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Default protection policies

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ONTAP includes several default protection policies you can use for your data protection relationships. The policy you use depends on the protection relationship type.

If the default policies don't meet your data protection relationships needs, you can create a custom policy.

List of default protection policies and descriptions

Default protection policies and their associated policy types are described below.

Name Description Policy type

Asynchronous

A unified SnapMirror asynchronous and vault policy for mirroring the latest active file system and daily and weekly snapshots with an hourly transfer schedule.

Asynchronous

AutomatedFailOver

Policy for SnapMirror synchronous with zero RTO guarantee where client I/O will not be disrupted on replication failure.

Synchronous

AutomatedFailOverDuplex

Policy for SnapMirror synchronous with zero RTO guarantee and bi-directional sync replication.

Synchronous

CloudBackupDefault

Vault policy with daily rule.

Asynchronous

Continuous

Policy for S3 bucket mirroring.

Continuous

DailyBackup

Vault policy with a daily rule and a daily transfer schedule.

Asynchronous

DPDefault

SnapMirror asynchronous policy for mirroring all Snapshot copies and the latest active file system.

Asynchronous

MirrorAllSnapshots

SnapMirror asynchronous policy for mirroring all snapshots and the latest active file system.

Asynchronous

MirrorAllSnapshotsDiscardNetwork

SnapMirror asynchronous policy for mirroring all snapshots and the latest active file system excluding the network configurations.

Asynchronous

MirrorAndVault

A unified SnapMirror asynchronous and vault policy for mirroring the latest active file system and daily and weekly snapshots.

Asynchronous

MirrorAndVaultDiscardNetwork

A unified SnapMirror asynchronous and vault policy for mirroring the latest active file system and daily and weekly snapshots excluding the network configurations.

Asynchronous

MirrorLatest

SnapMirror asynchronous policy for mirroring the latest active file system.

Asynchronous

SnapCenterSync

Policy for SnapMirror synchronous for SnapCenter with Application Created Snapshot configuration.

Synchronous

StrictSync

Policy for SnapMirror synchronous where client access will be disrupted on replication failure.

Synchronous

Synchronous

Policy for SnapMirror synchronous where client access will not be disrupted on replication failure.

Synchronous

Unified7year

Unified SnapMirror policy with 7-year retention.

Asynchronous

XDPDefault

Vault policy with daily and weekly rules.

Asynchronous