Create a policy to back up datastores in BlueXP backup and recovery
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You can create a policy or use one of the following predefined policies that are available in BlueXP backup and recovery.
NOTE To switch to and from BlueXP backup and recovery workloads, refer to Switch to different BlueXP backup and recovery workloads.
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You should create policies if you do not want to edit the predefined policies.
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To move backups from object store to archival storage, you should be running ONTAP 9.10.1 or later and Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure should be the cloud provider.
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You should configure the archive access tier for each cloud provider.
The following predefined policies are available in BlueXP:
| Policy Name | Label | Retention Value |
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1 Year Daily LTR (Long Term Retention) |
Daily |
366 |
5 Years Daily LTR |
Daily |
1830 |
7 Year Weekly LTR |
Weekly |
370 |
10 Year Monthly LTR |
Monthly |
120 |
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In the Virtual machines page, from the Settings drop-down list, select Policies.
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Select Create policy.
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In the Policy Details section, specify the policy name.
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In the Retention section, select one of the retention type and specify the number of backups to retain.
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Select Primary or Secondary as the backup storage source.
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(Optional) If you want to move backups from object store to archival storage after a certain number of days for cost optimization, select the Tier Backups to Archival checkbox and enter the number of days after which the backup should be archived.
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Select Create.
You cannot edit or delete a policy, which is associated with a datastore.