PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Deployment Guide

Configure the PowerProtect Data Manager virtual appliance

After you deploy and turn on the PowerProtect Data Manager appliance, you must configure the virtual appliance.

1. From a host that has network access to the virtual appliance, use Google Chrome to connect to the appliance:
   https://<appliance_hostname>

   NOTE You can specify the hostname or the IP address of the appliance.
2. If an SSL certificate warning page appears with the message Your connection is not private, click Advanced, and then click Proceed to hostname_or_ip_address (unsafe).
3. In the Welcome pane:
   
   1. Specify the deployment type. Select:
      • New Install to set up PowerProtect Data Manager as a new deployment.
      • Restore Backup to restore your settings from a previous backup. To delay jobs defined by your protection policies until otherwise specified, select After restore, keep the product in recovery mode so that scheduled workflows are not triggered. When selected, the system enters recovery maintenance mode after restore. During recovery maintenance mode:
        • All jobs defined by your protection policies that modify the backup storage (for example, backup creation, backup deletion, and PowerProtect Data Manager Server DR jobs) are not triggered.
        • All operations that write to the backup storage are disabled.
        • A system alert is displayed in PowerProtect Data Manager.

          To enable automatically scheduled operations and user operations that write to the backup storage, click Return to full Operational mode in the alert.
          

   2. Click Next.
4. On the License pane, perform the following actions:
   NOTE If the license was already applied, review the license information and click Next.
   1. In the License Type field, select a type of license.
      1. To use an evaluation license, select 90 days evaluation license.

         A description of the license appears in the License File field.
         

      2. To load a license, select License File > Choose File, and then browse to and select the license that you want to load.
      3. To copy the contents of the license file, select Plain Text and then copy the contents of the license file into the Plain Text field.
   2. Click Next.
5. In the Authentication pane, perform the following actions:

   The Use same initial password for all option is selected by default. This toggle sets one initial password for use with all PowerProtect Data Manager interfaces.

   1. Optionally, clear the Use same initial password for all option.
      • If you leave the Use same initial password for all option selected, in the Enter a new password and Renter password to confirm fields, specify a password.
      • If you clear the Use same initial password for all option, in the Enter a new password and Renter password to confirm fields, specify individual passwords for the interfaces.

      Ensure that the password meets the following requirements:

      • Contains a minimum of nine characters and a maximum of one hundred characters
      • Contains at least one numeric character (0-9)
      • Contains at least one uppercase character (A-Z)
      • Contains at least one lowercase character (a-z)
      • Contains at least one special character from the following list of acceptable characters:

        !@#$%^&*()_-+=~{}[]<>?/`:;',.|\"

        Spaces are allowed.
      • Contains only letters from the English alphabet
      • Does not contain other sensitive information that is associated with the user account, such as the first and last names, username, or email address
      NOTE The admin password expires after 60 days by default. If you do not change it before it expires, you will be unable to log in to PowerProtect Data Manager until you reset it. For more information, see the PowerProtect Data Manager Security Configuration Guide.
   2. Click Next.
6. In the System Settings pane, perform the following actions:
   1. In the Current Timezone list box, select the time zone where the system is physically located.
   2. To add an NTP server, click Add.
   3. In the Server IP Address field, specify the NTP server IP address.
   4. Click Add.
   5. To change the list of NTP servers, click Edit or Delete.
   6. Click Next.
7. In the Email Setup - Optional pane, perform the following actions:
   1. In the Mail Server field, specify the SMTP server IP address.
   2. In the Admin Email field, specify the administrator email address.
   3. In the Recipient for Test Email field, specify the test recipient email address.
   4. In the Port field, specify the TCP port to connect to the SMTP server.
   5. In the Username field, specify the administrator username.
   6. In the Password field, specify the administrator password.
   7. To send a test email message to the specified IP address, click Send Test Email.
   8. To acknowledge the test email message was successfully sent, click OK.
   9. To send diagnostic and usage data to for proactive support and to help improve products and services, switch Auto Support to ON.
      When enabling auto support, click View Terms to review the telemetry software terms. Scroll down to click Accept to finish enabling auto support, or click Decline to disable auto support.
   10. Click Next.
   NOTE Email server setup is required before performing a local user password reset and sending customized alert notifications.
8. In the Summary pane, review the configuration choices, and then click Done.