📝 Note
The availability of this feature may be limited based on the license type, region, and other criteria. To access this feature, contact support.
A Reserved Proxy Pool is a dedicated set of backup resources used specifically for Scheduled Cyber Recovery testing. Reserved Proxy Pools keep your recovery testing separate from your daily backup operations. By using dedicated proxies for recovery, you ensure that intensive testing tasks do not compete for resources or slow down your production backup window.
Guidelines for Reserved Proxy Pools
While you can assign any workload to a proxy pool, Reserved Proxy Pools are specifically designed for recovery testing and incident response.
Recommended Use: Use these pools exclusively for:
Scheduled Recovery Testing: Can use either standard or Reserved Proxy Pool.
Live Incident Recovery: Must be paired with a Reserved Proxy Pool and an IRE vCenter.
Avoid Regular Backups: We recommend not using the Reserved Proxy Pool for daily VM backups or auto-configuration rules.
The following table summarizes the key differences in how these pools handle workloads and resource allocation.
Feature | Standard Proxy Pool | Reserved Proxy Pool |
Primary use | Daily VM backups and restores | Scheduled recovery testing and incident restores. |
IRE compatibility | Not recommended for Live Recovery. | Required for Live Recovery. |
Isolation | Shared resources | Dedicated resources |
How to set a proxy pool as Reserved
Log in to the Management Console.
From the top menu bar, select your organization if organizations are enabled.
Click Protect > VMware.
In the left pane, click Backup Proxies.
Click the Backup Proxy Pools tab.
Select the desired proxy pool.
Click the actions menu (three dots) and select Set as Reserved Proxy Pool.
Review the confirmation dialog detailing the purpose of a reserved pool, and click Save.
A Reserved Proxy Pool label will now appear next to the pool name in the UI.
How to revert from Reserved Proxy Pool to Proxy Pool
Log in to the Management Console.
From the top menu bar, select your organization if organizations are enabled.
Click Protect > VMware.
In the left pane, click Backup Proxies.
Click the Backup Proxy Pools tab.
Select the backup proxy pool marked as ‘Reserved proxy pool’.
Click the actions menu (three dots) and select Remove as Reserved Proxy Pool.
A confirmation box will appear. Click Save to confirm the removal.
Once removed, this pool can be used again for backup operation and auto-configuration.
📝 Note
The system prevents you from deleting or un-reserving a proxy pool if it is linked to an active recovery job. If you attempt to do so, the following error message will appear:
Cannot delete proxy pool — active scheduled recovery jobs are associated.