PowerProtect Backup Services: How To Deploy VMware VM Backup Proxy

1. Log in to the Management Console
2. From the top menu bar, select your organization (if organizations are enabled).
3. Click Protect > VMware
4. Click Register New Setup
5. From the Register VMware Setup dialog box, download the Hybrid Workloads Common Installer.
6. Copy the activation key.
7. On your local system, run the Hybrid Workloads Common Installer and launch the deployer.

Step 3: Deploy the first backup proxy and register your setup.

1. Launch the Hybrid Workloads Common Installer. 
2. Browse to the location where you want to download the OVA template.
   Ensure that the download location has a minimum of 7 GB free disk space. 
3. Click Get Started. 
   Provide the following details: 
   
   vCenter connection details
   Details of the vCenter where you want to deploy the backup proxy.

   Field	Description
   vCenter IP/FQDN	Provide the IP/FQDN of the vCenter.
   Port	Port through which vCenter communicates with PPBS Cloud. Port 443 is used to connect to PPBS Cloud.
   Username and Password	Provide vCenter credentials. Ensure that the user has the required permissions.
   Using VMC	Select this check-box if your vCenter is deployed in VMC. For more information, see PPBS Phoenix and VMC integration.

   Backup proxy location details
   Details of where the first backup proxy must be deployed.

   Field	Description
   Backup Proxy Name	Enter the name of the backup proxy. The name must be unique and should not be in use by any other backup proxy. The backup proxy name can contain alphabets, numbers, and hyphens. The only special character that is supported is the hyphen. All other special characters are unsupported.
   Data Center	(Available only for vCenter) Select the data center to which the pool belongs.
   ESXi Host	(Available only for vCenter) Select the ESXi host.
   Datastore	Select the datastore. Ensure that the datastore has at least 110 GB of free space. Ensure that you have read and write permissions to the datastore.
   Timezone	The time zone by default is picked up from the local system time zone. Select the time zone based on the region where the backup proxy is going to reside. The backups are triggered as per the selected time zone.

   Network connection details
   Provide details of where you want to connect to in your VMware environment.

   Field	Description
   Static IP	Update the following details: IP address - Mandatory  Netmask - Mandatory  Gateway - Mandatory  VM Network - Mandatory You can select VM networks or Distributed Switch Port groups in the VM network field.   Primary DNS - Mandatory  Secondary DNS - Optional Consideration for VMC You cannot directly assign public IPs to virtual machines in VMC. You must:  Deploy the backup proxy on VMC using the DHCP option.  On VMC set up, create a NAT rule and request for public IP against the newly deployed backup proxy-virtual machine.  For more information about configuring public IP, see .
   DHCP	The IP address is dynamically assigned.  Select the VM network.
   Add NIC 2	Configure two NIC cards, if you have two different networks to communicate with the VMware infrastructure and for external communication.  Update the following details: IP address - Mandatory  Netmask - Mandatory  Default gateway - Optional  VM Network - Mandatory  Primary DNS - Optional  Secondary DNS - Optional

   Activation
   Provide details of where you want to connect to in the PPBS Phoenix environment.

   Field	Description
   Activation Token	Provide the activation token that you had copied from the Management Console.
   Using GovCloud	Select the check-box if you want to connect over Phoenix GovCloud.
   Web Proxy	Choose the authentication type: None: Select for unauthenticated proxy.  Basic Kerberos If you select a Kerberos authentication method, provide the following details: Enter KDC server name: Provide the FQDN of the Key Distribution Center (KDC) server.  Enter KDC username: Provide a username that the KDC can authenticate to.  Enter KDC Password: Provide the password of the user entered in the KDC username field. Enter KDC port: Provide the KDC port.  Enter FQDN of DNS Server Name: Provide the FQDN of the DNS server.  Enter DNS Server User Name: Provide a DNS server username to let the backup proxy-virtual machine use the domain that you provided in the DNS Server Name field.  Enter DNS Server User Password: Provide the password of the user entered in the DNS Server User Name field. < NOTE:Ensure that the FQDNs of the KDC, DNS server, and the web proxy host resolves to the appropriate servers. If the FQDNs do not resolve, add the FQDNs and the respective IP addresses in the /etc/hosts file of the backup proxy-virtual machine. Proxy Type: PPBS supports the following proxy types: http socks4 socks5 Proxy Server IP: Valid IP of the proxy server Proxy Port: Respective proxy port number Username: Valid proxy username Password: Valid proxy password

4. Click Deploy Now.
   The proxy deployment progresses through the following stages. Various validations are made during the respective stage. To troubleshoot validations issues, see Troubleshoot deployment issues.
    

   Stage	Description
   OVA download	OVA template is downloaded on the local system. The OVA template is cleaned up after the backup proxy is deployed successfully.
   Deployment	The first backup proxy is deployed, and the backup proxy VM is created.
   VM turn on	The backup proxy-virtual machine is turned on.
   Network configuration	The backup proxy VM network is configured.
   Connection to PPBS Cloud	Setup is registered with PPBS Phoenix.

    

5. After the backup proxy is deployed and registration is complete, the OVA template file is cleaned up from the system.