- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Preface
- Getting started
- Preparing for deployment
- Deployment
- Configuration
- Glossary
PowerProtect Data Manager software is an enterprise solution that provides software-defined data protection, deduplication, operational agility, self-service, and IT governance.
PowerProtect Data Manager key features include the following:
Data backup and recovery self-service operations from native applications that are combined with central IT governance
Multicloud optimization with integrated Cloud Tiering
SaaS-based monitoring and reporting
Modern services-based architecture for ease of deployment, scaling, and updating
PowerProtect Data Manager integrates multiple data-protection products within the Data Protection portfolio to enable data protection as a service, providing the following benefits:
Enables backup administrators of large-scale environments to schedule backups for the following asset types from a central location on the PowerProtect Data Manager server:
Provides an agent-based approach to automatically discover and protect databases on an application server
Enables self-service and centralized protection by:
Supports deploying an external VM Direct Engine that is optimized to move data with high-capacity backup streams
Comes with a basic embedded VM Direct Engine that has the following functions and capabilities:
Supports PowerProtect Search, which enables backup administrators to quickly search for and restore VM and NAS file copies
Supports the vRealize Automation DP extension, which enables the automatic provisioning of virtual machines and on-demand backups and restores
Integrates with Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR), including workflows for Cloud DR deployment, protection, and recovery operations in the AWS and Azure clouds
Integrates with PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager to view PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager jobs, alerts, and reports from a consolidated PowerProtect Data Manager dashboard
Integrates with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery to protect the integrity of a PowerProtect Data Manager environment from cyber threats
Provides a RESTful API interface that allows PowerProtect Data Manager to be monitored, configured, and orchestrated: