Executing a Protected Group

Prerequisites

• At least one protected group has been created in the system.
• The status of the protected group is Normal.
• If the Kubernetes cluster or application resource information changes, manually refresh the resources related to the protected group. For details about the change items and operations, see Updating a Protected Group.

Context

• Protected groups in the Executing, Disabled, Locked, or Invalid state cannot be executed.
• The interval for executing a protection group must be greater than or equal to 4 minutes.
• If a schedule is configured in the protection policy of the protected group, the protected group is automatically executed according to the schedule. If you need to manually execute a protected group, perform the following operations:
• If there are multiple periodically scheduled container protected groups on eReplication, the start time of the periodic execution of the protected group will be offset. As the eReplication running time changes or the number of container protected groups increases, the time offset may increase. You can clear completed ProtectionJobs and BackupJobs in the container cluster to reduce the impact.

Procedure

1. On the menu bar, choose Protection.
2. Select the desired protected group and click Execute in the Operation area.
   • If the protection policy is local storage backup for application resources or cross-storage backup for application resources, select the site where the protected group is executed. This operation will generate a local copy for the protected objects at the selected site.
   • If the protection policy is cross-cluster replication for application resources and cross-cluster replication for data volumes, select the local site and DR site where the protected group is executed. This operation will synchronize data from the local site to the DR site.

3. Click OK to deliver the command.

   After the protected group starts to be executed, click the protected group. On the Execution Records tab page, you can view the execution result and details of the protected group.

   

   If the protected group remains in the Executing state, click in the upper right corner of the page to refresh the page.

4. Click OK on the execution result page.

Operation Results

After the protected group is executed, a historical record is generated on the Execution Records tab page. The eReplication system clears the execution history of each protected group at 00:00 a.m. every day. Only the latest 1000 records are retained for each protected group. If the number of historical records exceeds 1000, the system deletes the earliest records.