PowerProtect Data Manager 19.17 Storage Array User Guide
Supported protection policy objectives
Each objective of a protection policy accomplishes one of the following purposes:
- Primary Backup—Creates and updates the catalog of backups for data that is protected by a centralized protection policy.
- Snapshot—For PowerStore, creates a snapshot of a block volume asset on the storage array, and saves the state of the asset and all data within it at a particular point-in-time on the storage array. Using snapshots, you can protect your data locally and restore assets to a previous state.
- Replication—Sends a replica of designated backups or retentions, along with the associated metadata, to a remote server for additional redundancy.
- Cloud Tier—Moves the designated backups, retentions, or replicas from the local protection storage to an associated cloud unit for long-term storage or archival purposes.
Primary backup objective
A primary backup objective contains a backup target and one or more schedules.
The backup target determines where and how PowerProtect Data Manager stores the asset backups:
- Which protection storage system and storage unit to use.
- Which network interface is necessary to reach the selected protection storage system.
- Whether to activate retention locking that protects against accidental deletion or tampering.
The schedules determine what and when PowerProtect Data Manager backs up:
- For PowerStore, whether to perform the backup through the primary array or a remote replica array.
- When backups should start.
- How often to perform the backup.
- How long to retain the backup.
- The times when PowerProtect Data Manager can and cannot perform backups.
Snapshot objective (PowerStore)
A snapshot objective contains a snapshot location and schedule:
The snapshot location determines where PowerProtect Data Manager stores the snapshots:
- Primary array
- Primary array and replica array
The schedules determine when the snapshot is taken:
- How often to take snapshots.
- How long to retain each snapshot.
- When to start and finish taking snapshots.
Replication objective
A replication objective contains a replication target and schedule:
The replication target determines where and how PowerProtect Data Manager stores the replicas:
- Which protection storage system and storage unit to use.
- Which network interface is necessary to reach the selected protection storage system.
- Whether to activate retention locking that protects against accidental deletion or tampering.
The schedules determine what and when PowerProtect Data Manager replicates:
- The types of backups to replicate.
- When replication should start.
- How often to replicate.
- How long to retain each replica.
- The times when PowerProtect Data Manager can and cannot replicate.
Cloud tier objective
A cloud tier objective contains tiering rules:
- Which backups, retentions, or replicas to move to the cloud tier.
- When to move data to the cloud tier.
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