Data replication ensures consistency between the backup server and the replication destination machine. Files are synchronized from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate.
The primary goal of replicating disk-to-disk backup data from Arkeia backup servers to a central repository is to provide a 'Level 2' protection to critical data. When replicated to a replication destination machine, data is both:
To promote an Arkeia backup server to a replication destination
machine, the replication destination feature must be enabled. Go to
Home > Replication > Replication
destination
and click on Enable the
replication destination
.
A specific license is required to enable a replication destination machine.
Contact Arkeia Sales for a license.
When a replication destination machine is enabled, the Accounts
menu becomes available in Home > Replication > Replication
destination > Accounts
.
For more information about replication destination machines
and how to create and configure accounts, go to Home > Replication > Replication destination
.
The source machine of a replication operation containing the data set to be replicated is called a replication source machine. A source machine can be either:
A replication source machine can secure backup data sets stored on its VTL(s) in a remote Arkeia destination machine by running replication jobs, which copy data stored in VTL disk from the source to the replication destination machine.
On the other side, when required, the replication source machine administrator can restore data stored on the destination machine back to the source machine.
To configure the backup server you are logged into as a replication
source machine of a remote destination machine, go to Home > Replication > Replication
source
.