PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 File System User Guide

Create a disaster recovery protection policy

1. From the left pane, select Protection > Protection Policies.
2. Click Add.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the policy.
4. Ensure that the File System option is selected and click Next.
5. Click Next.
6. In the Assets pane, select the assets that the policy covers, and click Next.
7. If a disaster recovery object was selected in the previous step, leave the File Exclusions feature Disabled and click Next.
8. In the Objectives pane, click Next.
9. In the Disaster recovery options pane, select the options that you want applied to the policy, and then click Next.
   • Back up system state files only - Performs a backup of system state files only. By default, this checkbox is not selected and bare-metal recovery (BMR) data is backed up.
     NOTE If the policy is configured with this option, you can only perform a system-state recovery (SSR), and the backed up data will only contain SSR information. BMR with WinPE is not possible.
   • Ignore missing system state files - Missing Windows system state files are reported as errors, and the backup fails, reporting the files as missing. This option is selected by default.
   • Exclude non-critical dynamic disks - If any volume of a dynamic disk pack is critical, all volumes in the dynamic disk pack are considered critical. By default, this option is not selected and noncritical dynamic disks are included in the backup data. To avoid the creation of large system state files, select this option to exclude non-critical dynamic disks from the backup data.
   • Ignore third-party services when identifying critical volumes - When a Windows service or application is installed on an otherwise non-critical disk, that disk is considered critical. By default, this option is not selected and the backup includes the disks on which a Windows service or application is installed. To avoid the creation of large system state files, select this option.
10. Click Next.
11. Click Finish.