Managing Protection Policies

Protection policies provide automated backup retention management. Learn how to configure and manage protection policies in Recovery Service.

• About Protection Policies
  Recovery Service uses protection policies to control specific requirements for backup retention, backup storage location, and backup protection. The OCI Console is the primary interface to view and manage the protection policies.

• Using Retention Lock to Protect Backups
  Retention lock applies to the backup retention period defined in a protection policy.

• Listing Protection Policies
  View the protection policies in a specific compartment in Recovery Service.

• Getting Protection Policy Details
  Use these steps to access information about a protection policy.

• Creating a Protection Policy
  Create a custom protection policy in Recovery Service.

• Updating a User-Defined Protection Policy
  While Oracle-defined protection policies cannot be modified, you can update the configuration of a user-defined custom protection policy.

• Moving a Protection Policy
  Move a protection policy to a different compartment in your tenancy.

• Deleting a Protection Policy
  You can delete only the user-defined protection policies that you no longer use.