Get Recovery Point

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Get Recovery Point activity is used to configure a runbook that queries a data source for all its associated recovery points or only the most recent recovery point.

For the procedure to configure this object, see: Configuring the Get Recovery Point Activity.

The following tables list the properties and published data for this activity. The activity publishes all the data from the required and optional properties into published data.

Get Recovery Point Properties

Element Description

Selection

Latest or All

Data Source ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the data source for the recovery point

Get Recovery Point Filters

Element Description

AllMediaCatalogued

True or False

ComponentName

The component name

ComponentType

The component type

DestinationForAlternateRecovery

The alternate recovery destination

DestinationForRestore

The destination for the restore

HasFastRecoveryMarker

True or False

IsIncremental

True or False

InOnlineRecatalogueNeeded

True or False

IsRecoverable

True or False

IsValidForSearchResult

True or False

IsValidRecoverySource

True or False

Logical Path

The logical path

ParentName

The parent name

RecoverableObjectID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the object that is eligible for recovery

RecoverySourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the source object for the recovery

ReferentialRecoverySourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the Referential Recovery Source

RepresentedPointInTime

The date and time of the represented point in time, in the format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM

ROCatalogStatus

RO Catalog Status

Size

Size

SupportsAlternateLocationRecovery

True or False

UserFriendlyName

The friendly name

UtcRepresentedPointInTime

The universal coordinated time of the represented point in time

WriterID

The unique identifier (GUID) for the writer

Get Recovery Point Published Data

Element Description

AllMediaCatalogued

True or False

ComponentName

The component name

ComponentType

The component type

DataSourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the data source for the recovery point

DestinationForAlternateRecovery

The destination for alternate recovery

DestinationForRestore

The destination for the restore

HasFastRecoveryMarker

True or False

IsIncremental

True or False

InOnlineRecatalogueNeeded

True or False

IsRecoverable

True or False

IsValidForSearchResult

True or False

IsValidRecoverySource

True or False

Logical Path

The logical path

ParentName

The parent name

RecoverableObjectID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the object that is eligible for recovery

RecoverySourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the source object for the recovery

ReferentialRecoverySourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the Referential Recovery Source

RepresentedPointInTime

The date and time of the represented point in time, in the format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM or PM

ROCatalogStatus

RO Catalog Status

Selection

Latest or All

Size

Size

SupportsAlternateLocationRecovery

True or False

UserFriendlyName

The friendly name

UtcRepresentedPointInTime

The universal coordinated time of the represented point in time

WriterID

The unique identifier (GUID) for the writer

Configuring the Get Recovery Point Activity

To configure the Get Recovery Point activity

  1. From the Activities window, drag a Get Recovery Point activity to the active runbook. Double-click the Get Recovery Point activity icon.

  2. On the Properties tab, click the ellipsis button (...), and select the Name of the Data Protection Manager computer that you want to use for this activity.

  3. In the Properties section, enter the Selection and the Data Source ID for the recovery point you want to retrieve. Or, to automatically populate the value from the data published by any previous activity in the runbook, right-click the property box, point to Subscribe, and then click Published data. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

  4. If you want to limit the search, click the Filters tab. In the Filters section, click Add. In the Name box, click the down arrow and select an item from the list that you want to use to define this runbook.

  5. In the Relation box, click the down arrow and select a relationship descriptor for the filter.

  6. In the Value box, click the ellipsis button (...) and select a value to be applied to this filter. If the ellipsis button does not appear for the filter you have selected, enter the value you want to use, and then click OK.

    If applicable, to automatically populate the value for a filter from the data published by any previous activity in the runbook, right-click the Value box, point to Subscribe, and then click Published data. Click the published data element you want to use, and then click OK.

  7. Add additional filters as needed.

  8. To make changes to a filter, click the filter and then click Edit. Make the necessary changes, and then click OK. To remove a filter, click the filter, and then click Remove.

  9. For information about the settings on the General and Run Behavior tabs, see Common Configuration Instructions for all Activities.

  10. Click Finish.

Other Activities

The Integration Pack for Data Protection Manager contains the following additional activities: