Use the Specify Long-Term Goals page of the Create New Protection Group Wizard to generate your long-term recovery goals.
For information about recovery point schedules for long-term protection, in the DPM Planning Guide, see Planning Protection Groups (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=178424).
This page contains the elements described in the following table.
Elements
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Retention range |
Type or select how long you need your backed-up data available. You can select a retention range between 1 and 99 years. |
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Frequency of backup |
Select the backup frequency that you want. The backup frequency is based on the specified retention range, as shown in the following list:
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Recovery points |
Lists the recovery point schedule. Each express full backup creates a recovery point for application data. If the application supports incremental backups, each synchronization also creates a recovery point. |
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Restore Defaults |
Click to restore the defaults back to a three month retention range and a weekly backup frequency. |
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Customize |
Click to change the tape label and to customize the schedule of backup jobs for your recovery goals. This schedule will replace the default schedule. |
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Modify |
Click to modify the long-term backup schedule. You have a number of scheduling options for long-term protection, depending on your retention range and backup frequency. If the frequency of backup is set as daily, then you can select the days that you want DPM to create your recovery points to accommodate your business needs and recovery requirements.
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After specifying your long-term recovery goals for the protection group, click Next.