Define a protection policy to create a schedule for the protection of the primary backup and the cloud copy.
Prerequisites
Recommendations for virtual machine protection policies in the
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide apply to protection policies for
Cloud DR.
Steps
Log in to the
PowerProtect Data Manager and select
Protection > Protection Policies.
The
Protection Policies window appears
Click
Add.
The
Add Policy wizard opens.
On the
Type page, specify the following fields and click
OK:
Name
Description
Type. Cloud DR supports only
Virtual Machine policy type.
On the
Purpose page, select
Crash Consistent (the only supported option for
Cloud DR).
On the
Assets page, select the unprotected assets that you want to back up as part of this protection policy.
Use one of the following options to select the assets.
View by Host.
View Asset Table.
See step 5 of
Add a protection policy for virtual machine in
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide on how to select the assets for inclusion.
Optionally, you can exclude disks from a protection policy as
Cloud DR supports exclusion of disks in protection workflow.
See step 6 of
Add a protection policy for virtual machine in
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide on how to exclude disks from a protection policy.
Click
Next. If any virtual objects or assets that were selected in the previous page overlap with assets with an existing protection policy, the
Selection Overlap page appears.
See step 7 of
Add a protection policy for virtual machine in
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide on how to update the protection rule.
Click
Next.
The protection policy
Objectives page appears. No default schedule is provided. If a backup has not been performed, no schedules are displayed.
Click
Add to create a schedule to protect the assets.
The
Add Primary Backup dialog box appears.
Specify the following fields in the
Target section:
Storage Name - Select an existing storage from the
Storage Name list or select
New to add a new storage. See
Add new storage target for more information about adding a new storage target.
Specify the following fields in the
Schedules section:
Backup period
Retention period
Start time and end time for the retention period.
The Primary Backup is configured.
Click the
Cloud DR link next to the Primary Backup.
The
Cloud DR option is available next to the Primary Backup.
Click
Add.
The
Add CDR Backup dialog is displayed.
Select the appropriate cloud target from the
Cloud Target list or click
Add to add cloud target.
In the
Add Cloud Target dialog, select a
Storage Account from the list. If you know the storage account name, begin typing the name to shorten the list of possible matches.
The
Storage Account location is automatically selected in the
Location field.
Click
Save to add the new cloud target.
Specify the retention period for the cloud (this retention is different than the primary backup retention period).
Select an existing service level agreement that you want to apply to the cloud schedule from the
SLA list. Alternatively, select
Add to create an SLA within the
Add
Cloud DR Service Level Agreement window. Provide an SLA name and RPO value, and click
Save.
Click
Next.
The
Options page is displayed.
Configure the following fields in the
Options page:
Optimize for
Exclude swap files in backup
Enable guest file system quiescing
Click
Next.
The
Summary page appears.
Review the protection policy group configuration details. To change protection policy details, click
Edit for the category that you want to change. Click
Finish.
A message is displayed to confirm that
PowerProtect Data Manager saved the protection policy.
To exit the window, click
OK. To open the
Jobs window and monitor the backup of the new protection policy group, click
Go to Jobs .
Next steps
When the local backup is available on the
PowerProtect DD system, the backup copy files are automatically sent to the cloud based on the policy.
You can also view the protection status by logging in to the
Cloud DR Server UI and clicking the
Protection menu. From there, you can view the protected VMs, their upload status, and the latest backup copy that is available in the cloud. You can also select individual VMs that you want to enable for rapid recovery operation. For more information, see the
Cloud Disaster Recovery Installation and Administration Guide.
NOTE If the protection job fails, the workflow cancels the
Cloud DR job. The retry option for the
Cloud DR job is not supported. If a protection job with protection stage and
Cloud DR stage fails, the
Cloud DR is canceled and cannot be restarted.
When an asset has a policy in which protection and
Cloud DR stages are outside the activity window, protection is not triggered for VMware Data Manager. The
Cloud DR job produces an empty copy.
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