Specifications

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Continuous Data Protection
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3.2 Policy Management
The IT Administrator can establish common back up policies that propagate across all clients
connected to Lasso CDP Appliance or individual client PCs/Laptops (Figure 19).
• General Settings - Set backup limits and
restrict client functionality.
o Policy Name
- Gives the ability to
identify a policy easily
o Local Quota
- Establishes how much
data a client is allowed to backup
locally to Lasso CDP
o Offsite Quota
- Establishes how much
data a client is allowed to backup to
the secure offsite location
o Enable Local Management
- Gives the
client the ability to select folders and
applications for backup
o Enable Remote Access for this Policy
-
Allows the client to retrieve backed up
files from a remote location
o Enable Remote File Sharing - Allows
the client to share backed up folders
with customers, partners, employees,
or anyone else
o Enable Offsite Backup for this Policy
-
Makes sure that all folders selected for
local backup will also be backed up
at the secure offsite location
o Revision Limit
- Limits the number of file
versions that in stored locally on Lasso
CDP
Figure 19
• Folder Settings - Setup predefined folders for backups and filter unwanted files for backups
o Filters - When set, Lasso CDP will not backup designated file types
o Manager Common Folders - Easy way to select folders that are common on all clients,
like My Documents
o Manage Predefined Folders
- Manually enter root folders for backup
• Application Settings - Setup predefined applications for backup. Once an application is
selected, Lasso CDP identifies the appropriate directories to properly backup the
application.
o Manage Predefined Applications
– Easy way to select applications that are
common on all clients, like MS Outlook.