About DR Drill requests

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DS-Systems licensed from a DS-License Server RLM can have a pool of DR Drill Capacity allocated. This feature lets you allocate from this pool to specific backup sets in order for the customer (or you) to perform a disaster recovery drill at a predetermined time to practice in anticipation of a real-life disaster.

DR Drill capacity is allocated per backup set in the DR Drill Requests dialog box. During the scheduled drill period, when a recovery activity is performed on a flagged backup set, an additional option appears that allows the user to specify if the activity is a DR Drill. The following recovery activities will show the Restore classification option when it is available in DS-Operator:

• Disc/Tape orders (when they are written to buffer). (“Disc/tape”)

• Restore of a file generation via DS-Operator. (“Restoring a file generation without DS-Client”)

NOTE: In addition, regular restores from DS-System online storage initiated by the customer through the DS-User GUI will show the Restore classification option at the end of the restore wizard (see the DS-Client User Guide).