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Configuring cascading archival

When you are creating or editing an SLA Domain, you can configure cascading archival settings for a replication target Rubrik cluster.

Before you begin

Confirm that the replication target Rubrik cluster is running Rubrik CDM version 7.0.2 or later.
Configure an archival location on the replication target cluster, as described in Creating a data center archival location.

About this task

You can configure cascading archival only in an SLA Domain that includes a replication policy. RSC allows you to configure cascading archival settings for
each replication target cluster.

Cascading archival does not support on-demand snapshots.

Procedure
1. Log in to RSC.
2. In Global Dashboard, click Data Protection.
Alternatively, open the app tray and select Data Protection.
The Data Protection dashboard appears.
3. On the navigation bar, click SLA Domains.
The SLA Domains page appears.
4. Click Create SLA Domain.
The Create SLA Domain wizard appears.
5. Click Create.
The page to select object types to be protected appears.
6. Select workload types.
You can enable cascading archival only for those workload types that are managed through Rubrik clusters.
7. Click Next.
The Frequency and Retention page appears.
8. Configure snapshot frequencies and retention periods, and click Next.
If the selected workloads support archiving, the Archiving page appears.
9. Click Next.
The Replication page appears.
10. Turn on the Replication toggle.
11. In Replication Target, select a replication target cluster for each selected workload type.
12. In Replication Retention, specify the retention period for the replicated snapshots by moving the slider or by typing the number of days in the field.
Leave the slider in the leftmost position.

This position specifies that only the most recent replica is retained on the target cluster.

Move the slider to the right to define a replication retention period.

The snapshot replication retention period cannot exceed the maximum retention period configured for the snapshot frequency.

When cascading archival is enabled, the replication retention period includes the retention period of the snapshots on the replication target cluster
and on the archival location.

13. Select Enable Cascading Archival.

14. Optional: In Local Storage Retention, adjust the local retention period of snapshots on the source Rubrik cluster.
This option appears only when you set the replication retention period to be the same as the maximum retention period configured.
15. Click Next.
The Cascading Archival page appears.
16. In Retention on Target Cluster, specify the snapshot retention period on the replication target by moving the slider or by typing the number of days in
the field.
The retention period on the target cluster specifies the number of days for which the snapshots are retained on the replication target cluster before
they expire.

The maximum value of this retention period is limited by the replication retention period.

17. In Cascading Archival Location, select an archival location for each replicated workload type.
Additional configuration fields appear depending on the type of the selected archival location.
18. In Snapshot Frequency, select snapshot frequencies.
Selecting a frequency implies that RSC will archive the snapshots taken at that frequency.
19. In Cascading Archival Threshold, make a choice between archiving instantly or after a specific period of time.

Option Result

Select Enable Instant Archive RSC archives the replicated snapshots instantly.

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Option Result

Do not select Enable Instant Archive RSC displays a slider to specify the cascading
archival threshold value.

The cascading archival threshold is the number

of days after which RSC archives the replicated
snapshots.

20. Click Next and configure the remaining SLA Domain settings.
21. On the Confirmation page, review the Archival and Replication summary.
22. Click Create.

Results
RSC creates an SLA Domain with cascading archival enabled.

What to do next
Assign the SLA Domain to workloads to archive replicated snapshots of the workload.

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