Backup policies

Backup policies let you define how often to backup your assets (frequency), how long to keep backups (retention), where to store your backups (backup tier), and whether to store the backups in the same or different region (destination). See SecureVault backup for more information.

The Backup policies page lists all currently available policies. Each policy in the list includes the following information:

• Policy name: User-defined policy name.
• Configured for: The asset types for which the policy is configured. A policy can be configured for multiple asset types.
• Status: The policy activation state. A policy that is in "Activated" state performs all scheduled tasks, including backups and snapshots, for the assets assigned to the policy. When a policy is created, it is activated by default.
  Deactivating a policy stops all of the policy's scheduled tasks from running, affecting all assets assigned to the policy. When you deactivate a policy, any tasks that are currently in progress will be unaffected and will run to completion.
• Assets: The number of assets assigned to the policy (via their asset type). Click the number to see the list of assets assigned to the policy, organized by asset type
• Backup status: The backup status of a selected asset type over a selected period of time. You can view backup status for the following time periods:
  • Last 24 hours
  • Last 7 days
    The default setting is the Last 7 days. When you select a time period setting, it only applies to the page on which you make the selection. If you navigate to another page for the same asset, the default setting is the Last 7 days, and you will have to select a time period again. However, if you select an asset from the color bar in the Backup status column and navigate to that asset’s page, the updated settings will be reflected on the page. The Backup status color bar displays backup status of the assets covered by a policy. Backup status has the following possible states:

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Note: The following are not included in Backup status:

• RDS PITR
• DynamoDB PITR
• S3 Continuous Backup

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• Actions: The icons in this column indicate the actions you can take for a specific policy. The available actions are Edit, Copy, and Delete. You can edit, delete, or copy a policy based on the permissions of your assigned role. For example, users who are assigned the "Reporting/Audit Admin" role can view but not edit policies. Expand a policy to view the asset types it protects, the number of assets of the asset type assigned to the policy, and the compliance statuses of these assets. Click the number in the Assets column to view details about the assets protected by the policy and the compliance status of each of the assets.

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NOTE: You can only perform actions on policies if they were created in the organizational unit that you are currently logged into.

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Clumio starts the backup seeding process right away to synchronize the data between the asset and Clumio. The initial backup seeding process creates a full backup of the asset and saves it to Clumio. After that, backups are generated based on the policy’s configured schedule. If you add or remove assets from within the Clumio environment, the changes are detected immediately and a backup is triggered. If you make the changes from the asset type account, then those changes are updated in Clumio within an hour.

To create a policy click Create. To activate or deactivate a policy or several policies, select them in the table and then click Activate or Deactivate.