This software allows you to create and save protection plans to store your data on storage prepared for use by the software. A protection plan is made up of a plan type, selections relevant to the type, the store or store group to use, and a schedule specifying when the plan runs. Local plans are protection plans that run on the local server and protect local data. Remote protection plans are plans that run on, and protect data on, remote computers (clients), where the protected data is deduplicated prior to being sent to a store for archiving.


If Microsoft SQL Server and proper licensing are installed on the computer you are protecting, a protection plan type for protecting SQL Server databases will be enabled.


If Microsoft Exchange and proper licensing are installed on the computer you are protecting, a protection plan type for protecting Microsoft Exchange Storage Groups (for Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007) or databases (for all newer versions of Exchange) will be enabled.


If your product is licensed for system recovery and the operating system is supported on the computer you are protecting, a protection plan type called Computer System will be enabled.


Note: Prior to creating a protection plan, you will need to create a store or store group for storing your archived data. See Stores and Store Groups for more information.


To create a protection plan, open Archive Manager. In the console tree, select either the Local Plans folder or a remote computer, depending on where the data resides that you want to protect. Click the Create Protection Plan action and choose a plan type (Files and Folders, Exchange Data, SQL Databases, or Computer System) to start the protection plan wizard.


Provide the following information to complete the protection plan wizard:


  • folders, Exchange Storage Groups or databases, SQL Server databases, or Computer System drives to protect
  • store to use
  • a name for the plan
  • a scheduling option and the administrator account credentials needed to run the plan


When a protection plan is highlighted in the results (center) pane of the Archive Manager, the Actions pane will contain actions applicable to that plan. From the Actions pane, you can run a plan, view its results, view the history of a plan, and modify a plan.


See Run, Edit, Remove a Plan for information about using protection plans.


See the following topics for more information about creating protection plans: