- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Preface
- PowerProtect Data Manager for File System Agent Overview
- Enabling the File System Agent
- About the File System agent
- Application agent and File System agent coexistence
- File System agent prerequisites
- File System agent limitations
- Block-based backups
- Best practices for file system backups
- Configure the file system parallel backup setting
- Configure asset multi-streaming for file-based backups
- Roadmap for protection with the File System agent
- Installing and updating the File System agent on Linux
- Installing and updating the File System agent on Windows
- Manage the PowerProtect agent service
- Managing Storage, Assets, and Protection
- Manage the File System agent
- Add protection storage
- Enable an asset source
- Delete an asset source
- Discover a file system host
- Adding a protection policy for File System protection
- Cancel a File System agent backup or restore job
- Add a Service Level Agreement
- Extended retention
- Edit the retention period for backup copies
- Delete backup copies
- Exclusion filters
- Centralized restore of a file system asset
- Troubleshooting File System agent backups
- Performing Self-Service Backup and Restore of the File System Agent
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 File System Agent User Guide
Prerequisites
Ensure that your environment meets the requirements for a new deployment or update of PowerProtect Data Manager.
Requirements:
NOTE The most up-to-date software compatibility information for the
PowerProtect Data Manager software and the application agents is provided in the eLab Navigator, available at
https://elabnavigator.emc.com/eln/modernHomeDataProtection.
- A list of hosts that write backups to DD systems is available.
-
DDOS version 6.1 or later and the PowerProtect DD Management Center are required. All models of DD systems are supported.
NOTE PowerProtect DD Management Center is required with a DDOS version earlier than 6.1.2. With DDOS version 6.1.2 or later, you can add and use a DD system directly without PowerProtect DD Management Center. - Application agent 19.9 or earlier is required.
- License: A trial license is provided with the PowerProtect Data Manager software. Dell EMC Data Protection Suite Applications, Backup, and Enterprise customers can contact Dell EMC Licensing Support for assistance with a permanent PowerProtect Data Manager license.
- Large environments require multiple PowerProtect Data Manager instances. Contact Champions.eCDM@emc.com for assistance with sizing requests.
- The
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 download file requires the following:
- ESXi version 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0.
- 8 vCPUs, 18 GB RAM, one 100 GB disk, and one 500 GB disk.
- The latest version of the Google Chrome browser to access the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.
- TCP port 7000 is open between PowerProtect Data Manager and the application agent hosts.
- VMware ESXi server that hosts
PowerProtect Data Manager meets the following minimum system requirements:
- 10 CPU cores
- 18 GB of RAM for PowerProtect Data Manager
- Five disks with the following capacities:
- Disk 1—100 GB
- Disk 2—500 GB
- Disk 3—10 GB
- Disk 4—10 GB
- Disk 5—5 GB
- One 1-GB NIC
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