The purpose of the Policies report is to ensure that your environment is being properly protected by adhering to regulatory guidelines in the event of a compliance audit. This report can be used in conjunction with the Schedule History Report to monitor the success of your schedules. See Schedule History Report for additional details.
The Policies report displays all policies applied to your schedules, including retention policies, schedule frequencies, inclusions, and exclusions. Each protected asset has a separate entry line in the report.
Fields are described in the following table; the fields that display are dependent on your schedule and report settings.
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Column |
Description |
|---|---|
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System |
The system that hosts the assets being protected. |
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Client |
The name of the client associated with the backup schedule. Based on your schedule, this may not be the protected asset. |
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Application |
The application associated with the backup schedule. Based on your schedule, this may not be the protected asset. |
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DB/VM |
The database or virtual machine associated with the backup schedule. Based on your schedule, this may not be the protected asset. |
|
Backup types |
The backup type scheduled to run (incremental, differential, full). |
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Schedule name |
The name of the backup schedule. |
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Description |
The description of the schedule. |
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Schedule Frequency |
The days and times the backup schedule is executed. |
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Inclusions |
The total number of inclusions applied to the schedule. Select the output field for detailed information. |
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Exclusions |
The total number of exclusions applied to the schedule. Select the output field for detailed information. |
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Legal Hold (days) |
The hard minimum limit on the number of days a backup will be held. Any backup within the legal hold limits cannot be purged. |
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Min retention goal (days) |
The minimum number of days to attempt to retain backups. |
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Max retention goal (days) |
The maximum number of days to retain backups before purging. |
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Output |
Detailed information about the inclusions and exclusions as well as other schedule settings. |