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What Is SonicWALL CDP?

SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator’s Guide

What Is SonicWALL CDP?

SonicWALL CDP protects your network from data loss. SonicWALL CDP is a disk-based data
backup and recovery system that provides protection for assigned agents, regularly preserving
the latest file versions and database revisions locally, and if configured, storing full folder and
full database revisions to the secure Offsite Service.

Backups are performed regularly by SonicWALL CDP, ensuring that new versions of files or
application revisions are continuously updated. In addition, older versions of each file are
stored, allowing recovery from multiple points in time.

SonicWALL CDP includes the following components: The SonicWALL CDP Web Management
Interface, Appliance, Offsite Service, Agent User Interface and Service, Local Archive
Manager, and Bare Metal Recovery.

Each SonicWALL CDP component is described below.

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SonicWALL CDP Web Management Interface

—The SonicWALL CDP Web Management

Interface is a Web-based interface that provides the system administrator the ability to
configure, create, and apply global policies and tasks for the SonicWALL CDP appliance.
The Web Management Interface also provides initial system setting configuration for the
SonicWALL CDP appliance, as well as system diagnostics, and allows for a full purge of
data from the appliance. For detailed SonicWALL CDP management interface
specifications, refer to the

“How the SonicWALL CDP Web Management Interface Works”

section on page 6

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SonicWALL CDP Appliance—

The SonicWALL CDP appliance is a dedicated disk backup

appliance that collects data blocks from agents for storage and for secure transmission to
the Offsite Service (if configured). For detailed SonicWALL CDP appliance specifications,
refer to the

“How the SonicWALL CDP Appliance Works” section on page 9

and the

“About

the SonicWALL CDP Appliance” section on page 22

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SonicWALL CDP Offsite Service

—The SonicWALL CDP Offsite Service is a subscription

service that provides protection against local disasters including theft, power surges and
server crashes. Full file revisions from the SonicWALL CDP appliance are securely
transmitted to the Offsite Service and stored for emergency recovery. The Offsite Service
can be configured to use a North American or European data center. For detailed
SonicWALL CDP Offsite Service specifications, refer to the

“How the SonicWALL CDP

Offsite Service Works” section on page 19

and the

“Site-to-Site Service Overview” section

on page 201

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SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface

—The SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface

software is installed on every agent (server, laptop or PC intended to be backed up on the
SonicWALL CDP appliance), and provides individual users and system administrators the
ability to configure, create, and apply local backup policies, and the ability to view backup
status and recover lost data. User access privileges to the appliance using the Agent User
Interface are configured by the SonicWALL CDP appliance administrator using the Web
Management Interface. For more information about the SonicWALL CDP Agent User
Interface specifications, refer to the

“How the SonicWALL CDP Agent Works” section on

page 9

and the

“About the Agent User Interface” section on page 94

. The

SonicWALL CDP

Agent User’s Guide

provides detailed information about using the Agent User Interface.

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SonicWALL CDP Agent Service

—The SonicWALL CDP Agent Service software is

installed automatically with the SonicWALL Agent User Interface. By running continuously
in the background of each agent, the Agent Service enables backup of folders and
application revisions as it performs handshaking with the appliance, transmits data, and
listens for Windows Event Notifications. For detailed SonicWALL CDP Agent Service
specifications, refer to the

“How the SonicWALL CDP Agent Works” section on page 9

and

the

“About the Agent User Interface” section on page 94