Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.14.0.0 Administrator Guide for DM5500

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Record settings for server DR

Plan for DR by recording vital information. If a major outage occurs, you need this information to recover your systems. Some items are only required for particular DR scenarios. Record the following information in a local drive outside PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance:

Steps

Record the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance FQDN.
Log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance user interface as a user with the administrator role.
Record the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance version and build numbers.
Dell Customer Support can provide this information, which is not mandatory.
Click , select Disaster Recovery, and then click Configuration.
Record whether server DR storage uses DD Boost.
Record the protection storage system IP address or FQDN.
If you configured server DR replication, record the FQDN for the replication target.

Results

Table 1. Recorded DR settingsThe table provides DR settings in system along with some examples.
System	Setting or Property	Example
PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance	Version and build	5.13.0.0
	FQDN	server1.example.com
	Backup protocol	DD Boost
Server DR replica	FQDN	-
Protection Storage system	FQDN	-
	N/A	N/A
	DD Boost username	SysDR_server1
	DD Boost password	zD0_56c-b4e-ad4-dbb-
	DD Boost UID	501