Once the systems are added to each other’s grids, replication configuration is almost complete. You can now tune each system to perform optimally given the bandwidth available for replication.
The Replication Wizard allows you to perform these configurations from either system, but to simplify the setup process, these instructions ask you to configure attributes for the ST source from the ST source system and for the ST target from the ST target system.
1 Stay in the browser on the ST source system and view the Select a System to configure step. Select the ST source system, and click Next.
2 In the Replication Report Options section, enter the following to receive email reports:
• The time to receive the report in the Time to Send Report field.
• The email address in the Report Email Address field.
Note 1: If you want to receive an email report, you must enter values in each of these fields.
Note 2: You receive a Replication report if you are using replication and a Securesync report if you are using Vaulting.
3 In the Bandwidth and Throttling Options section, configure the following:
• Connection Type – The connection’s theoretical physical bandwidth. If your specific connection is not in the list, pick the closest upstream bandwidth match.
• Connection Effective Bandwidth – What you expect the actual bandwidth of the physical connection to be.
• Throttling Settings – Use the grid to configure settings.
Throttling is simply the act of responsibly sharing the bandwidth of the WAN by which the Unitrends’ target provides replication and disaster recovery services. Set the weekly replication schedule using the graphical tool consisting of 7x24 small boxes that represent each hour of the week.
Multiple throttling scenarios can be configured. Select the throttle percentage, then click and drag the mouse pointer to highlight the days and times to use the selected percentage. Perform this step as many times as needed to fully configure throttling scenarios. The percentage you select uses X percent of the Connection Effective Bandwidth you set above for replication.
4 Click Next to accept the settings. The Configure Replication of the Source’s Clients step displays. Proceed to Configure clients and applications for cross-replication.