Meeting prerequisites for a
PowerProtect Data Manager recovery
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you initiate a
PowerProtect Data Manager recovery:
Note that the
Cyber Recovery software supports recovery for a production deployment that is running
PowerProtect Data Manager version 19.14 or later with multifactor authentication enabled.
If your
Cyber Recovery deployment is on
Amazon Web Services (AWS), a vCenter server is not required.
NOTE:See the
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery AWS Deployment Guide for information about deploying and using the
Cyber Recovery solution on AWS.
If you have updated your deployment to
Cyber RecoveryVersion 19.15, before you run a recovery, delete the snapshot that the
Cyber Recovery software created for the vault
PowerProtect Data Manager server.
Do not use PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) to manage the production
DD system.
If only NFS v4 is enabled on the
DD system in the
Cyber Recovery vault, a
PowerProtect Data Manager recovery fails. The
PowerProtect Data Manager server DR only supports NFS v3. Either use
DD Boost for the server DR MTree, or enable NFS v3 and NFS v4 on the
DD system to ensure
PowerProtect Data Manager recoveries succeed.
See the following documentation, which is available on the Customer Support website at
https://www.dell.com/support:
The
Preparing for and Recovering From a Disaster chapter in the
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide
PowerProtect Data Manager for Oracle RMAN Agent User Guide
PowerProtect Data Manager for Microsoft Application Agent SQL Server User Guide
Ensure that the
Cyber Recovery vaultDD system is running
DD OS
version 7.4 or later.
Deploy the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance in the
Cyber Recovery vault:
Only use the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance in the
Cyber Recovery vault to perform recoveries.
Ensure that the version is the same as the version of the production system.
Note that the hostname and IP address of the
PowerProtect Data Manager server in the
Cyber Recovery vault do not have to match the hostname and IP address of the production
PowerProtect Data Manager server.
Leave
PowerProtect Data Manager in the default state. When you log in to
PowerProtect Data Manager, the default state is either
New Install
or
Restore Backup.
Do not modify the default passwords on the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance in the
Cyber Recovery vault.
Because the application username and the application password of the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance in the
Cyber Recovery vault must match the application username and the application password on the production system, ensure that they are the same. If the application username and the application password on the production system have changed, for example, due to a rotation policy, change the application username and the application password for the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance in the
Cyber Recovery vault.
The host username is the operating system host administrator username for the admin account of the PowerProtect Data Manager server in the Cyber Recovery vault. The password for the operating system host administrator username does not need to match the production account password. The password can be anything that you choose. These credentials are used for the second phase of the recovery procedure to protect the restored data against potential attacks. After recovery, the admin and root accounts on the host server will use this password.
Modify the
/etc/ssh/sshd_config file to enable password authentication:
Change the
PasswordAuthentication field value from
no to
yes.
Run the
service sshd restart command.
For on-premises deployments, do not use the following special characters in the VM name in vCenter, otherwise the
Cyber Recovery software cannot detect the
PowerProtect Data Manager VM:
Ensure that the UIDs that are associated with the production
PowerProtect Data Manager DD Boost users are available on the
DD system in the
Cyber Recovery vault.
Use either the
Cyber Recovery UI or the
CRCLI to define the
PowerProtect Data Manager application as a
Cyber Recovery application asset. When defining the
PowerProtect Data Manager application:
Configure the application using the credentials of the
PowerProtect Data Manager application on the production system.
For on-premises deployments, to be able to create a snapshot as part of the recovery procedure, use the same value for the FQDN or hostname that is shown in the vCenter user interface under the DNS name.
For on-premises deployments, ensure that there are no snapshots of the
PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine that is deployed in the vCenter server.
Create a
Cyber Recovery policy for the VM data and DR backup.
Run application and DR backups in the
PowerProtect Data Manager production environment. Then, perform a Secure Copy policy operation to copy data to the
Cyber Recovery vault environment.
NOTE:To recover a backup application from a
Cyber Recovery copy properly, ensure that your replication window start time is after the application backup on the production system is completed, including the required metadata backup. For an intermediate replication on the production system, ensure that the intermediate replication start time is also after the production backup completion time.
If you recover from a DM 5500 appliance:
Create a
Cyber Recovery policy with the
PPDM type from the DM 5500 backup.
After you recover the
PowerProtect Data Manager in the
Cyber Recovery UI, use these credentials to log in to the
PowerProtect Data Manager UI:
admin/Abcd!2345.
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