Apply a backup plan to protect a data resource, overview

You protect an application by assigning a resource profile and a template to it. This defines a backup plan to backup the application data.

Note: This is an overview of the procedure. When you are ready to protect an application, see the specific procedure for that application type.

To apply a backup template:

1. Click the App Manager tab and select the Applications option from the drop-down list. The Applications page opens.

2. Select the application that you want to protect, and then choose Manage Backup Plan from the drop-down list at the bottom right corner of the page. The Manage Backup Plan page opens.

3. Choose from the Template and Profile drop-down lists:

   • Template. An existing backup template that includes policies to define the snapshot or replication of the application data.
   • Profile. An existing resource profile that defines the resources used to store the data of the application as snapshot or replicated images.

   The Manage Backup Plan page shows a view of the policies assigned to the selected applications in the backup plan policy map. Data backup comes from the template policies and profiles that you designed in the backup plans.

4. Click Apply Backup Plan. The Apply Backup Plan page opens.

5. Configure the application's details and settings and policy overrides settings.

   • Application Settings. Apply application-specific settings. Application settings may be useful or required in certain circumstances.
   • Policy Overrides. Override specific policy settings previously configured in the selected backup template.
   Note: You can override policy settings only if the policy template Allow Overrides on Policy Settings property has been set to Yes.

6. Click Apply backup plan to apply the backup template and resource profile. A success message displays.

7. Click Okay.

   The application may not get backed up until the scheduled job runs according to the hours of operations defined in the backup template. For example, if at 10:00 (UTC) you assign a template that has hours of operation from 02:00 to 05:00 (UTC), then the first job will not start until the appliance has an available job slot at 02:00 (UTC) of the following day. To run a job immediately, see perform an on-demand capture.

   Note: All policies start and end times are in UTC time zone.

   To change backup plan settings for the application, see Modify backup plan management of a managed application. To disable a backup plan, see Removing backup plan management of an application.

Note: To reset one or more application settings back to its default state, click the Reset to Default check box to the right of the selection you want to reset, or click Reset All to Default to reset all application selections back to their default state.

Disable or remove a backup plan from an application

You can disable a backup plan, temporarily suspending backup jobs, and you can remove a backup plan from an application entirely, while keeping it available for other applications.

To disable or remove a backup plan:

1. Click the App Manager tab and select the Applications option from the drop-down list. The Applications page opens.

2. Select the application that you want to unprotect, and then choose Manage Backup Plan from the drop-down list at the bottom right corner of the page. The Manage Backup Plan page opens, showing the currently applied template and profile.

3. Click the dropdown at Apply. The options to Disable and Remove Backup Plan appear.

   • Disabling the plan leaves it associated with the application but suspends all backup jobs until you re-enable protection in the same way that you disabled it (Disable now appears as Enable for the selected application).

   • Removing the plan removes it from the application but keeps it available for other applications.

Note: To delete a template from the system completely , see Delete a backup template.

Application-types specific protection procedures

• Compute Engine instances
• VMware VM
• File systems and Filestore
• Oracle databases
• Microsoft SQL server databases
• SAP HANA databases
• Other databases
• Generic applications (LVM)

What's next

• Get an overview of backup plan
• Create a backup template
• Create a backup policy
• Create a resource profile
• Configure advanced policy settings of an application backed up by the policy
• Apply a backup plan to an application