Commvault backup plans specify how your data is protected, including where backups are stored and how long they're retained.
What backup plans do I need?
You can create backup plans based on how critical data is:
- Business-critical data: Frequent backups, long backup retention, and storage in a frequent access storage class.
- Non-critical data: Infrequent backups, shorter backup retention, and storage in an infrequent access storage class.
To create a backup plan and storage, follow these steps:
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In Commvault, go to Policy > Plans.
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Click Create plan, and then select Backup.
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Enter a name for the backup plan.
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Leave the Configure backups checkbox selected.
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For Storage, click the add button to add storage for backups, and then select Air Gap Protect.
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Enter a name for the storage, and then specify where to store the primary copy.
The settings for the storage depend on the type of storage you're adding.
What's a "copy"?
Basically, a "copy" is a backup and where the backup is stored. The first copy is often called the "primary copy", and you can specify additional copies. For example, you might specify a copy to backup storage in a different region than the primary copy.
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For MediaAgent and DDB MediaAgent, select an access node that's in the same region as the workloads this backup plan is for.
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Click Save.
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Specify the backup frequency.
For example, you can run 1 backup every day, and retain the backup for 1 month.
You can also specify extended retention for the backup.
Important
Don't add a snap copy (Add snap copy) at this time. After you finish onboarding a workload and confirm that backups work as expected, you can enable snaps for the workload.
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Click Save.