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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Amazon Web Services Deployment Guide

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UI tools and options

Learn about the available tools in the user interface (UI).

PowerProtect Data Manager UI tools

CAUTION Although displayed, some tools are not supported in AWS deployments of PowerProtect Data Manager. Using these tools might cause unexpected results.
Table 1. PowerProtect Data Manager toolsPowerProtect Data Manager tools
Menu item Description

Dashboard icon
Dashboard

Provides a high-level view of the overall state the PowerProtect Data Manager system and includes the following information:
  • Alerts—System alerts
  • Protection—Details about protection policies
  • Jobs—Details and status of system and protection jobs. You can use the Protection Jobs and System Jobs windows to manage jobs, search, and view details. Filter and sort the information that appears to find specific jobs or tasks.
  • Policy—Details include number of successes, failures, and excluded assets for each asset type
  • Protection Storage—Protection storage usage statistics
  • Restore—Restore statistics
  • Compliance—Compliance verification statistics. By default, the in compliance asset count and out of compliance asset count displays for all asset types. You can select a specific asset type from the Asset Type list to display compliance statistics for only that category.
PowerProtect Data Manager refreshes the data hourly unless you run an ad hoc discovery.

Infrastructure icon
Infrastructure

Click Infrastructure to:
  • View and manage all assets:
    • VMware virtual machines
    • File systems
    • VMAX storage Groups
    • Kubernetes clusters
    • Microsoft Exchange
    • SQL databases
    • Oracle databases
    • SAP HANA databases
  • Add vCenter and application and File System host asset sources.
  • View and manage Integrated Storage.
  • Add a VM Direct appliance with the VM Direct protection engine for virtual machine data protection.
  • Manage the vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) for virtual machine crash-consistent data protection performed with the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) protection mechanism.
  • Manage registration of Oracle RMAN agent, Microsoft application agent, SAP HANA agent, and File System agent.
  • View and manage Cloud Disaster Recovery.
    NOTE Cloud Disaster Recovery is not supported.
  • Create and manage a Search Cluster.
    NOTE Search Clusters are not supported.
  • Add PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager tenants as asset sources for jobs, alerts, and reports.

Protection icon
Protection

Click Protection to:
  • Add protection policies to back up assets.
  • Manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
  • Add, edit, and delete Dynamic Groups for assets.

Recovery icon
Restore

Click Restore to:
  • View asset copy location details and initiate a Restore operation.
  • Manage Instant Access Sessions.
  • Use the File Search feature to find and restore virtual machine file copies.

Alerts icon
Alerts

Click Alerts to:
  • View and acknowledge alerts and events.
  • View and examine Audit logs.
  • Export audit logs to CSV files.
  • Set audit log boundaries.

Administration icon
Administration

Click Administration to:
  • Configure users and roles.
  • Set password credentials and manage key chains.
  • View certificates.
  • Configure alert notifications.
  • Add LDAP Identity Sources.

Jobs icon
Jobs

Click Jobs to manage jobs, view by protection or system, filter, and view details.

Reporting icon
Reporting

Click Reporting to log in to CloudIQ.

Banner UI options

The following table describes the icons that are located in the PowerProtect Data Manager banner.

Table 2. Banner UI optionsBanner UI options
Option Description
Search iconClick to enter search criteria to find assets, jobs, logs, and alerts.
Recent Alerts iconClick to see recent alerts.
Remote Systems iconClick to restore assets from replicated copies through quick recovery. This icon only appears when this system receives replicated metadata from a source system.
Settings iconClick to configure and manage PowerProtect Data Manager system network, time zone, and NTP settings, DR backups, security, licenses, updates, authentication, agent downloads, and support, and to access the Getting Started page.
Login as different user iconClick to log out, and log in as a different user.
Version information iconClick to see PowerProtect Data Manager version information.
Help iconClick to obtain more information about PowerProtect Data Manager, access Customer Support, send feedback, or view the REST API documentation.
Cloud Snapshot Manager iconClick to launch Cloud Snapshot Manager.
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