PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Administration and User Guide

An entry for the job Performing Host Configuration (vib_install) appears in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI during the VIB installation. During the installation, vCenter and ESXi host information is detected to verify the supported versions are installed.

You can use the Transparent Snapshot Data Movers tab in the Protection Engines window of the PowerProtect Data Manager UI to monitor and manage the installation of the VIB. This window provides a vCenter hierarchy view based on the asset sources enabled in PowerProtect Data Manager. If an ESXi host is not eligible or available for the VIB installation, the status displays as Not Eligible in the Protection Engines window.

During the creation of a crash-consistent virtual machine protection policy, the VIB is deployed automatically on the vSphere cluster being protected. If all requirements are met, TSDM is used as the default protection mechanism instead of VADP. Existing policies created in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.8 and earlier can be migrated to use TSDM, provided that the virtual machine crash-consistent policies are configured with the following options:

• Performance optimization mode.
• Exclude swap files from backup is off.
• Enable guest file system quiescing is off.

You can use the PowerProtect Data Manager UI to apply TSDM as the data mover for virtual machine assets.