Data Protection

Data Protection Information

Data protection encompasses point-in-time snapshots of datasets and replication of these snapshots. From this tab the admin can monitor data protection health and status for the node as well as configure replication and policies. This tab shows the status of data protection services, peers, policies, and recent restorations. On the Data Protection screen, you can:

  1. View the status of Data Protection and its services

  2. View and drill down into Replication Peers

  3. View the current status of Replication Tasks

Viewing Data Protection Information

To view BrickStor SP Data Protection information at the appliance level, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Connections pane, select the appliance level.

  2. In the details pane, select the Auto Snapshot Data Protection tab.

    dp autosnaptab

Additionally, one can also select a specific dataset in the navigation pane and select the Auto Snapshot Data Protection tab to view the policies for a specific dataset. Each dataset can either have their own individual policy, or the dataset can inherit the policy from its parent dataset.

Configuring Data Protection

Select the dataset to modify and navigate to the Auto Snapshot Data Protection page as described above. The following elements on the Auto Snapshot Data Protection page can be used to configure the data protection policy:

  • The log button takes you to a screen which provides detailed logs of snapshot activity.

  • The protection policy dropdown allows the choice of whether to customize the policy, or to use the default policy for the storage profile.

  • Next to the protection policy dropdown is a small button dp link button for indicating and toggling inheritance. This defines whether the snapshot policy will be inherited from the parent dataset or be independent.

  • The On/Off switch dp onoff switch is used to enable or disable snapshots completely on the dataset.

  • The bar is a graphical representation of the number of snapshots you will have with the policy over the course of a year.

  • Snapshots can be configured to occur at a particular frequency, and each frequency has a customizable retention period.

In this example:

dp data protection example

The first line indicates that snapshots will be taken every 15 minutes and they will be retained for one day. This drop-down can be used to set the frequency within a 24 hour period. Changing the retention will preserve storage space by deleting snapshots that are older than the setting. For example, leaving the frequency at 15 minutes and setting the retention value to 1 day, there will always be snapshots available going back 24 hours but any snapshot older than that will be removed. The retention setting can be set up to 99 days. Beyond 99 days, the value is infinite—​meaning snapshots will never expire.