Replicate backup-storage data

When you enable replication of backup data, data from one vSnap server is asynchronously replicated to another vSnap server. For example, you can replicate backup data from a vSnap server on a primary site to a vSnap server on a secondary site.

Enabling replication of backup-storage data

Enable backup-storage data replication by taking the following actions:

  1. Establish a replication partnership between vSnap servers. Replication partnerships are established in the Manage pane of a registered vSnap server. In the Configure Storage Partners section, select another registered vSnap server as a storage partner to serve as the target of the replication operations.

    Ensure that the pool on the partner server is sufficiently large enough to hold replicated data from the primary server's pool.

  2. Enable replication of backup-storage data. The replication feature is enabled by using backup policies, which are also referred to as service level agreement (SLA) policies.

    These policies define parameters that are applied to backup jobs, including the frequency of backup operations and the retention policy for the backups. For more information about SLA policies, see Managing SLA policies for backup operations.

    You can define the backup storage replication options in the Operational Protection > Replication Policy section of an SLA policy. Options include the frequency of the replication, the target site, and the retention of the replication.

Considerations for enabling replication of backup-storage data

Review the considerations for enabling replication of backup-storage data:
  • In environments that contain more than one vSnap server, all of the vSnap servers must have a partnership established.
  • If your environment includes a mixture of encrypted and unencrypted vSnap servers, select Only use encrypted disk storage to replicate data to encrypted vSnap servers. If this option is selected and no encrypted vSnap servers are available, the associated job will fail.
  • To create one-to-many replication scenarios, where a single set of backup data is replicated to multiple vSnap servers, create multiple SLA policies for each replication site.