Managing a Repository

A repository provides storage space for backups and source data for restore jobs. Backups generated during a backup job are saved in a repository. You can view, modify, and delete an existing repository.

Operation	Navigation Path	Description	Key Parameters
Viewing a repository	Viewing basic information: On the navigation bar, choose > Repository. Viewing details: On the navigation bar, choose > Repository. On the displayed page, click the desired repository.	Background You want to view basic information about a repository. Precautions Before performing this operation, ensure that the repository has been created.	Alarm Threshold If the repository usage exceeds the threshold, an alarm is reported, prompting you to expand capacity or delete unneeded backup data. If you do not do so, subsequent backup jobs may fail.
Modifying a repository	On the navigation bar, choose > Repository. Move the mouse pointer to the repository you want to modify and click in the button area on the right, or click the repository you want to modify and click in the preview area on the right.	Background You want to update information about a repository. After modification, the system automatically synchronizes the modification to the associated backup plan. Precautions Before performing this operation, ensure that the repository has been created. After modification, the repository capacity cannot be less than the used capacity or greater than the total available capacity of the storage pool to which the repository belongs.	None
Deleting a repository	On the navigation bar, choose > Repository. Move the mouse pointer to the repository you want to delete and click in the button area on the right, or click the repository you want to delete and click in the preview area on the right.	Background You want to delete a repository. Precautions Before performing this operation, ensure that the repository is not associated with any backup plan. If any associated backup plan is displayed in the Backup Plan area, find it on the backup plan page. Ensure that the backup plan is no longer needed and delete it. Then delete the repository. If any associated backup plan is displayed in the Replication Plan area, find it on the replication plan page. Ensure that the replication plan is no longer needed and delete it. Then delete the repository.	None
Clearing space	On the navigation bar, choose > Repository. Move the mouse pointer to the repository whose space you want to clear and click in the button area on the right, or click the repository and click in the preview area on the right.	Background You no longer require some backups and want to remove them from the repository for more space. Precautions Before performing this operation, ensure that the repository has been created.	None