PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Security Configuration Guide

Get protection engine (VM Direct engine) credentials

The vproxymgmt tool is provided with PowerProtect Data Manager. Use this tool to get credentials for external protection engines, including VM Direct engines, NAS protection engines, and Kubernetes protection engines.

1. Connect to the PowerProtect Data Manager console and change to the root user.
2. Set the environment variables:
   . /opt/emc/vmdirect/unit/vmdirect.env
3. Obtain the protection engine credentials:
   /opt/emc/vmdirect/bin/vproxymgmt get -secret

   Total '2' vProxies VMs available.
   
   VProxy ID: f102c755-d084-4425-a151-a0ade4d1a4c7
   Type: Embedded
   Hostname: localhost
   Disabled: false
   Status: Ready
   Protection Type: VM
   VM Configured Capacity Units: 16
   VM Capacity Units in use: 0
   VM Control Sessions in use: 0
   VM Transport Sessions in use: 0
   
   
   VProxy ID: 7bb57817-588f-46cc-b6ac-0dbf357dff92
   Type: External
   Hostname: ppdm.test.emc.com
   Disabled: false
   Status: Ready
   Protection Type: VM
   VCenter inventory source ID: 28d387df-452f-5992-820a-720e6c6a60fe
   VCenter: vcenter.test.emc.com
   VM Name: vproxy-ppdm
   AdminCredentials-Username: 'admin' Password: '%%%%%%%%'
   RootCredentials-Username: 'root' Password: '%%%%%%%%'
   VM Configured Capacity Units: 100
   VM Capacity Units in use: 0
   VM Control Sessions in use: 0
   VM Transport Sessions in use: 0
   

   Record the protection engine credentials.