How to use this guide

New to Druva Credits? Follow the five stages in order. Each stage builds on the previous one and introduces only the concepts you need next.

1. Learn the Basics

Understand what Druva Credits are and how they work.

Understand Druva Credits Core Concepts: Learn the key terminology, including credit balance, credit term, baseline, projection, credit limit, and cost allocation.
How Credit Consumption Works: Understand how credits are consumed each day.
Druva Credit Lifecycle Guide: Follow the journey from contract purchase to renewal.
Credit Consumption Scenarios: See how different consumption patterns affect your credit balance.
What affects your credit consumption: Learn why similar workloads can consume credits differently.

Learn where to view and analyze credit usage.

Monitor Credit Health: Learn where to access your current credit balance, analyze detailed consumption trends, and receive scheduled monthly summary reports.
View the Consumption Insights on the Analytics Page: Explore credit balance, baseline, projected credit trends, source + changes, and current source data.
View the Backup Set Details on Consumption Insights: Drill down into individual backup sets to analyze change-rate trends and daily data growth.
Manage Consumption Insights on the Analytics Page: Use filters, visualizations, and exports to analyze consumption.

Establish policies and controls to manage credit consumption proactively.

Best Practices for Credit Optimization and Governance: Optimize backups, identify high credit consumption anomalies early, and implement governance best practices.
Credit Limits for Enterprise Workloads: Configure organization-level credit consumption limits and define actions at key utilization thresholds, such as sending alerts or suspending backups.
Cost Allocation for Enterprise Workloads: Assign cost codes and allocation rates to organizations, administrative groups, or backup sets to support internal cost allocation and chargeback reporting.

Learn how Druva safeguards your environment when credit limits or subscription terms are exceeded.

Backup Suspension on Credit Overage: Understand how Druva automatically suspends new backup operations when credit consumption exceeds the allowable threshold.
Backup Suspension on Term Expiry: Learn how backup operations are affected when a subscription expires.

Access reference information and practical guidance to address common questions and scenarios.

FAQs on Credits: Find answers to common questions about credits, Analytics, reporting, and credit consumption.