How to create disk safes in R1Soft’s CDP 6.x enterprise edition

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to create disk safes in CDP 6. x enterprise edition.

We assume that you have successfully connected to and logged in to R1Soft’s CDP 6. x Server.

1. Go to the Dashboard menu and click on “Disk Safes”.
2. In the top left pane under the “Disk Safes” menu, click on “Create New Disk Safe”.
3. Once you click on “Create New Disk Safe” a new popup window will open.
4. Here you will need to enter the following settings:
   Identification:Name – Enter a name for Disk SafeAgent:

   Agent – Select an agent from the drop-down menu

   Disk Safe Location:

   Volume – Select (the) correct Volume created from the drop-down menu.

   Compression:

   Compression Type – Select a compression Type. For example: “QuickLZ”.

   Devices:

   Automatically add new devices
   Protect Storage Configuration

   Select both of the above options.

5. Next, hit the “Create” button to proceed.
6. When you hit the create button, a notification window will appear showing message “Successfully created disk safe!” Click on “OK” to finish.

That’s it!