Protection plan cheat sheet

The following table summarizes the available protection plan parameters. Use the table to create a protection plan that best fits your needs.

WHAT TO BACK UP		ITEMS TO BACK UP Selection methods	WHERE TO BACK UP	SCHEDULE Backup schemes	HOW LONG TO KEEP

Disks/volumes (physical machines)		Direct selection Policy rules File filters	Cloud Local folder Network folder NFS* Secure Zone**	Always incremental (Single-file) Always full Weekly full, Daily incremental Monthly full, Weekly differential, Daily incremental (GFS) Custom (F-D-I)	By backup age (single rule/per backup set) By number of backups By total size of backups*** Keep indefinitely
Disks/volumes (virtual machines)		Policy rules File filters	Cloud Local folder Network folder NFS*
Files (physical machines only)		Direct selection Policy rules File filters	Cloud Local folder Network folder NFS* Secure Zone**	Always incremental (Single-file) Always full Weekly full, Daily incremental Monthly full, Weekly differential, Daily incremental (GFS) Custom (F-D-I)
ESXi configuration		Direct selection	Local folder Network folder NFS*
Websites (files and MySQL databases)		Direct selection	Cloud	—
System state		Direct selection	Cloud Local folder Network folder	Always full Weekly full, daily incremental Custom (F-I)
SQL databases		Direct selection
Exchange databases		Direct selection
Microsoft Office 365	Mailboxes (local Agent for Office 365)	Direct selection	Cloud Local folder Network folder	Always incremental (Single-file)
	Mailboxes (cloud Agent for Office 365)	Direct selection	Cloud	—
	Public folders	Direct selection
	OneDrive files	Direct selection Policy rules
	SharePoint Online data	Direct selection Policy rules
	Teams	Direct selection
G Suite	Gmail mailboxes	Direct selection	Cloud	—
	Google Drive files	Direct selection Policy rules
	Shared drive files	Direct selection Policy rules
	Shared drive files	Direct selection Policy rules

* Backup to NFS shares is not available in Windows.

** Secure Zone cannot be created on a Mac.

*** The By total size of backups retention rule is not available with the Always incremental (single-file) backup scheme or when backing up to the cloud storage.