Create backup policies

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Backup policies, which are also referred to as service level agreement (SLA) policies, define parameters that are applied to backup jobs. These parameters specify the frequency of backup jobs, the retention period for backed up data, and other directives for backup operations.

Before you begin

IBM Storage® Protect Plus includes default SLA policies as described in Managing SLA policies for backup operations. You can use the default policies as they are or modify the policies. You can also create custom SLA policies.

For example purposes, create the following SLA policies:
An SLA policy for the resources that you want to protect
This SLA policy is applied to backup jobs for the resources that you want to protect.
An SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog
This SLA policy is applied to backup jobs for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog. The catalog consists of data such as application configuration settings, SLA policies, backup storage settings, and information about registered resources, restore points, and jobs.
A catalog backup is helpful in a natural disaster or other unexpected event. By accessing data in the catalog backup, you can help to restore normal system operations.

To optimize backup jobs, always create separate SLA policies for backing up resources and for backing up the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog. To balance the system workload, ensure that the SLA policies do not define run times that would cause the jobs to run concurrently.

About this task

For example purposes, this task describes how to create an SLA policy that defines the backup operation for VMware resources to a vSnap server and separate policy to back up the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog to a vSnap server. For information about how to set up SLA policies for other configurations, see Managing SLA policies for backup operations.

Procedure

To create the SLA policies, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation panel, click Manage Protection > Policy Overview.
  2. Click Add SLA Policy to open the Add SLA Policy wizard.
  3. To create SLA policies for resources and IBM Storage Protect Plus, take the appropriate action:
    Action How to
    Create an SLA policy for resources.
    1. Select Virtualized systems in the Category list.
    2. Click Tiered vSnap and then click Next. The SLA policy options are displayed on the Policy rules page.
    3. Complete the steps in the wizard. For assistance, see Creating an SLA policy for hypervisor backup to a vSnap server.
    Create an SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog.
    1. Select IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog in the Category list.
    2. Click Catalog to vSnap and then click Next. The SLA policy options are displayed on the Policy rules page.
    3. Complete the steps in the wizard. For assistance, see Creating an SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog to back up to a vSnap server.