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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 Virtual Machine User Guide

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Manual PowerProtect policy backup in the vSphere Client

You can back up one or more PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine protection policies at any time by performing a manual backup in the vSphere Client.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that you are logged in to the vSphere Client as an administrator.
  • Add the Backup privilege to the Administrator group in the vSphere Client. To add the Backup privilege, complete the following steps:
    1. Select Administration > Roles.
    2. Select Administrator, and then click Privileges in the right pane.
    3. In the PowerProtect Backup section, select Backup.
  • Ensure that virtual machine assets have been added to a virtual machine protection policy. You cannot perform manual backups of unprotected virtual machines.

Steps

  1. In the left pane of the vSphere Client home page, select Hosts and Clusters or VMs and Templates, and then select a virtual machine within the datacenter.
    The Summary window displays.
  2. Perform a manual backup of a virtual machine protection policy by using one of the following methods:
    • In the left pane, right-click the virtual machine, and then select PowerProtect > Backup.
    • Within the PowerProtect portlet, click Backup Now.
    The vSphere Client starts the backup operation. A message appears indicating whether the request was processed successfully.

Results

An entry for the backup job appears in the Jobs > Protection window of the PowerProtect Data Manager UI. To view the status of operations, you can also click the arrows icon in the lower right corner of the window to expand the Recent Tasks pane.

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