Protect Data Source

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Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Protect Data Source activity is used to protect a workload by adding a data source to an existing protection group. A protection group is a named entity that holds the backup policy for a workload.

Important

Important We recommend that protection groups contain only data sources of the same type.

The following items apply to the Replica Creation Method for this release:

  • The Replica Creation Method value of Now is not supported in this release of the integration pack because Data Protection Manager has no reliable way to determine the progress and status of replica creation, other than in the user interface.

  • If you select the Replica Creation Method value of Later, the optional property Replica Creation Time is a required property.

  • If you select the Replica Creation Method value of Manual, the replica creation can be forced by using the Create Recovery Point activity. The Data Protection Manager user interface will display this as a consistency check job.

The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

Protect Data Source Required Properties

Element

Sample value

Replica Creation Method

Later or Manual

Data Source ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the data source for the recovery point, which can be obtained via the Get Data Source activity

Protection Group

The name of the protection group to which the workload will be added

Replica Creation Time

The date and time of the replica creation, Format as 0001-01-01T00:00:00. Required if Replica Creation method is set to Later.

Protect Data Source Published Data

Element

Sample value

DataSourceID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the data source for the recovery point

Protection Group

The name of the protection group to which to add the workload

Replication Time

The date and time of the replica creation, format as 0001-01-01T00:00:00

Replication Type

The replication type

See Also

Concepts

System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Activities
System Center Integration Pack for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager