PowerProtect Data Manager 19.17 Storage Array User Guide

Configure a primary backup objective

Add a primary backup objective to a crash consistent protection policy.

1. Click Add under Primary Backup.
   The Add Primary Backup dialog appears.
2. On the Target pane, specify the following fields:
   1. Storage Name—Select a backup destination from the list of protection storage, or select Add to add protection storage and complete the details in the Storage Target dialog.
   2. Storage Unit—Select whether this protection policy should use a New storage unit on the selected protection storage system, or select an existing storage unit from the list.

      Hover over a storage unit to view the full name and statistics for available capacity and total capacity. For example, testvmpolicy-daily-123ab (300 GB/1 TB).

      The Space field indicates the total amount of space and the percentage of available space on the protection storage system.

      When you select New, PowerProtect Data Manager creates a storage unit on the selected protection storage system upon policy completion. The storage unit name follows the format policy name-hostname-unique identifier.

      For example, testvmpolicy-daily-123cd.

   3. Network Interface—Select a network interface from the list, if applicable.
   4. Retention Lock—Move the Retention Lock slider to the right to activate retention locking for these backups.
      The retention lock mode setting comes from the configuration of the selected storage unit. When you activate retention locking, the Retention Lock Mode field displays the corresponding storage unit setting.

      Setting a retention lock applies to the current backup copy only, and does not impact the retention lock setting for existing backup copies.

3. On the Schedules pane, specify the following fields to schedule a synthetic full backup of this protection policy:
   1. Create a Synthetic Full backup every—Specify how often to create a synthetic full backup. A synthetic full backs up only the data that has changed since the last backup, to create a new, full backup.
   2. Retain for—Specify the retention period for the synthetic full backup.
   3. Start and End—The activity window. Specify a time of day to start the synthetic full backup, and a time of day after which backups cannot be started.
   4. Click Save.
4. To periodically force a full (level 0) backup, click Add backup and then specify the following fields to schedule the full backup:
   NOTE:When you force a full backup, the backup chain resets.
   1. Create a Full backup every—Specify whether you want to create an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly full backup.
   2. Repeat on—Depending on the frequency of the full backup schedule, specify the hour of the day, day of the week, or the date of the month that the full backup will occur.
   3. Retain for—Specify the retention period for this full backup.
   4. Start and End—The activity window. Specify a time of day to start the full backup, and a time of day after which backups cannot be started.
   5. Click Save.
5. Click Add Backup and repeat the procedure if you want to create additional synthetic full backup copies at different intervals with different retention periods.
6. Click Save to save the changes and return to the Objectives page.
   The Objectives page updates to display the name and location of the storage target under Primary Backup.