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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Administration and User Guide

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Specify a vCenter Server as the PowerProtect Data Manager host

PowerProtect Data Manager provides an option to identify a vCenter Server as the host vCenter.

About this task

When a vCenter Server is marked as the vCenter that hosts PowerProtect Data Manager, you can use this vCenter for the following operations:
  • Performing system activities, such as virtual machine-level configuration.
  • Performing software updates in circumstances that require taking a PowerProtect Data Manager snapshot.
  • Enabling Cloud Disaster Recovery (CDR), in order to increase the PowerProtect Data Manager CPU and memory that is required for these operations. A vCenter host is a prerequisite for CDR, as specified in the Cloud Disaster Recovery tab of the PowerProtect Data Manager UI Infrastructure > Asset Sources window.

To specify a vCenter Server as the vCenter that hosts PowerProtect Data Manager, you can:

  • Add and discover this vCenter as an asset source in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI Infrastructure > Asset Sources window, or
  • Enter the vCenter Server information in the Hosting vCenter window, as outlined in the following procedure.

Steps

  1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, click Settings icon, and then select Hosting vCenter.
    The Hosting vCenter window appears.
  2. Choose from one of the following options:
    • Enter FQDN/IP—Select this option to manually enter the fully qualified domain name or IP of the vCenter, the port number, and to select the vCenter Host Credentials. The Host Credentials list is populated with vCenter Servers that have already been added and discovered in PowerProtect Data Manager. If the host vCenter credentials do not appear in the list, select Add Credentials to enter this information.
    • Select FQDN/IP from asset sources—Select this option to obtain the host vCenter Server information automatically from a vCenter asset source that has already been added and discovered in PowerProtect Data Manager.
  3. Click Save.

Results

If the host vCenter Server is added as an asset source in PowerProtect Data Manager, a Hosting vCenter icon icon displays next to this vCenter in the Infrastructure > Asset Sources window.
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