PlateSpin Forge User Guide

  PlateSpin Forge User Guide
    Planning Your PlateSpin Environment
      Supported Configurations
      Security and Privacy
      Performance
    PlateSpin Forge Application Configuration
      Launching the PlateSpin Forge Web Interface
      Activating Your Product License
      Configuring User Authorization and Authentication
      Configuring Access and Communication Settings across your Protection Network
      Configuring Automatic Email Notifications of Events and Reports
      Configuring Language Settings for International Versions of PlateSpin Forge
      Using Tags to Help Sort Workloads
      Configuring PlateSpin Server Behavior through XML Configuration Parameters
      Optimizing Data Transfer over WAN Connections
      Configuring Support for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
      Configuring the Refresh Rates for the Web Interface
    Configuring the Forge Appliance
      Setting Up Appliance Networking
      Using External Storage Solutions with PlateSpin Forge
      Managing the Forge VM with vSphere Client
      Physically Relocating the Appliance
      Recovering the Forge Management VM to Factory Defaults
      Resetting the Forge Appliance to Factory Defaults
    Up and Running
      Accessing the PlateSpin Forge Web Interface
      Elements of the PlateSpin Forge Web Interface
      Workloads and Workload Commands
      Managing Multiple Instances of PlateSpin Protect and PlateSpin Forge
      Generating Workload and Workload Protection Reports
    Workload Protection and Recovery
      Basic Workflow for Workload Protection and Recovery
      Adding Containers (Protection Targets)
      Adding Workloads
      Configuring Protection Details and Preparing the Replication
      Starting the Workload Protection
      Aborting Commands
      Failover
      Failback
      Reprotecting a Workload
    Essentials of Workload Protection
      Workload License Consumption
      Guidelines for Workload and Container Credentials
      Data Transfer
      Protection Tiers
      Recovery Points
      Initial Replication Method (Full and Incremental)
      Service and Daemon Control
      Using Freeze and Thaw Scripts for Every Replication (Linux)
      Volumes Storage
      Networking
      Failback to Physical Machines
      Protecting Windows Clusters
    Auxiliary Tools for Working with Physical Machines
      Managing Device Drivers
    ProtectAgent Utility
    Troubleshooting
      Troubleshooting Workload Inventory (Windows)
      Troubleshooting Workload Inventory (Linux)
      Troubleshooting Problems during the Prepare Replication Command (Windows)
      Troubleshooting Workload Replication
      Troubleshooting the Configuration Service
      Troubleshooting Traffic-forwarding Workloads
      Troubleshooting Online Help
      Generating and Viewing Diagnostic Reports
      Removing Workloads
      Post-Protection Workload Cleanup
      Shrinking the PlateSpin Forge Databases
      Active Directory Domain Services Are Not Available After a Failback (Windows)
    Linux Distributions Supported by Forge
      Analyzing Your Linux Workload
      PlateSpin Forge Pre-compiled “blkwatch” Driver (Linux)
    Synchronizing Serial Numbers on Cluster Node Local Storage
    Rebranding the PlateSpin Forge Web Interface
      Rebranding the Interface By Using Configuration Parameters
      Rebranding the Product Name in the Windows Registry
    Using Workload Protection Features through the PlateSpin Protect Server API
      API Overview
      PlateSpin Protect Server API Documentation
      Samples and Other References
    Documentation Updates
      March 2018
      January 2018
      October 2017
      June 2017
      February 2017
      January 2017
      November 2016
      September 2016
      April 2016
      February 2016
    Legal Notice