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Adding Replication Tasks

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Last Modified 2022-09-29 09:16 -0400

To streamline creating simple replication tasks use the Replication Wizard. The wizard assists with creating a new SSH connection and automatically creates a periodic snapshot task for sources that have no existing snapshots.

Before You Begin

Configure SSH in TrueNAS before creating a remote replication task. This ensures that new snapshots are regularly available for replication.

Setting Up Simple Replications

  • Data Protection > Replication Tasks
    • Choose sources for snapshot replication.
      • Remote sources require an SSH connection.
      • TrueNAS shows the number of snapshots available to replicate.
  • Define the snapshot destination.
    • A remote destination requires an SSH connection.
    • Choose a destination or define it manually by typing a path.
      • Adding a new name at the end of the path creates a new dataset.
  • Choose replication security.
    • iXsystems always recommend replication with encryption.
    • Disabling encryption is only meant for absolutely secure and trusted destinations.
  • Schedule the replication.
    • You can schedule standardized presets or a custom-defined schedule.
    • Running once runs the replication immediately after creation.
      • Task is still saved and you can rerun or edit it.
  • Choose how long to keep the replicated snapshots.

This video tutorial presents a simple example of setting up replication:

(Video URL: https://www.truenas.com/docs/files/scaleangelfishreplication.mp4)