Create policies to perform replications, make point-in-time (PIT) copies, set retention locks, and perform other
Cyber Recovery operations within the
Cyber Recovery vault. You can also modify existing policies.
Prerequisites
Ensure that a storage object is available to reference in the policy and that it has an unprotected replication context.
Policies that perform recovery or analysis operations require an application.
To protect a Retention Lock Compliance replication context, your
DD system must be running DDOS 7.8.
About this task
You can create up to 32 policies for a maximum of five
DD systems in the
Cyber Recovery vault depending on the PowerProtect
DD model and other factors. For more information, contact your Dell representative.
The
Cyber Recovery software supports
PowerProtect Data Manager policies that govern multiple
MTrees.
You can disable a policy so that you can use the replication contexts of that disabled policy to create a new policy. If you use the contexts of a disabled policy, you cannot then enable that policy. You can use a disabled policy's copy to perform a recovery operation manually or from the
Recovery window.
Steps
Select
Policies from the
Main Menu.
In the
Policies content pane, do one of the following:
To create a policy, click
Add.
The Add Policy wizard is displayed.
To modify a policy, select a policy and click
Edit.
The
Summary page of the Edit Policy wizard is displayed. Click
Back to go to the wizard page that you want to modify.
On the
Policy Information page, complete the following fields and then click
Next:
Table 1. Policy Information page
Field
Description
Name
Specify a policy name.
Type
From the drop-down list, select
PPDM.
NOTE: A
PowerProtect Data Manager policy requires two
MTrees for configuration.
Storage
Select the storage object containing the replication context that the policy will protect.
NOTE: You cannot edit the storage object for an existing policy.
Tags
Optionally, add a tag that provides useful information about the policy. The tag is displayed in the details description for the policy in the
Policies content pane in the
Cyber Recovery UI. Click
Add Tag, enter the tag, and then click
Add.
NOTE: If a tag exceeds 24 characters, the details description displays the first 21 characters followed by an ellipsis (...).
On the
Replication page, complete the following fields and then click
Next:
Table 2. Replication page
Field
Description
Replication Contexts
Under
Context, select the
MTree replication context to protect and the interface on the storage instance that is configured for replication.
Under
Ethernet Port, click
Select Repl Ethernet and then select the interface on the storage instance that is configured for replication.
NOTE:
There can be only one policy per replication context, except for
PowerProtect Data Manager policy types, which require a minimum of two replication contexts to create a
PowerProtect Data Manager policy.
Do not select the data or management Ethernet interfaces.
If your
DD system is running a version of DDOS that is earlier than version 7.8 and you select a
Retention Lock Compliance replication context, the context will not be disabled.
ServerDR Context
For a
PowerProtect Data Manager deployment, select a ServerDR context from the list of replication contexts.
Replication Window
Set a timeout value in hours for how long a job for a Sync action runs before
Cyber Recovery issues a warning. The default value is 0.
NOTE: If a job exceeds the time configured for the replication window, an alert is generated.
Enforce Replication Window
If you change the default value in the
Replication Window field, the
Enforce Replication Window checkbox is displayed. Enable the checkbox to stop a Sync operation that continues to run beyond the replication window limit for that policy. When the replication window limit is exceeded, the operation completes the current
DD snapshot replication and does not proceed to replicate queued snapshots.
On the
Retention page, complete the following fields and then click
Next:
Table 3. Retention page
Field
Description
Retention Lock Type
Select one of the following:
(Add Policy dialog box only)
None, if retention locking is not supported. The retention fields are then removed from the dialog box.
Governance if it is enabled on the storage instance.
Compliance if it is enabled on the storage instance.
Enable Auto Retention Lock
Optionally, if the retention lock type is Governance or Compliance, click the checkbox to enable the automatic retention lock feature. There is a five-minute delay before the lock is applied.
NOTE: You cannot disable the automatic retention lock feature after you enable it.
Retention Lock Minimum
Specify the minimum retention duration that this policy can apply to PIT copies. This value cannot be less than 12 hours.
Retention Lock Maximum
Specify the maximum retention duration that this policy can apply to PIT copies. This value cannot be greater than 1,827 days.
Retention Lock Duration
Specify the default retention duration, which is a value between the retention lock minimum and maximum values, that this policy applies to PIT copies.
If you selected a
Retention Lock Compliance replication context or the Compliance Retention Lock type, the
Storage Security Credentials page is displayed. Otherwise, the
Summary page is displayed.
On the
Storage Security Credentials page, enter the
DD Security Officer (SO) username and password and then click
Next.
NOTE: This username was created on the
DD system.
Review the
Summary page and either:
Click
Finish if you are satisfied with the summary information and want to add the policy.
Click
Back to return to the previous pages to change the information.
If you selected a
Retention Lock Compliance replication context and your deployment is running version of DDOS that is earlier than version 7.8, the
Cyber Recovery software fails to create the policy.
To view comprehensive policy details, do one of the following:
Click
to open the
Details pane.
Click the policy name to open the
Policy Details pane, which provides summary information under the
Summary tab and lists the copies that are associated with the policy under the
Copies tab. Click
Back to Policies to return to the policies list.
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