PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 File System User Guide

Add a policy to exclude assets from data protection operations

An exclusion policy prevents the File System agent from including certain assets in a protection policy, for example, assets that you intend to back up separately. The process of adding a policy is similar for all policy types. However, these instructions contain only elements and options that appear when you select the exclusion policy type.

1. Select Protection > Protection Policies.
   The Protection Policy window appears.
2. Click Add.
   The Add Policy window appears.
3. In the Type page, specify the new protection policies group fields. For example, if you are creating a protection policy for daily backups in the Windows server:
   1. In the Name field, specify the name of the protection policy. For example, File System Prod.
   2. In the Description field, specify a short description of the protection policy. For example, File System Prod Daily Backups
   3. In the Type field, select File System.
   4. Click Next.
      The Purpose page appears.
4. To exclude assets within the protection policy from data protection operations, click Exclusion.
5. Click Next.
   The Assets page appears.
6. Select the unprotected assets that you want to add to the backup of this protection policy group. The window enables you to filter by asset name to locate the required assets.
   You can use to switch between a list view of all assets discovered by PowerProtect Data Manager and a hierarchical view to display the assets in a tree structure underneath each host. A hierarchical view can be helpful if you have added multiple file systems and need to more easily identify which assets belong to which host.
7. Click Next.
   The Summary page appears.
8. Review the protection policy group configuration details. You can click Edit next to any completed window's details to change any information. When completed, click Finish.
   An informational message appears to confirm that PowerProtect Data Manager has saved the protection policy.

   When the new protection policy is created and assets are added to the protection policy, PowerProtect Data Manager performs backups according to the backup schedule.

9. Click OK to exit the window, or click Go to Jobs to open the Jobs window to monitor the backup of the new protection policy group.