Installing and Configuring CA ARCserve Replication with CA ARCserve Backup › Integration Configurations

Integration Configurations

You can choose two integration setups, depending on where the CA ARCserve Backup server is installed. One setup configuration involves installing the CA ARCserve Backup server on the Replica server, while the other setup configuration involves having the CA ARCserve Backup server as a separate stand-alone server.

The following chart lists the supported configuration versions for integration between CA ARCserve Backup and CA ARCserve Replication:

Note: Releases of CA ARCserve Replication prior to r15 were named with variations of CA XOsoft.

In addition, you need to decide whether or not you will install the CA ARCserve Backup Client Agent on the Master server.

The benefits of installing the Client Agent on the Master server are as follows:

• Direct restores from the CA ARCserve Backup server to the Master server.

  If the Client Agent is not installed on the Master server,you have to restore the Replica server and then perform a CA ARCserve Replication "reverse replication" (from Replica to Master) to ensure that the Master server is fully up-to-date when you switch back to it.

• Bare-metal recovery, which allows the Master server to be rebuilt from scratch, including complete recovery of the server, along with its applications and data, after a catastrophic failure or disaster.