You can deploy
PowerProtect Data Manager using an Open Virtualization Appliance (OVA) or a machine image. Each method has its own considerations for the deployment itself and the functionality of
PowerProtect Data Manager after its deployment.
OVA deployments
Considerations of OVA deployments include the following.
PowerProtect Data Manager can be deployed to on-premises virtual hosts or to cloud-based environments that include VMware Cloud on
Dell, VMware Cloud (VMC) on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure VMware Solution (AVS) on Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
OVAs are deployed using the
vSphere Client.
Deployed
PowerProtect Data Manager instances do not detect their environment. The environment must be manually selected during the deployment process in order for the instances to be appropriately configured.
PowerProtect Data Manager and
DDVE cannot be deployed at the same time from the same interface.
Using the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) to back up or restore virtual machines in a VMC, AVS, or GCVE environment is unsupported.
Machine-image deployments
Considerations of machine-image deployments include the following.
PowerProtect Data Manager can only be deployed to virtual hosts on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). These virtual hosts cannot be in an environment that includes VMware Cloud (VMC), Azure VMware Solution (AVS), or Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), although any deployed
PowerProtect Data Manager can still protect virtual-machine assets in those environments.
Machine images are deployed using the web-based user interface in the marketplace of a cloud provider.
Deployed
PowerProtect Data Manager instances detect their environment, and are automatically appropriately configured.
PowerProtect Data Manager and
DDVE can be deployed at the same time and from the same interface.
Not every feature supported by an OVA deployment is supported by a machine-image deployment:
Table 1. Unsupported featuresUnsupported features
Unsupported feature
Deployment environment
Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR)
AWS, Azure, and GCP
Search Clusters
AWS, Azure, and GCP
Backing up and restoring virtual machines with the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM)
AWS, Azure, and GCP
Microsoft Exchange Server
Azure and GCP
Block-based backups (BBB) with the File System agent (FSA)
GCP
This guide describes how to deploy
PowerProtect Data Manager using an OVA. For information about how to deploy
PowerProtect Data Manager using a machine image, see the following guides:
PowerProtect Data Manager Amazon Web Services Deployment Guide
PowerProtect Data Manager Azure Deployment Guide
PowerProtect Data Manager Google Cloud Platform Deployment Guide
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