PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Network Attached Storage User Guide

PowerProtect Data Manager overview

For network attached storage (NAS), PowerProtect Data Manager provides centralized backup and restore operations to protect data on the network.

PowerProtect Data Manager can protect NAS assets in two ways:

• Appliances—Automatic discovery of shares on supported Dell PowerStore, Unity, and PowerScale (Isilon) products.
• Shares—Network File System (NFS) and Common Internet File System (CIFS) shares from other NAS platforms.

The eLab Navigator provides compatibility information about supported NAS types.

Protecting a NAS with PowerProtect Data Manager does not require Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). However, protecting a NAS requires deploying a specialized NAS protection engine as a data mover between the NAS and PowerProtect Data Manager. Containerized NAS agents run on the protection engine to support multiple NAS protection operations.

NAS protection backs up and recovers ACLs and extended attributes for NFS and CIFS shares.

Roadmap for NAS protection provides more instructions about the necessary steps to protect NAS assets.

The REST API provides additional operations. The PowerProtect Data Manager Public REST API documentation provides more information.