Policy

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Available in Classic and VPC

Policy describes how to create, edit, and delete the policies that will be applied to the page composition and backup task of the Policy menu.

Policy interface

The Policy interface includes the following components:
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Component Description
① Menu name Current menu name.
② Basic features Available features when you first enter the Policy menu:
  • [Create policy]: Click to create a policy of the backup data storage.
  • [Features and pricing information]: Go to the Backup service overview page.
  • [Refresh]: Click to refresh the list of policies.
③ Management features Features to manage created policies:
④ Search bar Search for the policy by name.
⑤ List of policies The list of created policies.
  • Policy name: The name you entered when creating the policy.
  • Retention period: The period for storing the backup data.
  • Zone: The zone where the policy was created.
  • Connecting storage: The name of the storage in the zone where the policy was created.
  • Status: The current status of the policy.
    • Created: Policy creation has been completed.
    • Creating: Creating a policy according to the configured information.
    • Editing: Policy settings are being edited.
    • Deleting: The policy is being deleted.

Create policy

To backup the data, create a policy at the storage where you will store the backup data.
To create tasks:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Policy menu.
  3. Click [Create policy].
  4. When the policy creation interface comes up, set up the policy information and click the [Next] button.
    • Policy name: Enter a unique name for managing the policy.
      • The name should start with an English letter and be between 3-30 characters, consisting of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens (-).
    • Retention period: Enter the period for storing the backup data.
      • You can set the retention period regardless of the backup cycle.
      • To not miss any data due to expiration, select a data retention cycle appropriate for the backup cycle.
    • Zone: Select the zone where the policy will be created.
    • Connecting storage: The name of the storage in the selected zone automatically appears, and the policy is created in the storage.
  5. After confirming the settings, click the [Create] button.
    • The policy status displays Creating on the list, and after creation, the status changes to Created.
Note

Single policy can be only applied to a single task. Create policies for as many as tasks you want to perform.

Edit policies

You can edit the retention period of the policy among the setup information of the policy.
To edit policies:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Policy menu.
  3. After clicking the task you want to edit from the list of policies, click the [Edit] button.
  4. Edit the retention period, and then click the [Edit] button.
    • The policy status displays Editing, and after the editing is complete, it changes to Created.

Delete policies

To delete policies:

Note

You cannot delete the policy currently in use. See the following items and delete the schedule and the remote backup that use the policy first:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Policy menu.
  3. Click to select the policy to delete from the policy list, and click the [Delete] button.
  4. After viewing the popup window of policy deletion, click the check box.
  5. Click the [Delete] button.
    • The policy status displays Deleting and after the deletion it disappears from the list of policies.