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Policies

 
advanced administration guide winbacking up restoring and migrating dataconflict resolution rules and policiescustom conflict resolutionsresolutions description format

The file should be structured as follows.

image 62549

  • conflict-resolution-rules
    Required, document root element.
  • policy
  • Required, contains the policies descriptions. Children, if present,
    must be placed in the order shown on the scheme.

    • timing
      Optional, contains description of policy on resolving timing
      conflicts. See the structure below.
      Must be present in the document if a timing policy should be
      used during the restore.
      May not be present in the document if no policy required for
      timing conflicts.
    • resource-usage
      Optional, contains description of policy on resolving resource
      usage conflicts. See the structure below.
      Must be present in the document if a resource usage policy
      should be used during the restore.
      May not be present in the document if no policy required for
      resource usage conflicts.
    • configuration
      Optional, contains description of policy on resolving
      configuration conflicts. See the structure below.
      Must be present in the document if a configuration policy should
      be used during the restore.
      May not be present in the document if no policy required for
      configuration conflicts.
  • rule
    Optional, contains the rule descriptions. For details on the node
    structure, refer to the Resolutions Description Format: Rules
    section.

The policy elements have the same structure:

image 62551 image 62553 image 62552

  • resolution
    Required, contains a definition of conflict resolution. Structured
    as follows:

    image 62555

The resolution element must not be empty, it is required that it
contains one, and only one of its children elements:

  • do-not-restore
    Sets the Do Not Restore resolution, empty value.
  • proceed-with-current
    Sets the Proceed With Current resolution, empty value.
  • automatic
    Sets the Automatic resolution, empty value.
  • overuse
    Sets the Overuse resolution, empty value.
  • overwrite
    Sets the Overwrite resolution, empty value.
  • rename
    Sets the Rename resolution, empty value.

    • new-name
      Required, makes sense only if defined for configuration conflicts.
      Specifies a name of new configuration that should be assigned to
      all conflict objects. The value must be a string.
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