REPLAY 4 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE Copyright 2009/2010 by AppAssure Software , Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means — graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storage and retrieval systems — without the written permission of the publisher. For permission to use material from this publication, contact AppAssure Software, Inc. 1925 Isaac Newton Square, Suite 440 Reston, VA 20190 +1 703-547-8686 [email protected] Replay 4 Administrator’s Guide ii Contents Chapter One: Introduction ............................................................. 1 REPLAY 4 .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter One: Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 What Is In This Guide ......................................................... 1 About Replay 4 ................................................................... 1 What you get with Replay 4 .............................................. 2 What's New in Replay 4? ................................................... 2 Replication for Off-site Backup and Disaster Recovery .............................................. 2 New Enterprise Console ............................................................................................................ 3 Added Support for Hyper-V R2, Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 Platforms and VMware vSphere ............................................................................................ 4 Expanded Flexibility for Single-server and Enterprise implementations ............ 4 Replay for Windows Servers ............................................. 5 Features ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Replay for Exchange........................................................... 6 Features ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Replay for SQL .................................................................... 7 Features ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Replay for Hyper-V ............................................................ 9 Features: ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Replay for SharePoint ...................................................... 10 Replay for Desktops ......................................................... 11 Restore to Dissimilar Hardware Option ......................... 12 Replay Replication ............................................................ 12 Features & Benefits .................................................................................................................. 13 Replay Replication Topologies ........................................................................................... 13 Replay 4 Administrator’s Guide iii Contents 1 : 1 Configuration .............................................................................................................. 13 Many : 1 Configuration ..................................................................................................... 14 Many: Many Configuration ............................................................................................. 14 Chapter Two: System Overview & Requirements ...................................................................... 15 Architecture ....................................................................... 15 Planning a Replay Deployment ....................................... 16 Single Protected Server Deployment ............................................................................... 16 Technical Considerations ................................................................................................. 16 Exchange Cluster Deployment ............................................................................................ 17 Distributed Server Deployment .......................................................................................... 17 Repository Storage Recommendations..................................................................... 18 Calculate Space Requirements .................................................................................... 18 Sample Environment ..................................................................................................... 19 Pre-Installation Requirements ........................................ 20 Software Requirements .......................................................................................................... 20 Security Requirements ............................................................................................................ 21 Network Requirements........................................................................................................... 22 Distributed Cores Running on Physical Hardware ..................................................... 22 Single Message Recovery Requirements ....................................................................... 24 Exchange Cluster Deployment Requirements .............................................................. 24 Exchange 2010 Deployment Requirements .................................................................. 24 Using Replay on Exchange Mailbox Role Servers ................................................. 25 Using Replay on Database Availability Group Members................................... 25 Necessary updated firmware and drivers ...................................................................... 26 SAN .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Obtaining Assistance or Support .................................... 27 Contacting the AppAssure Support Center by Telephone ..................................... 27 E-mail Support ........................................................................................................................... 27 Phone Support ........................................................................................................................... 27 Chapter Three: Installing Replay.......................................................................................................... 28 Preparing for Installation ................................................ 28 Creating the Replay Service Account ............................................................................... 28 Adding the Replay service account to local administrators group .................... 33 Replay 4 Administrator’s Guide iv Contents Assigning Local Server Rights to the Replay Core Service Account .................. 34 Delegating Administrative Permissions to the Replay Service Account’s ReplayAdmin Role in MS Exchange 2003 ...................................................................... 34 Granting Server Level Permissions for MS Exchange 2003 Servers ................... 35 Granting Permissions to Exchange 2003 Mailbox Store(s) .................................... 35 Assigning the Exchange Administrator Role in MS Exchange 2007 .................. 36 Installing REPLAY 4 .......................................................... 37 Install the Replay Core ............................................................................................................ 38 Install the Replay Agent Using the Installer .................................................................. 43 Install the Replay Agent from the Replay Core ........................................................... 52 If both computers are in the same domain: ............................................................ 52 User permissions ............................................................................................................ 52 Firewall settings .............................................................................................................. 52 UAC ...................................................................................................................................... 52 If one machine is in a workgroup and the other machine is in a domain: 52 User permissions: ........................................................................................................... 52 Firewall settings: ............................................................................................................. 52 UAC: ..................................................................................................................................... 52 How to enable “Remote Administration” ................................................................. 53 Windows 2008/Vista ......................................................................................................... 53 Windows 2008 R2/Windows 7 ..................................................................................... 53 Local Policy ......................................................................................................................