About Protection Policies

A protection policy is the central mechanism for controlling management of backup storage space, based on pre-defined recovery window goals. From the perspective of a DBA, the most important elements of a protection policy are the disk and tape recovery windows.

This section contains the following topics:

• Purpose of Protection Policies

• Overview of Protection Policies

• User Interfaces for Protection Policies

• Basic Tasks for Managing Protection Policies

See Also:

"Protection Policies" for an architectural overview