PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Virtual Machine User Guide

Migrate asset protection mechanism from VADP to TSDM

PowerProtect Data Manager defaults to using the VADP protection mechanism when one or more of the following conditions are true:

• The ESXi host and vCenter server versions are earlier than 7.0 U3c
• The protection policy is an application-consistent policy.
• The protection policy is configured with the Exclude swap files from backup and Enable guest file system quiescing enabled.
• PowerProtect Data Manager 19.8 or earlier is deployed.
  NOTE For existing virtual machine crash-consistent policies created with PowerProtect Data Manager version 19.8 and earlier, modifying the Exclude swap files from backup and Enable guest file system quiescing policy options to meet the TSDM requirements will migrate virtual machines on vSphere version 7.0 U3c and later clusters managed by a vCenter server running version 7.0 U3c or later to use the TSDM protection mechanism.

You can manually migrate virtual machine assets from the VADP protection mechanism to the TSDM protection mechanism by using the Infrastructure > Assets window of the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

Before migrating assets to use TSDM, the vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) is required. This installation occurs automatically, unless the use of TSDM is disabled on the vCenter server asset source. Go to Infrastructure > Protection Engines, select the Transparent Snapshot Data Movers pane, and verify that the VIB is enabled on the vCenter server. You can also expand the vCenter hierarchy view to confirm that the VIB installation has occurred on the vSphere hosts. Transparent Snapshot Data Mover protection mechanism provides more information.

To migrate VADP virtual machine assets to use TSDM in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI:

1. Go to Infrastructure > Assets and select the Virtual Machine tab.
2. Filter the view to display the Protection Mechanism column.
3. Select one or more virtual machine assets with the VADP protection mechanism.
4. Select More Actions > Protection Mechanism > Migrate to TSDM.

Migrating assets to use the TSDM protection mechanism forces a new, full backup of these assets. This backup may take several minutes.