Add Vinchin Offsite Storage
On Vinchin Backup & Recovery, an offsite storage is dedicated for offsite (remote) backup copy to keep the backup data safe from site-level disasters. Below are some prerequisites of adding an offsite storage.
- There should be 2 data centers in 2 different locations, each should have a Vinchin server deployed.
- The remote site Vinchin server should have an onsite backup copy storage added.
- Primary site and remote site should be interconnected via dedicated connection or VPN connection, if there’s firewall, service port 23005 needs to be accessible on the remote site Vinchin server. If the connection goes directly through Internet, the remote site must have a dedicated public IP address, and on the remote site firewall/router, the service port 23005 needs to be opened for the remote site Vinchin server.
- Bandwidth between 2 sites must be fast enough to transfer new backup data generated during the previous copy job session to the next copy job session.
Notice
For offsite copy feature, the remote site Vinchin server does not require a paid license (if the remote site Vinchin server is dedicated for backup copy and does not need backup functionalities). A free license designated for offsite copy will be delivered along with the paid license of the primary site Vinchin server.
To add an offsite copy storage, please open the web console of the primary site Vinchin server, go to Resources > Storage > Storage List page and click on Add button.
In Storage Type dropdown list, select Off-site Storage.
In the IP Address field, type the IP address of the remote site Vinchin server. As for the default port number, if modification is required, please contact Vinchin Support for help, otherwise please do not modify it.
In the Username and Password fields, type the web admin credentials of the remote site Vinchin server. After filling in the username and password, click on the Scan offsite backup system button.
Select a storage from the offsite Vinchin server as offsite copy storage from Storage Resource.
In the Storage Name field, give the storage a custom name for identification.
An offsite storage is used for offsite backup copy only, so, the Storage Usage is set to Copy by default and cannot be changed.
The Auto Detect option allows you to auto import backups according to the auto import time interval. If you enable the Auto Assign option, the imported backups will be automatically assigned to the user who added this storage device.
Optionally setup the Storage Alert as per your requirement.
Click on OK to add the offsite copy storage.
If the offsite storage contains backup data, you will get a dialog asking either to import the backups or not.
If you choose to add storage without importing old backups, Vinchin will skip the backups and add the offsite storage, the old backups will still reside in the storage but unable to be managed or used for restoration from Vinchin web console.
If you choose to add storage and import the old backups, after adding storage and importing backups, you'll be able to manage the old backups or retrieve the backups to onsite storage for restoration purpose from Vinchin web console. As for how to manage the imported backups, if you had enabled the Auto Assign option, the backups will be automatically assigned to your user account. If the Auto Assign option is disabled, you'll have to manually assign the impoted backups, please refer to Import Backups to get to know how to assign and manage the imported backups.