Setting the at-risk policy for a virtual machine

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Virtual machines (VMs) can be at risk of being unprotected because of failed or missed backup operations. You can set a policy for a VM that specifies if or when the VM is shown as at-risk if a backup operation does not occur in a specified time interval.

About this task

By default, the default at-risk policy is set for each VM. You can use the default policy, set a custom policy, or choose to ignore the policy.

You can also change the value for the default policy. This value is applied to all VMs that use the default policy.

Procedure

To change the default at-risk policy, select a custom at-risk policy for selected VMs, or set selected VMs to ignore the at-risk policy, complete the following steps:

  1. Select an inventory object that contains the VM in the vSphere Web Client object navigator and click Monitor > IBM Storage Protect.
  2. Complete one of the following actions:
    Option Description
    To set the default at-risk policy
    1. From the Actions menu, click Set Default At-Risk Policy.
    2. Set the time from the last backup in which the backup operation must occur. The default is 24 hours.
    To set a custom at-risk policy
    1. Select the VMs for which you want to set a custom policy.
    2. From the Actions menu, click Set At-Risk Policy. You can also access the Set At-Risk Policy option by selecting the VMs and clicking the policy icon or right-clicking the selected VMs.
    3. Click Custom and set the time from the last backup in which the backup operation must occur. The default is 6 hours.
    To ignore the at-risk policy
    1. Select the VMs for which you want to suppress at-risk warnings.
    2. From the Actions menu, click Set At-Risk Policy. You can also access the Set At-Risk Policy option by selecting the VMs and clicking the policy icon or right-clicking the selected VMs.
    3. Click Ignore.

Results

If the at-risk policy is set to default or custom for a VM, At Risk is shown for the VM if a backup does not occur within the time interval that is set by the policy. If the VM has never been backed up, the VM is also considered at-risk and No Backup is shown.

If the at-risk policy is set to Ignore for a VM, the risk status Ignored is shown for the VM regardless of the status of the backup.