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Running an archive preview report

To help you plan archiving and fine-tune your archive settings, you can generate a preview report. The archiving preview report does not actually archive any data but reports how much data would be archived based on the settings you select.

Open the Replication Console by selecting Start, Programs, Double-Take, Double-Take Replication Console.
Double-click your source machine in the left pane of the Replication Console to log on to it.
With the source highlighted in the left pane, locate in the right pane the Double-Take protection job in the Replication Set column. The name will be created from the source and repository server names and the keyword Protection or Data Protection.
Right-click the protection job in the right pane of the Replication Console and select Archiving, Preview.
Select the archiving options that you would like to perform.
- Archive files inactive for—This option specifies the age in days, based on the last accessed time, of the files that you would want archived. Any file older than the age specified will be included in the preview report.
- Archive files when size meets or exceeds—This option specifies the size, in KB, of the files that you want archived. Any file equal to or larger than the specified size will be archived.
If desired, specify if you want to calculate the size of the replication set (the protection job) prior to starting the archive. If enabled, this will display the archiving percentage complete in the Mirror Status column of the Replication Console.
Click Preview to generate the report. While the preview report is being generated, you will see the Mirror Status column change to Archiving. When the preview report is complete, the Mirror Status column will change back to Idle.
After the preview report has been generated, locate and open the file from the location where Double-Take RecoverNow is installed. The file name uses the name of the protection job followed by ArchivePreview.txt. For example, if your protection job is called alpha to beta data protection, then the preview report would be called alpha to beta data protection ArchivePreview.txt.

If you want to change the file name used to generate the preview report, right-click the server from the left pane of the Replication Console and select Properties. On the Logging tab, modify the Archive Preview Filename. On this tab, you can also modify the maximum size of the preview report.
Review the preview report. At the top of the report, you will find overview information, including the archive criteria applied to the preview. In the center of the report will be a list of all of the files that would be archived based on the selected criteria. At the bottom of the report, you will find summary statistics.
If desired, repeat the preview report using different archiving criteria. The preview report is replaced each time a preview is run, so rename the file to a different file name if you want to keep the report.