Previous Topic: Delete an Arcserve Backup ServerNext Topic: How to Create a Windows Backup Plan


Creating Plans to Protect Data

To protect a node, you need to create a plan with a backup task. A plan is a group of tasks to manage backup, replication, and creation of virtual standby nodes. A plan consists of a single or multiple tasks. Tasks are a set of activities to define the source, destination, schedule, and advanced parameters.

You can create the following tasks:

Backup Tasks

Lets you create a backup task to protect Windows, Linux, and host-based virtual machine nodes. Based on the type of nodes you want to protect, use one of the following backup tasks:

Agent-Based Windows Backup

Defines a backup task to protect Windows nodes. In an agent-based backup method, an agent component is used to back up data. The agent is installed on the source node.

Host-Based Agentless Backup

Defines a backup task to protect host-based virtual machines in a VMware vCenter/ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V server. In an agentless backup method, you do not need to install an agent component on either the server or the virtual machine. However, you have to install the agent on a proxy server.

Agent-Based Linux

Defines a backup task to protect Linux nodes. The agent is installed on a Linux Backup Server and not on the source nodes that you want to protect.

Replicate from a remote RPS task

Lets you create a task to receive data from a remote recovery point server.

Replicate task

Lets you create a task to replicate backup data from a recovery point server to another recovery point server.

Virtual Standby task

Lets you create a task to create a virtual standby node.

File Copy task

Lets you copy selected files from the source node and store the copied files in a local or shared folder. You can also store the files in a cloud storage.

Copy Recovery Points task

Lets you copy the recovery points to a local or shared folder.

Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS task

Lets you create a task to replicate or send data to a remote recovery point server.

File Archive task

Lets you copy the recovery points to a network share, cloud storage, or volume on a protected node. When the recovery points get copied to the destination, the source files are deleted.

Copy to Tape task

Lets you copy the recovery points to a tape with granular recovery capability directly from tape.

The following table displays the list of follow-up tasks that you can add after Task 1:

Task 1

Follow-up Tasks

Backup: Agent-Based Windows

  • Replicate
  • Virtual Standby
  • Copy Recovery Points
  • File Copy
  • Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
  • File Archive
  • Copy to Tape

Backup: Host-Based Agentless

  • Replicate
  • Virtual Standby
  • Copy Recovery Points
  • Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
  • Copy to Tape

Backup: Agent-Based Linux

  • Replicate
  • Replicate to a remotely-managed RPS
  • Copy to Tape

Replicate data from a remote RPS

  • Virtual Standby
  • Replicate

The following diagram illustrates how different tasks form a backup plan. The diagram also shows parameters that you can define in each task.

UDP_Plan

This section contains the following topics:

How to Create a Windows Backup Plan

How to Create a Linux Backup Plan

How to Create a Host-Based Virtual Machine Backup Plan

How to Create a Virtual Standby Plan

How to View Virtual Standby Settings from the Monitor Server

How to Protect Virtual Standby Machines

How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed from a UDP Console

How to Replicate Data Between Data Stores Managed From Different UDP Consoles

How to Perform an Offline Data Replication Using RPS Jumpstart

How to Create a Copy Recovery Points Plan

How to Create a File Copy Plan

How to Create a File Archive Plan

How to Create a Copy to Tape Plan

How to Create and Manage an Instant Virtual Machine

How to Create a Plan for Replication Across Sites