Replication Set Properties (General)

Create New Replication Policy (General)

Use this tab to provide the details for the Replication Set/Replication Policy.

Note that all the options described in this help may not be available and only the options displayed in the dialog box are applicable to the agent for which the information is being displayed.

Name

The name of the Replication Set/Replication Policy.

Destination Host

The destination machine for all Replication Pairs that comprise this Replication Set/Replication Sets created using this Replication Policy.

User Name

For CDR on Windows, a Windows User Account that is part of the Local Administrator group on the destination, with read/write permissions for the product installation folders on the destination. If the replication logs directory on the destination is not in the default location, then the User Name supplied here must also have read/write permissions for that directory as well.

Edit

Click to access the User name and password dialog. Applies to CDR on Windows only.

Common Base Folder

Specify a folder on the destination machine to cause all destination directories for all Replication Pairs that comprise this Replication Set/Replication Sets created using this Replication Policy, to be created in a common directory on the destination machine. Type a path or click Browse to select a folder.

Data Replication Type

Select the replication type for the replication sets/ replication sets created using this replication policy.

• Continuous Replication

  Specifies that the replication set is used for continuous replication.

• Remote Backup

  Specifies that the replication set is used for remote backup.

  The following options are applicable only for remote backup on Unix platforms.

  • Use Journaling

    Select this option to use the change journal for identifying the backup data. This option is enabled by default.

  • Create Snapshot

    Select this option to use snapshots for identifying the backup data.

    If the replication source is a VMware virtual machine, then this option must be cleared to disable external snapshot creation and use the VMware internal data source instead.