Getting Started - Creating a Storage Policy for a Disk Storage Pool or a Cloud Storage Pool

You can create a storage policy for a disk storage pool or a cloud storage pool.

Before You Begin

A storage pool must be configured on the CommServe before creating a storage policy.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Policies.

2. Right-click Storage Policies, and then click New Storage Policy.

   The Create Storage Policy Wizard page appears.

3. In the What will this storage policy be used for page, select the appropriate storage policy type, and click Next.

   • Data Protection and Archiving - Select this option to protect standard iDataAgents data (that is to protect production data within an environment).

   • CommServe Disaster Recovery Backup - Select this option to protect CommServe metadata database.

4. In the Enter the storage policy name page, specify the appropriate information, and click Next.

   1. In the Storage Policy Name box, type a name for the storage policy.

   2. (Optional) Select the Incremental Storage Policy check box, and then select a appropriate storage policy from the list.

      The selected storage policy will be used to run an incremental backups.

   3. (Optional) Select the Log Storage Policy check box, and then select a storage policy from the drop down list for the log backups.

   4. (Optional) Select the Provide the OnCommand Unified Manager Server Information check box, to access the OnCommand Unified Manager Server information.

      OnCommand Unified Manager is NetApp database management software required for NetApp Snap Vault or Snap Mirror operations. See OnCommand Unified Manager for more information.

5. In the Select Storage Pool page, select a storage pool from the Storage Pool list, and then click Next.

   To create a storage pool, click Add, and then click the storage pool type. For more information, see Network Storage Pool.

6. In the Enter the streams and retention criteria page, specify appropriate settings, and then click Next.

   1. In the Number of Device Streams box, specify the number of streams to perform backup or restore operations for all the subclients that will use this storage policy.

   2. Under iDataAgent Backup data area, specify the amount of time and number of full backup cycles that you want to retain the data that is backed up (for file system agents) through this storage policy.

      Note: Archiving agents keep at least 1 cycle when 0 is selected.

   If you selected Use Existing Storage Pool in step 5, then proceed to the last step.

   Note

   The Archiver data Retention column of the Content page of storage policy is applicable to Classic archiver clients.

7. In the Enable deduplication on Storage policy page, specify appropriate settings, and then click Next.

   To enable deduplication, select the Enable deduplication check box.

   1. From the Number of Partitions list, type or select number of partitions for the deduplication database (DDB).

      You can specify a maximum of four partitions for the DDB. In this example, we have specified two partitions for the DDB.

   2. Under MediaAgent And Partition Path column, click Choose Path.

      The Partition Path dialog box appears.

   3. From the MediaAgent list, select the name of the MediaAgent that is used to host the DDB.

   4. In the Partition Path box, enter the file path where you want to locate the DDB.

      Note

      When you host the DDB on different MediaAgents, make sure all of the MediaAgents are online and are on 64-bit computers. See Deduplication System Requirements for more information on Partitioned DDB software requirements.

      The DDB must be located in a folder and not directly under the root of a disk volume.

      Do not host the DDB under the software installation directory (that is <Software_Installation_Path>\Base folder).

      For Linux, make sure to host the DDB on LVM volumes. This helps with the DDB Backups using LVM software snapshots.

      For better performance, host each deduplication database on different physical drives.

   5. In the Partition Path dialog box, click OK.

      The added MediaAgent and partition path will appear under the MediaAgent And Partition Path column.

   6. Repeat the above steps for each partition.

8. In the Advanced settings for the primary copy page, select the Software Encryption option to encrypt data in the primary copy.

   • From the Cipher list, select a cipher.

   • From the Key Length list, select 128 or 256.

9. In the Select/Add the OnCommand Unified Manager page, specify the OnCommand Unified Manager Server information, and then click Next.

   This page appears only when you select the Provide the OnCommand Unified Manager Server Information check box in step 4.

   • If a OnCommand Unified Manager server exists, select server name from the Select list.

   • If you want to add a new OnCommand Unified Manager Server, click Add and provide the OnCommand Unified Manager server information.

10. In the Review your selections page, click Finish.