Assigning a protection profile to a VMware inventory object

To assign a protection profile to a virtual machine or to another VMware inventory object:

1. Open the protected infrastructure in the policy that defines the protection settings for the relevant virtual machine or VMware inventory object.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If you want to assign a protection profile to one object of the protected infrastructure, select it in the table.
   • If you want to assign the same protection profile to multiple virtual machines or to all virtual machines that are child objects of a single VMware inventory object, select these virtual machines or this VMware inventory object in the table. You can select multiple objects of the protected infrastructure at the same time by holding down the CTRL key.
3. Click the Assign protection profile button.

   The Assign protection profile window opens.

4. In the Assign protection profile window, choose one of the following options:
   • Inherit parent: <protection profile name>. The virtual machine or VMware inventory object is assigned the protection profile of the parent object.
   • Use profile. The virtual machine or VMware inventory object is assigned the protection profile selected in the drop-down list. The list contains the main protection profile and all additional protection profiles that you configured in this policy.
5. If the selected VMware inventory object has child objects, the protection profile is assigned to the VMware inventory object and all of its child objects, including objects that have been assigned their own protection profile or that have been excluded from protection. If you want to assign the protection profile only to the VMware inventory object and to its child objects that have not been assigned their own protection profile and that have not been excluded from protection, clear the Apply to all child objects check box.
6. Click OK.

   The assigned protection profile is shown in the Protection profile column of the table.

7. In the Properties: <Policy name> window, click OK.