Introducing the
PowerProtect Data Manager software
PowerProtect Data Manager software is an enterprise solution that provides software-defined data protection, deduplication, operational agility, self-service, and IT governance.
PowerProtect Data Manager key features include the following:
Table 1. Key featuresKey features
Software-defined data protection with integrated deduplication, replication, and reuse
Data backup and recovery self-service operations from native applications that are combined with central IT governance
Multicloud optimization with integrated
Cloud Tiering
SaaS-based monitoring and reporting
Modern services-based architecture for ease of deployment, scaling, and updating
PowerProtect Data Manager integrates multiple data-protection products within the
Data Protection portfolio to enable data protection as a service, providing the following benefits:
Table 2. BenefitsBenefits
Enables data-protection teams to create data paths with provisioning, automation, and scheduling to embed protection engines into their data-protection infrastructure for high-performance backup and recovery
Enables backup administrators of large-scale environments to schedule backups for the following asset types from a central location on the
PowerProtect Data Manager server:
VMware virtual machines
File systems
VMAX storage groups
Kubernetes clusters
Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server databases
Oracle databases
SAP HANA databases
Network-attached storage (NAS) shares
PowerStore block volumes
Provides an agent-based approach to automatically discover and protect databases on an application server
Enables self-service and centralized protection by:
Monitoring service-level objectives (SLOs)
Identifying violations of recovery-point objectives (RPOs)
Supports deploying an external
VM Direct appliance that moves data with a
VM Direct Engine that is optimized for performing high-capacity backup streams
Comes with a basic embedded
VM Direct Engine that has the following functions and capabilities:
It is automatically used as a fallback proxy for performing backup and restore operations when an external
VM Direct Engine fails, is disabled, or is unavailable
It has a limited capacity for performing backup streams
It can work with virtual-machine crash-consistent protection policies that use the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) protection mechanism
It enables the Search Service used by PowerProtect Search
Supports PowerProtect Search, which enables backup administrators to quickly search for and restore VM and NAS file copies
Supports the vRealize Automation DP extension, which enables the automatic provisioning of virtual machines and on-demand backups and restores
Integrates with
Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR), including workflows for Cloud DR deployment, protection, and recovery operations in the AWS and Azure clouds
Integrates with
PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager to view PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager jobs, alerts, and reports from a consolidated
PowerProtect Data Manager dashboard
Integrates with
PowerProtect Cyber Recovery to protect the integrity of a
PowerProtect Data Manager environment from cyber threats
Provides a RESTful API interface that allows
PowerProtect Data Manager to be monitored, configured, and orchestrated:
Existing automation frameworks can be integrated
New scripts can be quickly written
Easy-to-follow tutorials are provided
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