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Assign a protection policy to a file system

Assign a protection policy to one or more file systems to apply the snapshot rules included in the policy to the file systems.

About this task

The protection policy automatically performs snapshot operations based on the specified parameters.

If a protection policy that meets your data protection requirements is available, you can assign it to a file system at any time. You can assign protection policy to a file system during the resource creation or at a later stage.

Steps

  1. To assign a protection policy to an existing system:
    1. Click File > File Systems
    2. Select the check box of the file system to which you want to assign a protection policy.
      NOTE:You can select multiple file systems.
    3. Click Protection > Assign Protection Policy.
    4. From the Assign Protection Policy panel, click the protection policy.
    5. Click Apply.
  2. To assign a protection policy to multiple file systems:
    1. Click File > File Systems > Protection > Assign Protection Policy.
    2. From the Assign Protection Policy panel, select the file systems and select the relevant objects from the protection policy list.
    3. Click Apply.

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