About Remote DS-VDR

Remote DS-VDR is a tool that is licensed for the DS-System from the DS-License Server in the form of an incremental counter called the Remote DS-VDR Count. The DS-System administrator can assign the license count to DS-Client accounts individually from this pool. Each DS-VDR configuration that is licensed reduces the pool by 1 count.

This tool is configured using the DS-Operator GUI. The service is intended to run on a remote Windows or Linux server to be the engine that processes DS-VDR requests.

Remote DS-VDR can be configured for Hyper-V backup sets and VMware VADP backup sets. The backup must be of an entire functioning virtual machine (not just an individual disk) and it must already be stored in the DS-System’s online storage.

The customer must configure the backup set with 3 or more generations because the Remote DS-VDR tool only supports restoring master/delta generations (not regular files).

When a backup set is scheduled for Remote DS-VDR restore, the latest backed up generation is automatically restored to a standby virtualization server. In the event that you suffer a disaster or other event, you can switch immediately to the standby virtualization server.

DS-System can connect to multiple Remote DS-VDR Tools, thereby distributing the load, as required.

• DS-System establishes the connection on port 4406 (default) to the Remote DS-VDR Tool. It sends all configuration parameters and required encryption keys to the DS-VDR Tool.

• DS-System sends the list of files that need to be restored and other meta-data information generated from the backup set’s Remote DS-VDR configuration.

• The Remote DS-VDR Tool is the software that will interact with the virtualization server. The tool creates a virtual machine and disks based on the meta-data information.

• DS-System starts sending file data to the Remote DS-VDR Tool, which then decrypts and decompresses it and then saves it in the disks that the tool itself has created. The tool returns completion logs to DS-System.

• When manually triggering a Remote DS-VDR restore, the user can select from the available backup generations stored on DS-System.

• Decompression and decryption are performed on the Remote DS-VDR computer, thereby relieving the DS-System of processing load.

• The Remote DS-VDR Tool is responsible for creating the virtual machines and their disks as configured in each backup set.

• (VMware VADP only) Virtual machines are restored under a unique name that consists of the prefix “RVDR”, the name of the source virtual machine, and the backup session time stamp of the restored generation.

• (Hyper-V only) The virtual machine will be restored with its original name. No time stamp will be added.

• Depending on the Remote DS-VDR configuration, the restored virtual machine can be powered on or left powered off after successful restore.

NOTE: If you select the Power On option, a full restore is always performed.