Configuring advanced options

The SCP may timeout during the initial synchronization if you have a large virtual machine or a slow connection from the source to the target. Follow these steps to modify the SCP transfer timeout value.

1. Stop the protection job for which you want to change the SCP timeout value.
2. Change the default value of 2880 minutes in the DefaultJob.xml file (located in <install path>\Data):

<PropertyItem Name="ScpTimeoutMin" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:int">2880</Value>

</PropertyItem>

3. Restart your protection jobs.

You can configure a single timeout value to be used for all VirtualCenter operations. By default, the value is 90 minutes.

1. Stop all protection jobs.
2. Change the default value of 90 minutes in the DefaultJob.xml file:

<PropertyItem Name="RetriableOpTimeoutMin" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:int">90</Value>

</PropertyItem>

3. Restart your protection jobs.

You can use set an auto-restart delay to add a delay (in minutes) to how long DTAVI will wait when trying to auto-restart a failed protection job.

1. Stop all protection jobs.
2. Change the default value in the DefaultJob.xml file:

<PropertyItem Name="AutorestartSleepMinutes" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:int">2</Value>

</PropertyItem>

Note:

This property should be added at the end of the property list, but before the </ArrayOfPropertyItem> tag.

3. Restart your protection jobs.

You can set up hibernation for a protection job, which allocates a time period in which DTAVI will “pause” the protection jobs that are running. Hibernation allows you to provide a window where other applications can use snapshots. The hibernation time range is set by adding HibernationTimeStart and HibernationTimeStop properties to the DefaultJob.xml file.

Note:

These properties should be added at the end of the property list, but before the </ArrayOfPropertyItem> tag.

The following example sets a hibernation period from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

<PropertyItem Name="HibernationTimeStart" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:string">9PM</Value>

</PropertyItem>

<PropertyItem Name="HibernationTimeStop" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:string">6AM</Value>

</PropertyItem>

Optionally, you can set a protection job to remove all snapshots when going into hibernation. The RemoveAllSnapshotsOnHibernating parameter must be set to true for all snapshots to be removed. This is governed by the following property in the DefaultJob.xml:

<PropertyItem Name="RemoveAllSnapshotsOnHibernating" Access="PUBLIC" Permission="READWRITE">

<Value xsi:type="xsd:boolean">true</Value>

</PropertyItem>

Note:

If all snapshots are removed at hibernation time, DTAVI will be required to perform a file difference mirror when the hibernation ends.