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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing and protecting cloud assets
  4. About storage lifecycle policies
  5. SLP configurations for PaaS and IaaS policies
NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide

SLP configurations for PaaS and IaaS policies

For the cloud policy type, it is recommended to create an operation hierarchy for SLP. To help understand different SLP configurations for various snapshot and backup operations along with the combination of backup options, refer to the table. It also provides a distinction between the use cases that are run using the protection plan.

Table: Protection Plan vs Policy SLP for IaaS policy type

Protection plan

Protection plan backup option

Equivalent SLP operation for policy

Policy backup options

A.I.R (Replication)

N/A

  • Snapshot

    • Backup From Snapshot

      • Replication

N/A

Backup from snapshot + Granular recovery

Enable granular recovery for files and folder.

  • Snapshot

    • Backup From Snapshot

Enable granular recovery for files and folder.

Backup from snapshot + Initiate backup when snapshot is about to expire.

Enable granular recovery for files and folder.

  • Snapshot

    • Cloud Snapshot Index

    • Backup From Snapshot (Select "Postpone creation of this copy until source copy is about to expire")

Enable granular recovery for files and folder.

Duplicate copy

N/A

  • Snapshot

    • Backup From Snapshot

      • Duplication

N/A

Initiate a backup when snapshot is about to expire.

N/A

  • Snapshot

    • Backup From Snapshot (Select "Postpone creation of this copy until source copy is about to expire")

N/A

Keep backup only

N/A

  • Snapshot (Select "Expire after copy" retention)

    • Backup From Snapshot

N/A

Keep snapshot along with backup

N/A

  • Snapshot

    • Backup From Snapshot

N/A

Keep snapshot only

N/A

Snapshot

N/A

Snapshot only + Granular recovery

Enable granular recovery for files and folder

  • Snapshot

    • Cloud Snapshot Index

Enable granular recovery for files and folder

Table: Protection Plan vs Policy SLP for PaaS policy type

Protection Plan

Equivalent SLP operation for policy

Backup

Backup as primary operation

A.I.R. (Replication)

  • Backup

    • Replication

Duplicate

  • Backup

    • Duplication

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