PowerProtect Data Manager 19.10 Cyber Recovery User Guide

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Initiating a PowerProtect Data Manager recovery in the Cyber Recovery UI

Initiate a recovery in the Cyber Recovery UI. The Cyber Recovery software completes the recovery operation automatically.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you meet all the prerequisites that are listed in Meeting prerequisites for a PowerProtect Data Manager recovery.

About this task

The Cyber Recovery software prepares your environment so that you can run a VM recovery from the PowerProtect Data Manager application console. It creates a DD Boost username and password, which matches the production DD Boost username and password, on the DD system in the Cyber Recovery vault. This username and password are required to perform the DR backup. The Cyber Recovery software then reboots the PowerProtect Data Manager appliance.

NOTE
  • The recovery procedure sets the operating system root and admin passwords for all PowerProtect Data Manager versions to the values that you specified in the admin password field when you added the PowerProtect Data Manager application object to the Cyber Recovery deployment.
    NOTE
    If the PowerProtect Data Manager recovery procedure fails to restore either the admin or root password, the Cyber Recovery software shows the job status as Warning. Optionally, reset either the admin or root password for additional security.
    NOTE If the passwords are not reset, the data backup copy is marked as recoverable and you can use it to recover the PowerProtect Data Manager backup data.
  • When using the DD Boost storage unit to perform the PowerProtect Data Manager DR backup, the Cyber Recovery software creates the DD Boost user using UID 800. If UID 800 is unavailable, the next sequential available UID is assigned.

Steps

  1. Select Recovery from the Main Menu.
  2. On the Recovery content pane, select the copy, and then click Application.
  3. In the Application dialog box, select a PowerProtect Data Manager application host, and then click Apply.
    The Cyber Recovery UI software runs a job to create a recovery sandbox, populates it with the selected copy, and then makes the sandbox available to the application host.
  4. Optionally, cancel the recovery, otherwise go to the next step:
    1. Select Jobs from the Main Menu.
    2. Select the running recovery job.
    3. Click Cancel Job.
      The recovery job is canceled and the Cyber Recovery software automatically deletes the sandbox, reverts the VM back to the virtual snapshot, and the DD system shows the status of the MTree that was associated with the sandbox is deleted.
  5. Wait for the recovery job to complete.
    A recovery sandbox is created for the PowerProtect Data Manager application.
  6. Click Recovery Sandboxes from the top of the Recovery pane and do the following:
    1. To view the recovery details, select the recoverapp_<ID> name.
    2. To validate success, click Launch App to access the PowerProtect Data Manager UI in the Cyber Recovery vault.
      The Launch App button is active only when the recovery is completed successfully.
    3. To delete the sandbox, click Cleanup.

Results

The latest PowerProtect Data Manager configuration is recovered.

Next steps

After the recovery is completed, do the following:

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