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Protection policies define sets of objectives that apply to specific periods of time. These objectives drive configuration, active protection, and copy-data-management operations that satisfy the business requirements for the specified data. Users with the System Admin role can create protection policies.
PowerProtect Data Manager provides the following options when creating a Kubernetes cluster protection policy:
Figure 32. PowerProtect Data Manager policy configuration window
The admin is able to select namespaces and associated PVCs statically or dynamically for inclusion or exclusion in protection policies, along with schedules, retention, and other protection operations as well.
For more information about creating a protection policy, see Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide.