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Create data protection policies

Use snapshot and data replication rules to protect your data.

Snapshots are point-in-time copies of data that are stored in an application, volume, or volume group. You can take snapshots manually or configure the system to automatically take snapshots on a schedule with snapshot rules.

Data replication duplicates storage data to a remote system to protect against failure of the production storage system. To use data replication, you must create a remote system connection. You can configure the system to automatically start a replication session to meet a specified recovery point objective (RPO) with replication rules.

Remote backup rules are a set of parameters that allow the PowerStore cluster to back up volumes and volume groups to a PowerProtect DD appliance. The rules specify the destination system on which backups are created, the frequency of the backup operation, and the retention time of the backups.

You can combine up to four snapshot rules with a replication rule and remote backup rule to create a protection policy for a storage resource. The protection policy automatically manages snapshots or replication operations according to the selected rules. You can apply a specific policy to a storage resource based on the business need or criticality of the data.

For more information about snapshots, replications, remote backup rules, and protection policies, see the context-sensitive help entries for these features in PowerStore Manager. For in-depth information about how to use these features, see the PowerStore Protecting Your Data Guide.

  1. Under Protection, select Protection Policies.
  2. To configure a snapshot rule, click Snapshot Rules and then click Create.
    On the Create Snapshot Rule panel, enter a name for the rule and configure the settings o use.
  3. To configure a replication rule, click Replication Rules and then click Create.
    On the Create Replication Rule panel, enter a name for the rule and configure the settings to use.
  4. To configure a remote backup rule, click Remote Backup Rules and then click Create.
    On the Create Remote Backup Rule panel, enter a name for the rule, select destination, and configure the settings to use.
  5. To configure a protection policy, click Protection Policies and then click Create.
    On the Create Protection Policy panel, enter a name and description for the policy, then select the rules to assign to the policy.

    You can configure new snapshot, replication, and remote backup rules from this panel.

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