PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Administration and User Guide

You can use a single manual backup from the Protection > Protection Policies window to back up multiple assets that are protected in the designated protection policy. To perform this manual backup:

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Protection > Protection Policies
2. Select the protection policy that contains the assets that you want to back up, and click Protect Now.

   The Protect Now wizard appears.
   

   NOTE The protection policy must be enabled, and its purpose must not be Exclusion or Self-Service Protection.
3. On the Assets Selection page, select whether you want to back up all assets or choose individual assets that are defined in the protection policy, and then click Next.
4. If you selected the option to choose individual assets for manual backup instead of all assets, the Assets page appears with the individual assets available for selection. Select the assets that you want to include in the manual backup, and then click Next to display the Configuration page.

   If you selected to back up all assets, the Configuration page appears.
   

5. On the Configuration page, select Back up now, and then select from the available backup types.
6. Edit the retention period if you want to change the default settings, and then click Next.

   The default settings are inherited from the primary backup stage of the parent protection policy.
   

7. On the Summary page, review the settings and then click Protect Now. A notification appears indicating whether the request was processed successfully.

You can also perform a manual backup from the Infrastructure > Assets window, but only for one asset at a time. To perform this manual backup:

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Infrastructure > Assets.
2. Select the tab for the asset type you want to back up. A list of assets appears.
3. Select an asset from the table that has an associated protection policy.
   NOTE You can select only one asset at a time for manual backup. The protection policy must be enabled, and its purpose must not be Exclusion or Self-Service Protection. A full backup is created for the selected asset.
4. Click Protect Now. A notification appears indicating whether the request was processed successfully.

When a virtual machine is part of an application-aware protection policy, the manual backup is a full application-aware backup.