Creating a protection plan

A protection plan can be applied to multiple machines at the time of its creation, or later. When you create a plan, the system checks the operating system and the device type (for example, workstation, virtual machine, etc.) and shows only those plan modules that are applicable to your devices.

A protection plan can be created in two ways:

• In the Devices section – when you select the device or devices to be protected and then create a plan for them.
• In the Plans section – when you create a plan and then select the machines to be applied to.

Let's consider the first way.

To create the first protection plan

1. In the service console, go to Devices > All devices.
2. Select the machines that you want to protect.

3. Click Protect, and then click Create plan.
   The protection plan default settings open.

4. [Optional] To modify the protection plan name, click on the pencil icon next to the name.
5. [Optional] To enable or disable the plan module, click the switch next to the module name.
6. [Optional] To configure the module parameters, click the corresponding section of the protection plan.
7. When ready, click Create.

The Backup, Antivirus and Antimalware protection, Vulnerability assessment, Patch management, and Data protection map modules can be performed on demand by clicking Run now. For more information on the Disaster recovery module, see Create a disaster recovery protection plan.