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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.13.0.0 Administrator Guide for DM5500

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Manually configure server DR backups

For new installations, PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance automatically configures and enables server DR. However, you can manually configure DR protection for the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance system and the system metadata.

Prerequisites

If you plan to use DD Boost for Protection Storage, add the Protection Storage system as Protection Storage. The Protection Storage section in PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Administration Guide provides instructions. If you plan to replicate server DR backups, the replication target must be a different protection storage system. DR backups are maintained on the DR storage unit of the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance as ppdm_<nodeid>. Top level directory on the DR storage unit allows the activity to proceed. Under that directory, DR backups can be identified by manifest files as backupid.manifest. The manifest files are in json format documents that describe the success or failure of the DR backup, along with the individual components. A successful DR backup can be identified by the json document containing a top level fields "state" with a value of "Successful" and backupConsistencyType with a value of "FULL".

Steps

  1. Log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance user interface as a user with the Administrator role.
  2. Click Settings icon, select Disaster Recovery, and then click Configuration.
  3. Select Enable backup.
  4. Configure the backup frequency and duration:
    1. Type an interval between server DR backups, in hours.
      This setting controls backup frequency, and the allowed values are 1 to 24 hours.
    2. Type the number of days for which PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance should retain server DR backups.
      The allowed values are 2 to 30 days.
  5. Click Save.

Results

PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance creates system jobs to prepare the new storage unit and to configure the server DR protection policy. If you configured replication, PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 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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