PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Network Attached Storage User Guide

Add a NAS appliance

For supported appliance types, add the NAS as an asset source so that PowerProtect Data Manager can automatically discover any assets to protect.

1. Log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager user interface as a user with the Administrator role.
2. From the left navigation pane, select Infrastructure > Asset Sources.
   The Asset Sources window appears.
3. Click the NAS tab.
   The list of configured NAS assets appears.
4. Click Add.
   The Add NAS wizard opens.
5. For Source Types, select Appliance.
   The wizard presents the applicable fields for appliances.
6. Complete the following fields:

   Field	Description
   Name	Type a descriptive name for the appliance.
   Array Type	Select a supported appliance type from the drop-down.
   Address	Type the hostname or IP address for the appliance management interface.
   Port	Type the port number for HTTPS REST API access to the appliance. The default ports are 443 (Unity, Powerstore) and 8080 (PowerScale/Isilon).
   Credentials	Select an existing set of management credentials. Alternatively, you can select Add Credentials, provide new credentials, and then click Save.

   The supplied credentials must provide appliance management console privileges that allow the agent to discover network shares. The appliance documentation provides more information about roles and privileges. Add non-local users in the format user@domain. Roles with suitable privileges include:

   Appliance type	Roles
   PowerStore, Unity	Storage Administrator, Storage Operator, Operator, Administrator
   PowerScale/Isilon	BackupAdmin

7. By default, discovery happens automatically after you add the NAS and subsequent discoveries are either manual or scheduled. To schedule a full discovery at a certain time every day, select Schedule Discovery, and then specify a time.
8. If the NAS SSL certificate cannot be trusted automatically, a dialog box appears to request certificate approval. Review the certificate, and then click Verify.
9. Click Save.
   The NAS appliance appears as an entry in a table on the Asset Sources window. You can click the magnifying glass icon next to the entry to view more details, such as the NAS type and model, the discovery status, and the last discovery date.
   After you add the appliance, PowerProtect Data Manager starts a discovery in the background. Subsequent discoveries depend on the settings that you chose. You can always do an on-demand discovery.
10. From the left navigation pane, select Infrastructure > Assets.
    The Assets window appears.
11. Select the NAS tab.

    After a successful discovery, the NAS assets that are discovered from the appliance appear.

    Discovery time is based on networking bandwidth. Each discovery process that you initiate is impacted by both the resources that are discovered and the resources that perform the discovery. PowerProtect Data Manager may not appear to update the list of assets while discovery is in progress.