PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Storage Direct User Guide

• The vDisk user is an administrator.
• The LUNs of the storage groups to be protected are masked to the host.
• The host is a 64-bit system. PowerProtect Data Manager supports only 64-bit hosts.
• The host is running a supported operating system version. The E-Lab Navigator provides software compatibility information for PowerProtect Data Manager.
• All clocks on both the host and PowerProtect Data Manager are time-synced to the local NTP server to ensure discovery of the backups.
• The host and the PowerProtect Data Manager network can see and resolve each other.
• For replication, add a secondary protection storage system.
• For existing Storage Direct agent users, if you have backup copies for which the expiration is set to "never", an BACKUP_EXPIRE variable must be added to the configuration file prior to setting up the Storage Direct agent host in PowerProtect Data Manager. The value set for BACKUP_EXPIRE will be applied to those existing backup copies and read automatically by PowerProtect Data Manager, and displayed as the copy retention time within the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

After protection storage discovery, ensure that the vDisk pool and storage units are available. In the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Infrastructure > Storage, select the protection storage system, and then select Manage Storage Units.