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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Storage Array User Guide

Configure a primary backup objective

Add a primary backup objective to a crash consistent protection policy.

Prerequisites

NOTE:

When a new asset is added to a protection policy during a scheduled backup window, the backup starts right away. However, if an asset is added to a protection policy outside of the scheduled backup window, the backup does not start until the next time that backups are configured to run.

If a new asset is added to a protection policy that has a weekly or monthly backup schedule and the current time is within the scheduled Start and End times, the backup runs right away, regardless of the date. If the current time is not within the scheduled Start and End times, the backup does not start until the next time that backups are configured to run.

NOTE:Any backup that starts before the End time continues until completion.

About this task

NOTE:Forcing a full backup is not supported for block volume protection policies. Only synthetic full backups are supported.

Steps

  1. Click Add under Primary Backup.
    The Add Primary Backup dialog appears.
  2. On the Target pane, specify the following fields:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

    3. Network Interface—Select a network interface from the list, if applicable.
    4. 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.

  3. On the Schedules pane, click Add backup and specify whether to schedule a backup through the primary array or through replication storage:
    NOTE:Backups of block volume assets without a replica must be performed through the primary array.
    • Primary Array—Select to perform a backup through the primary PowerStore storage array.
      NOTE:Backup through a primary array requires connectivity to a DD system.
    • Remote Replica Array—Select to perform a backup through the replica PowerStore storage array.

      If one or more of the assets that are selected for this policy do not have a replica asset, this option is disabled.

  4. On the Schedules pane, specify the following fields to schedule a synthetic full backup of this protection policy:
    1. Create a Synthetic Full backup every—Specify how often to create a synthetic full backup. A synthetic full backs up only the data that has changed since the last backup, to create a new, full backup.
    2. Retain for—Specify the retention period for the synthetic full backup.
      For database backups, PowerProtect Data Manager chains the dependent backups together. For example, the synthetic full backups are chained to their base full backup. The backups do not expire until the last backup in the chain expires. This ensures that all synthetic full backups are recoverable until they have all expired.
    3. Start and End—The activity window. Specify a time of day to start the synthetic full backup, and a time of day after which backups cannot be started.
    4. Click Save.
  5. Click Add Backup and repeat the procedure if you want to create additional synthetic full backup copies at different intervals with different retention periods.
  6. 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 Backup.

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.

The wizard moves to the Summary page. Continue to Review the protection policy summary.


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