Adding a protection group

You can add a protection group from the Add Simulation page.

Procedure

To add a protection group, complete the procedure:

In the Add Simulation page, click Add > Add Protection Group.
Enter the start date to initiate the simulation for this event.
Select a cluster from the drop down.
Select the storage domain for the selected cluster.
Choose a workload and the initial size.
Select the Data Reduction Ratio, which is a combination of dedupe ratio and compression, and Daily Change Rate.

Note: The above values are populated based on the workload that you choose. You can further refine these ratios if required. For example, if you select a VMware workload, the initial data reduction ratio is populated as 4X with a daily change rate of 2%.
Select an appropriate policy.