PowerProtect Data Manager 19.13 Cyber Recovery User Guide

Recovering PowerProtect Data Manager data

Use a point-in-time (PIT) copy to rehydrate PowerProtect Data Manager data in the Cyber Recovery vault on an on-premises or AWS deployment.

You can initiate a PowerProtect Data Manager recovery by using the Cyber Recovery UI or the CRCLI. You then complete the recovery from the PowerProtect Data Manager application in the Cyber Recovery vault.

If you perform a PowerProtect Data Manager automated recovery in the Cyber Recovery vault, the following engines are not recovered:

• Protection engine (NAS protection engine and TSDM data movers)
• Search engine (Used for file search capability and restore)
• Reporting engine (For backup reports)

The engines are separate VMs that are deployed by PowerProtect Data Manager in the production system. Because the hostname/IP address for the vault PowerProtect Data Manager system is different, the Cyber Recovery software cannot deploy these engines during recovery.

When you initiate a recovery, the Cyber Recovery software prepares your environment so that you can run a PowerProtect Data Manager recovery from the application console. As part of this process, the software creates a production DD Boost username and password on the DD system, and reboots the PowerProtect Data Manager appliance. It also takes a VM snapshot of the PowerProtect Data Manager appliance that you use to revert the PowerProtect Data Manager software after you complete the recovery.

You can run a recovery check to ensure that a copy can be recovered. During the check, the state of the backup copy shows as In-progress. When the recovery check is completed successfully, the data backup copy shows as Recoverable.

If the recovery check fails, the state of the backup copy shows as Failed. Alerts in the dashboard and an email message notify you of the state. The alerts are either:

• Warning—The backup copy is partially recoverable.
• Critical—The backup copy is unrecoverable.