WORM Backup Customer Journey for VCOD STD Offering

Introduction

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Customer Journey

The below screenshot summarizes the overall customer journey while the next sections provide more details on how to deal with the feature

Protection Phase

• Access NetBackup Master Server to use B&R Services
  • Netbackup admin console
    
    
• Create / Update Policy with WORM storage unit (STU) or Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) that includes a WORM STU
  • Select assets as usual
    
  • Assign:
    • WORM Enabled Storage unit
      
    • or SLP with WORM enabled STU
      
      Note: Storage is configured with immutability and indelibility using a retention lock
• Run Backup
  • Manual or scheduled backup
    
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    Note: Once the Policy has been applied, the backup will be initiated according to its schedule or
    can be initiated manually and targeting WORM Storage and become immutable and indelible.
    
• WORM Enforcement
  • Backup images:
    • Cannot be deleted
    • Cannot be modified
      Cannot be expired manually
      
• Check or restore Data
  • From the catalog, you can check the WORM attribute of backup images.
  • Perform restore as usual (same procedure for WORM backups than for non-WORM backups).
    

Un-Protection Phase

• Access NetBackup Master Server to use B&R Services
  • Netbackup admin console
    
    
• Update Policy
  • Modify policy:
    • Assign non-WORM storage unist (STU) or Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) that doesn’t include a WORM STU
      
• New Backups (Non-WORM)
  • On-Demand / Scheduled Backup
    • New backups are no longer immutable.
      
      
    • Existing WORM Images
      • Existing WORM backup images remain locked until retention expires, they cannot be manually
        expired or deleted
        
        
• Restore Data
  • From the catalog, you can check the WORM attribute of backup images.
  • Perform restore as usual (same procedure for WORM backups than for non-WORM backups).