For new deployments,
PowerProtect Data Manager automatically configures and enables server DR. However, you can manually configure DR protection for the
PowerProtect Data Manager system and the system metadata.
Prerequisites
Add the
DD system as
protection storage.
Protection storage provides instructions. If you plan to replicate server DR backups, the replication target must be a different
protection storage system.
NOTE: If
PowerProtect Data Manager was updated from version 19.14 or earlier where NFS was configured, NFS can continue to be used as a backup protocol. Otherwise, only
DD Boost is available and it is used by default.
Steps
Log in to the
PowerProtect Data Manager user interface as a user with the
Administrator role.
Click
, select
Disaster Recovery, and then click
Configuration.
Select
Enable backup.
For new deployments of
PowerProtect Data Manager or deployments that have been updated from version 19.14 or earlier where
DD Boost was configured, use one of the following methods to choose a
protection storage system:
From the
PowerProtect DD System drop-down list, select a backup destination from the list of existing
protection storage systems.
Select
Add to add a system and complete the details in the
Add Storage window.
For initial server DR configuration, the
Storage Unit field is empty. If server DR was already configured, the
Storage Unit field displays the name of the storage unit that holds server DR backups.
For deployments of
PowerProtect Data Manager that have been updated from version 19.14 or earlier where NFS was configured, select a
Protocol.
For NFS, perform the following steps:
In the
PowerProtect DD System field, type the IP address or hostname of the
DD system for the backup.
In the
NFS Export Path field, type the NFS path where server DR backups are stored on the target
DD system.
For
DD Boost, use one of the following methods to choose a
protection storage system.
CAUTION:If you change the configured protocol from NFS to
DD Boost, NFS can no longer be selected or used again.
From the
PowerProtect DD System drop-down list, select a backup destination from the list of existing
protection storage systems.
Select
Add to add a system and complete the details in the
Add Storage window.
For initial server DR configuration, the
Storage Unit field is empty. If server DR was already configured, the
Storage Unit field displays the name of the storage unit that holds server DR backups.
Configure the backup frequency and duration:
Type an interval between server DR backups, in hours.
This setting controls backup frequency, and the allowed values are 1 to 24 hours.
Type the number of days for which
PowerProtect Data Manager should retain server DR backups.
The allowed values are 2 to 30 days.
To enable server DR replication:
NOTE:If the source storage unit has compliance mode retention locking enabled, you must provide the username and password for the security officer who is associated with the source and destination
protection storage systems.
Check
Enable Replication.
From the
Replicate Backup To drop-down list, select a target from the list of existing
protection storage systems, or select
Add to add a system and complete the details in the
Add Storage window.
The replication target cannot be the backup destination.
The replication frequency and retention time are the same as for the backup.
Click
Save.
Results
For
DD Boost,
PowerProtect Data Manager creates system jobs to prepare the new storage unit and to configure the server DR protection policy.
For both storage types,
PowerProtect Data Manager creates a system job for the first server DR backup.
If you configured replication,
PowerProtect Data Manager creates a
DD Boost user and storage unit on the destination. Server DR backups begin replicating according to the protection schedule.
Next steps
Verify that the system jobs succeed.
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