In Backup, Recovery, and Media Services, a policy that defines the default values used for management of a media class. A user can have multiple media policies (one for each media class) to define such things as the move policy used for this media class, the type of retention, the use of save files, and the number of copies to be made. Values for a media policy are inherited from the system policy and can be overridden by the media policy or by the user at the control group level.