Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Protection groups for a cloning workflow

You can use two types of protection groups to clone save sets in a workflow that are separate from backup workflows. The type of protection group that you use depends on the way that you plan to configure the workflow.

Use a save set group or a query group to specify a list of save sets if cloning occurs as the head action in a cloning workflow:

• Save set group—Use a save set group in clone-only workflows where you want to clone a specific list of save sets. Save set groups are similar to the manual clone operations in NetWorker 8.2.x and earlier.
• Query group—Use a query group in clone-only workflows where you want to clone save sets on an ongoing basis, based on the save set criteria that you define. Query groups are similar to the scheduled clone operations in NetWorker 8.2.x and earlier.

Create multiple protection groups to perform cloning in different ways as part of separate workflows, or to perform cloning for different save sets on different schedules. For example:

• Create a basic client group for a workflow that performs a traditional backup of the a client file system followed by cloning of the save sets that result from the backup. In this case, concurrent cloning can be enabled.
• Create a query group that identifies full save sets in the last two days to clone.