PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Changing virtual network traffic types after configuration

Under normal operation, you configure a virtual network and then assign the interface to new or existing components which support the selected traffic types. However, should your environment change, you can later change the traffic type settings for a virtual network.

After you reconfigure a virtual network, the new traffic type settings may no longer align with the interface assignments for existing components on that virtual network. In these cases, PowerProtect Data Manager notifies you about conflicts between traffic types and interface assignments, but does not take automatic action.

Instead, the UI marks conflicts with a warning symbol (). Administrators should review any warnings and edit the indicated components to manually remove the incompatible network interfaces. For example:

• Search Engine node interfaces to virtual networks that carry Data traffic, but not Data for Management Components traffic.
• Protection engine interfaces to virtual networks that carry Data for Management Components traffic.
• PowerProtect Data Manager interfaces to virtual networks that carry Data traffic, but not Data for Management Components traffic.

Under these circumstances, PowerProtect Data Manager continues to operate normally. However, resolving the conflict returns the IP address to the address pool.