{"id":9284,"date":"2020-02-10T06:19:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=9284"},"modified":"2020-03-04T12:05:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T02:05:55","slug":"basics-ppdm-dr-vcenter-and-vm-backup-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2020\/02\/10\/basics-ppdm-dr-vcenter-and-vm-backup-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics \u2013 PPDM DR, vCenter and VM Backup Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So in <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a previous post (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2020\/01\/30\/basics-ppdm-19-3-deployment-and-initial-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\">a previous post<\/a><\/strong>, I had a couple of videos that showed first, how to deploy the PPDM OVA within a VMware environment, and secondly, how to run through the PPDM initial setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a trio of 3-5 minute videos now to show you the next steps in a PowerProtect Data Manager deployment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Configuring disaster-recovery backups for PPDM, and installing your license (if you&#8217;re not running in trial mode)<\/li><li>Adding a vCenter server to PPDM<\/li><li>Configuring a simple virtual machine backup policy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The videos were all recorded at a reasonably high resolution, so if they&#8217;re too small in the blog window, the caption for the video provides a direct link to YouTube instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DR Backups and License<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s essential that data protection protects itself, right? Well, PPDM is pretty serious about taking DR backups of itself \u2013&nbsp;it&#8217;ll do it regularly. All you have to do is point it at a Data Domain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;re installing PPDM into a production environment, it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;ve already got a license file, waiting and ready to be installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in the video below, you&#8217;ll see me step through both processes \u2013&nbsp;it&#8217;s practically effortless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_17308\"  width=\"688\" height=\"516\"  data-origwidth=\"688\" data-origheight=\"516\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YstwCpFXqs?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0YstwCpFXqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Configuring PPDM DR Backup and License (opens in a new tab)\">Configuring PPDM DR Backup and License<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a vCenter Server to PPDM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve got your PPDM server configured to perform DR backups, you&#8217;re ready to start diving in to protect systems. I&#8217;d estimate that most users will start with getting some VMware backups up and running, and that means adding a vCenter server as an <em>asset source<\/em> so you have access to all the VMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_59552\"  width=\"688\" height=\"516\"  data-origwidth=\"688\" data-origheight=\"516\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-1tr8583JiQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-1tr8583JiQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PPDM - Adding a vCenter Server (opens in a new tab)\">PPDM &#8211; Adding a vCenter Server<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configuring a Simple Virtual Machine Backup Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>OK, so you&#8217;ve got your vCenter server added and you can see all the virtual machines in your vCenter as <em>assets<\/em>, waiting to be backed up. What&#8217;s next? Well, getting a basic policy for virtual machine backups up and running is a good starting point. In this video, I go through the process for creating a backup policy based on manual selection criteria and show off a few aspects to PPDM&#8217;s interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_95653\"  width=\"688\" height=\"516\"  data-origwidth=\"688\" data-origheight=\"516\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GwcWKCryKG8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GwcWKCryKG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PPDM - Adding a VMware Backup Policy (opens in a new tab)\">PPDM &#8211; Adding a VMware Backup Policy<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finishing Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve got more videos on the way, so be sure to check back soon. The first two videos plus the three above <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"are available in this YouTube playlist, here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL-hst58FEysn4PMjjce0CYaJEwZFbJJ9C\" target=\"_blank\">are available in this YouTube playlist, here<\/a><\/strong>, if you want to watch them all in sequence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction So in a previous post, I had a couple of videos that showed first, how to deploy the PPDM&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1520],"tags":[1558,1216,1378],"class_list":["post-9284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basics","category-powerprotect","tag-ppdm","tag-vcenter","tag-vmware-policy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bigStock-Video-Learning.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKpIN-2pK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9328,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions\/9328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}