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With metro volumes, you can assign only protection policies that include snapshot rules. Policies that include a replication rule cannot be assigned to a metro volume. Assign a protection policy to a storage object About this task Assign a protection policy to a volume, volume group, file system, or NAS server. Steps 1. Select the check box of the storage resource to which you want to assign a protection policy. 2. Select Protect > Assign Protection Policy. NOTE: if you selected an invalid resource, the assign option is inactive. Hovering your mouse over the Assign Protection Policy displays a tooltip explaining why it is invalid for this action. 3. From the Assign Protection Policy slide-out panel, select the protection policy. 4. Click Apply. Assign a protection policy to multiple storage objects About this task Assign a protection policy to multiple storage objects of the same type (volumes, volume groups, file systems, or NAS servers). Steps 1. Select Protection > Protection Policies. 2. Select the checkbox a policy from the list and then select More Actions > Assign Protection Policy. The Assign Protection Policy slide-out panel provides a summary of all the storage resources that are already have an assigned protection policy. 3. From the Assign Protection Policy slide-out panel, select the resource type and then select the relevant objects from the resource list. 4. Repeat Step 3 if you want to assign the selected policy to additional resource types. 5. Click Assign. Change the protection policy assigned to a storage object About this task NOTE: You can only change assignment of protection policies that do not have a replication rule, or if the remote system specified in the new policy is the same as the one specified in the old policy. To change assignment of a protection policy with a replication rule using a different remote system, remove the old policy before assigning a new one. Steps 1. Select the relevant storage resource to open its Overview window. 2. Click the Protection tab. 3. Next to the assigned protection policy name, click Change. 4. In the Change Protection Policy slide-out panel, select a different protection policy. 5. Click Apply. 18 Protection Policies

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With metro volumes, you can assign only protection policies that include snapshot rules. Policies that include a replication rule
cannot be assigned to a metro volume.
Assign a protection policy to a storage object
About this task
Assign a protection policy to a volume, volume group, file system, or NAS server.
Steps
1.
Select the check box of the storage resource to which you want to assign a protection policy.
2.
Select
Protect
>
Assign Protection Policy
.
NOTE:
if you selected an invalid resource, the assign option is inactive. Hovering your mouse over the
Assign
Protection Policy
displays a tooltip explaining why it is invalid for this action.
3.
From the
Assign Protection Policy
slide-out panel, select the protection policy.
4.
Click
Apply
.
Assign a protection policy to multiple storage objects
About this task
Assign a protection policy to multiple storage objects of the same type (volumes, volume groups, file systems, or NAS servers).
Steps
1.
Select
Protection
>
Protection Policies
.
2.
Select the checkbox a policy from the list and then select
More Actions
>
Assign Protection Policy
.
The
Assign Protection Policy
slide-out panel provides a summary of all the storage resources that are already have an
assigned protection policy.
3.
From the
Assign Protection Policy
slide-out panel, select the resource type and then select the relevant objects from the
resource list.
4.
Repeat Step 3 if you want to assign the selected policy to additional resource types.
5.
Click
Assign
.
Change the protection policy assigned to a storage object
About this task
NOTE:
You can only change assignment of protection policies that do not have a replication rule, or if the remote system
specified in the new policy is the same as the one specified in the old policy. To change assignment of a protection policy
with a replication rule using a different remote system, remove the old policy before assigning a new one.
Steps
1.
Select the relevant storage resource to open its
Overview
window.
2.
Click the
Protection
tab.
3.
Next to the assigned protection policy name, click
Change
.
4.
In the
Change Protection Policy
slide-out panel, select a different protection policy.
5.
Click
Apply
.
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Protection Policies