Backup > Local Servers
Use Offsite Replication to safely and securely transfer backup images from the LAN to a remote location. Typically all machines on a LAN have their Image Location set to store backup images on a LAN based file server. Designating that file server to be the Local Server tells the agent on that file server to push all new backup image data to an Offsite Server on a transfer schedule you define.
Typically the file server used to host the Image Location is designated as the local server. For each local server specify:
The offsite server to push files to
The local directory path to push to the offsite server
Optional bandwidth limit
NOTE: Specify when files are pushed using Schedule Transfer
The local server directory may be a UNC path pointing to a directory on a network file share. The local server must have a credential set in order to access the network.
NOTE: The Local Server requires a credential be set to operate correctly.
Individual local server data is stored in a sub-directory on the offsite server, named after the machine ID of the local server.
Only file changes are pushed to the offsite server. Interrupted file transfers are picked up where they left off the next time the local server component runs. Offsite replication uses the same communications technology used in the agent/server communications. All traffic is 256-bit encrypted. Broken file transfers are automatically restarted at the point the left off. Restarting the file transfer from the beginning is not required.
WARNING: You may assign the offsite server to be the same machine as the local server. This is NOT recommended but is allowed to support copying image data to secondary disk drives.
Create
Assign the selected machine ID to act as a Local Server, sending all its data to the selected Offsite Server.
Bandwidth Limit
The local server will try to send data to the offsite server as fast as possible unless you place a bandwidth limit on the local server.
Full path to local directory
The local server sends the total contents of the directory specified here, to the offsite server.
Status
For better bandwidth management, the Schedule Transfer function lets you specify the times, on a daily basis, files get sent to the offsite server.
Active - indicates files are actively being sent to the offsite server.
Suspended - the local server is suspended per the schedule set out in Schedule Transfer.
At the end of each active cycle, the system checks the local server and reports back the amount of data left to be written.
NOTE: You can check the amount of data left to be written at any time by pushing the Check Status button.