A plan specifies the storage to back up the data to and other settings such as recovery point objective (RPO) settings.
Procedure
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Click + button.
The Create server backup plan dialog box appears.
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In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the plan.
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For the plan settings, select pre-defined settings or create custom settings:
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To select pre-defined settings, under Retention rules, select one of the following:
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Select Standard retention to retain the incremental backups for 1 month.
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Select Extended retention for optimized storage where the incremental backups of primary and secondary copies are retained for 1 month, and extended retention for monthly and yearly full backups.
Note
The Extended retention option is available only when the secondary copy backup is selected.
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To create custom settings, select Custom plan, and then specify the following:
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For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backup jobs.
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For Retention monthly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the monthly full backup on secondary copy.
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For Retention yearly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the yearly full backup on secondary copy.
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For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.
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Click DONE.
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Click NEXT.