Dell EMC PowerProtect DDVE on Amazon Web Services 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

Using the DD System Manager to configure DDVE

Use this procedure to configure DDVE on AWS using the DD System Manager interface.

1. Log in to DD System Manager using the DDVE IP address. The default login credentials for the DDVE instance are:
   • Username: sysadmin
   • AWS default password: Default sysadmin password is the EC2 instance-id for the DDVE
2. Add licenses. Select from the list of license options to apply:
   • Pre-Installed Evaluation License (provides 90 days of full functionality and maximum supported capacity to DDVE software for evaluation purposes and may only be used in a non-production environment.)
     NOTE If you begin the configuration with the evaluation license, but want to purchase a license later, you need the Node Locking ID for the DDVE instance. Click Administration > Licenses to view the Node Locking ID.
   • License File
   • License Server (if available)
3. Accept the End User License Agreement.
4. The configuration wizard is launched automatically. Click Yes for Network settings.
   1. Choose "Obtain Settings using DHCP".
      
   2. Configure interface dynamically using DHCP.
      
   3. If you have your own DNS server, choose "Manually" and fill in the DNS IP Address. Otherwise choose "Using DHCP."
      
   4. Check the changes you have made and click Submit.
5. Click Yes to set up File System configuration.
6. For the Storage Type, select Object Store and enter the passphrase and the bucket name. For AWS GovCloud, there is an option to select the FIPS endpoint, as shown in the following figure.
   
7. For Configure CA Certificates, import the Baltimore CyberTrust Root certificate to communicate with AWS S3 Object Store.
8. Configure Storage. Under Available Storage, select the disks and click Add to Metadata to move them to the Metadata Storage section. Add the disks to the active tier to add the metadata storage disk to the instance.
   
9. On the File System Summary Page, select the Summary tab to review all the fields. Select Enable file system after creation and click Submit.
10. The file system is created and enabled.
    
11. Click OK to go to the System Settings tab.
12. Change the DDVE password.
    
13. Configure the email server as required.
    
14. Click Submit to save the system settings. Close the wizard.
15. DDVE must have accurate and consistent time synchronization for object store communication. DDVE can synchronize time by using Amazon Time Sync Service or by configuring an NTP server.

    Option	Description
    Method 1 - Using Amazon Time Sync Service (recommended)	By default, DDVE uses Amazon Time Sync Service for time synchronization through a chrony client. DDVE does not require Internet access or configuration of security group rules to use this time synchronization service. Dell EMC recommends using the Amazon Time Sync Service.
    Method 2 - Configuring NTP server (not recommended)	To override the default, you can configure an NTP server on the DDVE: Select Administration > Settings. Select More Tasks > Configure Time Settings. Under More Tasks, select NTP > Manually Configure and add the NTP servers as 0.amazon.pool.ntp.org. NOTE To switch to the default service (Amazon Time Sync), select Administration > Settings > More Tasks > Configure Time Settings > Choose None.