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How to Delete a Protection Group
Updated: November 1, 2008
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
A protection group is a collection of data sources that share the same protection configuration. Data sources within a protection group are referred to as protection group members.
To delete a protection group, you must first stop protection of the group. You can use the following procedure to stop protection and enable deletion of a protection group.
To delete a protection group by stopping protection
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Protection on the navigation bar.
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In the display pane, select the protection group to stop protecting.
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In the Actions pane, click Stop protection of group. The Stop Protection dialog box appears.
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Choose whether to retain or delete protected data:
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Click Retain protected data to retain the replica on disk with associated recovery points and tapes for the retention range.
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Click Delete protected data to delete the replica on disk and expire the recovery points on tapes.
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Click Retain protected data to retain the replica on disk with associated recovery points and tapes for the retention range.
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Click Stop Protection. Data sources within the protection group are no longer protected, and DPM deletes the protection group.
