PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Virtual networks (VLANs)

PowerProtect Data Manager can separate management and backup traffic onto different virtual networks (VLANs). Virtual networks help to improve data traffic routing, security, and organization.

The default configuration routes the management traffic over the same network as backup traffic. All assets are part of the same network.

You can also configure virtual networks to separate management traffic from backup traffic. This configuration can also separate traffic that originates from different networks. In that case, you can use the same virtual network for management and backup traffic, or separate virtual networks for each.

To use virtual networks with PowerProtect Data Manager, you must configure the DD and network infrastructure before you configure the PowerProtect Data Manager or assign networks to assets.

Configuration follows a multistep workflow:

1. Configure the virtual network on the DD.
2. Add the DD as storage and name the network interface.
3. Add the virtual network to the PowerProtect Data Manager.
4. Register the assets with the PowerProtect Data Manager.
5. Create a protection policy (or edit an existing policy) and assign the preferred virtual network.
6. Optionally, assign the virtual network to individual assets. This action overrides any preferred virtual network that you may have specified through a protection policy.

The initial steps to configure and add each virtual network are one-time events. The subsequent steps to assign virtual networks to protection policies or assets happen as required.

Configuration is nondisruptive. You can add, edit, or delete virtual networks without affecting background activities, disconnecting network interfaces, or affecting the PowerProtect Data Manager user interface.

PowerProtect Data Manager logs network changes in the audit log. Failed network changes appear in the System alerts.