PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Administration and User Guide

Modify a policy name and description, objectives, or options

The following procedure describes how to change an existing policy name and description, schedule and objectives, or additional backup options in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Protection > Protection Policies.
   The Protection Policies window appears.
2. Select the protection policy that you want to modify, and click Edit.
   The Edit Policy window opens on the Summary page. From this page, you can click edit next to any available row to change specific policy details.
3. In the Name or Description rows, click Edit.
   The Type page displays.

   NOTE You cannot change the type or purpose of an existing policy.
4. In the Objectives row, click Edit.
   The Objectives page displays. From this page, you can change the backup schedule, modify the settings for the network interface, and enable or disable the retention lock.

   NOTE Dell Technologies recommends that you do not edit the network interface for application agent assets such as File System, Microsoft SQL Server, ORACLE, and SAP HANA, because modifying this setting causes subsequent backup failure. As a workaround, set the lockbox, which initiates a new asset configuration.

   You can also change the storage targets by selecting a new Storage Name in the Primary Backup and Replicate rows. For more information about changing storage targets, see the section Changing storage targets and storage units.

5. In the Options row, click Edit.
   The Options page displays. From this page, you can change the backup optimization mode (for example, from Performance to Capacity), select whether to include or exclude swap files from the backup, and select whether to quiesce the guest file system during the backup.

   NOTE For virtual machine protection policies, two types of protection mechanisms are used—Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM), and VMware vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP). Updates to the policy options can result in changes to the protection mechanism used to move virtual machine data. When the protection mechanism changes, a new, full backup is performed, which might take awhile to complete.
6. After making your changes, click Next to save the changes and return to the Summary page.
7. On the Summary page, click Finish.
   An informational dialog displays.
8. Click OK to exit the dialog, or click Go to Jobs to open the Jobs window to monitor the backup of the new protection policy.