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As follows from the above description, the operation will be performed only if the machine with the
agent is powered on. If the operation is scheduled, the schedule will use that machine's date and
time.
Copying and moving backups between managed vaults
Copying or moving a backup from one managed vault to another managed vault is performed by the
storage node.
If the target vault is a deduplicating vault (p. 442) (possibly on a different storage node), the source
storage node sends only those blocks of data that are not present in the target vault. In other words,
like an agent, the storage node performs deduplication at source (p. 232). This saves network traffic
when you replicate data between geographically separated storage nodes.
4.5.2 Setting up replication of backups
Setting up replication of backups is available when creating a backup plan (p. 55).
To set up replication from the primary location, select the Replicate newly created backup to
another location check box.
To set up replication from the second or a further location, select the Replicate backups to
another location as soon as they appear in this location check box.
Next, select the location where to replicate the backups.
If allowed by the backup scheme, you can also specify when to automatically delete the backups
from each of the locations.
A backup is replicated to the next location as soon as it appears in the previous location. If earlier
backups were not replicated (for example, the network connection was lost), the software also
replicates all of the backups that appeared after the last successful replication.
4.5.3 Setting up retention of backups
You can set retention rules for backups when creating a backup plan (p. 55). The available retention
rules depend on the chosen backup scheme.
Applying retention rules can be restricted by the Replication/cleanup inactivity time (p. 125) option.
Simple scheme
Each backup is retained until its age exceeds a limit you specify. Then, it is either deleted or moved.
To set up deleting the backups:
In Retention rules, select Delete backups older than…, and then specify the retention period.
To set up moving the backups:
In Retention rules, select Move backups older than…, specify the retention period. Under Where
to replicate/move backups, specify the location.
The retention rules are applied after creating a backup. For the second and next locations, creating a
backup means copying or moving a backup there from the previous location.
