Data integrity checks

You can configure the AutoVerify feature to validate and test the integrity and recoverability of your protected services. This feature performs a series of deep system integrity checks within the running virtual machine to ensure that the protected device backup is both healthy and ready to recover in the event of a disaster.

Three types of checks

Windows System Files Integrity Checks

These checks use the System File Checker tool (SFC) to detect windows system files corruption.

SQL Integrity Checks

These checks verify the consistency of SQL Databases. If enabled, AutoVerify performs page-level checksum validation to detect the database corruption. These checks are expensive; they might potentially run for days. Axcient does not recommend running these checks more frequently than once per month.

Note: Please note that SQL Integrity Checks require database administrator credentials.

Exchange Database Integrity Checks

These checks verify the consistency of Exchange Databases. If enabled, AutoVerify performs page-level checksum validation to detect the Exchange database corruption. These checks are expensive; they might potentially run for days. Axcient does not recommend running these checks more frequently than once per month.

How to configure the AutoVerify feature

1. Within the UMC, click the devices tab.
2. In the Devices page, click the icon of the target device.
3. In the Backup Job page, click the backup job name to be modified.
4. In the Image Backup page, click the data integrity checks option in the left navigation menu.

5. Click the AutoVerify checkbox to turn on the AutoVerify feature.
6. In the Validation Interval field, enter the frequentcy of the validation process (in days).
7. In the Validation VM snapshot timeout field, enter how long the VM should run before taking the desktop screenshot (in minutes).

The screenshot should not be taken until the operating system is booted, and the boot time varies. In most cases, ten minutes is sufficient, but you should increase this number for devices that take longer to boot.

8. To configure Windows System Files Integrity Checks, click the Windows system files integrity check drop-down menu and select the frequency of these checks.

9. To configure Exchange Integrity Checks:

• Click the Exchange Integrity Checks checkbox.
• In the Full integrity drop-down menu, select the frequency of these checks.

10. To configure SQL Integrity Checks:

• Click the SQL Integrity Checks checkbox.
• In the Full integrity drop-down menu, select the frequency of these checks.
• n the Authentication type field, select whether you want to enable SQL server authentication or Windows authenticaiton.
• In the Login field, enter the username of the database administrator.
• In the Password field, enter the password of the database administrator.

11. Click the Confirm button to save your settings.

View Validation Test Results

You can view the results of AutoVerify tests within the Backup Times page.

1. Within the UMC, click the Reports tab.
2. In the All Reports page, click the backup times option in the left navigation menu.
3. In the Backup Times page, select the backup schedule and click the Get Results button.

For full details on troubleshooting the AutoVerify features, refer to Configuring the AutoVerify Feature (Data Integrity Checks)