
minutes.
5. To enter custom settings for this machine, (for example, to change the Display name, add encryption, or customize
the protection schedule), click Show Advanced Options.
6. Edit the following settings as needed, as described below.
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Display Name
Description
• To customize when to protect data during peak times, you can specify
a start time, end time, and an interval.
• To protect data during off-peak times, select the Protect during off-
peak times check box, and then select an interval for protection.
* Weekends — To protect data during weekends as well, select the Protect
during weekends check box, and then select an interval.
To protect data on a daily basis, select the Daily option, and then for Protection Time,
select a time to start protecting data.
To remove protection from this volume, select the No Protection option.
Cluster.
Description
A drop-down list of nodes in the cluster available for protection.
The port number on which the AppAssure 5 Core communicates with the agent on the
node.
The user name of the domain administrator used to connect to this node. For example,
example_domain\administrator for administrator@example_domain.com.
The password used to connect to this machine.
Description
Enter a new name for the machine to be displayed in the Core Console.
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