PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Administrator Guide

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Creating or editing a protection policy

You can use the PowerProtect Data Manager user interface to create a protection policy to protect an asset. You can also change the details of an existing protection policy.

Creating a protection policy

You can create a protection policy to protect any of the following asset types. For more information, see the appropriate publication.

Table 1. Protection-policy asset typesProtection-policy asset types
Asset type	Publication
Block volumes	PowerProtect Data Manager Storage Array User Guide
File System data	PowerProtect Data Manager File System User Guide
Kubernetes cluster namespaces and PVCs	PowerProtect Data Manager Kubernetes User Guide
Microsoft Exchange Server databases	PowerProtect Data Manager Microsoft Exchange Server User Guide
Microsoft SQL Server databases	PowerProtect Data Manager Microsoft SQL Server User Guide
Network Attached Storage (NAS) share and appliance data	PowerProtect Data Manager Network-Attached Storage User Guide
Oracle RMAN databases	PowerProtect Data Manager Oracle RMAN User Guide
SAP HANA databases	PowerProtect Data Manager SAP HANA User Guide
Virtual machines	PowerProtect Data Manager Virtual Machine User Guide

Editing a protection policy

You can change any of the following information for an existing enabled or disabled protection policy:

Policy name and description
Adding or removing assets from the policy
NOTE:The asset view displayed for asset selection (for example, tree view or list view) will be the same view that was in use when you added the policy, and cannot be changed.
Backup and replication schedule
Backup optimization mode
Settings for network interface, storage target, storage unit, and retention lock
Settings for Service Level Agreement (SLA), where supported

You cannot modify a protection policy type or purpose. For these actions, add a policy with the new type or purpose. Storage quotas cannot be changed by editing a policy.

NOTE:Once you save changes for an enabled or disabled policy, most changes take effect immediately. For a disabled policy's primary backup schedules, however, the changes do not take effect until you enable the policy again, since these schedules do not run in Disabled state.