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Updating the Remote DS-VDR configuration file
On the server where the Remote DS-VDR Tool is installed, there is a configuration file (dsvdr.cfg). It is a text file that contains parameter and value pairs, separated by a colon (:). By default, it is located in the following folders:
• Linux
/opt/CloudBackup/Remote_DS-VDR/etc/dsvdr.cfg
• Windows
C:\Program Files\CloudBackup\Remote DS-VDR\dsvdr.cfg
IMPORTANT:  If you make any changes to the configuration file, you must restart the Remote DS-VDR service or daemon for the changes to take effect.
This file contains the following parameters:
 
Parameter
Description
Port
The port the Remote DS-VDR Tool service listens on for DS-System connections.
• Default is 4406
• Do not change this unless there is a specific requirement to do so.
MaxRestore
The maximum number of concurrent virtual machine restores allowed.
• Default is 5.
• Changing this value can significantly impact performance, therefore testing and optimization is strongly recommended if you alter the default value.
• Tip: The memory consumption varies in accordance with the number of threads and size of the virtual machine being restored. Typically, one thread takes approximately 1-2GB of RAM for a virtual machine total restore size of approximately 5-10GB. Therefore if using the default (5 threads), you would need at least 5-10GB RAM on the computer running the DS-RVDR daemon.
LogLevel
Varies the amount and type of logging information inside the /tmp/vdr.out log file. Valid values:
• none = (Default) No information is logged.
• error = Logs errors.
• debug = Logs detailed messages for debugging.
• warning = Logs warnings.
• info = Logs information messages.
• trace = Logs all of the above.
LogFilter
This string specifies a filter in Perl regular expression format. A regex search operation is performed and only matching lines are printed.
• Default is . (dot, meaning log all)
SoapDebug
This is to get detailed logging of the Hyper-V or VMware communication between Remote DS-VDR server and virtualization server.
Logs typically go to /tmp/soap_sent.log, /tmp/soap_recv.log and /tmp/soap_test.log.
• Valid values: ON or OFF
• Default is OFF.