Backup and Recovery Workflow

The repository is the deduplicated archive of all snapshots of all of your Protected Nodes. From the repository, onQ can reproduce a complete system image from any snapshot.

onQ provides HA and DR protection in the following way:

•	At scheduled intervals, the onQ Manager takes crash-consistent, open-file incremental snapshots of your Protected Nodes.

•	The snapshot is deduplicated, so only the changed files (or changed parts of large files) are sent to the HA Appliance.

•	The HA Appliance adds the changes to the repository and then compresses and sends the changes to the DR site.

•	Ready-to-run recovery nodes are created on the HA Appliance.

•	Ready-to-run recovery nodes are created on the DR Appliance.

•	The onQ Manager monitors the health of your PNs. If it detects a PN or backup failure, it issues an email alert. Your Administrator can then determine if the condition of the PN requires starting the HA or DR recovery nodes using the onQ Portal.

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