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 group ID, 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
Select
Recovery from the
Main Menu.
On the
Recovery content pane, select the copy, and then click
Application.
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.
Optionally, cancel the recovery, otherwise go to the next step:
Select
Jobs from the
Main Menu.
Select the running recovery job.
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.
Wait for the recovery job to complete.
A recovery sandbox is created for the
PowerProtect Data Manager application.
Click
Recovery Sandboxes from the top of the
Recovery pane and do the following:
To view the recovery details, select the
recoverapp_<ID> name.
To validate success, click
Launch App and confirm that you want 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.
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: