PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Deployment Guide

OVA deployments

Considerations of OVA deployments include the following.

• PowerProtect Data Manager can be deployed to on-premises virtual hosts or to cloud-based environments that include VMware Cloud on Dell, VMware Cloud (VMC) on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure VMware Solution (AVS) on Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• OVAs are deployed using the vSphere Client.
• Deployed PowerProtect Data Manager instances do not detect their environment. The environment must be manually selected during the deployment process in order for the instances to be appropriately configured.
• PowerProtect Data Manager and DDVE cannot be deployed at the same time from the same interface.
• Using the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) to back up or restore virtual machines in a VMC, AVS, or GCVE environment is unsupported.

Machine-image deployments

Considerations of machine-image deployments include the following.

• PowerProtect Data Manager can only be deployed to virtual hosts on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). These virtual hosts cannot be in an environment that includes VMware Cloud (VMC), Azure VMware Solution (AVS), or Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), although any deployed PowerProtect Data Manager can still protect virtual-machine assets in those environments.
• Machine images are deployed using the web-based user interface in the marketplace of a cloud provider.
• Deployed PowerProtect Data Manager instances detect their environment, and are automatically appropriately configured.
• PowerProtect Data Manager and DDVE can be deployed at the same time and from the same interface.
• Not every feature supported by an OVA deployment is supported by a machine-image deployment:

  Table 1. Unsupported featuresUnsupported features

  Unsupported feature	Deployment environment
  Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR)	AWS, Azure, and GCP
  Search Clusters	AWS, Azure, and GCP
  Backing up and restoring virtual machines with the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM)	AWS, Azure, and GCP
  Microsoft Exchange Server	Azure and GCP
  Block-based backups (BBB) with the File System agent (FSA)	GCP

This guide describes how to deploy PowerProtect Data Manager using an OVA. For information about how to deploy PowerProtect Data Manager using a machine image, see the following guides:

• PowerProtect Data Manager Amazon Web Services Deployment Guide
• PowerProtect Data Manager Azure Deployment Guide
• PowerProtect Data Manager Google Cloud Platform Deployment Guide