Move assets across policies using protection rules
Protection rules are primarily used to move unprotected assets (assets that have yet to be added to a protection policy) into protection policies. For some asset types, you can also enable the protection rules option
DYNAMIC_FILTER_SETTING in the REST API to move protected virtual assets across protection policies.
About this task
This option might be useful when you want to move assets from an old protection policy to a new policy, or unprotect assets that no longer require protection. When enabled, if the asset properties or the protection rules are changed,
PowerProtect Data Manager recalculates the asset policy assignments according to the changed status. To enable this option in the REST API, perform the following steps:
Steps
Connect to the
PowerProtect Data Manager console as an admin user.
Review the common settings in the
PowerProtect Data Manager Public REST API documentation for instructions on how to use the GET command with the ID
DYNAMIC_FILTER_SETTING to check the asset types that are enabled for moving assets across policies.
A document is returned in JSON format with a comma-separated list displaying the enabled asset types. For example:
Virtual machine: VMWARE_VIRTUAL_MACHINE
VMAX storage group: VMAX_STORAGE_GROUP
Oracle database: ORACLE_DATABASE
Microsoft SQL database: MICROSOFT_SQL_DATABASE
File System: FILE_SYSTEM
Kubernetes namespace: KUBERNETES
SAP HANA database: SAP_HANA_DATABASE
Microsoft Exchange database: MICROSOFT_EXCHANGE_DATABASE
NAS share: NAS_SHARE
PowerStore block volume: POWERSTORE_BLOCK
In the document, modify the property
supportMoveAssetsAcrossProtectionPolicy to enable or disable asset types.