Familiarize yourself with the terminology for the
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance user interface and documentation.
The following terminology list provides more information about names and terms that you should know to use
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance:
Application Agent
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Application Agent is included and installed on each application or database host server to monitor and manage protection using
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance.
App-Direct
A service protection policy that includes additional App-Direct data protection for MicrosoftSQL Servers. An App-Direct service protection policy provides the ability to quiesce the application during service image backup to perform a full backup of Microsoft SQL Server databases. You can also schedule Microsoft SQL Server log backups for the virtual machines in the policy
Application-aware
A
virtual machine protection policy that includes additional application-aware data protection for Microsoft SQL Servers. An application-aware
virtual machine protection policy provides the ability to quiesce the application during
virtual machine image backup to perform a full backup of Microsoft SQL Server databases. You can also schedule Microsoft SQL Server log backups for the
virtual machines in the policy.
Asset
Assets are objects in
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance for which you want to manage protection, including
virtual machines, databases, and file systems.
Asset source
Assets that
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance protects reside within asset sources, which include vCenter servers, application or database hosts, and file servers.
Cloud Tier storage
Cloud Tier storage can be added to a
protection storage system to expand the deduplication storage capacity onto less expensive object storage in public or private object storage clouds, including
secure Elastic Cloud Storage appliances.
Copy
A
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance copy is a point-in-time backup copy of an asset.
Copy map
The
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Copy Map is a visual representation of backup copy locations on your protection storage and is available for all protected assets that have copies.
Discovery
An internal process that scans asset sources to find new assets to protect, and scans infrastructure components to monitor their health and status.
Instant Access
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliancevirtual machine backup copies can be accessed, mounted, and booted directly from the
protection storage targets as running
virtual machines. This operation is called Instant Access. Copies can also be moved to a production VMware datastore using vMotion.
PowerProtect Data Manager ApplianceVirtual machine application-aware backup copies can be mounted directly from
protection storage as running Microsoft SQL Server databases, which includes the ability to roll forward log backups. These Microsoft SQL Server database disks can also be moved to a production VMware datastore using vMotion.
Protection policy
Used to configure and manage the entire life cycle of backup data, which includes backup types, assets, backup start and stop times, backup devices, and backup retention.
Service-level agreement (SLA)
An optional policy that you can layer on top of a protection policy. An SLA performs additional checks on protection activities to ensure that protection goals meet the standards of an organization. SLAs are made up of one or more service-level objectives.
Service-level objective (SLO)
A definable rule that sets the criteria for recovery-point objectives (RPOs), encryption, and the location of backups according to company requirements.
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