PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 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 then 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 then 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 only contains 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 part of the backup data. To avoid the creation of large system state files, select this option to exclude noncritical 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 noncritical 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.

     The Size column of the Protection > Protection Jobs window includes the total size all disks, even disks that have been ignored. The correct size of these backup copies can be determined by subtracting the size of all excluded disks from the value displayed.

10. Click Next.
11. Click Finish.