PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Network Attached Storage User Guide

About asset sources, assets, and storage

Assets are the basic units that PowerProtect Data Manager protects. Asset sources are the mechanism by which PowerProtect Data Manager manages assets and communicates with the storage system that stores backup copies of the assets.

PowerProtect Data Manager supports Dell EMC PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) as the storage and programmatic interface for controlling the DD systems, and external DD systems.

For network attached storage, the asset source is of type NAS. Assets can be network shares or NAS appliances.

More generally, asset sources can also include vCenter servers, Kubernetes clusters, application hosts, and other supported types. These other asset sources support additional asset types, such as virtual machines. The PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide provides more information about supported asset sources and types.