PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Administration and User Guide

Remove assets and associated protection copies

In the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, you can manually remove some assets ahead of their scheduled removal, or remove assets that have not been automatically removed.

1. Select Infrastructure > Assets.
2. Select the tab that corresponds to the type of assets that you want to remove. For example, for vCenter virtual machine assets, click Virtual Machine.
   Assets that are associated with protection copies of this type are listed. By default, only assets with Available or Not Detected status display. You can also search for assets by name.
3. Select one or more assets from the list. and then click More Actions > Remove Asset.
   The Remove Assets dialog displays.
4. Select from one of the following options:
   NOTE All of these options might not display for the selected assets. The available options depend on the protection copy status of the selected assets.
   • Remove assets and associated protection copies—removes these assets from PowerProtect Data Manager, and automatically removes any protection copies for these assets from storage.
   • Only remove assets with no associated protection copies—these assets will not be deleted if PowerProtect Data Manager detects that protection copies for these assets still exist in the storage system.
   • Mark "Not Detected" assets as "Deleted" but keep associated protection copies—mark assets with Not Detected status as Deleted in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, but retain protection copies for these assets in the storage system. You can view assets marked as Deleted from the Infrastructure > Assets pane.
5. Click OK to confirm the asset removal.