Storage lifecycle policy settings
The following table describes the settings for storage lifecycle policies.
Table: Storage lifecycle policy tab
Setting | Description |
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Storage lifecycle policy name | The Storage lifecycle policy name describes the SLP. The name cannot be modified after the SLP is created. |
Data classification | The defines the level or classification of data that the SLP is allowed to process. The dropdown menu contains all of the defined classifications as well as the Any classification, which is unique to SLPs. The Any selection indicates to the SLP that it should preserve all images that are submitted, regardless of their data classification. This setting is available for SLP configuration only and is not available to configure a backup policy. In an Auto Image Replication configuration where the master server domains run different versions of NetBackup, see the following topic for special considerations: See About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication. The is an optional setting. One data classification can be assigned to each SLP and applies to all operations in the SLP. If a data classification is selected (other than Any), the SLP stores only those images from the policies that are set up for that data classification. If no data classification is indicated, the SLP accepts images of any classification or no classification. The Data classification setting allows the NetBackup administrator to classify data based on relative importance. A classification represents a set of backup requirements. When data must meet different backup requirements, consider assigning different classifications. For example, email backup data can be assigned to the silver data classification and financial data backup may be assigned to the platinum classification. A backup policy associates backup data with a data classification. Policy data can be stored only in an SLP with the same data classification. Once data is backed up in an SLP, the data is managed according to the SLP configuration. The SLP defines what happens to the data from the initial backup until the last copy of the image has expired. |
Priority for secondary operations | The option is the priority that jobs from secondary operations have in relationship to all other jobs. The priority applies to the jobs that result from all operations except for Backup and Snapshot operations. Range: 0 (default) to 99999 (highest priority). For example, you may want to set the Priority for secondary operations for a policy with a gold data classification higher than for a policy with a silver data classification. The priority of the backup job is set in the backup policy on the Attributes tab. |
Operations | Use the Add child, Edit, and Delete options to create a list of operations in the SLP. An SLP must contain one or more operations. Multiple operations imply that multiple copies are created. The list also contains the columns that display information about each operation. Not all columns are displayed by default. |
Use the move option to change the hierarchy of the source for each copy. One copy can be the source for many other copies. | |
The and Postponed options refer to the processing of all duplication operations in the SLP. Note: These options apply to any duplication operations that create tar-formatted images. For example, those created with bpduplicate. These options do not affect the images that are duplicated as a result of OpenStorage optimized duplication or NDMP. Nor do they affect if one or more destination storage units are specified as part of a storage unit group.
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option | Select this option to see how changes to this SLP can affect the policies that are associated with this SLP. The option generates a report that displays on the Validation report tab. This option performs the same validation as the -conflict option performs when used with the nbstl command. |