Backup Repositories
RecoveryManager Plus allows you to create on-premises repositories and cloud repositories to store your backup data.
Configuring on-premises repository
RecoveryManager Plus stores AD, Office 365, Google Workspace, and on-premises Exchange backups in your on-premises repositories. When you install RecoveryManager Plus, a default on-premises repository named RMP-NODE1 is also created. This repository cannot be deleted. You can add new repositories whenever needed. But they can be added only on a machine in which RecoveryManager Plus is not installed. In every on-premises repository, an Elasticsearch node is created.
You can perform the following actions from this tab:
Adding a new on-premises repository
- Navigate to Admin tab → Repository → Backup Repositories.
- Click on the On-premises tab.
- Click on the Add on-premises repository button.
- Provide a name for the repository.
- Provide the name of the server in which you want to store the backups.
Note: Ensure that the server has 64-bit architecture.
- Provide the user name and password of an admin. Click Verify Credentials to check if the provided credentials has enough privilege.
- Provide the path to the repository.
- Provide a TCP Port to enable communication between RecoveryManager Plus and the server.
Note: If you have enabled firewall, make sure the specified port is added in the firewall's inbound rules.
- Set a JVM Heap Size.
Note: JVM heap size must be at least 1GB. Also, JVM heap size cannot be more than 50% of target machine’s usable RAM size.
- Click Save.
Managing existing on-premises repositories
You can view the following information for any configured repository:
- Name of the repository.
- Server in which the repository is present.
- Path to the repository.
- Total and used storage space in the repository.
- Status of connected repository.
Once a repository has been added, you can perform the following functions:
Refreshing repository details
To fetch the current status of used and available storage space,
- Click on the icon located in the actions column of the repository.
Editing repository details
- Click on the icon located in the action column.
- Modify the required fields.
- You can also add multiple paths in the same repository to store your backup data.
- Click Save.
Deleting a configured repository
You can configure RecoveryManager Plus to send out email notifications when a repository is inactive or when free space goes below a set threshold.
To configure mail notifications,
- Click on the Alert Settings button.
- Select the options for which you’d like to receive notifications and click Save.
Configuring cloud repository
RecoveryManager Plus stores Office 365, Google Workspace, and on-premises Exchange backups in Azure blob storage and file shares.
Adding an Azure blob storage as a repository.
- Navigate to Admin tab → Repository → Backup Repositories.
- Click on the Cloud tab.
- Click on the Add cloud repository button.
- Select Azure Blob Storage as the repository type.
- Provide a name for the repository.
- Provide the Account name and Account Key of the Azure storage account.
- Provide the Root Container Name.
- Select where you wish to store the metadata of the backups from the Metadata repository drop-down box.
Note: Metadata of the Office 365 and Exchange backups will be stored in the selected metadata repository.
- Click Save.
Adding an Azure file share as a repository.
- Navigate to Admin tab → Repository → Backup Repositories.
- Click on the Cloud tab.
- Click on the Add cloud repository button.
- Select Azure File Shares as the repository type.
- Provide a name for the repository.
- Provide the Account name and Account Key of the Azure storage account.
- Provide the File Share Name.
- Select where you wish to store the metadata of the backups from the Metadata repository drop-down box.
Note: Metadata of the Office 365 and Exchange backups will be stored in the selected metadata repository.
- Click Save.
Once you’ve created a cloud storage repository, you can view the following information for any configured repository.
- Name of the repository.
- Name of the Azure account.
- Type of the repository (Blob storage/ file shares)
- Root container name or File share name.
- Used storage space in the repository.
- Status of connected repository.
Once a repository has been added, you can perform the following functions:
- Refresh repository details
- Edit repository details
- Delete repository
Refreshing repository details
To fetch the current status of used and available storage space,
- Click on the icon located in the actions column of the repository.
Editing repository details
- Click on the icon located in the action column.
- Modify the required fields and click Save.
Deleting a configured repository
- Click on the icon located in the action column.
Note: Deleting a configured repository will permanently delete all backup files in the repository and you’ll not be able to perform any restorations.