PowerProtect Data Manager 19.17 Virtual Machine User Guide

To perform data protection and disaster recovery tasks in AVS on Azure, consider the following recommendations and requirements for the backup infrastructure:

• Deploy PowerProtect Data Manager either to AVS on Azure or to Azure.
• Deploy DDVE to Azure.
• When deploying the OVA, select the Azure VMware Solution deployment environment.
  NOTE:Selecting a different deployment environment results in unsupported operations such as File Level Restore and Instant Access being displayed in the user interface. If these unsupported operations are attempted, they fail.
• Deploy the VM Direct Engine to AVS on Azure. Deploy at least one VM Direct Engine for each software-defined data center (SDDC) cluster in the AVS-on-Azure environment.
• When deploying or configuring PowerProtect Data Manager or the VM Direct Engine, ensure that the DNS server IP points to the internal DNS server that is running in vCenter inventory.
• Ensure that the internal DNS server has both forward and reverse lookup entries for all of the required components, such as the PowerProtect Data Manager server, the VM Direct Engine, and DDVE.
• If using NSX-T, add the vCenter server toPowerProtect Data Manager by using the FQDN.
• If using NSX-V, add the vCenter server to PowerProtect Data Manager by using the public FQDN of the vCenter server.
• When adding the vCenter server to PowerProtect Data Manager, perform one of the following actions:
  • Specify the login credentials for the cloudadmin@vsphere.local user.
  • Refer to Creating a dedicated cloud-based vCenter user account to create a dedicated cloud-based vCenter user account, and then specify the login credentials for that user.
• You can clone backups to another instance of DDVE running in Azure. This type of deployment enables backup copies to be stored for longer retention, leveraging the Azure network for transferring data at lower latency and cost when compared to the public Internet.