Monitor protected nodes

From the onQ Portal you can quickly identify the connection status, protection status, and backup status of protected nodes.

Monitoring is particularly useful if you’ve started a protected node or you recently upgraded a host.

To monitor the status of a protected node:

1.	Log on to the HA Appliance’s onQ Portal.

2.	Go to DASHBOARD tab > PROTECTED NODES page.

A list of all your protected nodes and their current status appears:

 

Connection Status	carat is green and white arrow points upward	PN is running and protection is turned on. Tooltip indicates PN online (agent‑based) or Proxy online (agent‑less). • (agent‑based) the online state of the PN reflects the Power State of the PN. • (agent‑less) the online state of the Proxy reflects the communication state of the PN proxy on the ESX Server.
	carat is green with a yellow dash	For agent‑less PNs, the PN proxy is currently being upgraded: 1. Before upgrade : solid green carat; white arrow points upward. 2. During upgrade: solid green carat; yellow dash. 3. After upgrade: solid green carat; white arrow points upward.
	carat is red and white arrow points downward	PN is not online. Tooltip indicates PN offline or Proxy offline. See (Agent‑based PNs) Troubleshoot Connection Problems or (Agent‑less PNs) Troubleshoot Connection and Backup Problems.
		onQ Appliance’s connection to PN is secure.
		onQ Appliance’s connection to PN is not secure. See (Agent‑based PNs) Troubleshoot Connection Problems.
Protected Node		Hostname of the protected node. Hostname is the same as the Windows hostname.
Type	PN	PN itself is running as opposed to the recovery node.
	RN	RN, not the protected node is running, implying that the primary node has failed or has been stopped and its recovery node equivalent has been started.
Protection Disabled	no check mark	Protection is enabled on this node.
	check mark appears	Protection is disabled on this node.
RN Status	carat is green and white arrow points upward	Recovery Node image of the Protected Node is available and ready to run. The acronym BoD appears next to the icon if Auto RN Creation (see Modify recovery node creation policy) is set to disabled. Mouse‑over help displays a record of recent events for the RN.
	carat is green and white arrow moves top to bottom	onQ is preparing the Recovery Node
	carat is red and white arrow points downward	No Recovery Node is available. See Troubleshoot RN Problems. The acronym BoD appears next to the icon if Auto RN Creation (see Modify recovery node creation policy) is set to disabled.
	hourglass on a yellow background	Internal processing is occurring. Typically this icon persists for one to two minutes before changing to red or green.
	carat is green, white arrow points upward, and is accompanied by a red asterisk	The Recovery Node is not running the most recent snapshot. The RN is more than one snapshot behind the most recent snapshot in the Repository. Mouse‑over text displays the snapshot that the RN is running. The red asterisk might appear in a normal backup cycle for a short period of time, after the new snapshot is created and before the update of the RN begins.
Backup Status	carat is green and white arrow points upward	Complete restorable backup exists in the repository. Mouse-over text indicates Complete. The date and time of the most recent completed backup appear to the right.
		The Qf icon indicates that the filter driver is enabled.
	carat is green and white arrow moves left to right	Backup is in progress. Mouse-over text indicates Running.
	carat is green and white arrow moves top to bottom	Transfer of the backup to the repository is in progress. Mouse‑over text indicates Adding.
	carat is green, white arrow points upward, and accompanied by a red asterisk	A valid snapshot exists, but the last backup attempt resulted in an error or the snapshot wasn’t added to the repository.
	carat is red and white arrow points downward	Not a single copy of a backup snapshot exists.
	timestamp	Date and time of the most recent successful backup.
Next Scheduled Backup	timestamp	Date and time of the next scheduled backup.
Backup Transfer Margin Note:   Backup margin - first column/icon; Transfer margin - second column/icon	solid green icon	Backup margin or transfer margin is within an acceptable range (>=35%). Indicates how well PN backups and DR transfers are keeping up with the backup interval as calculated by averaging intervals from the previous 24 hours. This 24‑hr time period automatically resets each time you restart protection. The margin is the amount of free time between the completion of one backup or transfer and the start of the next. In other words: • backup margin, which represents PN backups on HA - ((backup interval - average backup time) / backup interval) = backup margin • transfer margin, which represents transfer of PN backups on HA to the DR - ((backup interval - average transfer time) / backup interval) = transfer margin So as the backup takes longer, this margin will decrease. Incremental backups take longer when the PN is performing continuous database updates. Mouse‑over the icons to display more information:
	solid yellow icon	Backups and transfers are not within an ideal range (35%‑10%). Consider doing the following: • For low backup margin, modify the backup interval. • For low transfer margin, modify the backup interval, initial backup time, and adjust bandwidth throttle.
	solid red icon	Backups and transfers are not within an acceptable range (<10%). Consider doing the following: • For low backup margin, modify the backup interval. • For low transfer margin, modify the backup interval and adjust bandwidth throttle.
	white icon with question mark	Margin is not applicable because no backups have been performed in the last 24 hours. Also displays if protection is off or if backup or DR transfer has not been completed since you turned on protection.

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