PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Manual backups of protected assets

Once assets have been added to a protection policy, you can perform manual backups by using the Protect Now functionality in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Protection > Protection Policies.
   The Protection Policies window appears.
2. Select the protection policy that contains the assets that you want to back up, and click Protect Now.
   The Protect Now wizard appears.
3. On the Assets Selection page, select whether you want to back up all assets or choose individual assets that are defined in the protection policy, and then click Next.
   If you selected the option to choose individual assets for manual backup instead of all assets, the Assets page appears with the individual assets available for selection.
   1. Select the assets that you want to include in the manual backup, and then click Next to display the Configuration page.
   If you selected to back up all assets, the Configuration page appears.
4. On the Configuration page, select Back up now, and then select from the available backup types.
5. Edit the retention period if you want to change the default settings, and then click Next.
   The default settings are inherited from the primary backup objective of the parent protection policy.
6. On the Summary page, review the settings and then click Protect Now.
   A notification appears indicating whether the request was processed successfully.