Creating CDP Policies
To protect VMs with CDP, you must configure a CDP policy. The CDP policy defines which VMs to protect, where to store replicas, how often create short-term and long-term restore points, and so on. One CDP policy can process one or multiple VMs.
To create a CDP policy use the New CDP Policy wizard.
- Check prerequisites
- Launch the New CDP Policy wizard
- Specify a job name and advanced settings
- Select VMs to replicate
- Exclude objects from being replicated
- Specify the VM processing order
- Select a destination for replicas
- Configure network mapping
- Configure re-IP rules
- Configure seeding and mapping
- Specify data transfer and replica settings
- Specify notification settings
- Configure a replication schedule
- Specify guest processing settings
- Finish working with the wizard