Retention
objectives apply to self-service protection policies.
Steps
Click
Add under
Primary Retention.
The
Add Primary Retention dialog appears.
On the
Target pane, specify the following fields:
Storage Name—Select a backup destination from the list of
protection storage, or select
Add to add
protection storage and complete the details in the
Storage Target dialog.
Storage Unit—Select whether this protection policy should use a
New storage unit on the selected
protection storage system, or select an existing storage unit from the list.
Hover over a storage unit to view the full name and statistics for available capacity and total capacity, for example,
testvmpolicy-daily-123ab (300 GB/1 TB).
The
Space field indicates the total amount of space, and the percentage of available space, on the
protection storage system.
When you select
New,
PowerProtect Data Manager creates a storage unit on the selected
protection storage system upon policy completion. The storage unit name follows the format
policy name-hostname-unique identifier.
For example,
testvmpolicy-daily-123cd.
Network Interface—Select a network interface from the list, if applicable.
Retention Lock—Move the
Retention Lock slider to the right to activate retention locking for these backups.
The retention lock mode setting comes from the configuration of the selected storage unit. When you activate retention locking, the
Retention Lock Mode field displays the corresponding storage unit setting.
Setting a retention lock applies to the current backup copy only, and does not impact the retention lock setting for existing backup copies.
SLA—From the list, select an existing service level agreement that you want to apply to this
objective, or select
Add to create an SLA within the
Add Backup Service Level Agreement wizard.
The
PowerProtect Data Manager Administrator Guide provides instructions.
On the
Retention (Self Service) pane, change any required retention periods.
By default, all backup types share the same retention period.
To change the retention periods for specific backup types:
CAUTION:If you set a shorter retention period for an incremental or log backup than for the corresponding full backup, then data loss might occur and you might be unable to recover the point-in-time copies.
Clear
Set the same retention time for all backup types.
Change the
Retain
<backup_type> for field values as required.
After changing this option, you can create additional backup patterns with different retention periods. For example, you can add a full backup pattern
Retain full backups created every week on the Monday and Tuesday for 2 months.
For an Oracle Incremental Merge policy, in the field
Retain incremental pieces for
<number><days_or_weeks>, specify the number of days or weeks for which the incremental backup pieces are retained.
The default retention period is 7 days. The maximum retention period is 28 days.
Click
Save to save the changes and return to the
Objectives page.
The
Objectives page updates to display the name and location of the storage target under
Primary Retention.
Next steps
After completing the
objective, you can change any details by clicking
Edit next to the
objective.
Configure any remaining objectives. When you have configured all required objectives, click
Next.