Storage Policy (Snapshot)

Use the Snapshot tab to enable, disable, and configure options for the backup copy operation and for the catalog snapshot operation.

You can enable both the backup copy operation and the catalog snapshot operation in the same storage policy.

Both the Backup Copy tab and the Deferred Catalog tab have a General tab and an Associations tab with similar options.

General Tab

When you select the Enable Backup Copy check box, all options for Backup Copy become available.

When you select the Enable Deferred Snap Cataloging check box, all options for Deferred Catalog become available for the following agents: NDMP, Windows File System, and UNIX File System agent.

• Snapshots Created On or After

  Select this box to enable the backup copy operation or the deferred cataloging operation for snapshots created on or after the specified date.

• Defer Backup Copy for/Defer Snapshot Cataloging for

  Select this box to specify that a snapshot can be moved to media only after the specified number of days after the snapshot was created.

• Job Selection Rules

  • All Backups

    Click to move all backups to this storage policy (including the primary and all copies) to media or to use all backups for the deferred cataloging operation.

  • Choose the Backup Selection Rule

    Click to customize the selection of data.

    • Advanced

      Click to display the Selection Rule dialog box to customize the rules that must be used to select the snapshots for movement to media.

• Source Snap Copy

  Select this box to specify the source copy for IntelliSnap operations.

• Apply Selection Rule for Snap Jobs (NAS and Virtual Server Agents only)

  If selection rule for backup copy (selective backup copy) or selection rule for deferred catalog (selective snapshot copy) is selected and the Full, Incremental, Differential IntelliSnap jobs check box in the Apply Selection Rule for Snap Jobs section is selected, then incremental jobs are considered as full for NAS and Virtual Server agents.

  At a specific time, the latest incremental job along with corresponding full is picked for backup copy if the full job was not already picked.

  Associations Tab

  You can select subclients for which the backup copy or the deferred catalog operation will run.

  Backup Copy Fallen Behind Tab

  Use this dialog box to configure the Backup Copy Fallen Behind alert that predicts about the IntelliSnap backup jobs that are over the specified number of hours old and have not yet been fully backup copied.

  • Enable Backup Copy Fallen Behind

    If the Enable Backup Copy check box is selected on the General tab, then the Enable Backup Copy Fallen Behind check box is selected by default. For storage policies that were configured prior to Service Pack 15, you must select the Enable Backup Copy Fallen Behind check box to generate the alert.

  • Jobs that are over n hours / days old and have not yet been fully copied

    Enter the number of hours / days to configure a time threshold after which the alert will be generated.