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Edit or Copy Backup Policies

CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup lets you edit or copy CA ARCserve D2D backup policies after they are created.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the application.

   Click Policies on the Navigation bar to open the Policies screen.

2. From the Policies screen, click the check box next to a policy and do one of the following:
   • Click Edit on the toolbar and edit the selected policy.
   • Click Copy on the toolbar to copy and create a new policy from the selected policy.

     Note: When you copy a policy, the Copy Policy dialog opens. Specify a name for the new policy and click OK.

   The Edit Policy dialog opens.

3. If you want to change the name of the policy name, specify a name in the Policy Name field.
4. On the Backup Settings tab, click Protection Settings and complete the following information:
   • Backup Destination--Specify a remote shared folder where you want to save your backup sessions.
   • CA ARCserve D2D VM Backup Proxy--Specify the host name or IP address of the server where CA ARCserve D2D has been installed. If CA ARCserve D2D is not already installed, you can use CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager to deploy it. Provide the appropriate credentials for this server. The Port number defaults to 8014. If you changed this default during CA ARCserve D2D installation, specify the correct port number.
   • Retention Setting--You can set the retention policy that is based on the number of recovery points to retain (merges sessions) or based on the number of recovery sets to retain (deletes recovery sets and disables infinite incrementals). The default option is Retain Recovery Points. For more details, see Specify Protection Settings from the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager User Guide.
   • Compression--Select a compression level. The default value is Standard. You can specify no compression or Maximum.
   • Encryption--Specify an encryption level. The default value is no encryption. When specifying an encryption level, provide an encryption password that is used to restore encrypted data.
   • Throttle Backup--Enter the rate at which backups are written to disk. Lower this rate to reduce CPU or network load but note that doing so increases backup times. This option is disabled by default.
5. Click Schedule and complete the following information:
   • Start date and time--Specify the date and time you want to begin your backup jobs.
   • Incremental Backup--Define a repeat schedule for your incremental backup jobs. The default value is to repeat Incremental Backups once a day.
   • Full Backup--Define a repeat schedule for your full backup jobs. By default, this value is set to Never Repeat.
   • Verify Backup--Define a repeat schedule for verify backup jobs. By default, this value is set to Never Repeat.
6. Click Advanced and complete the following information:
   • Truncate log--Enable the following options when you want to truncate application log files:
     • SQL Server--Specify a daily, weekly, or monthly truncation schedule.
     • Exchange Server--Specify a daily, weekly, or monthly truncation schedule.
   • Reserve Space on Destination--Specify the percentage of space to reserve to perform one backup. This amount of continuous space is then immediately reserved on the destination before the backup starts writing data and helps improve backup speed.
   • Catalogs--Select the Generate File System catalog for faster search after each backup option to reduce your browser search wait time.

     If this option is not selected, the restores can be performed immediately after backup without having to wait for the catalog job to finish. By default, this option is not enabled.

     Note: When you generate a File System catalog for each backup job; it results in an increased amount of disk storage that must store the metadata files and catalog files and an increase in CPU usage. In addition, if the backup source contains many files, the process of generating a catalog could be a time consuming task.

     Note: If you selected an ReFS or deduplicated NTFS volume as the backup source, a catalog cannot be generated and a warning message is displayed to inform you of this condition.

7. Click Pre/Post Backup Settings and specify any required pre/post-backup commands. If needed, provide the proper credentials:
   • Run a command before backup is started--Enter the script command to run before starting the backup job.
   • On exit code--Enable this option if you want to trigger the script command on a specific exit code.
   • Run Job--If selected, the software continues running the job if the specified exit code is returned.
   • Fail Job--If selected, the software aborts the backup job if the specified exit code is returned.
   • Run a command after snapshot is taken--Enter the script command to run after the snapshot is taken.
   • Run a command after backup is over--Enter the script command to run after backup completes.
8. (Optional) Click the Preferences tab. Configure any desired email alerts, as needed. If you enable these options, click Email Settings to configure your email server.
9. Click Save.

The policy is edited or copied.