PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16.0.0 Storage Array User Guide

Notes

• You can only protect an asset with one policy at a time. Assets can move between protection policies, depending on the protection rule priorities. Protection rules do not automatically move assets that were manually added to a policy to a different policy.
• When creating a policy, limit the number of block volumes within the policy to 200 and stagger the start time of replication policies. These actions prevent potential replication failures.
• Before scheduling weekly, monthly, or yearly backups, set the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance time zone to the local time zone. Otherwise, the backup still runs but is triggered based on the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance time zone.

Initial configuration

• Enable the Storage Arrays asset source.
• Open the required ports between all components. The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Security Configuration Guide provides more information and instructions.
• Configure virtual networks (VLANs), if required. Ensure that the PowerStore system has a connection to both the Management network and the Data network.
• Ensure that all clocks on the physical server BIOS, PowerStore storage array, PowerProtect DD, Hypervisors, and PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance are time-synchronized to the local NTP server to ensure discovery of the backups. Configure an NTP server.
• Register the PowerStore storage arrays with PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance.
• Perform a discovery of PowerStore storage arrays.

Objectives

To move a backup or replica to Cloud Tier, the corresponding objectives must have a retention time of 14 days or more.

Storage

• Before you add a replication objective, add remote protection storage for the replication target.
• Before you add a Cloud Tier objective, PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance requires:
  • Protection storage set up for Cloud Tier, with the system passphrase set.
  • The discovery of protection storage with a configured Cloud unit.
  • A configured and running data movement schedule on the cloud storage unit.
  The DDOS Administration Guide provides more information.

The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Administrator Guide provides more information about working with storage units, including applicable limitations and maintenance considerations.

Networking

If applicable, complete all of the virtual network configuration tasks before you assign any virtual networks to the protection policy. The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Administrator Guide provides more information.