Roadmap for protection with the Storage Direct agent for existing environments
For existing Storage Direct agent environments, the following roadmap provides the steps required to configure protection of the Storage Direct agent in
PowerProtect Data Manager to facilitate movement of snapshot backups from the VMAX storage area to
protection storage.
NOTE If using the Storage Direct agent to move snapshot backups from a VMAX storage array to a DD system, you do not need to add a DD Management Center.
Modify your existing configuration file to ensure that the file contains the information required by
PowerProtect Data Manager to run the
VMAX Storage Group policy, and to ensure the file is in an acceptable format, as described in the section
Configuration file requirements.
Onboard the existing Storage Direct agent command line configuration to the
PowerProtect Data Manager server.
In the
PowerProtect Data Manager UI, verify that the VMAX assets (storage groups) have been discovered, and that the host name appears next to these assets.
Create a centralized or self-service protection policy in the
PowerProtect Data Manager UI by selecting the
Storage Group policy type and choosing the
I will provision and manage my own storage option.
If you plan to perform self-service backup and restore, review the configuration file that is automatically generated upon the successful configuration of the Storage Direct agent in
PowerProtect Data Manager to ensure that the file contains the information identified in
Configuration file requirements. This configuration file will be used going forward instead of your previous configuration file to perform self-service backup and restore.
Add a self-service protection policy for Storage Direct provides information about the type of information that the configuration file contains, and how this file is used when running the backup command for the initial snapshot.
NOTE Do not make any changes to this configuration file.
For self-service backups, run the
protectpoint snapbackup create command with the configuration file name specified in order to perform the self-service backup.
The
Storage Direct Agent Installation and Administration Guide, and the
After you finish section of
Add a self-service protection policy for Storage Direct, provide information about running this command with the configuration file.
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