Add and configure a storage system to use as a target for protection policies. Adding a storage system requires the admin role.
Prerequisites
NOTE
When adding a
High Availability PowerProtect DD system, observe the following points:
Do not add the individual active and standby
DD systems to
PowerProtect Data Manager.
In the
Address field, use the hostname that corresponds to the floating IP address of the
High Availability PowerProtect DD system.
The
High Availability PowerProtect DD system is verified with the root certificate.
About this task
The
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide provides more information about
protection storage, including options such as high availability and
system pools, and about storage unit configuration.
Steps
From the left navigation pane, select
Infrastructure > Storage.
The
Storage window appears.
In the
Protection Storage tab, click
Add.
In the
Add Storage dialog box, select a storage system (PowerProtect DD System or
PowerProtect DD Management Center).
For a
system pool, select
DDMC.
To add a
High Availability PowerProtect DD system, select the checkbox.
Specify the storage system attributes:
In the
Name field, specify a storage name.
In the
Address field, specify the hostname, fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or the IP address.
In the
Port field, specify the port for SSL communication. Default is 3009.
Under
Host Credentials click
Add, if you have already configured
protection storage credentials that are common across storage systems, select an existing password. Alternatively, you can add new credentials, and then click
Save.
If a trusted certificate does not exist on the storage system, a dialog box appears requesting certificate approval. Click
Verify to review the certificate, and then click
Accept.
Click
Save to exit the
Add Storage dialog and initiate the discovery of the storage system.
A dialog box appears to indicate that the request to add storage has been initiated.
In the
Storage window, click
Discover to refresh the window with any newly discovered storage systems.
When a discovery completes successfully, the
Status column updates to
OK.
To modify a storage system location, complete the following steps:
A storage system location is a label that is applied to a storage system. If you want to store your copies in a specific location, the label helps you select the correct storage system during policy creation.
In the
Storage window, select the storage system from the table.
Click
More Actions > Set Location.
The
Set Location window appears.
Click
Add in the
Location list.
The
Add Location window appears.
In the
Name field, type a location name for the asset, and click
Save.
Results
PowerProtect Data Manager displays external DD systems only in the
Storage window
Name column.
PowerProtect Data Manager displays
PowerProtect DD Management Center storage types in the
Managed By column.
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