Viewing policies

View policies to determine whether they must be edited to meet your requirements.

1. To view the active policy set for a policy domain, complete the following steps:
   1. On the Services page of the Operations Center, select a policy domain and click Details.
   2. On the Summary page for the policy domain, click the Policy Sets tab.
      Tip: To help ensure that you can recover data after a ransomware attack, apply the following guidelines:

      • Ensure that the value in the Backups column is a minimum of 2. The preferred value is 3, 4, or more.
      • Ensure that the value in the Keep Extra Backups column is a minimum of 14 days. The preferred value is 30 or more days.
      • Ensure that the value in the Keep Archives column is a minimum of 30 days.

      If IBM Storage Protect for Space Management software is installed on the client, ensure that data is backed up before you migrate it. On the DEFINE MGMTCLASS or UPDATE MGMTCLASS command, specify MIGREQUIRESBKUP=YES. Then, follow the guidelines in the tip.
2. To view inactive policy sets for a policy domain, complete the following steps:
   1. On the Policy Sets page, click the Configure toggle. You can now view and edit the policy sets that are inactive.
   2. Scroll through the inactive policy sets by using the forward and back arrows. When you view an inactive policy set, the settings that differentiate the inactive policy set from the active policy set are highlighted.
   3. Click the Configure toggle. The policy sets are no longer editable.