Replication Pair - Workstation Backup Agent - How To

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Add or Edit a Replication Pair

Delete a Replication Pair

View Data Replication Monitor

View details of data replication activities

View the failed files for a Replication Pair

Filter which clients activities are displayed

View Orphan Files


Add or Edit a Replication Pair

Before You Begin

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add or edit a Replication Pair:

  1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click a Replication Set in the source machine, and select All Tasks, then select Manage Pairs.
  2. To add a Replication Pair, in the Manage Pairs dialog, perform the following:
  3. To edit a Replication Pair, in the Manage Pairs dialog, select the new Pair or one to edit, click Edit, make any changes in the Replication Pair dialog box, and click Close.
  4. To specify that additional Replication Pairs must be created for mount points that are part of your selected source volume or directory, select Automatically detect mount points. Mount points will be ignored if this option is not selected.
  5. To engage all the VSS writers available in the source path when gathering backup data, select Engage All VSS Writers option.
  6. When your changes are complete, click Apply.

Delete a Replication Pair

Before You Begin

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete a Replication Pair:

Select one of the following methods:


View Data Replication Monitor

Before you begin

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view data replication monitor:

  1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the CDR icon, and select All Tasks, then select Data Replication Monitor.

    In the Data Replication Monitor, all replication activities will be displayed for each Replication Pair. For more information about the States displayed, see Job States.


View details of data replication activities

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view details of data replication activities for a Replication Pair:

  1. In the Data Replication Monitor, right-click any Replication Pair, and select Details.
  2. The Pair Activity will be displayed with additional details about the job.

View the failed files for replication pair

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view the failed files for a Replication Pair:

  1. In the Data Replication Monitor, right-click any Replication Pair, and select View Failed Files.
  2. If any failed files have been logged for this Replication Pair, they will be displayed.

Filter which clients activities are displayed

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To filter which clients' activities are displayed:

  1. In the Data Replication Monitor, right-click any Replication Pair, and select Filters.
  2. In the Filter Operations dialog box, select from the following:
  3. Click Apply and then click Close.
  4. The Data Replication Monitor will now show activities only for the Replication Pairs for the clients defined in your selected filter.

View Orphan Files

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Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view the orphan files for a Replication Pair:

  1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the ContinuousDataReplicator icon on a source computer, and from All Tasks, select Data Replication Monitor.
  2. In the Data Replication Monitor, right-click a Replication Pair and select View Orphan Files.

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