CA Recovery Point Server Use Cases

This section contains the following topics:

Specify RPS in CA ARCserve D2D Backup Job

Configuring Complex RPO Hierarchies

Restoring from CA Recovery Point Server

Specify RPS in CA ARCserve D2D Backup Job

CA Recovery Point Server does not perform backup jobs directly. It integrates with CA ARCserve D2D so that you can specify RPS nodes as backup destinations to centrally manage the recovery points CA ARCserve D2D creates.

Follow these steps:

1. From CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager, log in to the appropriate CA ARCserve D2D node and click Settings.

   The Settings dialog opens.

2. From the Protection Settings screen, click Use CA Recovery Points Server as the backup destination.

   The Protection Settings screen updates to show the RPS related fields.

3. Specify the following:
   1. Hostname -- Enter the RPS node where you defined the policy you want to use to manage this CA ARCserve D2D backup job.
   2. Username, Password -- Provide login credentials for the node you specified.
   3. Port--The default is 8014.
   4. Protocol--Select HTTP or HTTPS.
   5. Policy--Select the appropriate policy from the list. If no policy appears, return to the manager interface and make sure you defined policies on the RPS node specified as the backup destination.

   The Policy Summary section lists the data store settings defined in the policy you selected.

4. Specify the remaining CA ARCserve D2D backup settings, as usual. Note that only the CA ARCserve D2D Protection Settings are applied to your RPS node. File Copy and Copy Recovery Point settings in CA ARCserve D2D are not supported in CA Recovery Point Server.
5. Save your settings.

You can click Backup Now or wait for until the schedule settings trigger a backup job. The backup job triggers recovery point processing on your RPS nodes according to the policies you defined.