User`s guide

"green"

"orange"

"blue"

"violet"

Inherited

Applied directly

All machines -> #4

G1 -> G2 -> #4

G2 -> #4

#5 or #6

"green"

"orange"

"blue"

Inherited

All machines -> #5 or #6

G1 -> G2 -> #5 or #6

G2 -> #5 or #6

2.12.5 Backup policy's state and statuses

Centralized management presumes that the administrator can monitor the health of the entire

product infrastructure using a few easily understandable parameters. The state and status of a

backup policy are included in such parameters. Issues, if any, arise from the very bottom of the

infrastructure (tasks on managed machines) to the cumulative policy status. The administrator

checks the status at a glance. If the status is not OK, the administrator can navigate down to the issue

details in a few clicks.

This section helps you understand the policies' states and statuses displayed by the management

server.

2.12.5.1 Policy deployment state on a machine

To see this parameter, select any group, containing the machine, in the tree, then select the

machine, and then select the Backup policies tab on the Information pane.

Once you apply a policy to a machine or a group of machines, the server deploys the policy to the

machines. On each of the machines, the agent creates a backup plan. While the policy is transferred

to the machine and the backup plan is being created, the policy's deployment state on the machine is

Deploying.

Once the backup plan is successfully created, the policy state on the machine becomes Deployed.

You may need to modify the policy for some reason. Once you confirm the changes, the

management server updates the policy on all machines the policy was deployed to. While the

changes are transferred to the machine and the agent updates the backup plan, the policy state on

the machine is Updating. Once the policy is updated, its state becomes Deployed again. This state

means that the policy is functioning and no changes are currently being made to it.

A policy that was modified while being deployed remains in the Deploying state. The management

server just starts to deploy the modified policy from the beginning.

You may need to revoke the policy from the machine or from the group the machine is included in.

Once you confirm the changes, the management server revokes the policy from the machine. While

the changes are transferred to the machine and the agent deletes the backup plan from it, the policy

state on the machine is Revoking.

You may change grouping conditions or the machine may change its properties so that the machine

leaves one group and is included into another. This may result in revoking one policy and deploying