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-=====Adding and Maintaining Disaster Recovery Strategies=====+====== Adding and Maintaining DR Strategies ======
  
-<- cookbook:simplemanagementrules|Adding and Maintaining Simple Management Rules ^ master:advanced|Advanced Usage ^ master:upload_files|Uploading Files ->+A Disaster Recovery Strategy, referred to in TapeTrack as a "DR Strategy", is a list of [[object:volume|Volumes]] necessary to restore a system back to a given time in the event of catastrophic system failure. Typically, these DR Strategies are automated through TapeTrack Sync's integration with your back-up software; however, they can be manually created as well. 
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 +===== Creating a DR Strategy ===== 
 + 
 +DR Strategies can be manually created in the DR Strategies Administration Tab by: 
 +Right-clicking and selecting ''Add'' or by pressing the **Insert** key on the keyboard. This will launch the DR Strategy Creation window. 
 + 
 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add.png}} 
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 +==== Identity ==== 
 + 
 +The DR Strategy Creation window will prompt for a description and provide tabs that offer the ability to take notes regarding a DR Strategy and also some various options. A full summary of these options can be found under the Edit DR Strategy page.  
 + 
 +To create a DR Strategy, enter a description and click "Save". The new DR Strategy will appear in the DR Strategies Administration Tab. 
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 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add_edit.png}} 
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 + 
 +Return to Inventory Administration Tab [[view_volume_list|Volume List]] and select the [[object:volume|volumes]] that should be included in the new DR Strategy. 
 +Right-click the highlighted items and select ''Edit'' -> ''Copy'' -> ''Volumes''
 + 
 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add_select.png}} 
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 +Return to the DR Strategies Administration Tab and double-click or right-click the newly created DR Strategy and select "Properties" to launch the Edit DR Strategy window. 
 + 
 +==== Item List ==== 
 + 
 +A new tab will appear that was not in the DR Strategy Creation window called "Item List". Select this tab. 
 +Right-click and select Edit -> Paste. The [[object:volume|Volumes]] that were selected in the [[view_volume_list|Volume List]] will appear in Item List. If these [[object:volume|Volumes]] are not in a [[object:repository|Repository]] that is set as offsite, their status will appear as "Volume is NOT offsite"
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 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add_paste.png}} 
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 +Once the [[object:volume|volumes]] are moved to an offsite [[object:repository|Repository]], the DR Strategy will gain a status of "OK"
 + 
 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add_ok.png}} 
 + 
 +==== Notes ==== 
 + 
 +The Notes Tab provides an area to write notes about a DR Strategy. This can include emergency contacts, plans, instructions, etc. 
 + 
 +==== Options ==== 
 + 
 +The Options Tab provides four different options that govern how the DR Strategy behaves.  
 +  * **Depreciated**: When a DR Strategy is depreciated, it is considered no longer active. This means it no longer affects the [[master:library_health|Library Health]] score but has not yet been deleted. 
 +  * **Expiry**: The Expiry date sets the date for when the DR Strategy is considered no longer relevant or useful. 
 +  * **Target Repository**: The Target Repository is the [[object:repository|Repository]] that [[object:volume|Volumes]] in the Item List are sent to when the DR Strategy is executed. 
 +  * **Latency**: Latency sets a certain number of minutes before the DR Strategy is included in the [[master:library_health|Library Health]] Score. Since a DR Strategy is considered to have errors whenever a [[object:volume|Volume]] in the Item List is not in a [[object:repository|Repository]] set as offsite, the latency allows time for [[object:volume|Volumes]] to arrive at the offsite [[object:repository|Repository]] before affecting [[master:library_health|Library Health]]. 
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 +{{:master:tapemaster_dr_add_options.png}} 
 + 
 +===== Deleting a Strategy ===== 
 + 
 +To remove a DR strategy, right-click the required strategy, or strategies, and select ''Delete''.  
 + 
 +{{tapemaster_dr_delete.png}} 
 + 
 +Click ''Delete this Item'' to delete one at a time or ''Delete All Items'' to delete a range of strategies. 
 + 
 +{{tapemaster_dr_delete_confirm.png}} 
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 +<- cookbook:simplemanagement|Simple Management Rules ^ master:advanced|Advanced Usage ^ master:upload_files|Uploading Files ->
  
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