PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16.0.0 Administrator's Guide for DM5500

Manage Cloud Tier asset copies

You can manage Cloud Tier copies of assets by changing copy retention time, deleting copies, and recalling copies.

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI, select Infrastructure > Assets.
2. Select an asset and click View Copies.
3. Click an asset copy icon.
   Cloud Tier backups are listed by cloud storage in the Location column.
4. To change how long copies remain in cloud storage, complete the following steps:
   1. Select a Cloud Tier backup and click Edit Retention.
   2. Choose one of the following options:
      • To select a calendar date as the expiration date for backups, select Retention Date.
      • To define a fixed retention period in days, weeks, months, or years after the backup is performed, select Retention Value. For example, you could specify that backups expire after 6 months.
      • To override the retention lock for the backup copy, select Disable Retention Lock Governance. Overriding the retention lock allows you to reduce the retention period or to delete the backup copy before its expiration date.
   3. When satisfied with the changes, click Save.
      The asset is displayed in the list with the changes. The Retention column displays both the original and new retention period, and indicates whether the retention period has been extended or shortened.
   NOTE:When you edit the retention period for copies that are retention locked and you do not select Disable Retention Lock Governance, you can only extend the retention period.
5. To delete the copy in cloud storage, select a Cloud Tier backup and click Delete. To delete the copy records from the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance database while the copy remains in the protection storage, select Remove from PowerProtect.
6. Select a Cloud Tier backup and click Recall from Cloud to return the cloud backup to your local protection storage for recovery or backup.
   NOTE:If you use Amazon's network to copy data from AWS storage, Amazon charges you for the data transfer.
7. To extend the date to retier the copy back to the cloud, select Edit Recall Retention.
8. To manually move a copy back to cloud storage, select Retier.