You can edit a protection plan at any time; however, if the plan is running at that time, your changes will not take effect until the next time the plan runs. To edit a plan, click its Plan Settings action.


To change the store that the plan uses for archiving, click the Change button on the Settings tab and select from the list of available stores.


Click the Apply button at any time to save changes made so far. Click the OK button to save any changes and return to the protection plan page. Click the Cancel button to return to the protection plan page without saving any changes.


The following describes settings you can change specific to plan type.



Files and Folders Protection Plans


From the Plan Settings page of a Files and Folders protection plan, you can:


  • change the store that the plan uses for archiving
  • add more folders/files to be protected
  • remove folders/files to be protected
  • exclude certain folders/files
  • exclude predefined file types
  • change the temporary file storage location


To change which folders and files are protected by the plan, choose the plan settings Folders tab, then click Add to add Include or Exclude rules. Exclude rules always override include rules. For instance, if you include *.tmp and also exclude *.tmp, all .tmp files will be excluded. See Excluding File Types for information about excluding predefined file types from a Files and Folders protection plan.



Exchange Protection Plans


From the Plan Settings page of an Exchange protection plan, you can:


  • change the store that the plan uses for archiving
  • select/deselect Exchange Storage Groups or databases to be protected
  • change the temporary file storage location



SQL Server Protection Plans


From the Plan Settings page of an SQL Server protection plan, you can:


  • change the store that the plan uses for archiving
  • select/deselect SQL databases to be protected
  • select/deselect log truncation per database


Note: The Truncate logs of Full Recovery Model databases switch is ignored on protected databases configured for the simple recovery model.


  • change the temporary file storage location



Computer System Protection Plans


From the Plan Settings page of a Computer System protection plan, you can:


  • change the store that the plan uses for archiving
  • select/deselect drives to be protected
  • change the temporary file storage location