How to use this guide
New to Druva Credits? Follow the five stages in order.
1. Learn the Basics
Key terms, how consumption works, common scenarios, and what drives usage differences.
Understand Druva Credits Core Concepts: Learn the key terminology, including credit balance, credit term, baseline, projection, credit limit, and cost allocation.
Druva Credit Lifecycle Guide: Follow the journey from contract purchase to renewal.
2. Monitor and Analyze Credit Consumption
Track balance, trends, and reports. Drill into backup sets and use filters and exports for deeper analysis.
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.
3. Govern and Control Credit Usage
Set limits, allocate costs, and apply governance best practices to manage 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.
4. Understand Enforcement Policies
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.
5. FAQs
Common questions on credits, Analytics, and reporting.
FAQs on Credits: Find answers to common questions about credits, Analytics, reporting, and credit consumption.