Creating a protection plan

A protection plan can be applied to multiple workloads 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 the following ways.

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

To create the first protection plan in the Devices section

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.

To run a module on demand (such as Backup, Antivirus and Antimalware protection, Vulnerability assessment, Patch management, or Data protection map), click Run now.

Watch the how-to video Creating the First Protection Plan.

For more information on the Disaster recovery module, see Create a disaster recovery protection plan.

For more information on the Device control module, see Device control.