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Configuring Remote Office Appliance RO1200 as a Storage Target

Remote Office Appliance RO1200 can be configured to back up on-premise workloads.

Before You Begin

Verify that the Remote Office Appliance RO1200 is configured as storage as follows:

  • From the navigation pane, go to Storage > Disk.

    The Disk page appears and the appliance should be listed in the list.

  • If the appliance is not listed, respond back to the initially created support ticket titled RO1200:Request for region-specific Server / Gateway & Tenant Rights Increase for Appliance and inform Customer Support to provide the tenant rights increase for the appliance.

Procedure

  1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Service Catalog.

  2. In the data source section, click Configure.

    The How do you want to deploy your backup? page appears.

  3. Select Backup via Gateway (for on-prem servers), and then click Next.

    The Select backup gateway page appears.

  4. Perform the following steps to install the backup gateway on the Remote Office Appliance RO1200:

    1. Select Add a new backup gateway.

    2. In the Enter the hostname (FQDN) for the newly installed server to be protected box, enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Remote Office Appliance RO1200.

    3. Click Submit.

      After a few minutes, the Successfully installed the software message will be displayed.

    4. Click Next.

    The Configure application access page appears.

  5. Perform the following steps to install backup software on a server that you want to back up:

    1. Under Install software > Enter the hostname (FQDN) for the newly installed server to be protected > File server hostname box, enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a server that you want to backup.

    2. Click Submit.

      After a few minutes, the Successfully installed the software message will be displayed.

    3. Click Next.

    The Configure a local backup target for quick restores page appears.

  6. Select Select a previously configured local storage location, and then select the disk storage pool associated with appliance from the Local Storage Location list.

  7. Click Next.

    The Configure cloud backup for added protection page appears.

  8. Choose one of the following options, to store data:

    • To maintain a copy of the data in the cloud, select Configure a cloud storage location, and then choose the (Air Gap Protect) Hot or Cool cloud tier. Click Next.

    • To maintain you data in your premise. select Keep a copy only on-premises, and then click Next.

    The How frequently do you want your data backed up, and how long do you need to retain the data? page appears.

  9. Add the following details:

    1. Click Create a new plan.

    2. Choose an appropriate retention period for the plan.

    3. Add a plan name in the New plan name box.

    4. Click Create.

    The We successfully created the plan message will be displayed.

What to Do Next

  • View the plan that you just created as follows:

    • From the navigation pane, go to Manage > Plans. The newly created plan will be listed in this page.

      The plan page appears. The newly created plan will be included in the list.

  • Perform a test backup and restore using the Remote Office Appliance RO1200 that you added.

  • Configure software updates to make sure that the Remote Office Appliance RO1200 has the latest OS updates.

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