Creating a storage lifecycle policy
A storage lifecycle policy (SLP) is a storage plan for a set of backups. The operations in an SLP are the backup instructions for the data. Use the following procedure to create an SLP that contains multiple storage operations.
To add a storage operation to a storage lifecycle policy
- On the left, select Storage > Storage lifecycle policies.
- Click Add.
- Enter the Storage lifecycle policy name.
- Add one or more operations to the SLP. The operations are the instructions for the SLP to follow and apply to the data that is specified in the backup policy.
If this is the first operation added to the SLP, click Add.
To add a child operation, select an operation and then click Add child.
- Select an Operation type. If you're creating a child operation, the SLP displays only those operations that are valid based on the parent operation that you selected.
- Configure the properties for the operation.
- The Window tab displays for the following operation types: Backup From Snapshot, Duplication, Import, Index From Snapshot, and Replication. If you'd like to control when the secondary operation runs, create a window for the operation.
- On the Properties tab, go to and expand Advanced. Choose if NetBackup should process active images after the window closes.
- Select Create to create the operation.
- Add additional operations to the SLP as needed. (See step 4.)
- Change the hierarchy of the operations in the SLP if necessary.
- Select Create to create the SLP. NetBackup validates the SLP when it is first created and whenever it is changed.
- Configure a backup policy and select a storage lifecycle policy as the Policy storage.
See Add a policy.